Today on the show: What’s it like to deal with housing insecurity in Utah? Ian Decker from Wasatch Tenants United talks about the newly formed organization’s goals for supporting renters along the Wasatch Front; Martin Blaustein, Salt Lake managing attorney for Utah Legal Services, explains the landlord-tenant relationship within the legal system; and a listener…
Today on the show: How do people with limited means navigate Utah’s health care system? Stacy Stanford, health policy analyst at Utah Health Policy Project, explains the status of Medicaid in Utah and what it would mean for voters to expand the program through a ballot initiative this year. Connect2Health is an organization that brings…
(Original air date: May 10, 2018) Today on the show: How is light pollution affecting the night sky? Bettymaya Foott from the Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative leads a walk around Salt Lake City to point out the light fixtures that contribute to light pollution; Stephen Goldsmith, associate professor at the University of Utah’s College of Architecture…
Today on the show: How are poor people faring in Utah? Rev. Monica Hall of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Ogden talks about the Poor People’s Campaign, a national movement against poverty on moral grounds; Tracy Gruber, senior adviser for Utah’s Intergenerational Poverty Initiative, gives us the numbers on Utah’s families experiencing intergenerational poverty stuck in…
(Original air date: May 3, 2018) Today on the show: Are robots taking over the workforce? Johnny Hanna, CEO of the Utah-based online real estate platform Homie, talks about the inevitability of automating the real estate industry; journalist Scott Santens discusses the costs and potential benefits of digitizing labor and questions whether or not we even need jobs;…
Today on the show: At the end of May 2018, LGBTQ activists sent a letter to the Utah Pride Center asking for two items: that the Center divest from Wells Fargo and Chase Bank and revoke their entries in the Pride Parade; and also to re-examine the Center’s board-appointment practices to address a perceived lack…
(Original air date: February 1, 2018) Today on the show: looking at the convergence of art and activism. Jorge Rojas, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Director of Education and Engagement, talks about making art to present a message of protest; Ella Mendoza and Jorge Arellano of the Nopalera Artist Collective discuss community resistance and resilience through art; and the…
Today on the show: Utah’s Pride Festival is over, but the Pride Center leadership has some business to attend to. Executive Director Rob Moolman, who started as the new director in April 2018, responds to requests made by a group of concerned members of the LGBTQ community calling themselves Queers Divest. Prior to this year’s…
(Original air date: January 4, 2018) Today on the show: Keely, a mother who has experienced homelessness in Utah, talks about raising kids in an unstable living situation. Keely is part of a group called Powerful Moms Who Care, which is made up of formerly homeless moms advocating for the needs of other women in…
(Original air date: October 5, 2017) Today on the show: a look at the campus-wide conversation surrounding free speech at college campuses, specifically at the University of Utah. An appearance by conservative pundit Ben Shapiro, hosted by the Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Utah, prompted protests by Black Lives Matter, MEChA and Students for a…
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