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.

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Society & Culture
1001
Utah’s First Starbucks Employee Union Vote
Employees at the Cottonwood Heights Starbucks filed for a union vote.
19 min
1002
Passing Strange Comes Home to Utah
The play hasn't been produced in Utah, even though it was workshopped here.
14 min
1003
Out Here in the (Parley’s Canyon) Pit
What's the Parley's Canyon Mine Project?
20 min
1004
Being a Good Neighbor During Ramadan
Thousands of Muslims across Salt Lake are now celebrating the holy month of Ramadan.
19 min
1005
Salt Lake’s Changing Food-scape
28 min
1006
The Fight for Safer Housing Rages On
Housing insecurity is one of the biggest issues facing SLC
17 min
1007
We survived Season II of the RHOSLC
18 min
1008
Our 2022 Avalanche Forecast
What do unusually high temps mean to avalanche danger?
19 min
1009
A Student Responds to H.B. 11
H.B. 11 bans transgender women from playing on the school sports team that aligns with their gender
17 min
1010
An Introvert’s Salt Lake
Happy National Introvert’s Week!
18 min
1011
Listen to This Before You Sign Your Lease
23 min
1012
What’s It Take to Unionize in Salt Lake?
What's the landscape of labor unions now?
14 min
1013
A Beginners Guide to Birding Salt Lake
16 min
1014
How the UT Leg Responded to our Housing Crisis
Did the Leg. do enough to address our housing crisis?
18 min
1015
2 Year Quake-aversary
It’s the 2-year anniversary of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake.
21 min
1016
We’ve Got Answers on the Wolverine!
What was a wolverine up to in Utah?
15 min
1017
Writers supporting Writers: Navigating SLC’s Cr...
Writing, vulnerability, and the importance of creative community
13 min
1018
Clean Slate Utah
A new law could clear the criminal records of thousands of Utahns.
10 min
1019
Sci Fi Meets Spiritual Traditions at UMFA
Contemplating those we’ve lost through art
15 min
1020
Mental Health, Climate Anxiety, and Rent
It's Friday, so we're looking back at the week that was.
21 min
1021
Democratizing Poetry in SLC (and everywhere)
Poetry should be accessible to everyone.
18 min
1022
Coming Soon: Saborrrr!
Food traditions. Careful casting. And the film Saborrr!
17 min
1023
Supporting Salt Lake’s Trans Community
Lessons from the passage and subsequent veto of a bill that would a ban on transgender kids participation in sports.
15 min
1024
Ground Rules for a More Inclusive Climbing Gym
How can we make Salt Lake’s climbing gyms more inclusive spaces.
15 min
1025
20 is Plenty, Drivers Licenses, and Education B...
It’s Friday, which means we’re looking back on the week with fun and thoughtful Salt Lakers.
24 min