Cowboy State Daily Show
Welcome to the Cowboy State Daily Show, which brings you the latest Wyoming news in the most entertaining fashion. The show airs live every Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and is anchored by Cowboy State Daily’s Jake Nichols, a longtime Wyoming broadcaster. John Baggett hosts the show from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. every Saturday.
6-15-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Roger Gottlieb, author Nature Spirituality and Environmental Crisis: Embracing a Sacred, Wounded Earth
Cole Seppie, Sweetwater County School District #1
Brian Kozak, Sheriff Laramie County
Lauren Schoenfeld, Wyoming Innovation Partnership
Rob Creager, Wyoming Energy Authority
Penny Bolinger, Superintendent Niobrara County School District
Melissa Hugget, Casper Downton Development Authority
Ray Peterson, former state senator
Paul Ulrich
Aldo Vazquez, AAA Mountain West Group
6-12-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Craig DeRoche, Family Policy Alliance
Mark Biltz, author Blood Moon and The Final Tyrant: Unmasking the Antichrist and His Last Days Agenda
Craig Warner, past president of Korein Shriner's Club
Renee Middleton, Cheyenne Frontier Days Morning Star Village
Bill Sniffin
Tom Lubnau
Tara Ross, former Yellowstone Park ranger
Hunter Old Elk, Native American Jumpstart
Nathan Winters, Wyoming Family Alliance
6-11-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Angie Minett, Scouting America
Bill Wiley, high school sports
Jordan Dean, Cheyenne muralist
Rep. Bob Davis
Shawn Johnson, Libertarian candidate for Congress
Ken Buck
Dru Palmer, Christina Emminger
Ask Abby
6-10-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Homeirah Hesami
Justin Buchholz, Mills PD
Dan Diorio, Data Center Coalition
US Sen. Cynthia Lummis
Kyle Whitaker, Montana State University rodeo coach
Jared Petrino, UW sports
Reid Rasner, US House candidate
Travis Deti, Wyoming Mining Association
6-9-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Alexandra Natapoff, America Unfinished
Wendy Volk, Wyoming Wind Wall
Cici Oliver, Ugly Bug Fly Fishing report
Cowboy Kevin Meyer
Andrew Joannides, WyoWonders
Jeffrey Moore, University Utah scientist on Devil's Tower research
Sen Cheri Steinmetz, data centers
6-8-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Wayne Pacelle, Animal Wellness Action
Craig DeRoche, Family Policy Alliance
Max Mickelson, mayor of Rock Springs
Exie Brown, candidate for HD9
Beth Battaglino and Kerry Dennis, "This is ALZ” campaign
Joe Schaffer, president of LCCC
Joanna Kail, Wyoming PBS
Gregor Downey Jr, Bighorn correspondent
Cyrus Western, regional administrator EPA
06-06-2026
Australian singer/songwriter Brooke Seabrook, Director Tyler Rogers, Miss Wyoming & Miss Wyoming Teen, Johnson County Sheriff candidate Shane Greet, Democrat candidate for governor Ken Casner
6-5-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Stephen Tucker, Bighorn Studios
Marcia Neumiller, candidate for SD27
Ogden Driskill, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cindy Delancey, Hell On Wheels Rodeo series
Bill Sniffin
Kelly Norris and Jared Delay, State Foresters
Aaron Brown, Wyoming Highway Patrol
Cara Chambers, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons task force
Jim Davis, Evanston Roundhouse restoration
Governor Mark Gordon
6-4-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Bill Dohse and Eric Butt, Search and Rescue
Bill Wiley, high school sports
Tom Lubnau, columnist
Kalon Baughan, wildlife photographer and artist
Matt Burgess, assistant professor UW
Ken Buck, political expert
Ask Abby
Bo Biteman, US House candidate
6-3-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Erica Kent, author Black Dog
Baylie Evans, Managing Director of gBeta
James McManus, former Lucchese family mafia member
Megan Degenfelder, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Brent Bien, candidate for governor
Jared Petrino, UW sports
Rod Miller, columnist
Brian “Alf” Grzegorczyk, owner Alf's Pub
6-2-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Tim Stubson
Josh Dorrell, Wyoming Business Council
Cici Oliver, Ugly Bug Fly Shop
Cowboy Kevin Meyer
Chuck Gray, Secretary of State
Cindy Bradley, Girls on the Run
Ray Gallegos, former golf pro Old Baldy
6-1-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Mark Potter
Ian Trottier, author High Stakes Treason
Angi Bruce, director Wyoming Game and Fish
Gail Symons, Cowboy State Daily columnist
Ashley Bright, CEO Boys and Girls Club of Central Wyoming
Cody Beers, WYDOT
Rep. Mike Yin
Joel Highsmith, Mayor of Shoshoni
Mitra Manesh, author The Intentionalist
5-29-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Indy Pederson, author Sacrificing Humanity
Brooke Parkhurst, June is National Dairy Month
Shay Lundvall, mayor of Gillette
Dr Kent Corso, PROSPER Together
Jaime Stahle
Bill Sniffin
Marcia Neumiller, president Natrona County Republican Women
Aaron Brown, Wyoming Highway Patrol
Rep Liz Storer, HD23
Alison Crane, Wyoming Wool Growers
05-30-2026
5-28-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Eileen Isola, author Necessary Turbulence
Bill Wiley, high school sports
Chad Franke, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Erin Grey, Terry Bison Ranch
Jerod Merkle, UW associate professor
Casey Anderson, wildlife filmmaker
Ask Abby
Rich Barrett, UFO encounter?
