Segment 1:
According to a 2010 study by the Pew Research Center, tattoos are something of a “generational badge” for those under age 25. Nearly 40 percent of young adults have a tattoo and the vast majority of those have more than one. As tattoo parlors become more numerous along the Wasatch Front, what is driving this trend?
Guests:
- Mark Rubinfeld, sociologist, Westminster College
- C.J. Fishburne, Cathedral Tattoo
- Casey Wardell, Punctured Piercing & Tattoo
Segment 2:
Thanks to technology and a growing audience, film shorts have become an art form in their own right. Two filmmakers with Utah ties who are screening shorts at Sundance this year join us along with a film professor to explain the evolution of shorts.
Guests:
- Chris Peters, director, “The Diatom”
- Dustin Guy Defa, director, “Family Nightmare”
- Kevin Hanson, Chair of the Department of Film & Media Arts; Associate Professor, University of Utah
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