- Federal government shutdown hits employees in Idaho.
- New Year's resolutions means new health habits.
- Idaho filmmaker and Leonardo DiCaprio team up to preserve the "panda of the sea."
- Kayaker/filmmaker brings attention to South American dams with documentary.
- The federal government has been in a partial shutdown for 25 days, as of Tuesday. We'll look at the impact on government services and the employees who administer them.
- Making New Year's resolutions is easy. Keeping them is another story. Idaho Matters speaks with health experts about the best way to stick to those resolutions, whether it means exercising, putting down that doughnut or quitting tobacco.
- The vaquita is a small species of porpoise that lives exclusively in the Gulf of California. The mammal is on the brink of extinction due to irresponsible fishing methods. Boise filmmaker Matthew Podolsky has partnered with Leonardo DiCaprio to produce a documentary chronicling the plight of the vaquita and on Tuesday's Idaho Matters, Podolsky joins us to discuss the project.
- The Bolivian government is planning massive hydro-electric dam projects on rivers that provide life for thousands of indigenous people in the Amazon Basin. Area filmmaker Hayley Stuart traveled the rivers in a kayak to document the lives that would be affected. Stuart joins Idaho Matters to discuss making "Still River, Silent Jungle."