There’s no shortage of bizarre laws in Idaho, like the one that bans fishing from the back of an animal, or the ordinance that makes it illegal to frown in Pocatello — and even laws about how our potatoes should look. Host Lindsay Van Allen and executive producer Frankie Barnhill are chatting about these odd and often outdated statutes to try and find out how they came to be, and what these laws say about us. Plus, we skewer some laws that have (or should) be repealed. 

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