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This week the Idaho Falls podcast covers Memorial Day weekend, the Le Labo Discovery Set and Santal 33, Farmers Market and Market at the Falls, Doug Hargi Gillespie, the Idaho Falls Exchange Club Field of Honor at Freeman Park, Memorial Day celebration versus solemnity, patriotic music and military sacrifice, dinner with Jared Gold from The Sugar Beast, candy science, Jelly Bellies, perfume culture, fragrance drydown, Mike’s posture diagnosis, Jeff Roper’s Idaho Press Club award, America 250 and Visit Idaho Falls criticism, 208 Vision and local branding, Caitlyn and Valerie Jensen’s rare disease updates, Island Park’s delayed first traffic light, Duck Donuts closing, Funland’s grand reopening at the Idaho Falls Zoo, David Pennock and the Funland restoration, the Little Pig Farm Stand zoning issue, cottage food rules and roadside farm stands. Upcoming events include this Friday May 29 the first annual Spud Bazaar at Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot, this Saturday and Sunday May 30-31 the Idaho Falls Reptile Expo at Bonneville County Fairgrounds, next Friday June 5 the Give Me a Reason to Dress Up formal dinner and dance at The Heart, next Saturday June 6 the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest at Sandy Downs

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Made by Jacee https://www.facebook.com/groups/1830944770874422

6-year-old Valerie Jensen medical mystery fundraiser:

Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Katelynn-Jensen

GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-valerie-get-rare-disease-treatment

Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2003358676927323

Little Pig Farmstand petition https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GcxFCeqVY/

As always, we encourage you to VISIT IDAHO FALLS this summer!

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This week the Idaho Falls podcast covers Dirty Dew, Sugarbugs and Sugarbeasts, Memorial Day weekend, Field of Honor at Freeman Park, Target, Bonas, tech talk and computer issues, local podcast imitators, Brad Barlow on ElevenLabs, reddit/s/interestingas what now, Brad and Tara podcast, Interior Chinatown and Taika Waititi, Project Hail Mary, Camas Grill, single mom side hustle Made by Jacee, Abracadabras weekend to go order are back (kind of), other Sunday brunches in Idaho Falls including Smitty's, Perkins, Smokin' Fins, Frank VanderSloot ISU honorary degree, our new friend Jeremy and Pocatello news, Super Yonic, how to fart, the badvertising agency, why Pocatello is building a new water tank, our version of the ribbon cutting scissors, EDC in Vegas, HeroGasm is now the Idaho Kink Society, Society Table in Iona, Valerie Jensen's medical mystery and how you can help, Baddies of the Scene at The Gem, Brady's closing, the super secret second anointing, John Dehlin and Alyssa Grenfell, middle finger etiquette, Memorial Day weekend IFFD MDA Fill the Boot at 17th Street and Hitt, the second annual Summer Market Days at the Mountain America Center and their sponsored booths for small businesses. Upcoming events include this Saturday May 23 the Market at the Falls at the Westbank, next Saturday May 30-31 the Idaho Falls Reptile Expo at Bonneville County Fairgrounds, Friday June 5 the Give Me a Reason to Dress Up formal dinner and dance at The Heart, Saturday June 6 the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest at Sandy Downs

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25 lb ground beef bundles Virgin River Land and Cattle Company https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063154305099

Vintage Water Tower tee, Idaho Potato Sack tee from Teton T-shirts https://tetontshirts.creator-spring.com

6-year-old Valerie Jensen medical mystery fundraiser:

GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-valerie-get-rare-disease-treatment

Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Katelynn-Jensen

Made by Jacee (Jacee Bakes) https://www.facebook.com/groups/1830944770874422

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This week the Idaho Falls podcast covers algorithm bait, Red Bull Zero, sugar alternatives like monk fruit and date sugar and agave, Diet Coke vs Coke Zero and aspartame, Mother's Day and your mom jokes and people who get butthurt over them, are funeral selfies okay, Hawker Funeral Home in Blackfoot, comedy in serious places, Planters NUTmobile visits East Idaho but where was the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, phallic vs yonic and tuna boats, Mike tries and fails to promote the American Red Cross with an akward selfie and then tries the new Beach Day ice cream at Baskin Robbins as a treat, Smokin' Fins Saturday and Sunday brunch with dippin' donuts and billionaire's bacon, Bryan Johnson's number one sleep tip is not eating 4 hours before bed but does that include his wife, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lawsuit against John Dehlin and the Mormon Stories Podcast, is Mormon a factual historical word or a made up word, Nate Eaton visits Crispy Cones in true Internet Explorer fashion, we try jalapeño huckleberry popcorn from the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce Visit Idaho Falls Experience and Gift Shop and Jalapeño Huck, but will it take the horrible taste of the lame America 250 theme out of our mouths, IFAF AI transcript project, the Idaho Falls Farmers Market controversy ends in less than a week as the market manager and the entire board is replaced, we're disturbed by the Facebook mob mentality and blatant opportunists thinly veiled as helpers, why the Yellowstone Food Village @ IIC is closing, the Papa Q's pizza we're dying to see, David Pennock of the Idaho Falls Zoo is IFAF this week, our Bat Night Goth Gang friends' Seattle trip, who reads the Post Register, other park news like Heritage Park is open now and Meppen Park is coming soon, we offer our scissor services, Mike's nightmare about having to go live with the mayor in a major emergency. Upcoming events include this Saturday May 16 the Freezin for a Reason at McCowin Park, May 30-31 the Idaho Falls Reptile Expo at Bonneville County Fairgrounds, Saturday June 6 the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest at Sandy Downs, June 12-13 the RetroX 4 at Elks Lodge, and Friday June 12 Baddies of the Scene at The Gem, a fundraiser for 6-year-old Valerie Jensen and her medical mystery

