Tuesday marks the two year anniversary of the October 7th terror attacks in Israel. Local Rabbi Johanna Hershenson reflects on what that day means for the community.

“I think if you asked ten neighbors, you'd get ten different expectations.”

An interview with Colum McCann about his latest novel, Twist. A book of rupture and relationships in the digital age, the story dives into the hidden world at the bottom of the ocean.

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

An annual one-day survey in Ada County shows a small decrease in people experiencing homelessness. Advocates say more people are experiencing housing instability but a recent investment in infrastructure is helping meet the increase in need.

We asked runners why Afghanistan should matter to Idahoans.

From 1942 to 1945, 13,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned by the U.S. government at the Minidoka concentration camp outside of Jerome, Idaho. Today, a renovation project seeks to preserve the site’s lived history.

An interview with Kostya Kennedy, author of The Ride. The book offers a fresh perspective of Paul Revere’s historic ride, with new research into little-known aspects of the story many Americans have heard since childhood.

There was a groundbreaking on the Stibnite Gold Mine last week, the gold mine is also still facing lawsuits from multiple organizations and the Nez Perce tribe, three Idaho Falls schools canceled class after reports and rumors of a gun threat that grew out of a school prank, there's an update on Idaho's newest method of execution, there is talk a new Nuclear Task Force and a Foster Care Closet in Blackfoot is getting a big boost.

Across Idaho, nonprofits have been stretched thin, but they're not the only ones feeling the pressure, so are the philanthropists working to support them.

“Democracy means letting someone shout at the top of their lungs for a position that you would spend your whole life arguing against, at the top of your own.”

An interview with Connor Sullivan, author of the new novel, Sleeping Bear. In the book, a former Army veteran seeking solitude in the Alaskan wilderness finds herself a pawn in a deadly game with Russia.Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in February 2023.