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The Idaho State Historical Society is looking for pictures of Boise's old State Penitentiary as part of a new project. Jacey Brain, Visitor Services Coordinator at the Idaho State Historical Society and Interim Historic Sites Administrator, Anthony Parry joins Idaho Matters to tell us more.

If there’s one thing that trips up folks from outside Idaho, it’s our weird and wonderful place names. Counties, cities and rivers in Idaho can be hard to pronounce, if you don’t have a handy guide like this one.

Is there anything more divisive between locals and transplants than place pronunciations? Let's face it: Idahoans are passionate about how to say the…

"Central America’s Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration" examines the continent’s fraught history of repression and resistance and connects the United States’ interventions and influence to the influx of refugees seeking asylum today.

Idaho Matters takes a look inside of Erma Hayman House, a 115 year old single family home that is being preserved as a cultural site in Downtown Boise.

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The original aired in November 2020.Ill Winds is a call to action against the rising authoritarianism…

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The original aired in November 2020.Ill Winds is a call to action against the rising authoritarianism…

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in January 2021. Few people have made decisions as momentous as Dwight…

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in January 2021. Few people have made decisions as momentous as Dwight…

Overground Railroad, by Candacy Taylor, explores the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists. Deeply…