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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Music is a Cure for the Pandemic Blues
Folk singer Alicia Stockman on her new album and getting back on the road.
16 min
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What We Learned From Free Fare Feb
It’s the end of Free Fare February, but it doesn’t have to be the end of your frontrunner weekends.
13 min
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Quiet Streets, 3rd Space, and Salt Lake Below
SLC poet RJ Walker contrasts Salt Lake’s manicured streets with Salt Lake below.
13 min
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COVID Testing, Clean Air Bills, and the DABC
We’re looking back on the week with fun and thoughtful Salt Lakers.
18 min
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Let Teachers Teach
Under mounting scrutiny, how are Salt Lake’s teachers supposed to celebrate Black History Month?
13 min
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The Elephant in the Room
It’s a uniquely Utah phenomenon: Democrats switching their affiliation to vote in Republican primary elections
15 min
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Salt Lake’s Secret Garden
Salt Lake art critic, curator, and lawyer Scotti Hill joins to discuss the bizarre beauty of Gilgal Sculpture Garden.
14 min
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Anti-trans Bills, Education Bills, and the Hous...
We’re breaking down the stories we can’t let go of this week.
16 min
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Should Salt Lake host the 2030 Olympics? (feat....
Is Salt Lake's bid for the Olympics a good thing, and why did Denver reject them?
17 min
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Hindsight is 2002 (Olympics)
We’re talking about Salt Lake’s favorite brag: the 2002 Winter Olympics.
15 min
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A Little Less Sunshine at the Capitol
Legislators passed a resolution to limit press access at the capitol.
10 min
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Salt Lake’s Own Magical Mystery Tour
Mysticism and magic are integral pieces of Salt Lake’s history – though often overlooked.
11 min
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The Perfect Salt Lake Date
The City Cast Salt Lake team share our perfect Salt Lake date nights + read your love letters.
16 min
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Insecure Vote Utah
The Secure Vote Utah ballot initiative is a frightening new cause that would erase vote-by-mail in Utah.
10 min
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The Gerda That Remains
Gerda Saunders has spent the last decade documenting her early-onset dementia.
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Who is Listening to the Great Salt Lake?
What action state officials are taking to save the Great Salt Lake?
12 min
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Ski Joring : The Perfect Utah Sport
Ali went out to the High Star Ranch in Kamas for the 5th Annual Ski Joring Utah competition
10 min
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Land Acknowledgements with Len Necefer
Dr. Len Necefer reflects on the emerging tradition of land acknowledgements
12 min
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Free Menstrual Products, Period.
One in four Utah teens can’t afford period products.
13 min
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The State of Pot in Utah
Salt Lake public defenders Grant Miller and Darnell Crandall weigh-in about the state of pot in Utah, legally speaking.
17 min
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Salt Lake’s Teachers Get an A+
Salt Lake’s teachers are giving more than they’re getting right now.
16 min
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What Goes Up Must Come Down(town)
Downtown Salt Lake is in a massive construction boom, which is complicated.
12 min
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75 Reps + 29 Senators = 45 Days
Buckle up. The Utah Legislature is in session.
22 min
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The Great Salt Lake Needs Our Help
Historically low water levels may lead to larger problems.
13 min
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'Home Work' loses its Gaines
Magnolia Network show “Home Work” is another example of fraud in Utah.
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