Meet Our Hosts
Josh Gibbons
Josh is the owner of Red Helium, a political consulting firm leading the charge in winning at the ballot box and on issues. He is also the owner of Spire Visuals, a video production company located in Boise, Idaho. He is married and has four children.
Co-host of Whats Happening Idaho & Whats Happening America
Kirsten Lucas
Scandinavian, Christian, Patriot rabble-rouser and homeschooling mama to 8 children ages 25 to 5, grandma to 2, and married to her very best friend of 28 years. She loves organic wine and small-scale permaculture farming on their little 3.16 acre farm in Nampa, ID. She prays that there will be a day that Idahoans can say the tides were turned and they went back to being the freest state in the Union because they turned their eyes to Jesus and prayed for Him to reign in their land again. Then we can all say, “To God be the Glory great things He has done!”
Co-host of Whats Happening Idaho
Erin Bernard
I am a Christian, conservative woman who was ‘forced’ to be a stay-at-home mom when my job required masks, and when my kids’ school ‘forced’ masks on their students to be able to step on campus. My kids are now homeschooled, btw. As the wife of a small business owner, I saw exactly how our liberties could be taken away when we weren’t paying attention, and 2020 helped me understand my red line, my morals, my history, and it made me become even more Conservative than I’ve ever been before.
Co-host of Whats Happening North Idaho & Idaho Common Ground
Matt Edwards
Matt Edwards is a registered voter in Kootenai County, North Idaho. He enjoys attending school board and other local goverment meetings in an effort to hold elected and appointed officials accountable as well as keep his community motivated to do the same. He is a dad, a husband and works as a media consultant and producer on various projects within and outside of Idaho that defend or advance the principles of liberty.
Co-Host of Whats Happening North Idaho
Lauren Walker
Lauren is a conservative patriot who spent 10 years doing Airborne Electronics in the USAF. She continued for another 8 years as a military contractor and has had many deployments including flying in Iraq & Afghanistan. She and her family moved to north Idaho 6 years ago for the picturesque scenery and freedoms Idaho affords that other states do not. When her program ended in Afghanistan (the debacle withdrawal), She came home to assist one of her pilots who was running for executive office. She has since entrenched herself in Idaho politics making many legislator friends along the way.
Co-host of Whats Happening America and Host of Lauren on the Ground
Lucky Bernard
Lucky is a Christian, Husband, Father and lowly pain merchant. He’s married to the human dynamo Erin Barnard. Is more conservative and smarter than he looks. Is a good man, but never claimed to be a nice one. Take his opinions with a grain of salt.
Co-Host of Idaho Common Ground
Brian Almon
Brian is a Christian, husband, father, and descendant of American pioneers. He is an entrepreneur, writer, genealogist, and enthusiast of Western Civilization.
Brian writes about local news and issues at Gem State Substack, and has been published at The National Pulse, Action Idaho, and most recently the Idaho Freedom Foundation.
Brian lives with his wife and four children in Idaho.