Small Town Big Ideas: Recent Episodes
Small Town Big Ideas
Just because you are from a small town, doesn't mean that you have to have small ideas. We talk issues affecting rural and agricultural communities, technology, sports, leadership, and everything in-between.
A project of the Wibaux FFA chapter.
We send Abby and Rylan off as graduates, and talk about some of the best moments on the podcast.
We eat some Cajun treats after Mr. Igo got back from visiting Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge
Rylan brought an expert on to do all the work for him on this episode about Mental Health and Symptoms of ADHD.
Mr. Igo, Ashlynn, Trent, Rylan and Emma spent the day in Glendive exploring different careers.
We recap a little about Career & Technical Education Month, talk about our new years resolutions progress, and taste test some Mexican candy that Mr. Igo brought back.
Rylan talks about his new "apple watch" but it is not actually an apple watch. Mr. Igo talks about his adventures in Texas and his star obsession.
We celebrate Ms. O’Brien and her last day of student teaching here at Wibaux County High School.Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube and wherever you find your favorite podcast.
Mr Igo is joined by some of his favorite ag teachers at the 75th annual National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) Convention in Phoenix.Mr. Kellan Standley - Bainville Schools (Bainville, MT)Mr. Rich Darrach - H.E. Robinson Ag Center (Kalispell, MT)Mrs. Cindy Arnott - Missoula Agriculture Center (Missoula, MT)We talk about their programs, the takeaways from convention, and what NAAE does to grow its members across our nation.P.S. Apologies for audio at some points of the video. Apparently some of the mics were acting up. Just crank that volume I guess??Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube and wherever you find your favorite podcast.
We recap our week in Indy for National FFA Convention, talk about competing in the Agricultural Communications CDE, what we ate, and everything else in between.
Mr Igo is back from vacation and gives everyone presents, we tell our favorite Annika stories, and Abby takes over the State Ag Facts duties and tells us about Iowa.
Rylan brings back an OG poddy topic, and Mr Igo gets slandered without being able to defend himself because he’s on vacation.
This week, Jamie Olson from KLJ Engineering joins us to talk about road Montana Department of Transportation construction projects that will impact Wibaux over the next few months.
Rylan has us arguing about fast food that doesn't even exist ANYWHERE near Wibaux, and Annika tells us about Michigan in State Ag Facts.
We are back after a break!We hear about Wibaux FFA and their experience at the 93rd Montana FFA State Convention, and Mr. Igo faces the punishments.
Annika, Abby, Rylan and Ashlynn pick their favorite moments from the last year of the podcast.
We celebrate 100 episodes of the podcast, National FFA Week, and meet Dudley the Corgi for the first time.
We talk about the upcoming National FFA Week, take an FFA Greenhand Quiz, and Annika learns where Kansas City is. We also hear about Missouri Ag Facts, but not Kansas because Annika is still confused on where KC is at.
We learn a little about CTE month, add foreign language skills to our resume, and then show off some of our favorite things and snacks.
Ashlynn tells us about Valentines Day. Kind of. Not really. We then talk about riddles, and have our minds blown. Annika is able to give us a single State Ag Fact about Colorado
Annika shows us just how much sugar is in the drinks we consume everyday, and then takes us through some state ag facts.
We take a look at news from 1923, talk about things from back then could only dream of, and Annika brings us ag facts from North Carolina. Oh, and Annika FINALLY makes her college announcement!
Casey Begger joins us this week to discuss being a lineman, play two truths and a lie, and then play some other games as well.
Ashlynn recaps the top songs, news stories, movies and more as we look back on 2022 and into the year 2023.
We FINALLY get back into the podcast studio, and Annika immediately tests our arts and craft skills.
We talk about Black Friday and catchy commercial jingles and Ashlynn tells us about locking herself out of her car
We recap our time in Bozeman for Montana FFA Ag Expo, talk about our trip to Northern Ag Network, and Mr. Harper recounts the scariest experience he has ever had with a house cat.
Annika tests our art skills with a strange exercise involving gourds, we talk Illinois ag facts, and we welcome Ms. O'Brien to the podcast.
Rylan gets interrupted about a million times, we test Ashlynn's geography skills, and talk ag facts all episode long.
We talk about the history of hunting in Montana, and the reasons that hunting is so important to our economies and environment.
We talk about our favorite "fall" related things, and then make some of the worlds worst playdoh pumpkins.
