
City Cast Boise
Hosted by Lindsay Van Allen and Blake Hunter · City Cast
4.5from 182 ratings
- 779
- Episodes
- 446
- Transcribed
- 182
- Ratings
- 2022
- First episode
- 26K
- YouTube views
About City Cast Boise
City Cast Boise is the award-winning daily news podcast that connects us to the city we love. With a companion newsletter it’s the place where curiosity and passion for Boise meet. Every weekday morning, our host Lindsay Van Allen will introduce you to your neighbors — from newcomers to born-and-raised Boiseans. It’s like eavesdropping on a great conversation overheard at your favorite downtown coffee shop, except in this case you’re invited to join in. With a clear-eyed vision of the challenges and triumphs of our rapidly changing Boise, the podcast will make you feel more connected to this city we share. Learn more and subscribe to our newsletter at boise.citycast.fm. Named Best Podcast in Boise Weekly’s Best of Boise 2025 1st place for “Best Interview” at Idaho Press Club 2024 Awards
- Publisher
- City Cast
- Category
- news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 May 2022
- Latest episode
- 24 Oct 2025
Latest episodes
446 of 779 episodes have a transcript.

24 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT
What We’ve Learned About Boise

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22 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT
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What We’ve Learned About Boise
Published 24 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I think that was something that was really trickier than I thought about doing the podcast, how much that Boise nice seems to still weigh on so many people. I think it sounds almost cheesy, but I, as you were talking, I was like thinking the same thing of like the word authenticity. Like, and I've been thinking about that a lot as I think about like what's next and just what, what I hope Boise becomes. But I, I think that that is really true. I think that there's so much fear around rocking the boat, but there's also on the other side of that, because of that effect over many years of that, there's also a real hunger for newness and for authenticity. for some change, like whatever that change looks like, it's different to every single person. […]
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- Evelyn Avitia
- Benjamin Cremer
- Frankie Barnhill
- Whitney Bryen
- Samuel Anderson
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 25,568
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 120 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 62 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts City Cast Boise?
Lindsay Van Allen and Blake Hunter host the show. Published by City Cast.
Does City Cast Boise take guests?
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