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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: March 8, 2023) — This week on the program, two members from the Climate Leadership Council share their plan for a carbon dividend as a means to curb carbon emissions and build U.S. businesses. The group claims their “Bipartisan Climate Roadmap” would cut U.S. CO2 emissions in half…

Mitt Romney announces he won’t run for the Senate again in 2024. Housing markets are the least affordable in Utah history. And new census data shows how the state is changing. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Tony Semerad and Megan Banta, along with news columnist Robert Gehrke, join Utah Public Radio’s Tom Williams to talk about…

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. The hosts discuss roadwork, Utah’s Olympic bid, federal bargaining on Medicare drug prices and Rep. Owen’s comments on education and indoctrination. They also discuss…

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: October 19, 2022) — This week on the program, a panel of experts discusses the future of the Great Salt Lake, the negative effects caused by its rapid drying and the efforts to conserve the lake and its waters. The political will to address the drying Great Salt…

Celeste Maloy wins in a tight Utah 2nd Congressional District GOP primary. Groups sue Utah, trying to save Great Salt Lake through the public trust doctrine. And 30 years after the “September Six” purge, would The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints do it again? At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Leia…

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. The hosts discuss the results of the Republican primary for the 2nd Congressional District, the likelihood Utah will elect a woman to Congress, the…

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — Today, on the program, a conversation with Rep. Chris Stewart and afterward, a panel on the federal government and the work of Congress. In May, Stewart announced plans to resign from Congress due to the poor health of his wife. Stewart said he will officially step down in September,…

Another inland port project has been approved on imperiled Great Salt Lake wetlands. Detecting when students use artificial intelligence for homework is this school year’s newest challenge. Here’s how one Utah district is dealing with it. And the Utah Pride Center won’t be closing, leaders say, backtracking on an earlier statement. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune…

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. The hosts discuss the first Republican presidential debate, former President Trump’s interview with Tucker Carlson, his booking at Fulton County Jail, the mug shot…

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: April 13, 2022) — This week, on the program, a panel of experts discusses inflation and its relation to consumption, labor and corporate power. In July, the Federal Reserve increased interest rates to 5.5 percent—the highest rate since 2001—in its effort to curb inflation. The latest rate…