Idaho Matters

(muuv yoga boise)There are more than 20 yoga studios in Boise and Idaho Matters looks at the growth of this 5,000 year old practice with MUUV Yoga Boise instructor, Mikayla Latta.

(LACEY DALEY / BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO)We check in with Storyfort's Christian Winn for a rundown of this year's Storyfort schedule and talk with the Boise State Public Radio voices that are participating.

(pbs)Paula Vogel's Indecent examines the controversy surrounding a 1923 Broadway play that scandalized New York with a tale of a Jewish brothel owner. Idaho Matters speaks with Buffie Main of Alley Repertory Theater about censorship, sex and religion.

(Sun Valley Institute)The Sun Valley Institute and Warm Springs Consulting are partnering to present a Resiliance Workshop in Hailey to discuss ways to grow Idaho sustainably and to prepare for a future that includes the effects of climate change. We discuss the issues with Amber Beig of Warm Springs Consulting and former Blaine County commissioner Larry Schoen.

(Idaho High School Activities Association/twitter)Everybody has seen them at little league or youth soccer games - the parents that scream, yell and curse at the refs, the coaches, the other parents - and sometimes the kids. They ruin something that should be fun and enriching for kids and they're making it hard to hire refs and umps to officiate these games. We look at ways youth sports organizers are trying to bring some harmony back to the playing field with Ty Jones of the Idaho High School Activities Association and Tim Brady of the Idaho Youth Sports Commission.

(Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)Cheeky Boutique founder Jessi Roberts joins Idaho Matters to talk about her book, Backroads Boss Lady.

(DARIN OSWALDIDAHO STATESMAN FILE)Outdoor enthusiasts and loggers often make strange bedfellows but both are feeling the impacts of restricted access to public lands by private landowners. Legislation was in play to stop this practice by landowners like the Wilks Brothers of Texas, but state lawmakers killed the bill on Monday. Idaho Statesman reporter Nicole Blanchard joins Idaho Matters to talk about efforts in the statehouse to maintain access to public lands.

(treefort)Treefort keeps growing and programming for kids and families is the next Fort-frontier. Idaho Matters speaks about booking all-age shows and events for kids with Nathan Walker of the Boise All-Ages Movement project and Briana Moore of Treefort.

Idaho State University biology student Amanda Smolinksi is working with Idaho National Laboratory's neutron radiography program to study the effects of oceanic pollution. We talk with Smolinski about researching the insides of sponges to gauge heavy metal pollution levels.

(Lady Bizness / Facebook)Alisha Donahue and Jynx Jenkins are Lady Bizness - a comedy duo that pokes fun at both the most routine and ridiculous aspects of everyday life. They perform at Liquid Lounge this month and they join us in studio to talk about what is so damn funny about Boise.

(Ingrid Taylar/Wikimedia)Tariffs on certain Chinese goods were scheduled to increase from 10% to 25% on March 1. That increase was blocked by the Trump Administration, but the current tariff rate is having an impact on Idaho's family businesses. We look at the scope of that impact with Kirk Adams, a member of the Idaho District Export Council, Jos Zamzow, co-CEO of Zamzows and Melanie Krause, a vintner with Cinder Wines.

(IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME / Idaho Statesman)Freelance journalist Rocky Barker has been tracking the dwindling numbers of the Selkirk caribou and he joins Idaho Matters to illustrate the effects of encroachment and climate change on the iconic steer of the Northwest.

(mountainhumane.org)Animal advocates in the Wood River Valley are anticipating the opening of a new adoption and education center. We talk with Jo-Anne Dixon, executive director and medical director of Mountain Humane in Hailey.

(shopaitribes.org)Leaders of the region's Native American tribes meet in Boise on Thursday and Friday for a conference to raise awareness and understanding of Native culture and history and to maintain a dialogue with leaders of all communities. Idaho Matters discusses the conference with Norm Cavanaugh of the Duck Valley Reservation and Ed Keener, creator of the Kessler-Keener Foundation, a sponsor of the conference.

(FACEBOOK VIA TWITTER)Gemma Gaudette leads a round table discussion of the week's headlines with the region's top journalists. Idaho Matters speaks with Bill Manny of  Idaho Public Television, Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News and Scott MacIntosh of the Idaho Press. This week we discuss pictures of Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, legislative activity affecting Idaho education and a bill benefiting first responders.

(NASA /ESA/DLR/Freie Universitat Berlin)The recent discovery of water on Mars has changed our relationship with the red planet. On Friday's Idaho Matters, we speak with postdoctoral research associate Dr. Ali Bramson of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory about what this means for habitability on Mars and how it can be used as an outer space rest stop.

(THE ROBINSON LIBRARY)Honest Abe Lincoln designated Idaho as an official territory 156 years ago. Every March 4, Idahoans celebrate this milestone as Idaho Day and on Friday, we talk with Janet Gallimore, executive director of the Idaho State Historical Society and former state representative and historian Linden Batemen about the day's origins and the commemorations at the state's capitol.

(CITY OF MERIDIAN)Tammy de Weerd announced she would not seek a fifth term as Meridian's mayor. De Weerd joins Idaho Matters to talk about skippering the bedroom community through unprecedented growth.

(nasa)Boise State students of the College of Innovation + Design competed with other schools to develop an augmented reality program for NASA astronaut visors. We talk about the program and where this technology is headed today.

(pintrist)Yoga 4 Good has a basic philosophy: do good, feel good, yoga for good. Every year the group organizes a yoga event to benefit various causes in the Treasure Valley. We speak with one of the founders about physical wellness, mental wellness and community wellness through yoga.