City Cast Salt Lake

This week, the Salt Lake Acting Company opens the Utah premiere of Passing Strange, a Tony-award-winning musical with an all-Black cast about one artist’s journey of self discovery around the world. The show is rarely produced, and it’s never been produced in Utah - even though it was workshopped 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.

Ahead of a critical vote from the Salt Lake County Council this afternoon, Salt Lake Tribune environmental reporter Brian Maffly is getting us all up to speed on the Parley’s Canyon Mine project. Later, Ali mentions these photos from @wasatchsnow.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.

The crescent moon was spotted on Friday night which means that thousands of Muslims across Salt Lake are now celebrating the holy month of Ramadan. Nora Abu Dan of the Emerald Project joins Ali to create a guide to being a good neighbor when Utah Muslims are fasting from dawn to dusk. Later, Ali references these resources for parents and teachers from the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.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.

The Salt Lake Tribune’s Utah Eats Reporter, Stefene Russell joins producer Nick Steffens and Ali to discuss Utah’s changing food landscape and what establishments we are sad to see departing and excited to welcome.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.

Ali digs into housing insecurity in Salt Lake with Chris Foote, an organizer with Wasatch Tenants United, and Jakey Siolo, case management coordinator at PIK2AR. Later, Ali breaks down this rent assistance 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 at citycast.fm/advertise.

Season 3 of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake is currently filming right in our backyard. Ali and her friend Eddie Taveras recap some of what went down in Season 2 and what we can learn from this franchise. Later, Ali mentions this directory from the Utah Film Commission.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.

Craig Gordon, a forecaster at the Utah Avalanche Center, joins to discuss the unusually high temps and what they mean for avalanche danger. Later, Ali mentions this reporting from KUER.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 talks with Judge Memorial High School Student Body President Kurt McLaughlin about the passage of H.B. 11, a bill that bans young transgender women from playing on the school sports team that aligns with their gender. Later, Ali references this reporting from the Salt Lake Tribune and the Trauma Resiliency Collaborative of Utah’s guide to local resources.

Happy National Introvert’s Week! Maybe you celebrated by quietly processing some things! Ali is joined by Salt Laker Katie Boué and Newsletter Editor Madeline McGill to redefine what it means to be an Introvert and create an Introvert’s guide to Salt Lake.

A close reading of Utah rental agreements with Marcus Degen, an attorney with the evictions nonprofit People’s Legal Aid. Later, Ali mentions this statement from the Governor.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.