The Scouting Lounge

by The Dakota Scout

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. Blending sharp insight with dry hu...

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Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 500 to 3K

Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: news · politics

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Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week

50+ episodes since 2022

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politics

local news

education

government

community events

data centers

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500 to 3K

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TR · Politics
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500 to 3K

Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
150 to 900
🎙 Daily cadence·72 episodes·Last published 4d ago
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Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
500 to 3K
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Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
200 to 1.2K

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On the show

From 16 eps

Hosts

The Dakota Scout

13 eps

Jon

2 eps

Joe

1 ep

Recent guests

5 across last 16 eps

Joe

1 ep

Ellis

1 ep

Lalley

1 ep

Matt Hurley

1 ep

Ian Fury

1 ep

Recent episodes

Jun 21, 2026

59m 55s

Jun 13, 2026

52m 19s

Jun 6, 2026

2h 27m 20s

May 30, 2026

1h 43m 42s

May 23, 2026

1h 07m 01s

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Episodes

~1.0 per week

Avg length

1h 03m 52s

31m 30s – 2h 27m 20s

Range

Jun 2025 – Apr 2026

Topics

politics, local news +73

Guests

Matt Hurley +4 · last 16 eps

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Date	Episode	Topics	Guests	Brands	Places	Keywords	Sponsor	Length
6/21/26	EPISODE 200: 100 cops short \| Lincoln Day dinners \| McPherson County mania \| Erickson-Smith predictions \| Double standards & malicious politics \| Prosecutor packing \| Consolidated election failure	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.Did you miss last week’s episode of The 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 “Zak v. Zach \| Sioux Falls Central District civic champions \| Two campaigns, two runoffs \| Art, walkability, Smithfield, data centers \| Lowercase ‘l’ libertarian \| Thinking bigger” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO FIND The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe						59m 55s
6/13/26	Zak v. Zach \| Sioux Falls Central District civic champions \| Two campaigns, two runoffs \| Art, walkability, Smithfield, data centers \| Lowercase ‘l’ libertarian \| Thinking bigger	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.Did you miss last week’s episode of The 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 “Doeden’s Matt Hurley & Rhoden’s Ian Fury collide \| Bombing an intro \| USD love, Med school move & keeping Verm alive \| Good soldiers \| Will civility last \| Predictions?” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO FIND The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe						52m 19s
6/6/26	Doeden's Matt Hurley & Rhoden's Ian Fury collide \| Bombing an intro \| USD love, Med school move & keeping Verm alive \| Good soldiers \| Will civility last \| Predictions?✨	politicscivics+3	Matt HurleyIan Fury	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge+1	Sioux FallsVerm	politicscivics+3	—	2h 27m 20s
5/30/26	Toby's Babe Ruth call \| The Doeden entourage \| 'Simplifying' Sioux Falls civics \| Double runoff? \| A bunk tax filing or a false residency — choose one \| Killing the messenger✨	Sioux Falls civicselections+4	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge+1	Sioux Falls	Sioux Fallselection+5	—	1h 43m 42s
5/23/26	Partying in Parkston \| Hanging at Hansen's \| In the K-12 trenches \| The pipeline fight's spark \| Polling, attack ads & a surge \| Spending & sales tax✨	local politicseducation+4	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge	ParkstonHansen's+1	ParkstonHansen's+5	—	1h 07m 01s
5/15/26	Dusty's got pipes \| A long-shot's 'Hail Mary' \| Data centers, electricity & taxes \| Not shooting straight \| A dedicated Yote \| Lemmon to USD \| The grocer \| Bad candidates \| Homeless draw✨	politicsdata centers+4	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge+1	—	politicsdata centers+4	—	36m 28s
5/9/26	DSU shines \| Coalescing Sanford, Avera & Monument \| Navigating new nurses \| Skeletons & treasure \| Blame Trump \| Hunting elephants✨	healthcarepolitics+3	—	The Dakota ScoutSanford+2	—	healthcarenursing+3	—	45m 32s
5/2/26	The postmortem \| Ellis & Lalley decompress \| Handwritten notes & more debate rulebreakers \| The best questions & answers \| Sioux Falls mayoral hopefuls up next✨	politicsdebate+4	EllisLalley	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge	Sioux Falls	Sioux Fallsmayoral election+6	—	52m 13s
4/24/26	(Steel) horses \| Badlands dirt biking \| Re-hooked on phonics \| Classroom renegade \| Why run? \| War or Defense \| A'bullsh*t' story \| South Dakota's First Lady \| SURFing with DSU✨	dirt bikingeducation+4	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge	South Dakota	Badlandsdirt biking+4	—	58m 28s
4/17/26	The mystery of the bogus candidates \| 3 theories \| 2020's sus count \| What a county party does \| Courting Dominion \| Ballot drought \| K-12 superintendent shoutouts✨	bogus candidatescounty party+3	—	The Dakota Scout	S.D.U.N.	2020 electionpolitics+3	—	50m 13s
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4/10/26	Running while building \| From S.D. Trade to the U.N. \| Being Brittany Lindberg's husband \| The Scout's Iranian subscribers✨	politicstrade+3	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge	S.D.Sioux Falls+1	Brittany LindbergS.D. Trade+4	—	1h 23m 27s
4/4/26	Selling out & selling out \| The politics of being A-political \| Did $ioux Falls get $nubbed \| Four Winds Arts & Music Fest \| A wannabe musician's entitlement complex✨	politicsmusic+3	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge	—	politicsmusic festival+4	—	1h 10m 45s
3/28/26	Jon & Joe reunite \| Discovering mead \| Turning trash into goods \| Saving the world & trusting your gut \| Hemp & Zahntech disruptions✨	meadrecycling+4	Joe	meadThe Dakota Scout+2	—	meadrecycling+5	—	1h 19m 13s
