City Cast Boise

City Cast Boise is the daily news podcast that connects us to the city we love. With a companion newsletter, it’s the place where curiosity and passion for Boise meet.Every weekday morning, our hosts will introduce you to your neighbors — from newcomers to born-and-raised Boiseans. It’s like eavesdropping on a great conversation overheard at your favorite downtown coffee shop, except in this case you’re invited to join in. We’ll engage with you online and on the podcast, with stories that spark passion and delight — but sometimes also frustration and anger. With a clear-eyed vision of the challenges and triumphs of our rapidly changing Boise, the podcast will make you feel more connected to this city we share.

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Recent Reviews

notcrazyinidaho

Best Chicken Sandwiches in Meridian

Must be a late podcast because as of March 10, 2025 The Chicken Shanty closed down due to lawsuits and unpaid rent.
Vaanessa

Real news!

So much news, short and sweet format with a relaxed approach. Easily my fave local podcast at the moment. 🩵🙏🏼
smakn!

A Californian who wishes he could afford to move to Idaho right now

A left leaning to Liberal host, with Liberal guests. True insight to see how the “Boise metropolitan area” is turning purple. And how a state who’s vibrantly red, becomes purple and eventually blue. Listen to the show, you’ll see how it happens. This is the situation most of us “rural” Californians are in, completely outnumbered by the city people so our vote doesn’t matter, especially on the national stage. I really hope the people who live there understand this and vote in their local elections because that’s where it matters most.
JohnG4

It has made me respect (a small corner of) Idaho

Tied with City Cast Pittsburgh as my favorite City Cast. What I formally regarded as a backwater nowhere, these excellent journalists have no opened my eyes to a thriving little community. It still needs light rail and alternatives to car-dependency, though.
Stever208

Consistency

These podcasts are consistently excellent and that includes the production of them. They are always easy to hear and understand and the levels are just right. That’s the backstage stuff. Up front Lindsay is fantastic. She is capable of discussing topics of all genre (though when it comes to politics she has a famous history!). Lindsay interviews people with skill. We learn a lot during these interviews. Thank you City Cast Boise crew.
Armoredshoes

Excellent

One of the few local news sources I can stomach. The hosts rule.
FallingBomb

The best way to start a Boise day

Fun, thoughtful, engaging! Especially loved the most recent episode on the child care crisis in Boise!
PenName69

Better stuff out there

Not a great reflection of Boise or Idaho. Pay to play content. Overall not a good listen.
Noname287

Local highlights

I enjoy this show! I love your interviews with local artists! I enjoy the news recaps in à factual friendly manner. I also enjoy the personal stories you all share. Thank you for creating a community feel!!
dc.peter

Funny, Informative, and Thought-Provoking

The episodes are short, funny, and insightful, and it’s my favorite way to keep up with all things Boise, from politics to arts to food. As the city’s best stand-up comic, Emma Arnold gives the show a unique mix of humor, pathos, and insight, Blake does a fantastic job researching, summarizing, and explaining local news stories, and the rest of the crew and guests are always interesting and entertaining. Boise badly needed a show like this, keep up the great work!
Dieescdscd

OUTSTANDING

Emma and her team find the most interesting and informative aspects of living in Boise, with humor and intelligence. I have never been disappointed in any episode, and neither will you.
plaidshirtwoman

Exceptional

I literally came across this podcast a few weeks ago from someone I follow on Twitter and I’m hooked. I’ve lived here 11 years and forget how much Boise and surrounding areas have to offer, thanks Covid pandemic. Now that spring weather is here I’m off to rediscover new places and the forgotten ones.
Trigrrl

Great topics!

I love how Boise and Idaho are covered, especially since I listen to get a better feel for the place after only visiting a few times. The topics and discussion are leaps and bounds above my home town City Cast (Denver). Great coverage of outdoor activities, quirky things to do, challenges, food…love it. The host/producer/editor have great perspectives.
In2Idaho

Niche.

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Boise_Heazle

A fun listen

I love learning more about the city I grew up in. Great topics with a good approach.
GeneralConflict

Wonderful!

This is so good. Thank you, Emma.
@samypaden

Love the show!

So delighted to find this! I love Emma Arnold as the host! To actually hear honest conversations about life here is like a balm for the soul. Thank you so much for all you do!
Imapodnut

Awesome!

