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Turmoil for the White House, an Outdoor Retailer Showdown, and Did Paid Outsiders Scream at Chaffetz? – Episode 172 (2/16/17)

February 16, 2017 Ross

The session is half way over, and this week Natalie, Jim, and Dan talk about the Outdoor Retailer showdown with Utah lawmakers over their resolution asking President Trump to scrap the new Bears Ears National Monument and trim back parts of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Also, the turmoil for the White House this week…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour

Climate Discourse in Russia

February 15, 2017 Ross

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: February 15/18, 2017) — Jessica Graybill is an Associate Professor of Geography, and the Director of the Russian and Eurasian Studies Program at Colgate University. She gave a presentation at the Hinckley Institute of Politics on February 6, 2017, titled: “It’s all Changing, but not all Global Climate…

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Week 3 of the Session, Utahns March to Support Refugees, and Lawmakers Urge Trump to Rollback Bears Ears – Episode 171 (2/9/17)

February 9, 2017 Ross

It’s the third week of the legislative session, and this week Natalie, Dan, and Jim talk about Jim’s criticizing of last year’s audit of the University of Utah’s athletic program; Dan challenges the Our Schools Now ballot initiative proposal with his (HB255); the state GOP drops its lawsuit of Count My Vote laws, but are…

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The Bottom Line

She Tech Explorer Days

February 7, 2017 Ross

The Bottom Line (Air Date: February 24, 2017) – Sara Dansie Jones joined Doug Wells recently to chat about the upcoming She Tech Explorer Days happening at three different locations throughout the state this spring. – March 3 at Utah Valley University – March 31, at Weber State – April 21, at Dixie State University…

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Week Two of the Session, Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee, and Will the Zion Curtain Fall This Year? – Episode 170 (2/2/17)

February 2, 2017 Ross

It’s week two of the legislative session, and Natalie, Rep. Dan McCay, and Rep. Brian King discuss Trump’s conservative SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch, and Trump’s executive rocky roll-out of a travel ban on seven Muslim countries. And more locally: will the Zion Curtain fall this year?; Will we get a new Hole in the Rock…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour

The Case For ‘Our Schools Now’

February 1, 2017 Ross

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: February 1/4, 2017) — Earlier this week the Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted a forum on the Our Schools Now initiative. If passed by voters in 2018, it would increase the state income tax by 7/8 of 1 percent, and would raise an additional $750 million a year…

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Week One of the Session, Speaker Hughes Focuses on Homelessness, and Lawmakers Hear Utah Women Roar – Episode 169 (1/26/17)

January 26, 2017 Ross

It’s the first week of the 2017 legislative session, and Dan, Jim, and Natalie are recording on Capitol Hill. This week they discuss Speaker of the House Greg Hughes’ passionate opening speech highlighting homelessness as a key issue for the state, and how he later angrily rejected allegations that he was somehow involved with the…

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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour

Doomed To Cooperate: How Russian and American Scientists Made the Post-Cold War World Safer

January 25, 2017 Ross

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: January 25/28, 2017) — Last week the Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted Siegfried Hecker, a nuclear scientist who formerly was director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and an expert on nuclear weapons and proliferation. Hecker spoke about his involvement with a little-known program after the end of…

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The Bottom Line

The Shortcomings of the Sharing Economy – an Interview with Steven Hill

January 24, 2017 Ross

The Bottom Line (Air Date: January 24, 2017) – Millions of Americans love using Uber, Lyft, Taskrabbit, Airbnb, Upwork and many other disruptive startups that comprise the emergent “sharing economy.” But political writer and lecturer Steven Hill argues that people working for these businesses are paid less and are losing the certainty, security, and benefits…

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Inauguration, Chaffetz Calls Ethics Foul By Ethics Official, and Audit Finds Possible Corruption by Former Fire Authority Leaders – Episode 168 (1/19/17)

January 19, 2017 Ross

It’s inauguration week, and Jim, Dan, and Natalie are wondering if this time around it’s NO Hope and ALL Change? Also, who from Utah might be headed to D.C. to join the new administration; Congressman Chaffetz gets flack for threatening an ethics probe of an ethics official over Trump’s conflicts of interests; a state audit…

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