Segment 1: For the past decade, air quality alerts in Utah have mirrored a traffic light, with green meaning clean skies, yellow meaning voluntary no-burn days and red meaning mandatory no-burn days. This week, the state announced it’s replacing the traffic light model with the EPA’s six-color index. Air quality alerts will also recommend…
Segment 1: Traffic congestion, a lack of parking and issues between pedestrians, bikes and vehicles aren’t just city issues. As more and more people want access to Big Cottonwood Canyon, Little Cottonwood Canyon and Mill Creek Canyon, Salt Lake County is mapping out ways to accommodate development while providing environmental protections. On Tuesday, we’ll talk…
Segment 1: Novels, poetry, film – it’s all storytelling, but how do you take a narrative from one form and translate it to another? On Monday, we’ll talk with author/screenwriter/filmmaker Mel Donalson about the creative process and variations in media. Guest: Mel Donalson, “Communion” Dr. Mel Donalson will deliver the lecture, “From ‘Close-up’…
Segment 1: Salt Lake City recently completed a study that looked at the local food stream, from the garden to the table to the scrap heap. The report concluded that while a growing number of people don’t know where their next meal is coming from, more food is also being thrown away. On Wednesday,…
Segment 1: From 2 million inhabitants in Revolutionary times to over 300 million today, the population of the U.S. has seen exponential growth over the past 250 years. While the increase has brought economic prosperity, it’s also spawned fears of exhausting finite resources and providing for aging Baby Boomers. On Tuesday, we talk about…
Segment 1: From trial to execution, capital punishment costs an estimated $1.6 million per inmate, according to state officials. But some families of victims recently told Utah lawmakers that you can’t put a price tag on closure. On Monday, we’ll explore the social and financial costs associated with the death penalty and the scope of…
Segment 1: Former two-term Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson ran an unlikely campaign for president as candidate for the Justice Party he helped found, but he says his loss is just the beginning. On Thursday, Anderson joins us to talk about his race for the White House and the realities of third-party politics.…
Segment 1: The Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted a forum this week that posed a provocative question: Should the U.S. go to war with Iran? On Wednesday, we’ll bring you excerpts from the discussion. Guests: Former U.S. Senator Bob Bennett Vice Admiral Richard Gallagher, retired U.S. Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee Khosrow Semnani,…
Segment 1: The U.S. had a cozy relationship with Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak. That is, until his ultimate ouster nearly two years ago. Now, America’s diplomatic corps is negotiating a relationship with Egypt’s new leadership: the Muslim Brotherhood. On Tuesday, Harvard’s Tarek Masoud joins us to talk about the rise of Islamists and what…
Segment 1: According to Latinovotemap-dot-org, Utah saw a 65 percent increase in the growth of eligible Latino voters in the state since 2000. Yet just 24 percent of Utah’s Latinos voted for the GOP in 2012 in this pre-dominantly Republican state. On Monday, we’ll talk about the battle for Utah’s Hispanic vote. Guests: Marco…
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