Both Sides of the Aisle

U.S. life expectancy, state tax cuts and the path to the Utah ballot

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the COVID-19 death toll, its impact on life expectancy in the U.S., the Biden administration’s new immigration bill, former President Donald Trump’s tax…

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Powering the Future with Renewable Energy

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: December 9, 2020) — This week on the program, we air a panel on the future of renewable energy and the need to change our energy system to combat pollution and prevent the worst effects of climate change. Despite the many economic and social setbacks in 2020,…

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Extreme winter weather, a second presidential acquittal and more bills on Capitol Hill

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the extreme winter weather in the U.S., the second Senate acquittal of former President Donald Trump, Trump’s feud with Senator Majority Leader Mitch…

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Prioritizing Equity in Climate Resilience Planning

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — Across the U.S., extreme winter weather has shutdown traffic, energy grids and entire states. While seemingly counterintuitive, meteorologists tie these intense winter storms to the warming of the planet, as higher temperatures lead to greater evaporation and ever-larger storms. In 2020, the U.S. also saw the intensity and frequency…

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Impeachment proceedings and bills working through the Utah Legislature

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, what the former president’s legacy will be and Georgia’s Secretary of State inquiring into…

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$7.25 — Examining the Minimum Wage

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: November 20, 2019) — As the Democratic-controlled Congress prepares to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package a sticking point in the negotiations is an amendment that would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. That would more than double the…

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Utah’s federal delegation and bills to watch during the Utah legislative session

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the relevance of Utah’s senators in Washington D.C., Sen. Mitt Romney meeting President Biden over COVID-19 relief bill, the controversy surrounding Rep. Marjorie…

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The Vice Presidency

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — It has been two weeks since the historic inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris as the 49th vice president of the United States.  Harris is the first woman, first African American, first Asian American and first Indian American to hold the office. While the choice of vice president is…

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COVID-19 vaccine rollout, impeachment and the Utah legislative session

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the United States rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, the article of impeachment moving to the Senate, Sen. Romney’s plan to memorialize the January…

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The Presidency

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — It has been one week since Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. In that week, he has signed dozens of executive orders reversing major Trump administration policies on immigration, infrastructure, federal lands, the national coronavirus response and more. The newly formed Senate…

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