5-27-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Mary Browning, Operation Outcry
Tony Valdez, owner Buckboard Marina
Gov Mark Gordon
Betsey Hale, Cheyenne LEADS
Jared Petrino, UW sports
Maureen Murphy, Teton County clerk
Paul Andrew Hutton, American West historian
5-26-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Davis Enloe, author Into the Night Woods
Mark Farrington, author Loss of Life
Frank Chapman, owner Heart 6 Ranch running for Congress
Cici Oliver, Ugly Bug Fly Shop
Cowboy Kevin Meyer
Patrick Klein, Vision Beyond Borders
Rep. Scott Heiner
Kendra Ziler, Ford Wyoming Center
5-25-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Bill Conroy, investigative journalist
Eric Barlow, gubernatorial candidate
Matt Vaughn, author My Cosmic Trigger
Col Grant Newsham, author When China Attacks: A Warning to America
Col Wesley Martin, MEK/NCRI
Robert Eringer, author Spymaster of Monte Carlo: Tales of Royalty, Espionage, and Betrayal
Grant Berry, Reconnecting Ministries and the Romans 911 Project
05-23-2026
5-22-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Stephen Willeford, Gun Owners of America
Ed Liebzeit, Post 43 American Legion
Bill Sniffin
Hans Ritschard, Cheyenne Frontier Days
Pete Sepp, National Taxpayers Union
Maren Kallas, Historic Cheyenne Inc
Bill Brinegar, Hunting for Heroes
Stephan Johannssen, Wyoming Department of Health
Heather Madrid
Jim Dewey, National College Finals Rodeo
5-21-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Erica Roby, pit master griller
Bill Wiley, high school sports
Lindsay Silberman, Hotel Lobby Candle
River Mossberg, Wyoming black bear hunter
Rep Harriet Hageman
Drew Bennett, UW professor on virtual fencing
Charlie Powers, Powers Land Brokerage
Ask Abby
Bryan Sells, ACLU attorney
5-20-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Adam Finnegan, https://www.thesleeperagent.com
Eldon Hongo, renowned bird dog trainer
Rebecca Reid, Laramie County Coroner
Nathan Winters, Wyoming Family Alliance
Jared Petrino, UW sports
Bob Beck, legendary broadcaster WPR
Thor Stephenson Jr
5-19-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, author of A Protest History of the UnitedStates
Tyler Lindholm, Food Freedom Act
Cowboy Kevin Meyer
Aaron Turpen, all things automotive
Craig Johnson, NY Times best-selling author of the Walt Longmire series
5-18-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Mary Keating, author 'Recalibrating Gravity'
Andrew Call, Wyoming Writers Conference
John Ramer, Kindness Ranch
Emily Arthun, American Coal Council
Pepper Fipps, Rafter Star Ranch
Scott Clem, Cowboy State Daily columnist
Lander Nicodemus, Torrington Livestock Markets
First Lady Jennie Gordon, Sun Bucks
Kristin Jenson, Defend Young Minds
05-16-2026 Cowboy State Daily Saturdays with Jeff
5-15-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Bear Prairie, CEO Lower Valley Energy
Benjamin Hightower and Andrea McCarren, America's Got Talent contestant and president PenFed Foundation for Military Heroes
Shay Lundvall, Mayor of Gillette
Case MacKay, Cheyenne Central high school student
William Perry Pendley, former director BLM
Colin McKee, Rocky Mountain Power
Korin Schmidt, Wyoming Department of Family Services
Rod Miller
5-14-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Grant Newsham, author 'When China Attacks: A warning to America'
Sergeant Major John deVerteuil, author 'We Are America: A voice from the silent majority'
Bill Wiley, high school sports
Gov Mark Gordon, live from Tokyo
Herb Doby, Mayor Torrington
Katie Hogarty, CEO Climb Wyoming
Dan Thompson, large carnivore biologist WGFD
Jake Kauffman, chillest dude in Wyoming
Ask Abby
Patrick Collins, Mayor Cheyenne
5-13-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Stephen Willeford, GunOwners.org
Shirin Nariman, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
Joe Speckner, candidate for House District 5
Chase Christensen, principal/superintendent of Sheridan County School District 3
Rep. Martha Lawley
Jared Petrino, UW sports
Liz Davy, Greater Yellowstone Fire Action Committee
Jasmine Scholes, Black Tie Burro
