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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: July 17, 2019) — This week on the program, we bring you a forum to ask the question, “Should we have a universal basic income?” (UBI) in the U.S.? A UBI refers to the dispersing of a set amount of income to all members of society to […]

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes joins a multistate lawsuit challenging an executive order on climate change by President Joe Biden. A year into a global pandemic, a sports reporter turned COVID columnist reflects on lessons learned. And religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack recalls her brush with forger and bomber Mark Hofmann. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune […]

Today on “In the Hive,” we’re discussing the role that Utah’s Hill Air Force Base is set to play in the overhaul of America’s intercontinental ballistic missiles – or ICBMs. The Minuteman III nuclear missiles located in silos in Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota are part of a nearly 60-year-old U.S. missile infrastructure. Recently the […]

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the American Rescue Plan’s passage through Congress, what it means for Utah, the vaccination effort and the renewed fight over voting rights. […]

Hinckley Insitute Radio Hour — This week on the program, a wrap-up of the 2021 Utah Legislative session that saw major funding bills, tax cuts, criminal justice reform and limits on the governor’s emergency powers. These bills now wait for the signature of Governor Spencer Cox to become law. Today’s panel discusses all these issues […]

The 2021 legislative session ends Friday, and lawmakers are rushing to get their work done. House and Senate leaders announced a $50 million investment to support affordable housing and homeless services. Lawmakers also repealed last year’s reform that overhauled the cash bail system in Utah. And, in the session’s waning days, the COVID-19 “endgame” bill aims to bring a halt to […]

There are myriad threats to birds around the world. Prominent among those threats are habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change. Today on “In the Hive” we’ll look at the risk the human built environment itself poses to birds. Most of the birds found in North America migrate from one place to another. And most of those migrants […]

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by former Rep. Becky Edwards, R-North Salt Lake, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the mask-mandate rollback in Texas, the COVID-19 timeline in Utah, Utah representatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference and […]

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — This week on the program, we air a conversation with the representative of Utah’s 1st Congressional District, freshman congressman Blake Moore. Rep. Moore ran in the 2020 election after beating out twelve other Republican candidates vying to fill the seat of former Rep. Rob Bishop. He later defeated Democratic […]

A bill that would bar transgender girls from K-12 girls sports stalls in a Utah Senate committee. A measure to allow a name change for Dixie State University appears to have life again. A House committee advances a proposal to block cities and counties from creating gun regulations. And Deb Haaland is poised to become the first Native American to head […]