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.
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Apr 20, 2022 • 16min
Utah’s Embrace of Medical Cannabis
Katie Boué joined the great resignation to work in medical cannabis, and wants to bring Salt Lake stoners together to undo the stigma. Later, Ali mentions this program.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.
Apr 19, 2022 • 15min
Utah’s Growing Mushroom Movement
Jme Bonfiglio is the founder and organizer of the Utah Fungi Festival, and a modern mushroom farmer. She breaks down Salt Lake’s varietals and the scope of her business during what some might call a mushroom moment. Later Ali refers to this bill.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.
Apr 18, 2022 • 18min
Making the River Safer for Women Guides
Dr. Maria Blevins is an Associate Professor at Utah Valley University and a former raft guide who has been researching sexual harassment in the whitewater rafting industry. She shares some of her findings and recommendations for making rafting safer for guides and clients. Later, Ali mentions these classes at Western Rivers and Utah Women Flyfishers.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.
Apr 15, 2022 • 24min
Black Maternal Health, Automobile Deaths, and the Whale
Birthworker and community activist Ashley Finley joins Ali to round up the week’s news via listener calls. 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.
Apr 14, 2022 • 24min
The Story of Marie Ogden and Home of Truth
Writer and professor Emma Kemp has been investigating spiritual medium Marie Ogden and her 1930’s Utah commune Home of Truth for almost a decade. Her research has brought her to the Home of Truth property near Monticello in San Juan County, where Emma is currently living and finishing up a forthcoming book about Marie Ogden. She shares with Ali the goings-on at Home of Truth, back in the 30’s and today, as the cultural site faces nearby development and growing popularity.You can get tickets to RJ’s play here, and subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here, to read an excerpt from Emma’s forthcoming book.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads atcitycast.fm/advertise.
Apr 13, 2022 • 23min
A Friendly Gondola Debate
Whether or not you ski or snowboard, you’ve probably heard the horror stories or seen the photos. The traffic getting up to Alta or Snowbird is a nightmare. And the Utah Department of Transportation, or UDOT, has committed to doing something about it. But what?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.
Apr 12, 2022 • 20min
How Any of Us Could Reverse an Overdose
Medical Director of Utah Naloxone, Dr. Jennifer Plumb, explains exactly how to identify and reverse an opioid overdose by administering Naloxone. And, where Salt Lakers can get a Naloxone kit to keep on them. Later Ali refers to this settlement.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.
Apr 11, 2022 • 21min
Whale Oh Whale, What Have We Here?
The massive whale sculpture at 9th and 9th is drawing some surprise, many questions, and even some ire. KUER’s Benjamin Bombard joins Ali to break down the whale’s tale and we share reactions from visitors and business owners on the roundabout. Later, Ali references the this 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.
Apr 8, 2022 • 25min
The Climate Report, West High Walk-Out, and Rattlesnakes
Olivia Juarez, latinx community organizer at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and disability advocate Shelby Hintze join Ali to round up the local news they can’t let go of this week. Namely, the U.N. Climate Report, a West High School student walk-out, and the start of rattlesnake season.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.
Apr 7, 2022 • 20min
Utah’s First Starbucks Employee Union Vote
A few months ago in Buffalo, New York, the first Starbucks employees in the US voted to unionize their store. Now, that movement has made its way to Utah, where the first Starbucks employees in our state have just filed for a union vote at the Cottonwood Heights location.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.
