The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Feb. 19, 2014) – This program features a panel discussion on the problem of racial or ethnic profiling by law enforcement in Utah. Salt Lake Tribune Multimedia Reporter Jennifer Napier-Pearce is the moderator. The panelists include Theresa Martinez, Associate Professor in Department of Sociology at the University of…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Feb. 12, 2014) – Jason Perry, Vice President for Government Relations for the University of Utah spends his time promoting higher education to Utah state legislators. Perry is a graduate from Brigham Young University, and later earned a law degree from the University of Utah. He served under…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Feb. 5, 2014) – Mary Wagner, Associate Chief of the U.S. Forest Service spoke last week in the Hinckley caucus room at the University of Utah. Wagner is a graduate from the University of Utah, with a Masters degree in Public Administration. She has spent 28 years with…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Jan. 29, 2014) – Count My Vote is a campaign to replace Utah’s unique caucus and convention system with a system that ensures a direct primary election. The current system for electing local and national political party nominees allows candidates to skip a primary election if they gather…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Jan. 22, 2014) – Sasha Issenberg is a journalist who covers politics, business, and culture, for the online magazines Slate and Monacle. In The Victory Lab, which came out just before the 2012 election, Issenberg chronicles the development of the behind-the-scenes strategies, social science theories, and statistical modeling…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Jan. 15, 2014) – Senator Mike Lee has served as Utah’s 16th senator since 2010. During his 2009 election, Senator Lee harnessed strong support from conservative Tea Party voters who helped him to successfully unseated 18-year incumbent Republican senator Bob Bennett. Since his election Sen. Lee has emerged…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Jan. 8, 2014) – John de Graaf is a filmmaker, activist, and co-author of Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (2001) and What’s the Economy For, Anyway?: Why It’s Time to Stop Chasing Growth and Start Pursuing Happiness (2011). He also founded the organization Take Back Your Time, that examines…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Jan. 1, 2014) – Transgender people in Utah regularly face discrimination and challenges in meeting their basic needs, such as finding housing, getting a job, receiving health care, or having their gender identity respected. But for transgender people who are also people of color, day-to-day life can become…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Dec. 25, 2013) – Dee Benson, a U.S. Federal District Court judge for the District of Utah, served from 2004 to 2011 on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). This is the same secret court that is now under scrutiny for having empowered the NSA to amass vast…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Dec. 18, 2013) – Saleh “Gadi” Johar is an author and human trafficking activist focused on the ordeal of human trafficking victims from Eritrea in the Sinai desert. According to Johar and a human rights report released in December 2013, The Human Trafficking Cycle: Sinai and Beyond, since…
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