5-12-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Lauren C. Johnson, author 'The West Facade'
Megan Degenfelder
Cici Oliver, Ugly Bug Fly Shop
Cowboy Kevin Meyer
Rusty Bell, CEO Energy Capital Economic Development
Conor Bernstein, National Mining Association
Steve Pressfield, author 'The Arcadian'
5-11-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Stacy Koester, WyoFind: Taking Action for the Missing
David Roberts, founder of Mara Labs
Rep Landon Brown
Mark Eisele, King Ranch Laramie County
Crystal Merriam, Lagniappe Ministries/Lagniappe Center in Sheridan
Amanda Brody, PETA
Kevin Kershisnik, CEO of Pertech Resources Inc
Patricia Veronda Naumoff, Satin N Sage Event Planning
Julian Paredes, AAA Mountain West Group
05-09-26 Cowboy State Daily Saturday's with Jeff
5-8-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
David Rasnick, author Outsider: A Personal Odyssey into the Essence of Cancer
Oakley Boycott, performance endurance artist Silence
Kayla Gilmore Brown, Women's biking safety advocate
Amber Pollock, co-founder Backwards Distillery
Julie Meachen, Ph.D., is a vertebrate paleontologist and mammalian biologist
Aaron Brown, Wyoming Highway Patrol
Brenda Lyttle, Atlas Theatre, Cheyenne Little Theatre Players
Rep Tom Kelly
5-7-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
David Shapiro, Stop the Bleed
Jim Magagna, Wyoming Stock Growers Association
Bill Wiley, high school sports
Herman Hannan, documentary filmmaker
Rep. Landon Brown
Adam Myers, University of Wyoming professor of physics and astronomy DESI project
Gunnar Malm, chair Laramie County Board of Commissioners
John Jenks, Wyoming Energy Authority
Tara Ross, former Yellowstone NP ranger
Sen. Cheri Steinmetz
5-6-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Alexa Morris, author 'The Courtyard'
Grant Berry, Romans 911 Project
David Giralt, candidate for US House
Jen Lamb, Wyoming Colorado River Advisory Committee
Megan Degenfelder, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Justin Scott, Frontline Response West
Jared Petrino, UW sports
Eli Bebout, legendary Wyoming legislator
Alex Petrino
5-5-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Dr. Carol Osborne, renowned veterinarian
Christine Adams, Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust
Gail Symons, Cowboy State Daily columnist
Cici Oliver, Ugly Bug Fly Shop
Rep John Bear
Cowboy Kevin Meyer
Kyle Leithead, Lovell Fire captain
Mathew Mclaughlin, National Weather Service
5-4-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Laura Blaul, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety
Zack Guild, Wyoming Farm Bureau
Rep Chip Neiman
Col Larry Barttelbort, Wyoming National Guard on 'Cowboy Soldiers'
Domenic Bravo, Wyoming Office of Tourism
Jason Isaac, American Energy Institute
Shaul Hurwitz, research hydrologist USGS Volcano Science Center
Brittany Wardle, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
Gov Mark Gordon
Terry Weickum, former mayor of Rawlins
05-02-26
5-1-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Josh Dorrell, Wyoming Business Council
Pete Kilbride, Antelope Butte Foundation
Kyle Ridgeway, Wyoming Downs/307 Horse Racing
Paul Woody, PRCA
Bill Sniffin
Kyle Kondik, Sabato’s Crystal Ball Center for Politics
Aaron Brown, Wyoming Highway Patrol
Brian Kozak, Laramie County Sheriff
John and Makayla Otto
4-30-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Lt. Col. Pete Shinn, Epstein Justice
Robert Tosh Plumlee, author 'Deep Cover, Shallow Graves'
Bill Wiley, Wyoming high school sports
Josie Molloy, Old West Museum
Jeff Davis, deputy director Wyoming Game & Fish
Bryan Miller, chair state Republican Party
Ryan Semerad, attorney
Rod Miller
4-29-26
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake. Live weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Special guests include:
Sen Cale Case
Josh Dorrell, CEO Wyoming Business Council
Meeteetse chocolatier Tim Kellogg
Brandon Kosine, president Casper College
Jared Petrino, UW sports
Mike Moser, former owner Cloud 9
Colton Pfeil, VP marketing Western Welding Academy
Monica Howse, Casper housekeeper