Annika pulls the rest of the cast through this episode, and Ashlynn displays her lack of geography knowledge yet again.
We took the poddy on the roadie and bought gifts for each other, and tested our comfort zones at the coffee shop
We talk about Homecoming traditions here at WCHS, get a school tour, and take a look at each classes decorating skills.
Rylan needed a haircut, so Mr Igo took one for the team and got one too. The girls played Ag Trivia to earn hair cuttin privileges. We also talk New York ag facts.
We talk about becoming famous in a few weeks thanks to the podcast, Oregon ag facts, and Ashlynn makes us drink some milkshakes from a nightmare.
We are in the grandstands at the 2022 Wibaux County Fair, where we discuss this years fair and other fair things. We also welcome Dax and Grace for the first time on the podcast.
We battle it out in Tennis and Sword Fighting this week, and recap on the first week of the new school year.
We recap our last few weeks, and then go back in time to remember the good old days of elementary school supplies.
Abby shares songs of the summer from years past, makes us question our sanity with news stories, and then we try some questionable candy.
Rylan teaches us about this history of fireworks, and Ashlynn and Mr Igo write the next great country music hit.
We talk about the ingredients in a good ol' fashioned pizza, and how far they have to go to make it onto a plate in our small town. And then, it turns into the twilight zone. Again.
Ashlynn makes us appreciate just how easy we have it as we discuss jobs that exist that we would not like to do.
Abby discusses life as someone that suffers from gluten intolerance, and then we taste test gluten free food items to see if we would make it. Spoiler: most of us wouldn't.
Annika guides us through planting and gardening during the summer, and then Mr Igo gets REAL nerdy about LEGOs.
We took the podcast on the road, and traveled down to the Pierre Wibaux Museum Complex in Downtown Wibaux. Then Ashlynn took over…
Wibaux Library Director, Mindy, joins us today to talk about the importance of libraries and all of the services they offer, especially in small towns.
Trey, Annika and Rylee host a special mini-episode, but don't stay on a single topic for more than 25 seconds it feels like...
Ashlynn is super excited that her sister is back on the podcast, and Hailee tells us the things she learned from her first year om college.
Hosted by Ashlynn, we try to learn about the role of a groundskeeper. Annika also gives us her two cents about PB&J.
Abby leads us as we talk about 406 Day, famous people from Montana, and historic places across our state.
Members of the Wibaux FFA get their reward for being recognized at State Convention last week, and Mr Igo questions his entire life because of it....
We have Mallory White and Cortney Zimmerman join us for this episode, and we discuss agriculture from their home states and play the match game!
Andy Begger from Reach Higher MT joins us to discuss convention and the mission of Reach Higher.
Abby hosts Round 2 of Conspiracy Talk, but we actually end up just talking about nothing at all.
Joe and Sydney from the 2021-2022 MT FFA State Officer team performed a chapter visit for Wibaux FFA today, and then hopped on the podcast to promote MT FFA State Convention in March, and then to play some match game.
We talk about our favorite winter Olympic events, how much snow it takes to run the Olympics, and then we play Match Game.
Abby brings on a special guest to celebrate our 50th episode, and then we play a game that make us all rethink how we speak.
Rylan takes us down a path of no return, and we all question our sanity by the end of this podcast.
Annika tells us about how to become famous, and then Mr Igo teaches a lesson on our perceptions of organic foods.
Mr Igo made a new friend over Christmas break! Brian is an ag teacher from Uganda and has big plans for what the future of his country will look like. Schools, agriculture and food were some of the hot topics.
A special, post-Christmas episode that turned into Lego talk. And whatever zuzu pets are...
The Small Town Big Ideas podcast went live on video for the last episode of 2021, and we showed off our new podcast setup! We recapped some great moments from the year, and Ashlynn force fed some cookies to Annika and Rylan. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!
IT'S A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EPISODE! Kind of like when Oprah would give away things on her talk show back in the day, Mr Igo does the same thing. Just with items from Dollar General instead of a car dealership... We also discuss our favorite holiday traditions and movies.
This week, Abby hosts and brings us two guests who have a lot of experience with community service in our small town. We discuss the importance of community service, what we have done and want to do, and how to get more involved. Then, Mr Igo gives us perhaps one of the worst Top Ten Christmas song lists to ever hit the airwaves.
We talk about top tens for 2021. And for some reason the songs of Mr. Igo's childhood choir career...
