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 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 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…
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…
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…
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