I love the variety and quality of their stories. This is a great show for Boise residents and wannabe residents.
LizzieG88

Great way to get to know Boise!

Frankie and the team do such a great job keeping it real while having fun, thought-provoking, and important conversations about what’s going on in the city. I’m sure learning a lot!
(insert sad emoji)

I am learning sooooo much

So informative and definitely what the Boise area needs.
WriteOftenLiveFully

<3

This show has taught me so much about Boise and exposed me to parts of the city I’d never thought to explore! Really loving it. Also so grateful for the conscientious approach to difficult news stories. Thank you!
LAlonM

Learning so much!

I’ve learned so much about Boise! Excited for more!
SDSU V

Take me to Boise!

This podcast makes me wanna take a vacation to Boise! Thank y’all for making such an interesting pod!
Sonja135

The best podcast in Boise

This podcast is tapping into all of the Boise conversations I want to hear: The good, the bad, the ugly, the fun, the ridiculous. Their love for the city shines through, not only in the celebrations of the good stuff, but also the critiques of the not-so-good stuff — which all residents of a city need to hear. It’s your super smart friend who invites you to fun dinner parties where everyone at the table has something interesting to contribute. Don’t sleep on this pod, Boise!
ChiCarrie

Love Frankie

She’s exactly who I want to teach me about boy-SEE. Boy-ZEE?!
Peymargar

Just what I needed

This pod is just what Boise needed. A fresh, fun way to keep the community engaged and connected. I love it so much! Thanks for all your hard work!
AK ALMoumen

Boise getting it’s Shine

What a wonderful thing to see a podcast dedicated to a city many people know about but don’t know it. And I love the focus on climate change these are the places most affected by it and we need to hear there stories!
Foothills Prof

Typical NPR

I listen to this podcast with perverse fascination. Its primary rationale seems to be to salve the wounds of a small Boise’s clique with snarky put downs of Idaho and Idahoans at every opportunity. Typical BSU Radio fare. Hey! It works for the clique. It works for David Plotz and the D.C. media machine. But it ain’t Idaho and increasingly it ain’t even Boise. Boise was a wonderful, incredibly affluent conservative town in the days of Joe Albertson, Harry Morrison, and J. R. Simplot. The new influx is bringing that spirit back.
Crephenstane

I really wanted to like this

When a friend shared this podcast with me I was super excited about this. The idea of the podcast seemed super exciting. The problem is that through the first 7 episodes the show isn’t what I thought it would be. The show does have voices from the Treasure Valley, but it kind of feels like the focus of the show so far has not really been on Boise history. Maybe I’ll come back again later and give it another try when more episodes are created, but for now I’m taking a break because the show isn’t yet what the creators have described it to be. Maybe my expectations were incorrect, but the show description is what created those expectations.
d_meyer

Very thankful for this podcast

So thankful to have a local focused podcast in Boise that confronts challenging topics instead of dancing around then. Host and guests are relatable and the production is really high quality. Keep up the great work!
audio_head

Learning so much about Boise!

I feel like I’ve been hearing for years that Boise is the next coolest city in the West to move to. But it’s so refreshing to hear from locals about what makes that city great, how they’re grappling with that rapid growth, and what needs to change in the city. This is a team of pros and I love listening to the stories they dig up and bring to the show every morning!
CobyCochran

So excited to learn about Boise!

City Cast hit it out the park with Frankie! Good luck team!
AndiMcD2

So excited for this!

Sounds great so far! Excited to make this part of my daily rotation.
Whyitsali

Excited for this show

These are dark times, I’m excited to start my day with folks who are working to make the city better.
Dplotz

A podcast that loves Boise.

You can tell from the first episode just how much host Frankie Barnhill loves Boise. This is a podcast that wants to make you feel more connected to the city. Is plugged into what matters in Boise, how you can take part in city life, how to revel in the city, how it can be improved. It’s joyful and smart and local.
rabbitty-lambit

Great to hear Boise on the map!

In the words of the famous fictional radio voice, “I’m listening.”
Kiki_with_Janessa

So excited!

Frankie Barnhill is a Boise staple who knows the heart of this city. Can’t wait to see what her and her team drum up with this awesome new series