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    Idaho Matters

    Idaho Matters is a wonderful way to stay up to date, meet people and understand there’s much more to this great state. Hosted by Gemma Gaudette on Boise State Public Radio News, it features arts and politics, growth and education, and the interesting stories that make Idaho unique. Send us your questions, comments or story ideas by emailing idahomatters@boisestate.edu or sending us a voicemail using the “Talk To Us” feature on the free Boise State Public Radio app.

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    Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable: February 28, 2024 Feb 28, 2024
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    Nearly four years ago, the Doctors Roundtable was created to help keep people up-to-date on the latest COVID-19 news. Since then, however, the Roundtable has expanded, covering everything from dengue fever to monkey pox to polio.

    Despite the addition of these new topics though, Dr. David Pate has continued to stay well informed on the issue of COVID, and he recently provided an update about the transmission of this disease in his most recent blog post. He joined Idaho Matters to talk more about this update.

    How the University of Idaho is building autonomous robots to electrocute weeds Feb 28, 2024
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    University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene doctoral student and Project Evergreen principal researcher Garrett Wells will build and test an automated weed detection and eradication system for U.S. Forest Service’s tree nurseries. The device, known as Amiga, will begin field tests in summer 2024.
    University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene doctoral student and Project Evergreen principal researcher Garrett Wells will build and test an automated weed detection and eradication system for U.S. Forest Service’s tree nurseries. The device, known as Amiga, will begin field tests in summer 2024.(University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene)

    Anyone who has ever weeded their backyard garden knows what a pain it can be.

    Now imagine trying to weed up to six million plants on 60 acres of land. That’s how many trees Idaho's Lucky Peak Nursery grows in a year, and it’s just one of six U.S. Forest Service nurseries around the country. The government spends half a million dollars to have those weeds pulled, mostly by hand.

    Researchers at the University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene, are building a robot that will be able to find a weed and get rid of it to help the current crop of seedlings and an expected increase in the number of plants grown.

    Doctoral student Garrett Wells and John Shovic, an Associate Professor and Director of U of I’s Center for Intelligent Industrial Robotics, are part of the team building the weeding robot, and they joined Idaho Matters to talk more about the project.

    'Four Treasures of the Sky:' An author interview with Jenny Tinghui Zhang Feb 28, 2024
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    The cover of "Four Treasures of the Sky" by Jenny Tinghui Zhang .
    ( Flatiron Books)

    Brilliant, haunting, devastating — these are just some of the adjectives being used to describe the new book “Four Treasures of the Sky” by Jenny Tinghue Zhang. She’s a Chinese-American writer, and this is her first novel.

    The book is about a Chinese girl who is kidnapped and smuggled to America, traveling from a San Francisco brothel to a shop in the Idaho mountains. And it tells the tale not only of one girl but of the pain caused by the Chinese exclusion act in a small chapter of Chinese-American history.

    The City Club of Boise is bringing Zhang to Boise on March 4 for a reading and conversation, and she joined Idaho Matters for a preview.

    How is our growing population impacting Idahoan's sense of home? Feb 27, 2024
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    Large trees in their fall colors create a tunnel over historic Harrison Boulevard in Boise's North End neighborhood.
    Large trees in their fall colors create a tunnel over historic Harrison Boulevard in Boise's North End neighborhood.(Talo Pinto / Flickr)

    For several years now, housing has been listed as a top priority issue in Idaho. And as the state's population continues to grow, the problem isn't getting any smaller.

    When it comes to addressing the housing crisis, it's not just affordability that people are worried about; it's the solution and how that solution might impact neighborhoods, particularly in Boise.

    Dr. Krista Paulsen is an Associate Professor of Urban Studies in the School of Public Service at Boise State University, and she'll be talking more about this topic at Boise's Fettuccine Forum on March 7 and she joined Idaho Matters to talk more.

    'Sex, Lies and Sensibility:' An author interview with Nikki Payne Feb 27, 2024
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    The cover of "Sex, Lies and Sensibility" by Nikki Payne.
    ( Berkley)

    Readers fell in love with author Nikki Payne's debut novel, "Pride and Protest," a retelling of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." It got all kinds of buzz, from Ebony Magazine to Oprah Daily.

    Now Payne is back with her latest novel, "Sex, Lies and Sensibility," a modern re-working of Austen's "Sense and Sensibility." She joined Idaho Matters to talk more about her new release.

    How one student is preserving Idaho's music history Feb 27, 2024
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    ( Cora Lee Oxley)

    How do you preserve the music history of a city? Or a state? Where do you start such a project?

    Those were the questions for Cora Lee Oxley, a Boise State University senior studying humanities and cultural studies. She wanted to help preserve Idaho's music history, and decided to use the Record Exchange as a starting point.

    Oxley used to work at the Boise-based record store and is using it as a focal point to create an archive of Idaho music.

    Cora Lee, along with Cheryle Oestreicher, the professor and head of Special Collections and Archives at the Albertsons Library at Boise State University, joined Idaho Matters to talk more about this effort.

    How one nonprofit is giving single mothers a safe place to call home Feb 26, 2024
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    Two small hands hold on to a larger hand.
    (Vladimir Agafonkin / Flickr)

    Finding affordable housing in today's economy, especially as a single parent, is no easy feat. And when you add going back to school to the equation, things can get hard to balance.

    Which is why nonprofits like The House Next Door are working to provide support to moms in need, giving their families a safe place to call home.

    Melinda Romayor, the Executive Director of the nonprofit, joined Idaho Matters to talk more about the organization.

    Maintaining urgency two years into the Russia-Ukraine war Feb 26, 2024
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    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a flag during his visit to the front line city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024.
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a flag during his visit to the front line city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP / Ukrainian Presidential Press Office)

    International relations can seem really far away from anybody in the United States, including here in Idaho and that’s something Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kristin Kane with the U.S. Department of State wants to change.

    She came to Boise last week and sat down with Morning Edition host George Prentice to talk about the 2nd anniversary of the attack on Ukraine, sanctions against Russia, and why she came to visit the Gem State.

    Why Idaho teachers are using nature as the classroom Feb 26, 2024
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    An Idaho teacher holds a snake.
    Outdoor classrooms can be full of surprises!( Lora Strange)

    All over Idaho, kids are learning about nature by actually being in nature.

    From college wilderness programs to a year-round forest preschool, more and more Idaho students are spending time in an outdoor classroom and it turns out those experiences can have a lifetime of positive consequences.

    Idaho Public Television’s Outdoor Idaho went into the wild to explore some of these amazing learning environments for their show Nature as Classroom, which airs March 10.

    Bill Manny, producer with Idaho Public Television; Maura Goldstein, the school director of the Roots Forest School in McCall and Lora Strange, a master naturalist and the outdoor natural science teacher at Kuna High School, joined Idaho Matters to tell us more.

    A peak into the secret life of racoons Feb 26, 2024
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    ( Vicky Runnoe)

    Birds and squirrels are part of the everyday landscape in Idaho cities, living in our urban areas and doing quite well for themselves for the most part.

    Other animals also thrive in cities, though you might not always see them.

    One of those animals, the raccoon, was featured in a recent issue of Wildlife Express the Idaho Fish and Game Newsletter for kids and kids at heart.

    We wanted to know more about nature’s little trash bandits and how they thrive so well in our midst, so we asked Vicky Runnoe back on Idaho Matters. She's a conservation education supervisor with Idaho Fish and Game and Superintendent of the Morrison Knudsen Nature Center.

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