Podcast Episodes

Boise's Rockin' Reptile

Tag along for the first episode of You Know The Place, when we drop into a local reptile shop to learn about Jesus lizards, tail-less geckos, and why all women are attracted to snakes.

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Snakes as bracelets.

Joel overcoming his fear of snakes.

LD's snake face.

LD unable to hide how crazy she is for snakes. Notice the snake on the hand of the “helper” in the corner. Also: #redpants

Precious, the green snake.

Reminds me of that Walt Whitman line from Leaves of Grass: “Limpid green scales of love / I make a pillow of myself.”

Reptile stickers.

Beep if you boop. Honk if you’re hangry. Brake if you snake.

India Fashion & Grocery

In our second episode of the You Know The Place podcast, we pop into a family-owned shop that specializes in clothing, jewelry, and dry goods from India, Pakistan, and Nepal.

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Mannequin view of the bodega.

The mural outside India Fashion & Grocery.

LD next to the mural women.

The jewelry case.

LD's henna tattoo (and massive watch).

Amer, Hardeep, Herman, and German.

The Beardsmith

For our third field trip on “You Know The Place,” the podcast pops into The Beardsmith, a local barber shop that's doing its best to highlight and preserve the majesty of the beard.

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Super rad custom leather aprons at The Beardsmith.

Wall of decorations.

Garage door gateway to the bar next door.

LD taking pics of a customer getting a shave.

The Beardsmith co-owner, Wendy, shows us around.

Boise Acro Yoga

For week four, the podcast looks to the digital world. Just as you can drive by a store or shop, you can scroll by or happen across tons of groups and spaces on the internet. So, what happens when “You Know The Place” joins a group online and then actually shows up in real life?

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LD goes flying, with Michael acting as her base.

Joel does face-to-pelvic-floor (or something).

Joel looks dubious about flying.

LD records an attempt at a back-bend.

Acro yoga at its acro-ist.

Stillwater Float Center

It's week five and You Know The Place is on the hunt for a place and an experience to share on the podcast. #postfloatglow is a real thing, people.

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LD interviews Joel about his experience in the pod.

The entryway of Stillwater Float Center.

Heed the warning. Meditation in progress.

One of the float pods. That glow is so vibrant.

JUMP

This week, it’s that quintessential Boise locale that everyone knows about…but no one really knows what it is. Join “You Know The Place” as LD and Joel explore all five colorful, tractor-filled stories of JUMP.

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The giant curved slide from the fourth floor down to the bottom.

LD walking through the doors of JUMP.

The group slide on the top floor of JUMP.

Conference attendees taking a break with animal masks.

Joel riding the JUMP elevator, wearing the audio kit.

JUMP's make studio.

One of the tractors from the collection at JUMP.

Sunset Club

When's the last time you really celebrated the sunset? This week, the YKTP podcast drops in on a social club for "those who like watching the sunset, getting together with queerfolk and having a hoot." Because, why not? Champagne toast included.

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The sun sets behind the club flag.

The Sunset Club flag.

First attempts at flying the flag in the church parking lot.

LD wearing the audio kit.

After the sun goes down.

Stewart's Gem Shop

It’s an atypical Tuesday when You Know The Place stumbles on a hidden gem in west downtown Boise that just happens to sell gems. Coincidence? You tell us.

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Boxes of rocks and gemstones at Stewart's.

The front door of Stewart's Gem Shop.

LD records the sound of the rock saw.

A line of well-used work benches.

Some Owhyee picture jasper. Notice how it looks like a landscape.

Boise Stage Stop

Say you're on a road trip and just happen to be craving the following: a hot shower, hashbrowns and gravy, a personalized pocket knife, a bucket of popcorn in a movie theater, a bidet. Well, there's a place for all that.

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Parrots 'N' Stuff

Since “You Know The Place” started season one of the podcast at a reptile store, it seems appropriate to end it at a bird shop, right? (Shout out to Brian in Boise for the store suggestion!) Warning: This episode contains some loud bird squawking and LD's (ugh) bird voice.

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Vape Shops of Overland

We're kicking off our second season with a twist as LD allows Joel to nominate all the vape shops on Overland in Boise. Well, kinda.

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Rocky Mountain Fireworks & Fur

If someone asks if you want to see the "stink room," you reply affirmatively, right? No? Was that just us? Join us as we head to Caldwell to learn about skunk lures and fireworks!

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Cremation Society of Idaho

For better or worse, society puts up a curtain around the process and business of death. This week, we step into a local funeral home with the hopes of peeking through a bit.

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Bricks & Minifigs

A shop that sells Legos has to do more than just sell Legos, right? Tag along as Joel and LD explore a toy shop in a space that used to be a bank. And in case you were wondering: The tube at the drive-up teller window doesn't shoot out Legos—at least not yet.

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Bare Mountain

The first rule of nudism: Nobody wants to sit in your butt juice. Why are we talking about nudism? Join LD and Joel as they make a road trip just 30 minutes outside of Boise to the side of a mountain populated by great people, plenty of laughs, and oh yeah—no clothing.

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Boise Fencing Club

Is there something out there (in the great, wide world) you've forever been curious to try, mainly because you think you'd be good at it? That was our experience at Boise Fencing Club. And *spoiler alert* — LD wasn't that good.

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Little Dutch Garden

What's our excuse for not yet exploring a neighborhood pub (even after our tagline says we explore “businesses, clubs, pubs”)? Truth is, we don't have one. And we're sorry. To make up for it, we asked YOU where we should go and as usual, you didn't disappoint. Thanks to everyone who gave us suggestions—we ended up going to the one that got the most recommendations: LDG.

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Kirkham Hot Springs & Diamond Lil's

We packed a cooler and the spouses and we finally did it—we got outta town! After talking about it forever, we spent a Saturday hot springin' in Lowman and beer sippin' in Idaho City. Join us for our first YKTP road trip, won't ya?

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Nerfed

Maybe the draw to a place like this is more obvious than we'd originally thought—I mean come on, it's Nerf guns. But we went. And we played. With seven-year-old boys. We have no regrets.

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Birds of Prey

Podcast season finales are for the birds, apparently. We didn't plan it that way but for the second time in a row we are rounding out the season with an avian theme. And if the World Center for Birds of Prey seems like a bucket-list thing to do, we agree. So does our special guest host (!!!).

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