The Scouting Lounge
The Scouting Lounge is a weekly podcast from The Dakota Scout, where award-winning reporters Joe Sneve and Jonathan Ellis ditch the gotcha journalism to bring candid, behind-the-scenes conversations with South Dakota’s political leaders, celebrities and newsmakers. Blending sharp insight with dry humor, the show offers a refreshingly human take on the headlines — plus a peek into the newsroom as Sneve and Ellis wrestle with the challenges of fair reporting in a polarized world. From the state Ca...
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Episodes (209)
Ballot measure roundup, naked financial interest, the Ravnsborg news drip & the...
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Tunnel turmoil, Jackley v. NCAA, more auditor drama, fine basement dining & a be...
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Don't call it a raffle, mustering on the Riverline, The Scout's missing papers,...
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Cattle vaccine slowdown, displaced muskrats, naming the unnamed & a late night c...
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The godfather of South Dakota's pipeline fight, battle origins, pooh-poohing a p...
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More scandal in South Dakota government, parking passions, DOJ in Indian Country...
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A triggered reporter, Minnesota-South Dakota beef, a homeless crusade & the food...
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SCOUTING TOWN HALL: Sturgis escapades, Three Toes' body count, a house of horror...
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The (non) limits of 'consumables,' why the Bill of Rights holds up, clubhouse bl...
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The RNC afterglow, gun-toting grandma, tallow tussle, how to invest in golf & bi...
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Well-performing arsenic, undermining the food tax repeal, stalled sculptures & h...
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Raining on a parade, credit card secrecy, destroying records, Biden trees & the...
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No National Guard, about that pipeline referendum, Lincoln County's triple whamm...
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Closed caucus, party problems, fractured into factions & Dem leaders on Open Pri...
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Hemp's Hail Mary, a case of haves & have nots, ballot quest, fish bite & rallyin...
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Handing off the abortion fight, Tuesday's landslide, new friends for Open Primar...
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Detecting earthquakes & mistakes, the most happening place in Sioux Falls, anoth...
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The sequestration hole, hand-counting ballots, co-campaigning & partisan partyin...
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More book fallout, hand counting ballots, navigating conflicts & under-worked co...
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Check days or Czech Days? A newsroom knighting, the pipeline referendum & story...
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Gov. Noem's bad week, lots of little fires, a news coverage question, the aborti...
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Three men & abortion, fighting the food tax, the missionary work of Frank Klouce...
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Pool bonding doubts, the Stehly effect, income tax warnings, lifting the parade...
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A generational void, remembering My Man Mike, running toward a runoff & a South...
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Exciting and sad zoo news, the mystery behind the mansion, Sturgis vote & Noem's...
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Vaccine card fraud, prison riots, the turn of a 'never-Trumper' & racing in Stur...
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Kumbaya on the cannabis front, battle of the Johnsons, a dull Veto Day & emotion...
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Sioux Falls' parade candy ban, Noem's dental endorsement, secretive governments...
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About that zombie campaign video, not quite signing off, ending Minnesota recipr...
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The newspaper bill, Noem's sit-down with The Dakota Scout, putting superintenden...
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Sioux Falls Council races set, a perpetual mayoral campaign, the Merci train & B...
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Undercutting debate and petition drives, finding common ground on cannabis & ins...
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Pierre's fun lobby, setting the record straight, tinfoil hats, political theater...
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Property tax pressures, butchering names, arsonists & firemen, and the importanc...
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Baltic beef, Black Hills voices, racquetball superstars, marijuana clinics, voti...
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The farming historian, a Freedom Caucus chat, defanging delegates & carbon seque...
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Timing winter closures, lawmaking at a breakneck pace, navigating sensitive topi...
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Betting on social security, newspaper comrades, speaking Klingon & Nurse Noem
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What drove clicks in 2023, a cartoonist's proposition & a county auditor's pay r...
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Jamie Smith's return to politics, a bridge over troubled waters, election integr...
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A creator of government (Joe Kirby), Walmart hazards + a visit with Murdoc and J...
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Ian Fury & Pat Starr join the program + a story about crossing paths with a teen...
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Sioux Falls Business’ Jodi Schwan brings Jon & Joe business news & the trio talk...
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Moving the dungeon, government secrets, when the growth stops & German Shepherd...
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'Speaking of plumbers..,' conflict quagmires, The Dakota Scout zebra & the art o...
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The pro-life dilemma, education in India, four generations of lawmaking, Medicai...
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Navigating potential conflicts, selling beer to foreigners, radio silence & a Th...
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The Fort Pierre frat house, public school products, a prison problem & an entrep...
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The public school dilemma, newsroom microaggressions, crow murders & the return...
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A prison disruption, South Dakota's lonely stand, dysfunctional politics, a GOP...
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