Segment 1: West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder confessed last month to writing pro-West Valley news stories using a pen name. How will this affect West Valley City’s image and its young mayor’s political future? Guest: Frank Pignanelli, lawyer, lobbyist and political columnist for the Deseret News Segment 2: How are publications thinking about…
Segment 1: Will green fees go up at Salt Lake City’s nine public courses? How would golfers react to higher fees on the fairways? And should the city be in the golf business anyway? We’ll take up the questions Monday; the City Council is also asking for citizen feedback at a hearing Tuesday, Dec. 6.…
Segment 1: Collective bargaining is a core value of organized labor, so this year’s attempt to quash those rights in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere put Utah unions on high alert. What does all of this mean for a “right to work” state like Utah and what’s in store for Utah’s unions as they negotiate for…
Segment 1: A University of Utah professor is arrested on charges of possessing child pornography. A former school counselor accused of sexually abusing teens also allegedly kept sexual images of children on his computer. Officials arrest 39 suspects in a wide-reaching child porn bust. On Wednesday, we’re discussing the prevalence of child porn in Utah…
Segment 1: The concept of building a tram linking a ski resort in Park City with one in Big Cottonwood Canyon is becoming more defined. Principals of the Canyons and Solitude Mountain Resort recently released details of the venture: an 8-passenger gondola which proponents say would improve access while alleviating traffic. But are critics…
Segment 1: When a child gets sick, parents want answers. In Vicki Whiting’s case, she wanted to know why her son Kevin suffered from severe stomach aches and kept losing weight. The answer kept coming back anorexia, but she knew that wasn’t the truth. Vicki and Kevin Whiting wrote about their journey through the health…
Segment 1: The idea of building a Broadway-style theater downtown has been bandied about since the 1960s, but Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker has made the $110 million project a cornerstone of his administration. Critics say that money could better be used to bolster existing arts groups. Tonight the Salt Lake City Council will decide.…
Segment 1: From Aristotle to Shelley to Frost, humans have strung together words in a lyrical, meaningful way. But in a world of 140 character messages and short attention spans, what place does verse have in modern life? And what keeps Utah poets going? Guests: John Kippen, Editor, Sugar House Review Katharine Coles, Utah Poet…
Segment 1: Mountaineer Apa Sherpa now lives in Draper, but he continues to feel the tug of Mt. Everest in his native Nepal. He’s made an astounding 21 trips to Everest’s summit – a world record – and continues to advocate for heart health, conditions in Nepal and the environment. Guests: Apa Sherpa Terrell…
Segment 1: Last month, a CDC committee recommended that boys as young as age 9 get vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S., but why should children at such a young age get the shot? HPV – Associated Cancers Statistics Guests: Dr. Andrew Pavia,…
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