Meat & Potatoes Podcast

This Is The Place (A Silicon Slopes Production) delivers wide-ranging, rarely serious commentary on tech, Utah, and everything in between. Hosted by Silicon Slopes editors Meg Morley Walter and Chris Rawle, This Is The Place examines Utah-centric stories that range from inspiring and relevant to completely bonkers. In episode 34, Chris and Meg talk the surprising rise of the Utah Jazz this season, the news of some major Utah tech players going public, the release of more SSTS18 content, and upcoming events. Then they catch up on the latest Mark Zuckerberg dramz,and finally, weird Utah news which includes national confusion over the appearance of funeral potatoes on Walmart's website, a sheriff's employee in Ogden helping herself to some meth in the evidence locker, and freeway construction plans.

In her keynote during Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2018, Founder of Parity.org Cathrin Stickney explained the history of parity.org and what it means to have so many Silicon Slopes companies on board.

In his keynote during Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2018, football legend and investor Steve Young spoke about the importance of grit in his career and his journey from young athlete to successful investor.   

This episode's guest is Kickstart Seed Fund founder and managing director Gavin Christensen. Gavin is an entrepreneurial VC with a passion for investing and building Utah. In 2008, Gavin worked with the Utah ecosystem to found Kickstart Seed Fund to fill this gap. Starting a seed stage firm focused on Utah during the Great Recession was not easy, but Kickstart is now one of the most active investors in Utah at the seed stage with 85+ investments. Gavin recently appeared at one of our Silicon Slopes Live events, which is where this conversation was recorded.

Meat and Potatoes shines a light on the people in Silicon Slopes who get things done. Hosted by Silicon Slopes Director of Operations Garrett Clark and random interns we explore how, why, and when they get those things done, and why their work is the meat and potatoes of Utah's tech community.   In episode 6 Kimball Dean Parker and Tomu Johnson from the law firm Parsons Behle & Latimer stop by the studio to talk about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which is a European Union regulation that governs how businesses and nonprofits handle personal information from individuals in Europe. There are a lot of details about this regulation that will impact Silicon Slopes companies. Luckily,  Kimball and Tomu have come up with some innovative tools that can help. They recently launched Parsons Behle Labs and happily the first product to roll out of the lab is a tool designed to help navigate GDRP. The product is called GDPR IQ and will help companies comply with the GDPR in minutes, for a fraction of the price of a lawyer. A business or nonprofit answers simple questions about how it handles personal information. GDPR IQ takes that information and produces a set of customized compliance documents. 

This Is The Place (A Silicon Slopes Production) delivers wide-ranging, rarely serious commentary on tech, Utah, and everything in between. Hosted by Silicon Slopes editors Meg Morley Walter and Chris Rawle, This Is The Place examines Utah-centric stories that range from inspiring and relevant to completely bonkers. In episode 33 Meg and Chris talk about new tech offices opening and the mascots present at the celebrations. Then they discuss a tech brawl between two billionaires, and the latest weird Utah news which includes shipping container houses, a massage parlor that isn't, and the most expensive proposed rebranding effort in Utah history. 

In his keynote during Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2018, author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance spoke about his book Hillbilly Elegy, and his work with Rise of the Rest Seed Fund.  

Today's guest is Encircle executive director Stephenie Larsen. Encircle is a non-profit organization based in Provo, Utah with the mission to embrace and sustain every LGBTQ youth, every family, and every community. They seek to deepen and enrich the conversation among communities of faith and LGBTQ+ people. By teaching individuals to love themselves and empowering families, Encircle helps cultivate an environment where LGBTQ+ individuals can thrive.

This Is The Place (A Silicon Slopes Production) delivers wide-ranging, rarely serious commentary on tech, Utah, and everything in between. Hosted by Silicon Slopes editors Meg Morley Walter and Chris Rawle, This Is The Place examines Utah-centric stories that range from inspiring and relevant to completely bonkers. In episode 32 Meg and Chris talk the latest in tech news including a rugby sponsorship and Neighbor's funding and name change. Then they discuss the latest weird Utah news which includes a man trying to marry his laptop and all the tangential thoughts around that issue, the success of a local high school welding team, sort of, and an ill-advised attempt to let students name a school. 

This episode's guest is Salt Lake County Councilwoman and candidate for the United States Senate Jenny Wilson. A fifth-generation Utahn, Jenny Wilson is serving her second six-year term on the Salt Lake County Council. In 2005, she became the first woman elected to the Council, where she has led numerous policy initiatives, including ethics reform, government efficiency, criminal justice reform and open space preservation. She was a co-founder of the Jordan River Commission. Wilson has experience at all levels of government, having served as press secretary to U.S. Rep. Les AuCoin (D-OR) and as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Bill Orton (D-UT), a Blue Dog Democrat. She also served as an aide to the Utah state legislature and was a candidate for Salt Lake City Mayor in 2007. We had a wide-ranging conversation on all sorts of different issues. Take a listen…