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25 lb ground beef bundles Virgin River Land and Cattle Company https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063154305099

Vintage Water Tower tee, Idaho Potato Sack tee from Teton T-shirts https://tetontshirts.creator-spring.com

6-year-old Valerie Jensen medical mystery fundraiser:

GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-valerie-get-rare-disease-treatment

Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Katelynn-Jensen

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This week the Idaho Falls podcast covers pastel outfits and Elsie's Closet finds, Sakura and sky shirts and eBay deals, Idaho Falls Farmers Market opening day and spring weather, local eggs and cat allergy science, olive oil apple cider vinegar lemon honey and salt health routine, Cinco de Mayo events and Shoshone Bannock Casino, Museum of Idaho podcast taping at The Soiled Dove, downtown bar hopping including The Celt and Heads and Tails and XVIII, John Radford, Sugar Beast birthday party in Rexburg and Jared Gold and Chef Haley’s raspberry lemon cake and ice cream flavors, The Love Witch and gas station mushroom gummies, Dr. Ethan Molten and oral surgery bedside manner, Firehouse Subs free sandwich promotion for Mike name variants and multi-location redemption question, Robert Olson YouTube comment and your mom jokes, Detroit style pizza and Buddy's and Loui's and Jets, Mormon Stories Podcast and LDS Church lawsuit and Book of Mormon musical and Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Shiloh Inn shutdown, Kellogg's cereal toys and Toy Story 5, Blackfoot Reservoir low levels and drought and Idaho water rights and Jensen Grove, Chamber of Commerce 4th of July America 250 epic fail, Farmers Market manager controversy, Market at the Falls, Herogasm review. Upcoming events include this Wednesday May 7 the Open Deck Night at The Heart, Saturday June 6 the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest at Sandy Downs

Get spoiled rotten at the Sugarbeast in Rexburg https://www.sugarbeast.com/

Sell your home with Mike Helps Idaho 208-970-8250 https://www.facebook.com/MikeHelpsIdaho

Elsie's Closet upscale resale women's clothing https://www.facebook.com/Elsiesfashioncloset

25 lb ground beef bundles Virgin River Land and Cattle Company https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063154305099

Vintage Water Tower tee, Idaho Potato Sack tee from Teton T-shirts https://tetontshirts.creator-spring.com

6-year-old Valerie Jensen medical mystery fundraiser:

GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-valerie-get-rare-disease-treatment

Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Katelynn-Jensen

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This week the Idaho Falls podcast covers... 4K recording issues, Idaho Falls Spud Kings NCDC championship and Mountain America Center, Elizabeth Smart bodybuilding transformation, Anthropic AI hacking and data privacy, cereal marshmallows, how the Sugarbeast is stronger than you, Mike discovers Le Labo and buys one of everything, Infinity Coins and Kevin and Goldbacks and sailboats, prepper caution, Eastern Idaho State Fair lineup including Flo Rida and Nate Smith and Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias, Papa Loca dessert sweet potatoes and what "would" means when a guy comments it, Jeff Roper and Victor Wilt and gas station mushroom gummies, mayor Lisa Burtenshaw at the Frontier Center, psychedelic effects and "baby's first drugs," Trump and psychedelic treatment access, psilocybin and ibogaine research, mental health therapy-speak and self-diagnosis, depression excuses vs personal responsibility, Frontier Center for the Performing Arts open house and sweet bathrooms, Ed Morgan is IFAF, Frontier Credit Union, Sweet and Salty Charcuterie, overstimulation at public events, Thomas Heuser and Idaho Falls Symphony farewell, Valerie Jensen fundraiser with mom Katelynn, Dineen Cup scheduling conflict, John Dehlin and the Mormon Stories podcast lawsuit, LDS Church branding, Christus statue and Christian identity, HeroGasm Mountain Masqueradeat The Heart Events, Mosy and Melissa, Idaho Falls counterculture reporting. Upcoming events include tonight April 27 the NCDC Dineen Cup Championship Final at the Mountain America Center, also tonight April 27 the last night fort Cirque Italia at the Grand Teton Mall, May 4-7 the Idaho Gives fundraiser, Saturday June 6 the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest at Sandy Downs

