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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
What's Cooking Wednesday- 9:04The Nevada Table
What makes a hidden gem actually good
Why the places locals love are so hard to find online, what the federal review rule actually bans and what it doesn't, and the tells that separate a real hidden gem from a well-marketed one.
- 9:18The Smart Start
Gregory Barrett, in studio
Gregory Barrett joins Thad in studio to talk about the Good Shepherd App, how he ended up building it, and where he thinks technology has been headed.
- 9:32The One Percent
Gregory Barrett, part two
Part two with Gregory Barrett: the road that got him here, and whether a country that feels split into pieces can be brought back together.
- 9:47The Nevada Table
The passport's still open, and most of it is up here
The Nevada Craft Beverage Passport is free, it runs through December, and more than half of its 51 stops are in Northern Nevada. Plus a Reno brewery that just won a world championship.
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- 2026-08-12Wednesday, August 12, 2026You're here
What makes a hidden gem actually good · Gregory Barrett, in studio · Gregory Barrett, part two · The passport's still open, and most of it is up here
- 2026-08-11Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Vegas got robot taxis yesterday. We got the Spaghetti Bowl · The drone lands on a robot to charge itself back up · It's not old versus young. It's four employees versus 250 · The cloud is a building out past Sparks
- 2026-08-10Monday, August 10, 2026
State Farm is handing back five billion dollars and Nevada's in on it · Your property tax is due a week from tomorrow · Your pay stub is a Nevada pay stub and nobody wrote the article for you · Two things half of you already do, and the ceiling nobody mentions
- 2026-08-07Friday, August 7, 2026
Somebody put 5,722 trout in Lake Tahoe last Thursday · A kayak at Pyramid Lake needs a lot less than you think · Archery season opens Monday, and here's why you can't just go · Nevada's got a brand new state park and it doesn't have a name yet
- 2026-08-06Thursday, August 6, 2026
There's a doctor in a booth at the senior center · Nevada quietly put a leash on hospital bill collectors · The number that decides if you can get off the floor · The free stuff nobody signs up for
- 2026-08-05Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Nevada's official state drink comes in a can now · Jake's came back for one more summer · What's that fee at the bottom of your check · Your cake isn't your fault
- 2026-08-04Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Four UNR students, one big drone, and DARPA · Those fire cameras on the ridge are ours · The free stuff is embarrassingly good · Why your internet crawls at 8 o'clock
- 2026-08-03Monday, August 3, 2026
The state is holding a billion dollars and some of it is yours · Thirty bucks gets a Nevada 65-and-up into every state park for a year · His first Reno joint folded in three weeks. Then he built the car museum. · Started in a Reno garage in 2018. Five hundred employees now.
- 2026-07-31Friday, July 31, 2026
Four ways to play golf around here for under $35, walking · Sleep at 9,300 feet, twenty-five minutes from your driveway · The Spooner Lake trails are closed all week and open on the weekend · Two weeks out: the darkest sky in Northern Nevada, and it's free
- 2026-07-30Thursday, July 30, 2026
Your health plan is becoming Kaiser. Your card still works. · Nobody new can open a hospice in Nevada right now · Name one friend you made after you stopped working · You are the long-term care plan. Nobody told you.
- 2026-07-29Wednesday, July 29, 2026
The health inspector emails ahead now. Once a year. · Nevada already paid your server. Then the screen asks you. · Smallest cattle herd in 75 years, and we're a ranching state · Hearts of Gold, and the festival's a month out
- 2026-07-28Tuesday, July 28, 2026
They're taking away the phone that works when the power's out · Should a robot answer your business phone · At least 180 cameras are reading your plate, and no law about any of it · The state got hit for 1.3 million dollars. It started with one download.
- 2026-07-27Monday, July 27, 2026
Four bosses in six years, and they interviewed one person · That car insurance headline is a Las Vegas number · Twelve dollars, and no next raise on the calendar · Fourteen thousand a year for a hundred years of ranch
- 2026-07-24Friday, July 24, 2026
Sign up tomorrow, hunt this fall: Hunter Ed in Verdi · The Truckee River is fishing well right now, and it runs through town · Davis Creek's campground is closed. The trails aren't. · You don't have to drive to Tahoe to paddle. Sparks Marina's right here.
- 2026-07-23Thursday, July 23, 2026
You think Nevada taxes work like California. They don't. · The call that says you missed jury duty. It's a thief, and it's working. · Worst snow year since the eighties. They say don't worry. · You can be turned into soil now. Would you?
- 2026-07-22Wednesday, July 22, 2026
A 60-foot sign and two bridges over your downtown streets · The casinos aren't really casinos anymore · Sixteen years downtown, and Old Granite Street is gone · A record price, and your kid can't buy your house
- 2026-07-21Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Will the data centers land on your power bill? · Most 'AI' you're being sold is a chatbot with a markup · You own the tractor. You couldn't fix it. Until now. · AI is coming for these jobs. Here's the honest list.
- 2026-07-20Monday, July 20, 2026
Who I am and what this hour is · Spain won it. Now about that stadium on Kietzke · They're building a fence at Washoe Lake · Hot August Nights left the Grand Sierra