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Passing the badge | Going home | Is the Bengs' ad fair? | Parking meter metrics | Legislator troubles | Oct. 10, 2026- Mike Milstead, Josh Phillips
Oct 9, 202647 min
The Trump drag | Democracy, populism & ruling South Dakota | A viral confrontation | Is he a liberal? | 50%+1's two edges | Caring for neighbors | Oct. 3, 2026 - Brian Bengs, Ned Horstad, Elizabeth Schenkel
Oct 4, 20261h 27m
Election integrity | About Monea's endorsement | The auditors' admiral? | The political spark | Sept. 26, 2026 Heather Baxter
Sep 27, 202635 min
Heavy reading | Energy ethics | DWIs spike | Asking the right PUC questions | World exploration & getting eaten | Asking for chains? | Sept 19, 2026 Don Haggar
Sep 19, 20261h 2m
Horse slaughter & smoking | 13 inches | 25 years since 9/11 | Commissioning public utility politics | Staying dry | Data center outrage & Chi-coms | Sept. 12, 2026 Frank Kloucek
Sep 12, 202656 min
English origins | Coming to America | Coaching success | Data center lobbying | Defending the Flock | Zoo ask | Turfing a field | Sept. 5, 2026 James Oppenheimer
Sep 5, 20261h 5m
Beating a dead pandemic | Banking on journalism's future with The Collegian | Marijuana markets | The Scout's next big step | Aug. 29, 2026 Ben Nesselhuf
Aug 29, 20261h 17m
Room for improvement | ‘Back to normal ... what we have here is good’ | A big job | The Democrats most winnable race? | Using AI to improve record keeping | Online & early voter registration
Aug 22, 202653 min
Room for improvement | ‘Back to normal ... what we have here is good’ | A big job | The Democrats most winnable race? | Using AI to improve record keeping | Online & early voter registration
Aug 22, 202653 min
Asking hard questions | Connecting dots | Clinging to leadership | Flock camera hype | Surveying Smithfield | Surviving a fire | Hiring the right person
Aug 15, 202659 min
Asking hard questions | Connecting dots | Clinging to leadership | Flock camera hype | Surveying Smithfield | Surviving a fire | Hiring the right person
Aug 15, 202659 min
Visiting Wrigley | Winning state | Forging better athletes | New 9-to-5er | Making a majority | Hiding in the bathroom | Abnormally triggered | Building better businesses
Aug 8, 202642 min
Visiting Wrigley | Winning state | Forging better athletes | New 9-to-5er | Making a majority | Hiding in the bathroom | Abnormally triggered | Building better businesses
Aug 8, 202642 min
(STRONG LANGUAGE) ‘Doors win wars’ | Vanquished & helpful | Mr. Mandate? | Lessons of ‘02, ‘20 & ‘26 | Did it get in the meat? | The Fifth | Fauci's find, fine & failure
Aug 1, 202655 min
(STRONG LANGUAGE) ‘Doors win wars’ | Vanquished & helpful | Mr. Mandate? | Lessons of ‘02, ‘20 & ‘26 | Did it get in the meat? | The Fifth | Fauci's find, fine & failure
Aug 1, 202655 min
South Dakota Republicans will decide | Final days, final attacks | Finding humor in high-stakes politics | Win or lose, what's next? | About those polls... | Audio wars
Jul 26, 20261h 48m
South Dakota Republicans will decide | Final days, final attacks | Finding humor in high-stakes politics | Win or lose, what's next? | About those polls... | Audio wars
Jul 26, 20261h 48m
Twigs & Ernie | A 'nice' $69M surplus | The governor who shall not be named | Legislative-executive cooperation | Fighting over scraps? | Betty's choice
Jul 18, 202654 min
Twigs & Ernie | A 'nice' $69M surplus | The governor who shall not be named | Legislative-executive cooperation | Fighting over scraps? | Betty's choice
Jul 18, 202654 min
Remembering David | Congratulating Christine | Sneve's correction | Trolling with public info | Running proud | That other runoff | Constitutional communism?
Jul 11, 20261h 18m
Remembering David | Congratulating Christine | Sneve's correction | Trolling with public info | Running proud | That other runoff | Constitutional communism?
Jul 11, 20261h 18m
Blacklisted? | Political Covidians, cowards or 'Midwest Nice'? | Ellis & Joe's favorite Declaration signers | Power posturing | 'This level of smoke' | Founders, framers & America250
Jul 4, 202637 min
Blacklisted? | Political Covidians, cowards or 'Midwest Nice'? | Ellis & Joe's favorite Declaration signers | Power posturing | 'This level of smoke' | Founders, framers & America250
Jul 4, 202637 min
A recount advantage | Get ready for court | A divided GOP | Tit for tat in the governor's race | Regulators | America250
Jun 28, 202657 min
A recount advantage | Get ready for court | A divided GOP | Tit for tat in the governor's race | Regulators | America250
Jun 28, 202657 min
EPISODE 200: 100 cops short | Lincoln Day dinners | McPherson County mania | Erickson-Smith predictions | Double standards & malicious politics | Prosecutor packing | Consolidated election failure
Jun 21, 202659 min
EPISODE 200: 100 cops short | Lincoln Day dinners | McPherson County mania | Erickson-Smith predictions | Double standards & malicious politics | Prosecutor packing | Consolidated election failure
Jun 21, 202659 min
Zak v. Zach | Sioux Falls Central District civic champions | Two campaigns, two runoffs | Art, walkability, Smithfield, data centers | Lowercase ‘l’ libertarian | Thinking bigger
Jun 13, 202652 min
Zak v. Zach | Sioux Falls Central District civic champions | Two campaigns, two runoffs | Art, walkability, Smithfield, data centers | Lowercase ‘l’ libertarian | Thinking bigger
Jun 13, 202652 min
Doeden's Matt Hurley & Rhoden's Ian Fury collide | Bombing an intro | USD love, Med school move & keeping Verm alive | Good soldiers | Will civility last | Predictions?
