8.14.2025--NLS--Smithsonian Honorees, Self-Censorship, ISU Scandal

Send us Fan MailOn Thursday&apos;s edition of The Neal Larson Show, Neal and Julie discuss President Trump&apos;s recent press conference where he announced the Kennedy Center honorees—including George Strait, Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, and Michael Crawford—but also called for an investigation into the 2020 election aftermath. This led to a broader conversation about Trump&apos;s order to review Smithsonian exhibits, which the host defended as an effort to remove &quot;woke&quot; political narratives and guilt from historical presentations, with Neal citing his own experiences at national parks and monuments. A significant portion of the show was also dedicated to a study from Northwestern and Michigan universities, which found that 88% of undergraduate students pretend to hold more left-wing views to succeed socially and academically, highlighting a culture of self-censorship on college campuses. The hosts also revisited the developing scandal at Idaho State University concerning $900,000 in state funds for a forensics lab that were improperly transferred to Bannock County instead of being returned to the state, a matter now under investigation by the Attorney General. Lighter topics included the arrest of a man for throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in D.C., which sparked a discussion about the &quot;Broken Windows Theory&quot; of policing and a humorous flash poll about what food listeners would prefer to have thrown at them.Let’s talk advertising. When you want to advertise on the radio, you call the station, right? But what about Facebook, Instagram, Hulu, Disney+, Peacock, and other streaming platforms?You could try clicking around, reading books, or taking online courses to figure it out—or you can let us handle it. At Sandhill Media Group, we’re your local experts in both radio and digital marketing.Visit SandhillMediaGroup.com today.<a href="https://www.sandhillmediagrou