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The Scouting Lounge is a weekly podcast from The Dakota Scout, where award-winning reporters Joe Sneve and Jonathan Ellis ditch the gotcha journalism to bring candid, behind-the-scenes conversations with South Dakota’s political leaders, celebrities and newsmakers.

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Aug 22, 2026
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  1. Episode · Aug 22, 2026

    Room for improvement | ‘Back to normal ... what we have here is good’ | A big job | The Democrats most winnable race? | Using AI to improve record keeping | Online & early voter registration (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

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    DID YOU MISS LAST WEEK’S SCOUTING LOUNGE? Downloaded hundreds of times since both free and paid subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes seven days ago, there’s still time to catch up. Hit the link below to listen to “Asking hard questions | Connecting dots | Clinging to leadership | Flock camera hype | Surveying Smithfield | Surviving a fire | Hiring the right person” and check out all past shows in the podcast archiv e The Dakota Scout and the Scouting Lounge podcast are su

  2. Episode · Aug 15, 2026

    Asking hard questions | Connecting dots | Clinging to leadership | Flock camera hype | Surveying Smithfield | Surviving a fire | Hiring the right person (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

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    DID YOU MISS LAST WEEK’S SCOUTING LOUNGE? Downloaded hundreds of times since both free and paid subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes seven days ago, there’s still time to catch up. Hit the link below to listen to “ Visiting Wrigley | Winning state | Forging better athletes | New 9-to-5er | Making a majority | Hiding in the bathroom | Abnormally triggered | Building better businesses ” and check out all past shows in the podcast archiv e The Dakota Scout and the Scouting L

  3. Episode · Aug 8, 2026

    Visiting Wrigley | Winning state | Forging better athletes | New 9-to-5er | Making a majority | Hiding in the bathroom | Abnormally triggered | Building better businesses (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

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    DID YOU MISS LAST WEEK’S SCOUTING LOUNGE? Downloaded hundreds of times since both free and paid subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes seven days ago, there’s still time to catch up. Hit the link below to listen to “ (STRONG LANGUAGE) ‘Doors win wars’ | Vanquished & helpful | Mr. Mandate? | Lessons of ‘02, ‘20 & ‘26 | Did it get in the meat? | The Fifth | Fauci’s find, fine & failure ” and check out all past shows in the podcast archiv e The Dakota Scout and the Scouting Lo

  4. Episode · Aug 1, 2026

    (STRONG LANGUAGE) ‘Doors win wars’ | Vanquished & helpful | Mr. Mandate? | Lessons of ‘02, ‘20 & ‘26 | Did it get in the meat? | The Fifth | Fauci's find, fine & failure (opens the original)

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    DID YOU MISS LAST WEEK’S SCOUTING LOUNGE? Downloaded hundreds of times since both free and paid subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes seven days ago, there’s still time to catch up. Hit the link below to listen to “South Dakota Republicans will decide | Final days, final attacks | Finding humor in high-stakes politics | Win or lose, what’s next? | About those polls... | Audio wars” and check out all past shows in the podcast archiv e The Dakota Scout and the Scouting Loung

  5. Episode · Jul 26, 2026

    South Dakota Republicans will decide | Final days, final attacks | Finding humor in high-stakes politics | Win or lose, what's next? | About those polls... | Audio wars (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Neutral tone

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    The Dakota Scout and the Scouting Lounge podcast are subscriber supported. To receive new posts, episodes and stories and support our work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Downloaded hundreds of times since both free and paid subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes seven days ago, there’s still time to catch up. Hit the link below to listen to “Twigs & Ernie | A ‘nice’ $69M surplus | The governor who shall not be named | Legislative-executive cooperation | Fighting over

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