Get spoiled rotten at the Sugarbeast in Rexburg https://www.sugarbeast.com/

Sell your home with Mike Helps Idaho 208-970-8250 https://www.facebook.com/MikeHelpsIdaho

Elsie's Closet upscale resale women's clothing https://www.facebook.com/Elsiesfashioncloset

25 lb ground beef bundles Virgin River Land and Cattle Company https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063154305099

Vintage Water Tower tee, Idaho Potato Sack tee from Teton T-shirts https://tetontshirts.creator-spring.com

6-year-old Valerie Jensen medical mystery fundraiser:

GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-valerie-get-rare-disease-treatment

Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Katelynn-Jensen

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This week the Idaho Falls podcast covers... Our 4K upgrade and podmaxxing, Zombie Nation and "Kernkraft 400," Napster and song naming confusion, Valerie Jensen medical mystery update and how some doctors suck, the famous Cisco default on hold music is being used by both Westmark and Walgreens, Bridgerton-style instrumental music and Vitamin String Quartet, 1966 Don Ho "Tiny Bubbles" and Neil Diamond "Red Red Wine" and 1998 "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" and Liz Taylor and Liv Tyler, Korean tiger and magpie folk art symbolism, medieval cat paintings and cat nipples, why the Mike Helps Idaho Instagram account was deleted at 22,000 followers, is a pay-for-votes contest like America's Favorite Student really legit, American Farmers Network formerly Intermountain Packing closes suddenly, IDA and IFPD water salute to officer Josh Deede, Mike's story about Carissa from the "You Grew Up in Idaho Falls If You Remember" Facebook group, Idaho Falls Noir et Blanc black and white photography page from Paul Allen, Salt Lake Tribune and the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ, will Mike get merked by the Mormon Militia, LDS membership decline and cultural Mormons, the Sagrada Familia capstone milestone, local legend Frank VanderSloot is #43 on Forbes list of self-made Americans above Arnold Schwarzenegger and Martha Stewart and Mark Cuban, Billings Montana and Cocolalla Idaho, Margaret Baker of Medline is now the richest person in Idaho, our collab with Film Garage 208 brought our podcast's vision to life, Dan and Sarah Guthmiller and their amazing studio space that you can rent for your creative projects, Isabelle Films, Treat Time with McCormick's Bridgerton finishing sugar flavors like sweet lemon and strawberries and cream and lavender vanilla, upcoming events include this Wednesday April 22 the Frontier Center for the Performing Arts ribbon cutting and open house, this Saturday April 25 the Idaho Falls Symphony farewell concert for Thomas Heuser, this Saturday April 25 the HeroGasm Mountain Masquerade at The Heart

Get spoiled rotten at the Sugarbeast in Rexburg https://www.sugarbeast.com/

Sell your home with Mike Helps Idaho 208-970-8250 https://www.facebook.com/MikeHelpsIdaho

Elsie's Closet upscale resale women's clothing https://www.facebook.com/Elsiesfashioncloset

25 lb ground beef bundles Virgin River Land and Cattle Company https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063154305099

Vintage Water Tower tee, Idaho Potato Sack tee from Teton T-shirts https://tetontshirts.creator-spring.com

6-year-old Valerie Jensen medical mystery fundraiser:

GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-valerie-get-rare-disease-treatment

Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Katelynn-Jensen

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This week the Idaho Falls podcast covers... The mental zombie apocalypse, why to plant flowers after Memorial Day, McDonald's KPop Demon Hunters Huntrix Meal with Ramyeon McShaker fries and Derpy McFlurry with boba, host clubs, Saja Boys and the baby of the boy band, tummy bubbles and Tiny Bubbles, Mike's second annual Detroit trip with Battleship Barb, United Wholesale Mortgage and billionaire Mat Ishbia, Detroit style pizza and Buddy's Pizza vs Loui's Pizza, Denver gate B67, Cook of Mormon apron and devastating Mark Twain quote, the Idaho Goldbacks are now available, our new computer and 4k upgrade coming soon, Katelynn and Valerie Jensen update is good news but still leaves the main question unanswered, upcoming fundraiser and how you can help, Karley's leveled up homemade Stella's Pot of Gold ice cream with Lucky Charms marshmallows and Double Stuf Golden Oreos, our good LDS friends being exposed to public nudity like the General Conference streaker and the Rexburg highway flasher, we finally get vetted for the HeroGasm Mountain Masquerade, The Boys season 5, Snake River Animal Shelter Fur Ball, Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel, Lane and Whitney from Virgin River Land and Cattle Company, Michelle Ziel-Dingman and Dayne Dingman, Andrea and Ed Todd, events coming up include the East Idaho Home & Garden Show this Friday and Saturday April 17-18 at the Mountain America Center, the Good Vibes Festival this Sunday April 19th at the Shilo Inn, the Ammon Parks Spring Scavenger Hunt continues through next Monday April 20, and the open house for the newly remodeled Frontier Center for the Performing Arts is Wednesday April 22 at 4p

