Samantha Wright
Idaho Matters Senior ProducerAs Senior Producer of our live daily talk show Idaho Matters, I’m able to indulge my love of storytelling and share all kinds of information (I was probably a Town Crier in a past life!). My career has allowed me to learn something new everyday and to share that knowledge with all my friends on the radio.
I am so grateful to have been honored by my peers with Edward R. Murrow Awards for some of the stories I loved telling about wheelchair rugby, blind bird watching, making pies for Lent, learning to can food during a recession and walking through a living nativity.
My goal is to find out what’s on the mind of our listeners and to Never Be Boring!
If you have a suggestion for an Idaho Matters segment, please email idahomatters@boisestate.edu.
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Vampires, magic, faustian bargains author Victoria Schwab has written about it all.
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Before Ayesha Rascoe started her career as a political reporter, she was a student at Howard University and her experience there helped fuel her new book, "HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience." It’s a collection of essays from everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Branford Marsalis to Stacey Abrams who write about how attending a historically black university helped shape who they are today.
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On Wednesday, April 24, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up an Idaho case that could have widespread implications around the country.
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The Declaration of Independence is a defining document in the birth of the United States. But how much do we really know about it?
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Last week, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that student IDs can't be used to vote in the Gem State.
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If you're looking for something to watch this weekend, we have a variety of choices for you!
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As the weather warms up, snow is melting and water is filling up the Boise River, sometimes overfilling the river banks.
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As the need for energy grows across the West and more focus is being shifted to low-carbon resources, people are asking important questions like: How do we bring this kind of energy online reliably?
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Scientists are finding that some landscapes can come back on their own after natural disasters, like wildfires. And there are more and more examples of this kind of restoration popping up around the West.
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A jury has been picked for the Chad Daybell murder trial, being whittled down from a pool of 50 people to 12 jurors and six alternates.