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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Mar 23, 2022 • 15min
What’s It Take to Unionize in Salt Lake?
Brandon Dew, the president of the Central Utah Federation of Labor, talks to Ali about the landscape of labor unions in Salt Lake right now. Later, Ali mentions this reporting from the Salt Lake Tribune.Subscribe to our daily newsletter here.
Mar 22, 2022 • 17min
A Beginners Guide to Birding Salt Lake
Recreational birder and Newsletter Editor Madeline McGill joins Ali to create a beginners guide to Spring birdwatching in Salt Lake City. Later, Ali mentions the Tracy Aviary Lights Out Salt Lake program and Birds and Brews event.
Mar 21, 2022 • 19min
How the UT Leg Responded to our Housing Crisis
Ali talks with KUER reporter Emily Means what effect newly passed legislation will have on our housing crisis. Later, Ali references this forecast from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.
Mar 18, 2022 • 22min
2 Year Quake-aversary
It’s the 2-year anniversary of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Salt Lake City on March 18, 2020. Ali revisits that moment, and its aftershock, with producer Nick Steffens and community activist Ashley Finley.
Mar 17, 2022 • 15min
We’ve Got Answers on the Wolverine!
Utah captured and released its first ever Wolverine last week! Which means hopefully soon we will find out what a wolverine is up to in Utah. Mark Hadley, the Northern Outreach Manager with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, answers all our questions.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.
Mar 16, 2022 • 13min
Writers supporting Writers: Navigating SLC’s Creative Community
City Cast Salt Lake Newsletter writer Madeline McGill connects with Moudi Hob, a writer, lover, and community organizer. They discuss the power of community in being vulnerable as a writer.Speaking of writers, sign up for our daily newsletter, written by Madeline!
Mar 15, 2022 • 11min
Clean Slate Utah
1 in 4 Utahns has a criminal record of some kind, The fallout from that can mean lack of access to housing, employment opportunities and more - all things that make moving forward difficult. Today, Ali talks with Noella Sudbury of Clean Slate Utah about a new law that will automatically clear eligible criminal records for thousands of Utahns. Here's the webinar mentioned in the show.
Mar 14, 2022 • 15min
Sci Fi Meets Spiritual Traditions at UMFA
Artists David Rios Ferrera and Denae Shanidiin ask us to contemplate those we’ve lost and those we miss in a new exhibit that merges science fiction and spiritual traditions called Transcending Time and Space. Later, Ali mentions this study and Restoring Ancestral Winds.Sign up for our daily newsletter.
Mar 11, 2022 • 22min
Mental Health, Climate Anxiety, and Rent
It’s Friday, which means we’re looking back on the week with fun and thoughtful Salt Lakers. This week, Ali is joined by City Cast Salt Lake contributors Shireen Ghorbani and Shelby Hintze.Don't look back. Look forward. Sign up for our daily newsletter here.
Mar 10, 2022 • 19min
Democratizing Poetry in SLC (and everywhere)
Poet Jai Hamid Bashir is here and talks to Ali about her poetry, this place, and bees. Plus, she reads a poem for us!Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.
