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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Slowing Down, Judge Pohlman, and Mini Bottles
Lead producer Emily Means joins Ali to round up this week’s news.
17 min
752
Is Dog Pee Worse Than Deer Pee in the Watershed?
No Dogs in upper BCC and LCC, but why?
14 min
753
Was Zhifan Dong’s Death Preventable?
The similarities between this murder and another on campus three years ago, and two-time missteps by the University of Utah.
15 min
754
A Brief History of Air Quality in Salt Lake
When did Utah start monitoring air quality?
17 min
755
Unsheltered Salt Lakers Try to Beat the Heat
Is Word Out About Cooling Centers?
16 min
756
The Unsafe U, Gentrification, and Cutthroat Trout
City Cast Salt Lake’s new lead producer, Emily Means, joins Ali to round up this week’s news.
20 min
757
Anti-Pioneer Day in Salt Lake City
Pioneer Day is Utah’s Columbus Day
17 min
758
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
759
Utah Has Its Own Stanley Cup
The Adventure Quencher is Coming For Your Yeti
16 min
760
Clever Octopus Staff Filed for a Union Vote
No store is too small to unionize!
14 min
761
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
762
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
763
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
764
Should We Get Vaccinated for Monkeypox?
What do we need to know about Monkeypox?
14 min
765
The Summer of Pedal Assist
Is Salt Lake Ready for E-Bikes?
15 min
766
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
767
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
768
Saving Water with City Cast Las Vegas
How is Vegas crushing water conservation?
13 min
769
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
770
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
771
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
772
Does Salt Lake Have Fashion?
How do you shop local for clothes?
17 min
773
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
774
An Abortion Provider on ‘Relief and Respect’
Today, we revisit an important City Cast Salt Lake conversation.
17 min
775
Jazz Rebrand, Ryan Smith’s Utah, and Title IX
It's a Friday sports roundup.
23 min