City Cast Salt Lake
City Cast
City Cast Salt Lake is SLC’s daily news podcast. Join host Ali Vallarta and a bevy of smart and entertaining locals for conversations about the issues that matter most. City Cast Salt Lake will celebrate the city’s triumphs, explore its history, (try to) solve its mysteries, and it’ll help you feel more connected to the Wasatch Front – whether you’ve lived here for six months or six generations. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at saltlake.citycast.fm.
Episodes
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Jun 30, 2022 • 27min
A Birthworker on Pregnancy and Abortion Care
Today, our guest Ashley Finley talks about the abortion that saved her life.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads atcitycast.fm/advertise.
Jun 29, 2022 • 18min
Does Salt Lake Have Fashion?
How do you shop local for clothes? Seems hard.The founder of Salt Lake Fashion Collective, Kalei Hinano, joins Ali to share ideas for shopping local for clothes in SLC — and answers the question, how do you spot a Salt Laker?Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads atcitycast.fm/advertise.
Jun 28, 2022 • 34min
A Temporary Order Resumes Abortion Care in Utah
Utah’s abortion laws are in flux right now. Former County Councilmember and Community Health Director Shireen Ghorbani is here to help make sense of it all.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Jun 27, 2022 • 18min
An Abortion Provider on ‘Relief and Respect’
Today, we revisit an important City Cast Salt Lake conversation. Ali visits with one of Utah’s few abortion providers, obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. David Turok, about the Supreme Court memo foreshadowing the overturn of Roe v. Wade and the likely enactment of Utah’s dormant abortion ban.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.
Jun 24, 2022 • 25min
Jazz Rebrand, Ryan Smith’s Utah, and Title IX
Salt Lake Tribune Jazz Beat Writer Andy Larsen joins Ali to round-up the sports news of the week in Salt Lake. Call or text the City Cast hotline anytime at (801) 203-0137. Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Jun 23, 2022 • 19min
Why Are There Letters in These Hills?
Why are there letters in our hills? And who put them there? Evelyn Corning knows! She’s the author of “Hillside Letters A-Z – A Guide to Hometown Landmarks.”Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Jun 22, 2022 • 26min
Princess Kennedy Wants to Apologize
Short: Princess Kennedy is getting out of Salt Lake’s bar scene.Long: Ali visited with Salt Lake icon Princess Kennedy to chat about why she is getting out of Salt Lake’s bar scene, after hosting the largest Pride party in our city for ten years. PK thinks she owes Salt Lake an apology, and is ready to move on. Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Jun 21, 2022 • 26min
Why Should We Care About Brine Shrimp?
Why are brine shrimp important to Salt Lakers, and why is Great Salt Lake Institute co-founder Jaimi Butler so optimistic right now? Adopt a storm drain here.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Jun 18, 2022 • 6min
BONUS: Two Millennials Discuss Gen. Z Fashion
As millennials, Ali and Ashley Finley (City Cast contributor and friend of the show) notice some interesting trends in the fashion choice of Gen. Z.This bonus City Cast Salt Lake episode is unplanned and was recorded before the recent Friday news roundup.
Jun 17, 2022 • 35min
Abortion Funds, Heat, and Juneteenth
Community activist and birth-worker Ashley Finley joins Ali to round-up the news you might have missed this week. Call or text the City Cast hotline anytime at (801) 203-0137. Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads atcitycast.fm/advertise.
