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Get off the page with Bob and Alexis: A deeper - but less formal - look at the issues that matter to the people of Newcastle and Weston County. Join the reigning Wyoming Journalist of the Year and a former president of the Wyoming Press Association as they dive deeper into the topics that deserve a little different look.
Episodes
37 episodes
Episode 37 — Weather Permitting
NLJ Sports Editor Sonja Karp takes us off the page this week to bring us up to speed on the spring sports season in northeast Wyoming — where the weather always seems to be a factor in how and when Dogie student-athletes can perform. We get a g...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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32:46
Episode 36 — A Store No More
We go off the page this week to take a look at the rural business climate, and explain why we are closing our own retail office supply store and fully committing our resources to our media and marketing business to better serve the businesses, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:14:18
Episode 35 — The Fight for Informed Consent
Content Warning: This episode discusses suicide and other violent acts.We go off the page this week with Sheila Matthews of ablechild.org to discuss her organization's quest to solidify the right of informed consent for parents who are b...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:29:34
Episode 34 — Uncivil Servants
We go off the page this week to take a deeper look at the legislative session that just concluded, and talk about how the media picked sides and exaggerated the impacts of legislative action and fed the fear of the public — instead of doing the...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:12:04
Episode 33 — On Point with Cowboy Guard Obi Agbim
We go off the page this week to introduce you to University of Wyoming Cowboy point guard Obi Agbim, one of the country's top 3-point shooters and one of the Mountain West Conference's leading scorers. NLJ Publisher Bob Bonnar is reunited with ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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28:08
Episode 32 — In eX-Sess
This week we take you off the page to reveal the amount of time local governments are spending behind closed doors, and who is advising them to do so. We also share our perspective on a wild couple of weeks in the legislature, and the effect th...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:08:35
Episode 31 — Winter is Coming
We go off the sports pages this week with Karpe Dogie herself, NLJ Sports Editor Sonja Karp, to get you primed and ready for a winter sports season that is set to really take off in 2025. Get a feel for the prospects of the Dogies' winter s...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:04:46
Episode 30 — The Politics of Finger Pointing
This week we take you off the page to tell you the stories behind the story on the city's utility rate hike, and give you the information you need to decide who should — and shouldn't — get a bad rap for the size of the lump of coal in your Chr...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:07:41
Episode 29 — Becky's Reckoning
The newspaper made the news again this week - and for all of the right reasons from our perspective. Find out the story behind the story on the thousand votes that were unaccounted for on election night in Weston County — and learn what lengths...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:03:09
Episode 28 — One Man, One Vote, One Middle Finger to...
Alexis returns to the show to help Bob take you off the page and into a really deep dive into the controversy surrounding the legislative vacancies that were declared — and then filled — in a bold move by a group of concerned citizens and a tri...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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39:49
Episode 27 — Licking Our Wounds
You win some and you lose some, and in the aftermath of most elections voters are generally forced to accept that reality — and so are newspapers. But that doesn't necessarily mean it is a grim reality, and there may be reason to accept the rea...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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40:04
Episode 26 — Boys (and Girls!) of Fall
NLJ Publisher Bob Bonnar welcomes guest host Sonja Karp to the podcast, and the longtime Dogie coaches and announcers take a deep dive into the state of Dogie athletics and the prospects for the fall sports programs in 2024. They took a look at...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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36:56
Episode 25 — Lie Until it is Legal
Former Weston County Commissioner Marty Ertman and current commissioner Ed Wagoner both continue to deny that the secret ballot the commissioners used to select a Wyoming House District 2 Representative for the people of Weston County was illeg...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:10:30
Episode 24 — (Uni)Party Animals
Bob and Alexis take you off the page to describe life as Weston County's non-Mainstream Media and tell you how government bureaucrats and some elected officials circle the wagons to protect and serve the government they work for instead of the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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36:31
Episode 23 — Nothing Personal
Bob and Alexis take you off the page this week to talk about personnel — and how local officials could talk a lot more about it in open meetings if they can be professional and avoid being personal. They focus in on the ongoing transition at th...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:02:26
Episode 22 — It Didn't Have to Happen This Way
Bob and Alexis go off the page to autopsy the community's showdown with hospital leadership and the role the newspaper played in the events that unfolded. Find out why the News Letter Journal took up the fight, and why the newspaper's publisher...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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37:37
Episode 21 — Highway to Hospital Hell
In the wake of a series of high profile staffing changes, Bob and Alexis lay out the bloody trail the Weston County Health Services board has taken over the course of the past year — and how that trail has created a culture of fear at the local...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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39:37
Episode 20 — Weston County to Washington D.C.
The Weston County Commissioners fired the opening shot in a battle that has been brewing for over ten years, and Bob and Alexis go off the page to discuss the possible reactions from Cheyenne — and the potential (and potentially unlikely) ramif...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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39:42
Episode 19 — Sunshine Week Anniversary
The News Letter Journal makes the news again when a fresh round of "newspaper wars" get sparked over an advertising campaign for problem gambling awareness that is awarded to the NLJ - to the chagrin of our competitor. We celebrate Sunshine Wee...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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59:28
Episode 18 — Legislative Looky Loos
The biennial rapid fire budget session of the Wyoming State Legislature is in full swing — and will be over before you know it! So Bob and Alexis devote the entire episode to sharing their perspective on a fiery first week in Cheyenne, and take...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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40:15
Episode 17 — Aaannnndddd They're Off!
It has been a wild start to 2024 for some local boards, and Bob and Alexis go Off the Page to take you deeper into the changes at the Weston County Commission, a strange and confusing beginning for the hospital's new CEO, a new guard taking cha...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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46:17
Episode 16 — The Name Game
Local officials like to make a big deal about protecting the confidentiality of citizens of our community, especially juveniles, and they use it as an excuse to withhold a whole lot of information from the newspaper — and from you! This week, B...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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37:16
Episode 15 — Digging Into the Dogies with Sonja Karp
Bob and Alexis welcome News Letter Journal Sports Editor Sonja Karp back to the podcast to catch up on the fall sports season and take a first look at the upcoming winter season. Find out how some of the Dogie programs progressed through a rebu...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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38:17
Episode 14 — Choosing the News with Walter Sprague
Bob and Alexis welcome NLJ videographer — and two-time Wyoming Press Association Photojournalist of the Year — Walter Sprague back to the show to talk about the news we choose...and the news that chooses us. Go off the page to hear how communit...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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43:58
Episode 13 — The "This is Why We Have a Podcast" Podcast
Bob and Alexis roll without a guest in this episode so they can venture Off the Page on a series of issues being confronted by various local governments in Weston County. The News Letter Journal invites you to take a deeper look at everything f...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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50:21