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On The Thursday, January 17, 2019 Edition Of Idaho Matters

  • Idaho celebrates the contributions of organized labor.
  • Boise students organize "Women's March."
  • Boise State professor uncovers Gothic Boise.
  • The "Super Wolf Blood Moon" is as awesome as it sounds.

- Thursday is 'Union Day' at the Idaho Capitol and we'll learn about the history and contributions organized labor has made to the state's workforce and economy. 

- The 2019 Women's March takes place on the Capitol on Saturday. Idaho Matters speaks with the march's organizers.

- Todd Shallat, a Boise State professor emeritus of history and urban studies, has put together a workshop examining all that is Gothic in the City of Trees. Shallat joins Idaho Matters to listen to Bauhaus and discuss Boise's seamy underbelly.

- The moon will take on some unique properties on Sunday night; a lunar eclipse will facilitate a "super wolf blood moon" and we'll talk with Boise State assistant physics professor Brian Jackson about why this is every bit as awesome as it sounds.

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