City Cast Salt Lake

This weekend is the Living Traditions Festival! Haviar Tuitama Hafoka, creative director of Malialole Cultural Ensemble, joins Ali to talk about the importance of storytelling through Polynesian song and dance. Find all Living Traditions Festival info here. Later, Ali mentions this Building Salt Lake reporting.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.

Alex Veilleux, policy associate with the Healthy Environmental Alliance of Utah (HEAL) breaks down the roses and thorns of the Governor’s new ‘Energy Plan’ and what it forecasts for climate action in our state. Find HEAL Utah’s community advocacy circle 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 atcitycast.fm/advertise.

Dr. Angela Dunn, the Executive Director of the Salt Lake County Health Department, answers questions about Covid-19 submitted by 6th grade students at Meadowlark Elementary. See the Utah Tech rebrand 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 atcitycast.fm/advertise.

Ali is joined by Amie Schaeffer, a recent Salt Lake Community College grad, and Kurt McLaughlin, Judge Memorial High School’s salutatorian. Congratulations graduates! Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. Call or text the City Cast Salt Lake hotline any time at (801) 203-0137.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.

If you scored tickets to the Kilby Block Party this weekend, congratulations. They sold like hot cakes! The Block Party won’t actually be at Kilby Court, but the iconic Salt Lake venue is where it all began. Let’s get nostalgic together. You, me, and KRCL’s own Eugenie Hero Jaffe.Apply for the Sweet Streets board here.And while you're at it, subscribe to our daily newsletter.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.

Why is ‘fry sauce’ our one true love? And who invented it? The Beehive Editor-In-Chief, Meg Walter, is on the case.Later, Ali mentions this court case. Get more from City Cast Salt Lake when you become a City Cast Salt Lake Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm.  Subscribe to Hey Salt Lake, our daily morning newsletter. You can also find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC. Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: (801) 203-0137 Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.

Multi-stall, all-gender public restrooms are the future. Salt Lake Community College students have been protesting in an effort to get one on campus. And the University of Utah is about to unveil one. Law professor emeritus Terry Kogan is the co-founder of Stalled!, a design project to make going to the bathroom safer and more inclusive in public spaces. Later, Ali mentions this pet safety event.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.

Western states like Utah, Idaho and Arizona face looming abortion bans that might have their cities turning to Nevada, where abortion rights are far more protected — they've been codified in state law since 1990. Ali gathers with City Cast hosts from Boise and Las Vegas, Frankie Barnhill and Dayvid Figler, to discuss what this means across state lines, and for the upcoming elections.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.

Palak Jayswal, Culture Reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune, joins Ali to round out the week’s news. Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here. Call or text the City Cast Salt Lake hotline any time at (801) 203-0137.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.

Last week Utah got news it will receive a half a billion dollars from the federal government to generate hydrogen in the west desert and pump it into underground salt caverns. To which we said…’what?’ Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune environmental reporter, is here to explain why it’s exciting. Later, Ali mentions Restoring Ancestral Winds.Looking for more City Cast Salt Lake? Sign up for our daily newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.