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City Cast Salt Lake

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.

Latest Episodes:

The Great Salt Lake Needs Our Help Jan 13, 2022

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The Great Salt Lake is at historically low levels, and that’s a problem for our city’s air quality, economy and ecology. City Cast Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta catches up with Chandler Rosenburg, co-founder of Save our Great Salt Lake, a coalition organizing for statewide action to preserve our city’s namesake.

Rosenburg is helping organize a virtual rally Saturday, January 15 aimed to encourage the legislature to take action when it meets next week.

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'Home Work' loses its Gaines Jan 11, 2022

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Utah has been called the Fraud Capitol of the United States.

We do fraud, Ponzi schemes, and influencing all very well, and the implications across our communities are enormous. Meg Walter, City Cast Contributor and editor-in-chief of The Beehive, joins Ali to talk about the Magnolia Network show 'Home Work' scam story. We can laugh our way through the absurdities, but at the end of the day, it’s not funny.

There’s rarely a slow news day in Salt Lake, and we have a morning newsletter to make sure you stay in the loop. Sign up here, if you haven’t already.

We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @CityCastSLC

Punk's Not Dead, It's Hidden Jan 06, 2022

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The 1998 film SLC Punk showed a violent, repressed side to Salt Lake City’s 1980s punk scene. Photographer and author Landon Hale says today’s punk scene is all about community, inclusivity, and more than music. Hale captures Salt Lake’s punk culture in his new book Punk’s Not Dead, It’s Hidden.

Click here to learn more about Hale's book and the Salt Lake punk scene.

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We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @CityCastSLC

Days of ’47 (Negotiations) Jan 04, 2022

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Tons of snow last week brought Salt Lake’s snowpack up to 108%, and our resorts were slammed with holiday traffic. Ali Vallarta catches up with Lee Moriarty and Patrick Murphy – Business Managers from the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association. Their union is in its 47th bargaining session with Vail Resorts, and they told Ali they don’t want to strike, they just want a living wage.

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We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @CityCastSLC

Utah, The Rose Bowl, and the Number 22 Dec 23, 2021

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The University of Utah football team has dealt with tragedy this past year. Star running back Ty Jordan died of a gunshot wound last Christmas and his high school friend and Utah teammate, Aaron Lowe, was killed at a house party in Salt Lake this year.

On New Years Day, the University of Utah football team will make its first-ever Rose Bowl appearance. We spoke to reporter Michelle Bodkin of Ute Zone to discuss the game and how this historic season will be defined by more than wins and losses.

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We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @CityCastSLC

A Quick Guide to Last Minute Local Gifts Dec 21, 2021

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If you’re a last-minute gift shopper, we’re here for you. The City Cast Salt Lake team hit the streets in search of local gifts for under $20. Host Ali Vallarta, newsletter writer Madeline McGill, and lead producer Nick Steffens share their favorite finds.

We visited these shops: The King’s English, Millcreek Gardens, Hatch Family Chocolates, Jack Mormon Coffee, and Clever Octopus.

What’s your favorite local SLC shop? Share it with us, and we’ll share it with all of you in our morning newsletter. Sign up here, if you haven’t already.

We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @CityCastSLC

Utah’s “Dirty” Drink Gets National Attention Dec 16, 2021

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It’s as quintessentially Utah as fry sauce: Soda shops on seemingly every corner selling “dirty” beverages - or basic soda with any number of flavor combos added. The New York Times recently reported that this sugary secret is out, and dirty soda shops are expanding across the country. City Cast Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta chats with Meg Walter - City Cast Contributor, editor of The Beehive, and host of Hive Mind podcast - about the beverage’s place in Utah culture.

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Downtown Salt Lake and the “New Normal” Dec 14, 2021

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After a year and a half of staying home, curfews, and other precautions, downtown Salt Lake City seems vibrant to City Cast Host Ali Vallarta. She asks Jacob Hall of Alibi Bar and Place and Surya Bastakati of Himalayan Kitchen if things are going as well for downtown business owners as it may seem to customers.

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Join the Salt Lake Conversation Dec 10, 2021

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Join host Ali Vallarta for a conversation on the issues that matter most to SLC.

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