Rylan leads us through the history of Thanksgiving, we discuss our favorite foods and traditions, and Mr Igo tells us he was a kid when he was growing up... multiple times.
Ashlynn hosted and talked about the top ten places to visit in Montana. Mr. Igo, Mr. Harper, and Mr. Johns dis on western Montana.
This week, well, we're not really sure what happened on the podcast this week. It was complete chaos. We will let you decide if it was controlled chaos or not...
This week on the podcast, we talk about National Diabetes Awareness Month, Mr Igo being old, National FFA Convention, and things to do before you die.
Ashlynn, Rylee, Abby, and Mr. Harper sit down to talk about the most popular Halloween candy this year.
It was an all-girl takeover this week, as Annika, Abby ad Ashlynn talked about some blasts from the past.
We have an actual new guest on this week to talk about living, working and helping run a business in a small town. We also talk about the history of Wibaux.
Mr Johns and Mr Igo are apparently boring as we discuss the impact of big technology companies on our everyday lives, and how Google probably knows more about us then our friends do...
This week we talk about the importance of critical thinking, and how conspiracy theories can go deeper than we imagined...
Abby takes over this week, and we have our BIGGEST GUEST YET on the podcast. Weather, childhood cancer and suicide awareness are the focus this episode.
Rylan takes over again, and we get to hear Annika talk about her vast knowledge of the Louisiana Purchase.
Annika takes over this week, and asks us to make decisions that we don't want to make...
We talk about the foods that are killing us, and how can cause the most chaos in the world....
We have an Olympics update, Rylan spoils The Walking Dead, and we talk about our favorite summer things.
We have a new guest on this week, and he talks about his path of going from this small town and finding his way back two decades later.
We hear some inspiring quotes, a little about Martians and helicopters, and something about trees from the moon that have been lost but were never actually on the moon... Or something like that.
It's a teacher takeover this week. Whether that makes for a more entertaining podcast, well, that is up for debate...
We discuss animal welfare vs. animal rights, dihydrogen monoxide, and the importance of community.
Some of our brightest 8th graders here at Wibaux talk about their connections to agriculture.
We hear from some special guests about their expereince in small towns and the issues they faced. We also hear about hobbies, whether we would wake up from a nightmare, or if we want to control our own destiny.
In this special episode, the freshmen recap our year in Intro to Ag. We also have some "would you rather" scenarios that challenge some small town way of thinking...
It's National Ag Week! We talk about the hsitory of National Ag Week and National Ag Day, the importance of it, and some ways you can celebrate this week and others as well.
We also hear Mr Igo dominate at Ag Trivia, and have to pick between "this or that"....
We talk about the newness of spring, the aftereffects of Covid on the environment, and naming succulents.
In this special 7th hour episode, we talk about what we have done in class so far this year.
We also have some NEW questions to get those minds thinking.
This week on this regularly scheduled episode of the podcast, Mr Igo loses his hosting job. We discuss plan genetics, advocating for agriculture, and something about meteorites and dinosaurs I think...
A short and sweet episode where we talk about our connections to agriculture, and answer some questions too!
Students from the horticulture class give us an update on what they have learned so far this semester, and Mr Igo realizes he might need to reinforce his teaching and review practices...
We talk about some issues facing agriculture, and what that means for people in small and big towns.
We also hear about some of the worst BOGO deals ever...
We end National FFA Week with a SECOND podcast for the week.
We discuss some small town school issues, some career goals, and whether Mr Harper should ever make a third appearance on the podcast...
It's National FFA Week, but our normal cast is out for divisional basketball.
So we have 4 NEW cast members to answer some of the same questions you've already heard, but with new answers.
This week, we have a special guest. He grew up on a prison farm! Or in a prison... We're not really sure.
Mr. Johns talks to us about his agricultural background and his plans to stay involved with agriculture. Then, we hear about what you would with that extra butter from your toast.
We've got a special, rapid-fire questions episode today! The only rule was you couldn't stop talking. Which we broke numerous times...
We are also celebrating CTE month, with a special guest appearance from Aubrey representing FCCLA and Family & Consumer Sciences.
We discuss what makes a leader, and some examples of how select people have demonstrated leadership skills. Coach Wooden, Abraham Lincoln, South Dakota's Governor, and Troy Aikman are the talking points.
We also talk about the biggest "party animal" animal, and how there are certain phrases that just send us off the deep end...