Emily Means

Trump to come to Utah, thousands of ballots are nullified, women share sexual harassment stories

December 1, 2017 Emily Means

President Donald Trump will come to Utah to announce boundary adjustments for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. Errors lead to thousands of ballots’ rejection in the special congressional election. And women in Utah politics share their experiences with sexual harassment. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Courtney Tanner and Lee Davidson,…

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Both Sides of the Aisle

Taxes, nukes and Trump’s trip to Utah

November 30, 2017 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, and on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City. They discuss how the GOP tax plan affects Utahns; Pres. Donald Trump’s visit to Utah; Trump’s handling of the North Korean nuclear threat; and Real Salt Lake’s hush-hush tax cut.

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In the Hive

Public art in Salt Lake City

November 30, 2017 Emily Means

Today on the show, we look at the way public art shapes Salt Lake City. Dana Hernandez, Public Art Program Manager for the Salt Lake City Art Design Board, talks about planning and funding art in new spaces throughout the community; Vestar Creative Director Bergendi Hatch shows us The Gateway‘s new art installations; and graphic…

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Both Sides of the Aisle

Sexual harassment, Hatch gets feisty and political turkeys

November 22, 2017 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 a fiery interaction between Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, over who benefits from the GOP tax plan; the growing list of men in high places accused…

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Behind the Headlines

Salt Lake County to sue Big Pharma, BLM offices could come to Utah and sex ed may move out of classrooms

November 17, 2017 Emily Means

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams announces plans to sue the pharmaceutical industry over effects of the opioid crisis, and his decision catches County Council members off guard. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke considers moving the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management to Salt Lake City. And a state lawmaker proposes moving sex education classes…

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Both Sides of the Aisle

Roy Moore’s Senate run, Trump’s trip to Asia and Utah’s next Senator

November 16, 2017 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 allegations of sexual misconduct against former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore; Pres. Donald Trump’s Asia trade mission; Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams’ plans to sue Big Pharma for…

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In the Hive

The impostor syndrome

November 16, 2017 Emily Means

Have you ever felt like a phony? On today’s show, Emily Means discusses the “impostor phenomenon” with Aida Neimarlija, partner at the law firm of Gross & Rooney; Erin Jemison, Director of Public Policy at the YWCA of Utah; and Rachel Stone, founder of the BYU Women in Politics Organization and Business Intelligence and Research…

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Behind the Headlines

Diehl walks, and John Curtis is set to be sworn in

November 10, 2017 Emily Means

After two years of uncertainty, former UTA board member Terry Diehl’s federal case is dismissed. And after Tuesday’s election, Rep.-elect John Curtis will be sworn in Monday. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Jennifer Dobner and Courtney Tanner, government and politics editor Dan Harrie and columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to…

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In the Hive

Utah’s newest tyrannosaur fossil

November 9, 2017 Emily Means

Today on the show, we talk about the recently excavated tyrannosaur fossil found at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Tylor Birthisel, paleontology lab and field manager at the Natural History Museum of Utah, talks about making space for the fossil in the museum’s collections and details the identified bones in the tyrannosaur skull; and Brian Switek,…

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Both Sides of the Aisle

GOP tax plan, election results and the Paradise Papers

November 9, 2017 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 who benefits from the House Republican tax plan; John Curtis easily winning the seat for Utah’s Third Congressional District; the state’s limited and specific Medicaid expansion; and the Utah names…

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