Sell your home with Mike Helps Idaho 208-970-8250 https://www.facebook.com/MikeHelpsIdaho

Elsie's Closet upscale resale women's clothing https://www.facebook.com/Elsiesfashioncloset

25 lb ground beef bundles Virgin River Land and Cattle Company https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063154305099

Get spoiled rotten at the Sugarbeast in Rexburg https://www.sugarbeast.com/

Vintage Water Tower tee from Teton T-shirts https://tetontshirts.creator-spring.com/listing/idaho-falls-water-tower-classi

Marilyn inspired Idaho Potato Sack tee from Teton T-shirts https://tetontshirts.creator-spring.com/listing/idaho-potatoes-sack

Katelynn Jensen and 6-year-old Val fundraiser:

GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-valerie-get-rare-disease-treatment

Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Katelynn-Jensen

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This week the Idaho Falls podcast covers... the permanent record of what really happened in Idaho Falls, why one of Mike's Instagram accounts may have been deleted, Karley dog sits for the Jensens and has a hilarious reaction to being yanked around, Kevin's daughter gets a perfect ACT score, Lagoon is open and debuts its new ride The Nutcracker, we attended the Idaho Falls Advertising Federation Gem Awards and honored longtime local legend DeLyn Hendricks, other name drops include Don Jarret of 96.1 and 102.1 The Wolf and Idaho Falls Arts Council executive director Gray Augustus and Gary Stewart and the staff of IE Productions and Andrea Todd and Porter Pro Media and Son of Erik Design, how Dan and Sarah Guthmiller of Film Garage 208 will bring your creative vision to life whether you're making a video or producing a podcast or building a brand, we finally try those gas station mushroom gummies and give our review, Mike's new favorite movie The Fall (2006) looks like it's full of CGI but isn't, Mike out of town this week but returns just in time for Homelander and Butcher and the premiere of the final season of The Boys, our exclusive sneak peek of the new menu at Camas Sports Grill at the Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel, Kevin Greene of the Idaho Falls Chukars and Spud Kings and his 33 year career, how the subconscious mind can create content that surprises and confounds the conscious mind, what the heck is a napkin spot, Jewel, Song Exploder, Mike's dream interpretation tip, Raising Cane's opens in Pocatello and coming to Idaho Falls and we hope they fare better than Popeyes, is Cane's Sauce just fry sauce with pepper, Detroit famous butter based Zip sauce, Chicago style deep dish pizza was invented at Pizzeria Uno and perfected by Lou Malnati's in our opinion, Detroit style pizza was invented at Buddy's Pizza and perfected at Loui's Pizza in our opinion, our friend to Jeremy Sowell spotted this 1B 8 Idaho license plate, the hazards of northbound I-15 construction in Pocatello around the new Northgate interchange, how AI summaries are helping illiterate people communicate, in the very near future only smart judgmental people will read the original text, the shift to analog activities and craving connection, Mike's new favorite AI art slop genre AI DreamCore, the Summer of Pokémon GO was 10 years ago in 2016, we should live in such a way that if anyone speaks badly of us no one would believe it, but being open about our flaws invites others to comfortably confide in us without fear of judgment, Mike's stepdad passed away in February 2025 and bio dad just passed away in March 2026, and either that or the gas station gummies led to a profound paradigm shift, what Mike admires and respects about Viktor Wilt and Brenden Peach, great photo from The Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce, we're working on moving to 4K, Tchaikovsky and Danny Elfman and the celeste, We Don't Talk About Bruno was actually a huge smash hit, Mike's strict 3 day autophagy fast with inspo from Tyler Brooks from A&B Productions and a hilarious realization about Jesus' 40 day fast, the Snake River Animal Shelter Fur Ball is this Saturday night April 11, the Good Vibes Festival happens Sunday April 19th at the Shilo Inn, the Ammon Parks Spring Scavenger Hunt continues through April 20, and the open house for the newly remodeled Frontier Center for the Performing Arts is Wednesday April 22 at 4p