Emily Means

An officer fights his demons and the demons of other cops, the EPA gives Utah a pollution deadline and Orrin Hatch gets a tribute in SLC

May 4, 2018 Emily Means

The EPA gives Utah three years to bring its ozone pollution down to acceptable levels. The newly announced Hatch Center aims to honor the legacy of retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. And a Utah police officer, who sought help after years of on-the-job trauma, is working to get other officers to do the same. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt…

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Behind the Headlines

Kennedy defeats Romney at a tense GOP convention, and the Utah Jazz try to end their playoff series with the Oklahoma City Thunder

April 27, 2018 Emily Means

Rep. Michael Kennedy, R-Alpine, bested Mitt Romney in the GOP convention last weekend and will face off with him in the primary election. The tension between conservative and moderate Republicans worked up the convention into a tense marathon of a meeting. And the Utah Jazz gear up for Game 6 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake…

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Both Sides of the Aisle

GOP conspiracy theories and issues Utahns should actually care about

April 26, 2018 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by columnist Holly Richardson and on The Left by Dan, host of the Blacksite Podcast. They discuss the outcomes of the Utah Republican Convention as well as the infighting plaguing the Utah GOP; what issues are political “insider baseball” and what Utahns should really care about; and the…

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In the Hive

Black Lives Matter in Utah

April 26, 2018 Emily Means

Today on the show: looking at the Black Lives Matter movement in Utah. Lex Scott, founder of the Black Lives Matter-Utah chapter, talks about the philosophy behind the movement and specific issues the group is working to address in the state; and Salt Lake City Police Department Det. Greg Wilking discusses what it’s like working…

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In the Hive

Discontent within the Utah Republican Party

April 20, 2018 Emily Means

Today on the show: what’s causing a divide in the Utah Republican Party? Hinckley Institute of Politics Director Jason Perry analyzes the infighting over SB54, an election law that gives two paths to the primary ballot; Teena Horlacher, Davis County Republican Party Chair, shares why she thinks the caucus/convention system is integral to the identity…

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Both Sides of the Aisle

Ballot initiative bingo and convention predictions

April 20, 2018 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis. They discuss the Utah congressional delegation’s response to the U.S.-led missile attack on Syria after the Assad regime allegedly used chemical weapons on its people; the citizen initiatives that will likely end up on the…

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Behind the Headlines

Legislature pokes back at Utah governor; ballot likely to include medical marijuana, Medicaid expansion; San Juan wants Recapture Canyon road

April 20, 2018 Emily Means

The power struggle between Gary Herbert and the Legislature intensifies with lawmakers overriding two of the Utah governor’s vetoes. Four of six citizen initiatives likely will end up on the ballot in November, including one to expand Medicaid and another to legalize medical marijuana. And San Juan County claims a right of way through Recapture Canyon, the site of ancient archaeological…

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In the Hive

Sinclair must-runs and media ethics

April 13, 2018 Emily Means

Today on the show: a conversation about fake news, media ethics and the firewall between newsrooms and their corporate owners. Dave Vergobbi, a professor of communication at the University of Utah and former president of the American Journalism Historians Association, talks about must-run messages from the Sinclair Broadcast Group and what it means for news…

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Both Sides of the Aisle

Utah’s gender pay gap and the fear of “reefer madness”

April 13, 2018 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City. They discuss Utah’s status as the state with the widest gender pay gap; The LDS Church joins the Utah Medical Association’s condemnation of the medical marijuana ballot initiative; Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg…

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Behind the Headlines

San Juan GOP is miffed at new voting boundaries, Salt Lake County sues over opioids and the Utah Jazz are back in the playoffs

April 13, 2018 Emily Means

At their convention, San Juan County Republicans express deep frustration over recently redrawn voting district boundaries that give the county’s majority Navajo population a greater say at the ballot box. Salt Lake County sues pharmaceutical companies over the opioid crisis while the state debates doing the same. And after turning their season around, the Utah Jazz are headed to the…

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