City Cast Salt Lake

Utah is known for a lot of things: the greatest snow on earth, fry sauce, national parks — and getting scammed. Year after year, Utah is named one of the top states for fraud and is even one of the first to set up a white collar crime registry because of this. Deseret News Features Editor Meg Walter joins host Ali Vallarta to categorize Utah’s various scammers and figure out who’s to blame. Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

This week has been tough — and it’s only Wednesday. From the Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs to a senseless shooting in our own city this weekend, our community is on edge. Host Ali Vallarta and lead producer Emily Means tackle those feelings, plus the food news you need to know before logging off for a few days.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

Some would argue that the affordability crisis in Park City has been raging since the ‘02 Olympics, making housing out of reach for many local workers. That means a lot of them are actually our neighbors in Salt Lake!Last week, host Ali Vallarta talked to journalist Gloria Liu about how to save a ski town. Today, we zoom in on Park City with KPCW reporter Parker Malatesta –– because there are some very interesting housing projects on the table.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

As we round out yet another dry year in Utah, our neighbors in Vegas have made Salt Lake news recently for their strict water policies. It’s not the first time we’ve eyed them with conservation envy.When John Oliver railed on Utah’s water consumption this past summer, he told us he wished we were more like our sister: Las Vegas. When did the city of excess become the city of conservation? And what can Salt Lake learn? City Cast Las Vegas Lead Producer Sonja Swanson joins host Ali Vallarta to share ideas. This episode first aired on July 6, 2022.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

It’s the week after the election, but there’s no rest for the wicked in this town! Lead producer Emily Means joins host Ali Vallarta to debate bigger highways, tie up loose ends from the election, and lament the closure of some beloved restaurants.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

Artist Ruby Chacón is a self-proclaimed “Utahna.” The Chicana artist and founder of Salt Lake’s Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts has spent her career challenging the mostly white art world with her portraits and murals. As Salt Lake’s gallery scene is embroiled in a controversy of racial representation, arts journalist Bianca Velasquez joins host Ali Vallarta to examine how Ruby Chacón’s legacy continues to kick-down doors.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

A lucky Californian recently won the record-setting $2.04 billion Powerball. But if Salt Lakers even wanted a chance at that money, they really had to work for it. Utah is one of five states that doesn’t sell lottery tickets, and gambling of any kind is banned here. That means we’re hopping in the car for a road trip to an Idaho gas station in the hopes of buying a life-changing lotto ticket.It’s a longshot — but it’s not impossible for one of us to win.Like Samora Magadla, a local flight attendant who scooped up winning tickets twice. Samora joins host Ali Vallarta to answer the usually hypothetical question: What would you do if you won the lottery?Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

The resorts are opening, the snow is accumulating, and our local ski towns are trying to survive their worst instincts. Last November, freelance journalist Gloria Liu asked How to Save a Ski Town in Outside magazine. One year later, host Ali Vallarta asks Gloria if there is still hope for mountain towns, and which creative solutions are proving their might.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

Nowadays true crime is inescapable. Whether it’s Netflix's latest doc-series or a podcast relaying the details of a grizzly murder — Utah has become a hotspot for these stories. But can a market that re-victimizes and exploits grief be ethical? Host Ali Vallarta asks former crime journalist (and former sports reporter!) Amy Donaldson, host of the mega-popular KSL podcast “The Letter.” Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

Election day is over but the ballots persist! As county clerks continue their herculean effort to update the latest midterm results, host Ali Vallarta talks with former Salt Lake County Councilmember Shireen Ghorbani about the local nail biters, the moderate grind, and weirdly personal judicial reviews.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.