3/21/26	Busy busting bad guys \| Happy trees \| The 'No' vote \| Westward pork & city growth \| Cop turned killer✨	crimepolitics+4	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge	—	bad guyscity growth+3	—	44m 12s
3/14/26	Gravy days of newspapering \| Field guide for data centers \| Building trust \| Understanding rural concerns \| 50 miles down the road \| Pipeline poisoning✨	newspaperingdata centers+4	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge	—	newspaperingdata centers+4	—	36m 59s
3/6/26	Making a mayor mad \| Crafting contracts \| SNAP success \| Stressing war \| Balancing a budget \| Policing in Sioux Falls \| Creating a new tax✨	local governmentbudgeting+5	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge	Sioux Falls	mayorcontracts+5	—	56m 58s
2/28/26	Senate lockdowns \| Tonnes the Tie Breaker \| Fighting for public education \| Reading a room & to a room \| Getting it wrong \| High growth, high costs✨	Senate lockdownspublic education+3	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge	—	Senate lockdownspublic education+4	—	1h 12m 22s
2/21/26	'The Dicks' \| TIFs, China & the American pork producer \| The prison-Smithfield conspiracy theory \| A GOP dark horse \| Noem '26? \| Concourse cash✨	TIFsChina+5	—	The Dakota ScoutThe Scouting Lounge+1	China	TIFsChina+5	—	1h 17m 38s
2/14/26	A third penny in a post-penny world? \| Hunting for CHICOMS & political posturing \| Betting v. predicting \| Fighting over scraps \| The SNAP dilemma \| Weather-driven smiles	Did you miss last week’s episode of The 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 “Lounge carpet laying \| Pipelines + prisons + data centers = GOP leadership clash \| SLAPPing back frivolous lawsuits \| Betting on sports betting \| An overdue Medal of Honor \| Striking independence” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.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.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO A FEW OF The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe						50m 01s
2/7/26	Lounge carpet laying \| Pipelines + prisons + data centers = GOP leadership clash \| SLAPPing back frivolous lawsuits \| Betting on sports betting \| An overdue Medal of Honor \| Striking independence	Did you miss last week’s episode of The 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 “A very bad day \| Nosey neighbors \| Rescued by a former legislator \| Data center defeat \| The GOP’s consigliere \| Nibbling on property taxes \| Mayoral run lessons” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.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.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO A FEW OF The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe						1h 27m 15s
1/31/26	A very bad day \| Nosey neighbors \| Rescued by a former legislator \| Data center defeat \| The GOP's consigliere \| Nibbling on property taxes \| Mayoral run lessons	Did you miss last week’s episode of The 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 “Guess who’s back? \| Recharged with a second chance \| Civic engagement: ER edition \| Foreigners, ‘canucks’ & headline wars \| In the shadow of ‘the seating incident’” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.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.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO A FEW OF The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe						44m 36s
1/24/26	Guess who's back? \| Recharged with a second chance \| Civic engagement: ER edition \| Foreigners, 'canucks' & headline wars \| In the shadow of 'the seating incident'	Did you miss last week’s episode of The 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 “A five-year itch? \| Seat drama \| Heading west \| Future Fund feud \| Winning by winging it \| South Dakota’s uniquely-shoddy postal system” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.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.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO A FEW OF The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe						47m 34s
1/17/26	A five-year itch? \| Seat drama \| Heading west \| Future Fund feud \| Winning by winging it \| South Dakota's uniquely-shoddy postal system	Did you miss last week’s episode of The 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 County clash \| Data center discourse, flipping birds & Jamie to the rescue \| Journalism’s AI traps \| Rallying for those in harm’s way \| Make Debates Great Again” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.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.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO A FEW OF The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe						31m 30s
1/10/26	County clash \| Data center discourse, flipping birds & Jamie to the rescue \| Journalism's AI traps \| Rallying for those in harm's way \| Make Debates Great Again	Did you miss last week’s episode of The 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 “Christmas ambush \| Data center deluge \| No subsidy for you \| What’s indoor recreation anyway? \| Prison seminary \| Leaving the barn door open \| About that ‘primary’ debate” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO A FEW OF The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe						1h 39m 58s
1/3/26	'Trump Derangement Syndrome is real' \| Filibuster fortification \| Reclaiming ceded presidential authority \| Making 'em work \| '26 & beyond	Did you miss last week’s episode of The 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 “Christmas ambush \| Data center deluge \| No subsidy for you \| What’s indoor recreation anyway? \| Prison seminary \| Leaving the barn door open \| About that ‘primary’ debate” and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.The Dakota Scout and The Scouting Lounge are subscriber supporter. To receive new stories, Viewpoints, cartoons and podcast episodes, consider becoming a paid subscriber.KEEP SCROLLING FOR LINKS TO A FEW OF The Dakota Scout STORIES & OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF The Scouting Lounge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thedakotascout.com/subscribe						41m 06s