City Cast Salt Lake
City Cast
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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Apr 11, 2022 • 21min
Whale Oh Whale, What Have We Here?
The massive whale sculpture at 9th and 9th is drawing some surprise, many questions, and even some ire. KUER’s Benjamin Bombard joins Ali to break down the whale’s tale and we share reactions from visitors and business owners on the roundabout. Later, Ali references the this event.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Apr 8, 2022 • 25min
The Climate Report, West High Walk-Out, and Rattlesnakes
Olivia Juarez, latinx community organizer at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and disability advocate Shelby Hintze join Ali to round up the local news they can’t let go of this week. Namely, the U.N. Climate Report, a West High School student walk-out, and the start of rattlesnake season.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Apr 7, 2022 • 20min
Utah’s First Starbucks Employee Union Vote
A few months ago in Buffalo, New York, the first Starbucks employees in the US voted to unionize their store. Now, that movement has made its way to Utah, where the first Starbucks employees in our state have just filed for a union vote at the Cottonwood Heights location.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads atcitycast.fm/advertise.
Apr 6, 2022 • 15min
Passing Strange Comes Home to Utah
This week, the Salt Lake Acting Company opens the Utah premiere of Passing Strange, a Tony-award-winning musical with an all-Black cast about one artist’s journey of self discovery around the world. The show is rarely produced, and it’s never been produced in Utah - even though it was workshopped here.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads atcitycast.fm/advertise.
Apr 5, 2022 • 20min
Out Here in the (Parley’s Canyon) Pit
Ahead of a critical vote from the Salt Lake County Council this afternoon, Salt Lake Tribune environmental reporter Brian Maffly is getting us all up to speed on the Parley’s Canyon Mine project. Later, Ali mentions these photos from @wasatchsnow.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Apr 4, 2022 • 19min
Being a Good Neighbor During Ramadan
The crescent moon was spotted on Friday night which means that thousands of Muslims across Salt Lake are now celebrating the holy month of Ramadan. Nora Abu Dan of the Emerald Project joins Ali to create a guide to being a good neighbor when Utah Muslims are fasting from dawn to dusk. Later, Ali references these resources for parents and teachers from the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads atcitycast.fm/advertise.
Apr 1, 2022 • 29min
Salt Lake’s Changing Food-scape
The Salt Lake Tribune’s Utah Eats Reporter, Stefene Russell joins producer Nick Steffens and Ali to discuss Utah’s changing food landscape and what establishments we are sad to see departing and excited to welcome.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Mar 31, 2022 • 18min
The Fight for Safer Housing Rages On
Ali digs into housing insecurity in Salt Lake with Chris Foote, an organizer with Wasatch Tenants United, and Jakey Siolo, case management coordinator at PIK2AR. Later, Ali breaks down this rent assistance program.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Mar 30, 2022 • 18min
We survived Season II of the RHOSLC
Season 3 of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake is currently filming right in our backyard. Ali and her friend Eddie Taveras recap some of what went down in Season 2 and what we can learn from this franchise. Later, Ali mentions this directory from the Utah Film Commission.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.
Mar 29, 2022 • 20min
Our 2022 Avalanche Forecast
Craig Gordon, a forecaster at the Utah Avalanche Center, joins to discuss the unusually high temps and what they mean for avalanche danger. Later, Ali mentions this reporting from KUER.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter here.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads atcitycast.fm/advertise.
