City Cast Salt Lake

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, a college admissions principle which for decades has sought to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of student populations in higher education. How does the decision impact Salt Lake’s colleges? Dr. Tamara Stevenson, Westminster University’s vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion, joins host Ali Vallarta to make the case for demographic diversity as an educational tool.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

A proposal to build a women’s sports complex at the soon-to-be-vacant Smith’s Ballpark won over community members during Salt Lake City’s recent Ballpark NEXT competition. Utah Falconz football team president and defensive player Lacy Mile talks with host Ali Vallarta about what having a home field to play at could mean for her team and the trajectory of women’s sports.This episode originally aired March 30, 2023.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

The special election for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District took a juicy turn this week. Lead producer Emily Means joins host Ali Vallarta to share some hot goss from the Republican nominating convention. Plus, Hey Salt Lake newsletter editor Terina Ria shares an eco-friendly love story for the ages, and Ali and Emily have delicious picks of the week.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

After being forced to move from her home in Salt Lake City’s Guadalupe neighborhood two years ago to make way for a new apartment development, Tina Holt Balderrama is back in her old neighborhood — but not without sacrifice. Host Ali Vallarta joins Tina at her new apartment, right across the street from a hole in the ground where her old house once stood, to talk about why she fought to make the journey home.Review Salt Lake City’s Thriving in Place action plan and provide public comment before June 30.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

Something about summer really makes you want to pop some popcorn and take in a movie. Luckily, Salt Lake has oodles of indoor and outdoor options for your viewing pleasure. Host and resident film buff Ali Vallarta joins lead producer Emily Means to share her picks for the best places to catch a flick, hottest summer deals, and the origin story of the summer movie blockbuster.Utah Film Center screenings at Liberty ParkSundance Institute Local Lens summer lineupLost & Found Club R-rated movie nightRedwood Drive-inSalt Lake Film Society Summer ShowdownBrewvies Salt Lake CitySubscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

Utah-based sandwich shop Even Stevens has had a rocky road of operations over the past few years. But the once beloved restaurant that rose to fame for its buy-one-give-one donation model has mysteriously shut its doors around the valley. Producer Ivana Martinez joins host Ali Vallarta to break down what happened. Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

The Utah Department of Transportation just requested $500,000 from the federal government to explore the possibility of a passenger train connecting Salt Lake to Boise. City Cast Boise lead producer Frankie Barnhill and host Emma Arnold join Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta to talk about why Boiseans are so pumped to ride the rails to SLC — and the best ideas for a long weekend in each city.This episode originally aired on March 8, 2023.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

If there’s one thing you can count on the Utah Department of Transportation to do, it’s expand a highway. Lead producer Emily Means joins host Ali Vallarta to break down how turning Bangerter Highway into Bangerter Freeway could displace 241 homes in West Valley City. Plus, some residents in SLC’s Wasatch Hollow neighborhood have beef with planned speed bumps on 1300 S. And are you prepared in case of a Mormon cricket apocalypse?Submit public comment on the Bangerter Highway expansion before July 12, 2023.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

Large, towering apartment complexes are popping up all over Salt Lake City. But when it comes to addressing our affordable housing crisis, maybe we should be thinking a bit … smaller. That’s where “missing middle” housing comes in. Building Salt Lake editor Taylor Anderson explains to host Ali Vallarta why these types of units are missing and how they fit into our housing puzzle.Listen to “Why Aren’t These Vacant Buildings Housing?”Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

What’s missing from Salt Lake’s burgeoning network of farmers markets? In part three of our Summer Entertainment Guide, Utah Farmers Market Network director Chandler Rosenberg tells host Ali Vallarta why we are short on farmers to meet the demand. Plus, she lays down the best markets in the valley, an etiquette guide, and some cool affordability programs.Find a farmers market.Farmers can apply for the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food’s mental health voucher program.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.