- Our cadre of elite reporters breaks down the week's headlines.
- Tracking near-Earth asteroids from the Arecibo Observatory.
- Idaho State University president Kevin Satterlee reflects on first year.
- Guest host George Prentice leads a round table discussion of the week's headlines with the region's top journalists. This week we speak with KIVI 6 On Your Side's Mike Sharp, Associated Press reporter Rebecca Boone and Boise State Public Radio's James Dawson.
- Films like Armageddon and Deep Impact paint a catastrophic picture of asteroid strikes on Earth, and they can be cataclysmic. Ask the dinosaurs. That's why scientist like Alessandra Springmann of University of Arizona’s Lunar Planetary Laboratory keep eyes on the skies to monitor near-Earth passages of asteroids and other celestial debris. Springmann is the guest speaker at this month's First Friday Astronomy Event at Boise State's Science and Education Building and she joins Idaho Matters to talk about tracking space rocks from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
- Idaho State University president Kevin Satterlee was appointed last summer to skipper the Pocatello school and he joins Idaho Matters to talk about the challenges, the successes and his ambitions for the university.