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City Cast Boise

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City Cast Boise and Hey Boise have suspended operations. Our last podcast episode and newsletter were published on Oct. 24, 2025.

You’ve given us support at every turn, but (news flash!) media is a hard business, and local media is even harder. We haven’t been able to bring in as many listeners, readers, advertisers, and members as we need. Ultimately, our bosses decided to close up shop here for now, with the hope that City Cast will be able to return to Boise in the future. For now, City Cast will continue operating in 13 other cities across the U.S., including our newest shows in Seattle and the Twin Cities.

We’ve loved the conversation we’ve been having with you for the past three years — the funny, messy, boisterous conversation about this city we all love. We’ll miss chatting about California transplants, marveling at In-N-Out lines, and trying potato ice cream so you didn’t have to.

Thank you for trusting us with your stories, Boise.

Goodbye from City Cast Boise and Hey Boise

News and updates about the City Cast Boise podcast and Hey Boise newsletter.

City Cast Boise Announcements

Announcements

City Cast Boise is the proud winner of Best Podcast in Boise Weekly’s annual Best of Boise awards. To share the love, we want to show off a 

 who have been featured on City Cast Boise and in the Hey Boise newsletter.

Best Concert Venue: Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Gardens, which is a 

, especially as a kick-off to the season.

Best Tourist Attraction: None other than the Greenbelt, which is featured in approximately every other City Cast Boise podcast episode.

Best Happy Hour: Boise Weekly voters and I agreed that 

 for its daily BOGO. Barbacoa also took home first place in “dining experience.”

We called it Caldwell’s “crown jewel” restaurant

, so it’s no surprise that the winner is Amano!

Best Frozen Treat: The STIL took this one, and while it has plenty of competition, 

Best Indian Food: Meridianite and City Cast Boise podcast host Lindsay Van Allen 

won with this one! It’s Red Fort Cuisine of India

, which is a pretty new addition to the local restaurant scene but well deserving of the award.

Best Grocery Store: Back in City Cast Boise’s early days, 

Best Bookstore: It’s in a new location, but 

it’s a classic for a reason: Rediscovered

City Cast Boise Wins Best Local Podcast

Welcome to City Cast Boise Neighbors, our brand-new membership program that helps deepen your connection to Boise. Here’s everything you need to know about our growing Neighbor community.

What It Means to Be a City Cast Boise Neighbor

At City Cast Boise, our team brings you the stories that matter — right here in our own backyard. We dig deep into the conversations shaping our communities, the Boiseans who give the city its heartbeat. In a time with increasing rhetoric and a barrage of national headlines, we spotlight the conversations impacting our neighborhoods, and celebrate the neighbors who make Boise unique.

Because better neighbors make for better cities.

 And City Cast Boise Neighbors are the best.

Your membership directly supports local journalism and the stories you rely on to better understand Boise. Here’s what else you get:

 You’ll get access to regular events like special insider tours, local volunteering meetups, happy hours with other City Cast Boise Neighbors, and other Neighbors-only events where we share ideas about how to make the city better for everyone.

submit your favorite local business or organization

 to be mentioned in the show and in the Hey Boise newsletter. It’s your chance to shine a light on the local spots making a difference.

 right in your inbox every Monday, so you can make the most of your time in the city.

 A special feed just for Neighbors where you can listen to the City Cast Boise podcast without advertisements.

Become a City Cast Boise Neighbor and help us build a better city, one good neighbor at a time.

Join the Growing Community of City Cast Boise Neighbors

Why Your Neighbor Became a City Cast Boise Neighbor

 “I enjoy the wide-ranging reporting of Hey Boise and especially appreciate the way Lindsay shows up for events that matter to me."

 "I really enjoy the news you deliver and feel it’s fair and balanced. Thanks for creating such a great news program! Plus the additional details about fun places and events make it extra special!"

 "I really believe that local, independent news supports a healthy democracy, so I wanted to do my part to help it thrive!"

 "I think it's really important to support grassroots, modern, local media in my community! I know it's tough to make it sustainable financially and if you value something, you should put your money where your mouth is."

 "I grew up in the Treasure Valley (in Canyon County), but my wife and I have spent the last few years living in Seattle. We recently moved to Boise to be closer to family, but to make staying here work long term, I want to be able to have a sense of community outside of family. The podcast has kind of helped with that, and I am interested in the member-only events as a way to interact with like-minded people in Boise."

 "Lindsay is truly a gifted host. She’s a terrific listener and question asker. I never miss an episode and have all my friends tuning into CCB for much needed knowledge and insight into events, restaurants, recreation, politics and huckleberry spots!"

Here’s everything you need to know about our new membership program, its benefits, and member exclusives.

What Is City Cast Neighbors?

City Cast is committed to tracking–and publishing–demographic information about our podcast guests. Diversity is a 

, and accountability is another. We want to have podcast guests who are diverse in race and ethnicity, gender, economic background, and geography. Tracking and publicizing guest demographics is a way to hold us accountable for representing the diversity of Boise.

So are we living up to our values? How diverse is our podcast guest pool, really?

This is the second year of data we have about City Cast Boise guests. (

.) We ask each of our City Cast Boise podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood. About 80% of guests responded in 2024. The following data encompass a total of 72 responding guests who appeared on the podcast between Nov. 1, 2023 and Oct. 31, 2024. (We did not count City Cast Boise staffers who appeared on the podcast.)

We then used census data to compare our podcast guests to the broader Boise city and metro population. This helps us see how well we’re reflecting the community we’re serving.

City Cast Boise’s guests broadly mirrored the population of the city and region. Boise has the largest percentage of white residents of any of the 13 cities in the 

, and unsurprisingly the vast majority of our 2023 guests were white. Our small percentages of Hispanic and Asian-American guests reflected the broader population. Only 1 percent of the Boise population is Black, and City Cast Boise did not record any Black guests in 2024.

We also asked about gender identity. A 53% majority of our guests identified as female, with 44% identifying as male and 3% identifying as non-binary.

Learn more about guest diversity on other City Cast podcasts here.

This is the second year of data we have about City Cast Boise guests. We ask each of our City Cast Boise podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood.

How Diverse Were City Cast Boise’s Podcast Guests in 2024?

When we launched City Cast in 2021, we committed to tracking–and publishing–demographic information about our podcast guests. Diversity is a 

We ask each of our City Cast Boise podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood. About 95% of guests responded. The following data encompass a total of 90 responding guests who collectively made 172 podcast appearances from Nov. 1, 2022 through Nov. 9, 2023. (We did not count City Cast Boise staffers who appeared on the podcast.)

We then used census data to compare our podcast guests to the broader city population. This helps us see how well we’re reflecting the community we’re serving.

As you can see in the chart, City Cast Boise’s guests broadly mirrored the population of the city and region. Boise has the largest percentage of white residents of any of the 11 cities in the 

, and unsurprisingly the vast majority of our 2023 guests were white. Our small percentages of Black and Asian-American guests reflected the broader population. City Cast Boise is the only podcast in the City Cast network that had Hispanic/Latinx representation greater than the local population.

We also asked about gender identity. A 52% majority of our guests identified as female, with 46% identifying as male and 2% identifying as non-binary.

Diversity is a core City Cast Boise value, and accountability is another. Here's how diverse our City Cast Boise podcast guests were in 2023.

Announcements

Goodbye from City Cast Boise and Hey Boise

City Cast Boise Wins Best Local Podcast

What Is City Cast Neighbors?

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How Diverse Were City Cast Boise’s Podcast Guests in 2024?

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