Jun 6, 20262h 27m
Doeden's Matt Hurley & Rhoden's Ian Fury collide | Bombing an intro | USD love, Med school move & keeping Verm alive | Good soldiers | Will civility last | Predictions?
Jun 6, 20262h 27m
Toby's Babe Ruth call | The Doeden entourage | 'Simplifying' Sioux Falls civics | Double runoff? | A bunk tax filing or a false residency — choose one | Killing the messenger
May 30, 20261h 43m
Toby's Babe Ruth call | The Doeden entourage | 'Simplifying' Sioux Falls civics | Double runoff? | A bunk tax filing or a false residency — choose one | Killing the messenger
May 30, 20261h 43m
Partying in Parkston | Hanging at Hansen's | In the K-12 trenches | The pipeline fight's spark | Polling, attack ads & a surge | Spending & sales tax
May 23, 20261h 7m
Partying in Parkston | Hanging at Hansen's | In the K-12 trenches | The pipeline fight's spark | Polling, attack ads & a surge | Spending & sales tax
May 23, 20261h 7m
Dusty's got pipes | A long-shot's 'Hail Mary' | Data centers, electricity & taxes | Not shooting straight | A dedicated Yote | Lemmon to USD | The grocer | Bad candidates | Homeless draw
May 15, 202636 min
Dusty's got pipes | A long-shot's 'Hail Mary' | Data centers, electricity & taxes | Not shooting straight | A dedicated Yote | Lemmon to USD | The grocer | Bad candidates | Homeless draw
May 15, 202636 min
DSU shines | Coalescing Sanford, Avera & Monument | Navigating new nurses | Skeletons & treasure | Blame Trump | Hunting elephants
May 9, 202645 min
DSU shines | Coalescing Sanford, Avera & Monument | Navigating new nurses | Skeletons & treasure | Blame Trump | Hunting elephants
May 9, 202645 min
The postmortem | Ellis & Lalley decompress | Handwritten notes & more debate rulebreakers | The best questions & answers | Sioux Falls mayoral hopefuls up next
May 2, 202652 min
The postmortem | Ellis & Lalley decompress | Handwritten notes & more debate rulebreakers | The best questions & answers | Sioux Falls mayoral hopefuls up next
May 2, 202652 min
(Steel) horses | Badlands dirt biking | Re-hooked on phonics | Classroom renegade | Why run? | War or Defense | A'bullsh*t' story | South Dakota's First Lady | SURFing with DSU
Apr 24, 202658 min
(Steel) horses | Badlands dirt biking | Re-hooked on phonics | Classroom renegade | Why run? | War or Defense | A'bullsh*t' story | South Dakota's First Lady | SURFing with DSU
Apr 24, 202658 min
The mystery of the bogus candidates | 3 theories | 2020's sus count | What a county party does | Courting Dominion | Ballot drought | K-12 superintendent shoutouts
Apr 17, 202650 min
The mystery of the bogus candidates | 3 theories | 2020's sus count | What a county party does | Courting Dominion | Ballot drought | K-12 superintendent shoutouts
Apr 17, 202650 min
Running while building | From S.D. Trade to the U.N. | Being Brittany Lindberg's husband | The Scout's Iranian subscribers
Apr 10, 20261h 23m
Running while building | From S.D. Trade to the U.N. | Being Brittany Lindberg's husband | The Scout's Iranian subscribers
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Apr 10, 20261h 23m
Selling out & selling out | The politics of being A-political | Did $ioux Falls get $nubbed | Four Winds Arts & Music Fest | A wannabe musician's entitlement complex
Apr 4, 20261h 10m
Selling out & selling out | The politics of being A-political | Did $ioux Falls get $nubbed | Four Winds Arts & Music Fest | A wannabe musician's entitlement complex
The Dakota Scout and the Scouting Lounge podcast are subscriber supported. To receive new posts, episodes and stories and support our work, consider becoming a paid subscriber.Did you miss last week’s episode of The Scouting Lounge? Downloaded hundreds of times since both free and paid subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes seven days ago, there’s still time to catch up, hit the link below to listen to “Jon & Joe reunite | Discovering mead | Turning trash into goods | Saving the world & trusting your gut | Hemp & Zahntech disruptions” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO A FEW OF The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe
Apr 4, 20261h 10m
Jon & Joe reunite | Discovering mead | Turning trash into goods | Saving the world & trusting your gut | Hemp & Zahntech disruptions
Mar 28, 20261h 19m