Every 16 hours someone in Utah dies by suicide and our state has the seventh highest rate of suicide in the country. Today we’ll learn about the state’s efforts to combat this trend with Kimberly Myers, Suicide Prevention Coordinator for the Utah Department of Human Services, and Rebecca Glathar, Executive Director of the Utah chapter…
We’re joined in studio by Erin Mendenhall, who was recently elected to the Salt Lake City Council in District 5. She’ll take her seat next month, but today we hear about her background and priorities, as well as what motivated her to run for public office. Plus, your local news summary.
Today on the show we’ll look at an art exhibit at Salt Lake City’s Alice Gallery called “There Must be Black.” We’re joined by artists Catherine Downing and Nancy Steele-Makasci, and by the Utah Visual Arts Program’s Felicia Baca to explore the concept behind the exhibit. That discussion, plus your local headlines.
Consumer spending increases around the holidays, and many businesses rely on the Christmas season to help boost profits. Over the past eight years, the group Local First Utah has been trying to get you to shop locally for the holidays. We’ll speak with executive director Nan Seymour about something called Shift Your Spending week, and…
Today on the program we’re looking at Salt Lake City talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (or TPP), the largest international trade agreement since the founding of the World Trade Organization in 1995. Negotiators from 12 countries gathered over the past week at the Grand America Hotel in the 19th round of talks on the TPP.…
Today we’re speaking with Dr. Kris Doty, a clinical therapist and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science at Utah Valley University, led a team of students in a study that looks at the unique issues face by Mormon missionaries who return home early. That, plus the local news, including the next chapter in the…
Today on the program we’re joined by retired Air Force Intelligence official Don Duff, who helped to identify installations on Cuba in the lead-up to a seminal moment in the presidency of John F. Kennedy – the Cuban Missile Crisis. Plus, the resignation of Utah Attorney General John Swallow, and more.
On October 1, the online Health Insurance Marketplace launched, marking the start of the first health insurance enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act. But website problems have hampered enrollment and caused headaches for the Obama administration. Today on the show we’ll have a conversation about the state of Obamacare with Randal Serr, director of…
Earlier this month, Mayor Ralph Becker was selected as a member of President Barack Obama’s Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience to help the federal government prepare to respond to the needs of communities around the country dealing with the impacts of climate change. Mayor Becker joins us today for a conversation about that…
Today on the program we’re re-airing an interview from earlier this year with Pete Ashdown, founder and president of the local internet services provider XMission. Ashdown gives us his take on government surveillance of the internet, the NSA data center in Bluffdale, and on sacrificing privacy for security. Plus, today’s top local headlines.
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