City Cast Salt Lake

City Cast Salt Lake is Salt Lake City’s daily news podcast. Host Ali Vallarta and a bevy of smart and entertaining locals will bring you conversations about the issues that matter most to SLC. Some days City Cast will make you proud; other days it’ll make you angry. It will celebrate Salt Lake’s triumphs, (try to) solve its mysteries, and explore its history. City Cast will help you feel more connected to the Wasatch Front – whether you’ve lived here for 6 months or 6 generations.

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Mapping Salt Lake’s Many Stories
Paisley Rekdal recently concluded a long stint as Utah Poet Laureate. She'll talk about Mapping Salt Lake, a project that needs you.
17 min
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Utah Has Its Own Stanley Cup
The Adventure Quencher is Coming For Your Yeti
16 min
728
Clever Octopus Staff Filed for a Union Vote
No store is too small to unionize!
14 min
729
An Injunction, the School Board, and Free Transit
City Cast Salt Lake’s new lead producer, Emily Means, joins Ali to round up this week’s news. Later, Newsletter Editor Terina Ria joins to say hi and share weekend events!
25 min
730
How Do We Maintain Hard-Fought Rights in a Post...
The end of Roe means a number of other landmark cases could be revisited.
16 min
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A Hidden Gem at the SLC Public Library
The Salt Lake City Public Library has a very early edition of “Birds of America” by John James Audubon, a marvel hidden in plain sight on the 4th floor.
19 min
732
Should We Get Vaccinated for Monkeypox?
What do we need to know about Monkeypox?
14 min
733
The Summer of Pedal Assist
Is Salt Lake Ready for E-Bikes?
15 min
734
Cottonwood Heights, the Great Salt Lake, and th...
City Cast Salt Lake’s new lead producer, Emily Means, joins Ali to round up this week’s news.
22 min
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Jordan River Beavers are Misunderstood
Ali strolls the Jordan River with Frances Ngo, Conservation Outreach Biologist at Tracy Aviary, in search of beaver activity.
17 min
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Saving Water with City Cast Las Vegas
How is Vegas crushing water conservation?
13 min
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How is SLC Hookup Culture Changing, Post-Roe?
Is the overturning of Roe v. Wade and Utah’s pending abortion ban impacting Salt Lake nightlife?
18 min
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Emissions, Airbnbs, and the Utah Supreme Court
In Two Parts: A federal ruling on air quality, and a weekly news roundup on items you may have missed
30 min
739
A Birthworker on Pregnancy and Abortion Care
One woman's story of her abortion, unexpected and eye-opening, and how it saved her life
25 min
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Does Salt Lake Have Fashion?
How do you shop local for clothes?
17 min
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A Temporary Order Resumes Abortion Care in Utah
Let's make sense of Utah's abortion laws, because they're in flux right now.
33 min
742
An Abortion Provider on ‘Relief and Respect’
Today, we revisit an important City Cast Salt Lake conversation.
17 min
743
Jazz Rebrand, Ryan Smith’s Utah, and Title IX
It's a Friday sports roundup.
23 min
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Why Are There Letters in These Hills?
The mostly-western phenomenon of hillside letters, or monograms, often viewable from afar, is explained
18 min
745
Princess Kennedy Wants to Apologize
Princess Kennedy is getting out of Salt Lake’s bar scene.
25 min
746
Why Should We Care About Brine Shrimp?
Why are brine shrimp important to Salt Lakers?
25 min
747
BONUS: Two Millennials Discuss Gen. Z Fashion
Fashion is a cycle.
6 min
748
Abortion Funds, Heat, and Juneteenth
It's Friday, so we're rounding up the news of the week.
34 min
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Utah’s First Official Juneteenth
It's been a long path to recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday.
10 min
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Archie Archuleta Loved Building Bridges
The legacies of Archie and Lois Archuleta will help connect our city.
17 min