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REBROADCAST | The man who tricked government officials into making Idaho Falls the home of what is now INL
Season 1 Episode 5
Note: This episode was originally published on Oct. 19, 2025.
Thomas Sutton’s main goal weeks into his inauguration as mayor of Idaho Falls was to ens…
9 months ago
REBROADCAST: The famous Wyoming cabins that were featured in a popular hollywood western
Season 1 Episode 4
Note: This episode was originally published on Oct. 12, 2025.
Two cabins in Jackson, Wyoming are what’s left of a set for a Hollywood western filmed i…
9 months, 1 week ago
How ‘the father of Mormon Cinema’ lost his faith and found it again outside the LDS Church
Season 1 Episode 15
Editor’s note: This is part two of a previous conversation. Part one was published on Dec. 14 and is available here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Santa's origin story, and why this author says he'll always be an integral part of Christmas
Season 1 Episode 14
As Christmas approaches, many await the arrival of Santa.
The man who's responsible for millions of Christmas mysteries every year has been around for…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
It's been 25 years since release of film that made Richard Dutcher 'the Father of Mormon Cinema'
Season 1 Episode 13
On March 10, 2000, a small, independent film premiered in theaters across Utah. "God’s Army" told the story of a rookie missionary for The Church of …
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Small mining community near Challis rose and fell in 30 years, and now it's one of Idaho's ghost towns
Season 1 Episode 12
Gold had been discovered in the Sawtooth Mountains.
It was 1879, thirty years after the California Gold Rush, and dozens of people from the southern U…
10 months ago
The movie that was filmed downwind of a nuclear testing site and its devastating impact 72 years later
Season 1 Episode 11
A desert site about 65 miles north of Las Vegas had been selected for nuclear weapons testing.
It was 1953 and 11 atomic bomb detonations took place h…
10 months, 1 week ago
Jim Bridger’s early exploration of eastern Idaho, and his turbulent relationship with Latter-day Saint leader
Season 1 Episode 10
Jim Bridger was an early mountaineer and explorer of the Pacific Northwest. He explored areas that now include Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.
Throu…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Former child actor with local ties reflects on film career, says it wasn’t life he wanted
Season 1 Episode 9
Stewart Petersen has no regrets living out of the spotlight.
The 64-year-old Cokeville, Wyoming man was cast as Billy Coleman in the 1974 film, “Where…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
A state legislator’s ties to two former Idaho politicians and why a president came and vacationed with one of them
Season 1 Episode 8
Monica Church is nearly a year into her first term as a state legislator. The Boise Democrat is the granddaughter of two former beloved politicians f…
10 months, 3 weeks ago