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Get off the page with Bob and Alexis: A deeper - but less formal - look at the issues that matter to the people of Newcastle and Weston County. Join the reigning Wyoming Journalist of the Year and a former president of the Wyoming Press Association as they dive deeper into the topics that deserve a little different look.

  1. JAN 3

    Episode 31 — Winter is Coming

    We go off the sports pages this week with Karpe Dogie herself, NLJ Sports Editor Sonja Karp, to get you primed and ready for a winter sports season that is set to really take off in 2025. Get a feel for the prospects of the Dogies' winter sports teams from the person who knows them best, and then join us as we take a deeper look at high school sports in general. We talk about the rise of new sports — like women's wrestling — as participation in traditional programs declines, and what that mea...

    1h 5m

  2. 12/10/2024

    Episode 30 — The Politics of Finger Pointing

    This week we take you off the page to tell you the stories behind the story on the city's utility rate hike, and give you the information you need to decide who should — and shouldn't — get a bad rap for the size of the lump of coal in your Christmas stockings this year. We also take a look at what Chip Neiman's ascension to House Speaker means for the Wyoming State Legislature's upcoming session — and we respond to a homegrown media critic's campaign to defend incompetence in local governmen...

    1h 8m

  3. 11/19/2024

    Episode 29 — Becky's Reckoning

    The newspaper made the news again this week - and for all of the right reasons from our perspective. Find out the story behind the story on the thousand votes that were unaccounted for on election night in Weston County — and learn what lengths the News Letter Journal, the Secretary of the State and the Weston County Republican Party Chair had to go to in order to ensure that everybody's vote was counted in a state legislative race. County Clerk Becky Hadlock thinks the error is no big deal, ...

    1h 3m

  4. 11/08/2024

    Episode 28 — One Man, One Vote, One Middle Finger to...

    Alexis returns to the show to help Bob take you off the page and into a really deep dive into the controversy surrounding the legislative vacancies that were declared — and then filled — in a bold move by a group of concerned citizens and a trio of Weston County Commissioners. We take you back to the origins of the decades-long redistricting debate, and explain how Weston County lost its representation in the Wyoming State Legislature in the first place. We recall which communities — and indi...

    40 min

  5. 10/08/2024

    Episode 27 — Licking Our Wounds

    You win some and you lose some, and in the aftermath of most elections voters are generally forced to accept that reality — and so are newspapers. But that doesn't necessarily mean it is a grim reality, and there may be reason to accept the reality of this election with guarded optimism. Bob is joined this week by NLJ Managing Editor Kim Dean and back-to-back-to-back Wyoming Photojournalist of the Year Walter Sprague to reflect on the results of the primary election in Weston County and look ...

    40 min

  6. 09/09/2024

    Episode 26 — Boys (and Girls!) of Fall

    NLJ Publisher Bob Bonnar welcomes guest host Sonja Karp to the podcast, and the longtime Dogie coaches and announcers take a deep dive into the state of Dogie athletics and the prospects for the fall sports programs in 2024. They took a look at all aspects of Newcastle High School athletics - from new programs and facilities to coaches and athletes, and get you ready to paint your face orange and black for the coming campaign!Check us out at newslj.com to keep tabs on this story, or for more ...

    37 min

  7. 08/16/2024

    Episode 25 — Lie Until it is Legal

    Former Weston County Commissioner Marty Ertman and current commissioner Ed Wagoner both continue to deny that the secret ballot the commissioners used to select a Wyoming House District 2 Representative for the people of Weston County was illegal - even after agreeing to a stipulated court order that it was a violation of Wyoming State Statute. As both run for new terms on the commission, Ertman said she wants to take the issue all the way to the Supreme Court and Wagoner claims there was no ...

    1h 11m

  8. 07/29/2024

    Episode 24 — (Uni)Party Animals

    Bob and Alexis take you off the page to describe life as Weston County's non-Mainstream Media and tell you how government bureaucrats and some elected officials circle the wagons to protect and serve the government they work for instead of the people they are supposed to be serving. Uniparty animals are desperate to preserve their government strongholds and oftentimes the media is more than happy to help them do it — especially when there is a payday on the line — and they are dancing to the ...

    37 min
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Get off the page with Bob and Alexis: A deeper - but less formal - look at the issues that matter to the people of Newcastle and Weston County. Join the reigning Wyoming Journalist of the Year and a former president of the Wyoming Press Association as they dive deeper into the topics that deserve a little different look.

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  • Creator
    Bob Bonnar
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Explicit
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