The Bottom Line (Air Date: April 15, 2014) – Interview with Jill Layfield, CEO of Backcountry.com. Layfield shares her journey from school and waitressing, to working for different Internet start-ups in California, and finally to Backcountry. She also discusses balancing family life with her career, opportunities for women in business, and learning to be a…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Apr. 9, 2014) – A panel of of local doctors and health care reform advocates discuss overtreatment and waste in our healthcare system, and how it not only makes healthcare more expensive, but can also harm patients. This panel was organized by the Choosing Wisely Campaign, an initiative…
The Bottom Line (Air Date: April 8, 2014) – Interview with Jeff Davis, CEO of Orabrush, based in Orem, Utah. Davis discusses what attracted him to Orabrush after a career with Proctor & Gamble and how Orabrush broke into Walmart’s market. Davis also shares his moments of struggle, and the reverse marketing ad model that…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Apr. 2, 2014) – Last December 20th, after U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby overturned Utah’s Amendment 3 that defined marriage as only a union between a man and a woman, over 1,200 same sex couples in Utah were able to marry until Jan. 6th when the U.S.…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Mar. 26, 2014) – Salt Lake City has reported that annual surveys show a 74 percent decline in homeless numbers since 2005. Still, 13.5 percent of Utah’s overall population (377,815 individuals) lives below the poverty line, and more 0.5 percent is considered homeless, according to a 2013 “Comprehensive…
The Bottom Line (Air Date: March 25, 2014) – Interview with Patrick Byrne, CEO and Founder of Overstock.com. Byrne shares his philosophy for running a fundamentally sound company, the wisdom behind Overstock University for his employees, and the importance of a balanced educational experience. He also discusses his father’s relationship with Warren Buffet, and some…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Mar. 19, 2014) – The Hinckley Institute of Politics annually invites a panel of legislators to gather and reflect on the past session. This past Monday, March 17, only Democrats Sen. Gene Davis and Rep. Joel Briscoe attended. Invited Republican legislators were unable to attend. The panel was…
Dust events occur regularly each spring along the Wasatch Front, and they could be impacting how much water is ultimately available for Utah residents. This is the first story by Explore Utah Science in a series called “Follow the Flow”, that examines ongoing research to maintain the sustainability of Utah’s precious watersheds.
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Mar. 5, 2014) – Amy Wilentz is a contributing editor to the Nation Magazine, and a professor of English at the University of California Irvine. She has covered the politics and culture of Haiti for decades for publications like the New York Times, Time Magazine, and Mother Jones,…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Feb. 26, 2014) – Deedee Corradini who is president of Women’s Ski Jumping USA, lead an 8-year fight to allow women ski jumpers to participate in the Winter Olympic Games (a story documented in the film, Ready to Fly). Corradini served as Salt Lake City’s first and only…
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