Advice columnist and gay rights advocate Dan Savage joins KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham for a conversation about religious views on homosexuality. Plus, an excerpt from last night’s town hall on the Affordable Care Act and your local news summary.
Today on the show we speak with Vicki Bennett, Director of the Office of Sustainability for Salt Lake City, and we look at local and regional policies surrounding electric vehicles. Plus, the governor’s education summit and your local news summary.
Rick Rasmussen is an Administrator and Investigator with the Police Civilian Review Board in Salt Lake City. We speak to Rasmussen about his role, and about the need for civilian oversight of law enforcement. That, plus Governor Gary Herbert’s new selection for Lieutenant Governor, and the results of a mail-in city opinion poll on the…
Today on the show we hear from Representative Jim Matheson on the government shutdown and the fight over the Affordable Care Act. Utah’s sole Democrat in Washington was one of just two members of his party to vote to defund the Affordable Care Act. Matheson is now trying to broker a deal to end the…
On The Rundown today we hear from Angie Welling, a public relations professional and former spokeswoman for Governor Gary Herbert on her open letter to Utah Senator Mike Lee recently published at utahpolicy.com. Welling’s mother is a survivor of breast cancer, and as a result has had a difficult time getting insurance because of pre-existing…
On today’s show we speak to Michael Homer, a Salt Lake City attorney and Sherlock Holmes scholar who has written extensively about the 1923 visit of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Utah, and about the depiction of the Mormons in the very first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet. Plus, a look at a…
Today on the show we speak with Christopher Conabee, Managing Director of Corporate Recruitment at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, and Jason Cross, Director of Education for the ISchool Program in the State of Utah. We’ll take a look at technology programs in Utah classrooms. Plus, your top local headlines. Click below for part…
We hear today from Terry Orme, the new Editor and Publisher of the Salt Lake Tribune. Orme took the helm of the paper today, replacing outgoing Editor Nancy Conway and Publisher William Dean Singleton. We heard about the recent 20% reduction in staff at the paper, and his thoughts on the road ahead. Plus, the…
Yesterday on the program we heard a personal story of recovery from mental illness, and about mental health resources available locally. Today, we continue on that theme in a discussion with Lisa Stoddard, Suicide Prevention Coordinator for the Salt Lake VA Medical Center. We’ll hear about the effect Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is having on…
Julie Hardle is the Recovery and Resiliency Manager for Salt Lake County Mental Health contractor Optum Health. She joins us in studio to talk about the resources available to those struggling with mental health issues, and to share her personal story of recovery. Plus, your summary of the day’s top local headlines. Click below for…
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