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 6 months or 6 generations. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at saltlake.citycast.fm.

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801
The Best Breakfast Burrito, According to Locals
Have We Found The Best Breakfast Burrito?
17 min
802
Why Would the Jazz Trade Donovan Mitchell?
Maybe we'd all have a little more fun if we let go of the title talk.
15 min
803
BYU Virginity Club: Satire or Serious?
Two former BYU students discuss who the BYU Virginity Club Instagram page is for — and whether everyone is in on the joke.
20 min
804
Big Bucks for GSL, Shorter Strolls at the Airpo...
Lead producer Emily Means joins Ali to round up this week’s news.
22 min
805
Will House Plants Save You From Bad Air In SLC?
16 min
806
Monkeypox Pt. 2: SLCo Health Department Answers...
On vaccines, contagion, symptoms, and more, Nicholas Rupp from Salt Lake County Health Department shares the facts.
14 min
807
Monkeypox Pt. 1: A Personal Story
Salt Laker Addison Jenkins shares his personal story with monkeypox..
13 min
808
Why Is Gas So Expensive In Utah?
Utah ga$ prices are brutal right now.
15 min
809
Slowing Down, Judge Pohlman, and Mini Bottles
Lead producer Emily Means joins Ali to round up this week’s news.
17 min
810
Is Dog Pee Worse Than Deer Pee in the Watershed?
No Dogs in upper BCC and LCC, but why?
14 min
811
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
812
A Brief History of Air Quality in Salt Lake
When did Utah start monitoring air quality?
17 min
813
Unsheltered Salt Lakers Try to Beat the Heat
Is Word Out About Cooling Centers?
16 min
814
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
815
Anti-Pioneer Day in Salt Lake City
Pioneer Day is Utah’s Columbus Day
17 min
816
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
817
Utah Has Its Own Stanley Cup
The Adventure Quencher is Coming For Your Yeti
16 min
818
Clever Octopus Staff Filed for a Union Vote
No store is too small to unionize!
14 min
819
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
820
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
821
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
822
Should We Get Vaccinated for Monkeypox?
What do we need to know about Monkeypox?
14 min
823
The Summer of Pedal Assist
Is Salt Lake Ready for E-Bikes?
15 min
824
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
825
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