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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: July 7, 2019) — This week on the program, a forum on Utah’s changing demographics and the 2020 census with Mallory Bateman, State Data Center Coordinator at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. The 2020 census began on April 1st, Census Day. Fill-in census forms have been […]

Days before student-athlete Lauren McCluskey was killed, aUniversity of Utah police officer showed off explicit photos that McCluskey had taken of herself to at least three of his male co-workers without a work-related reason, according to a monthslong investigation from the Utah Department of Public Safety. The state’s final report reinforces and expands on 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, Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the massive explosion in Lebanon’s capital port, President Trump’s suggestion of delaying the November election, the national fight over mail-in voting, the current state […]

This week on “In the Hive”, we check in with the mayor of Salt Lake City to hear about an executive order enacting policy changes for the city’s police department. Then we hear from a Cottonwood Heights City Councilwoman who participated in, and filmed, a protest that was forcibly broken up by police. And we […]

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: October 23, 2019) — Today on the program, we are re-airing a forum on the issue of homelessness in Utah. This August, an eviction crisis looms over the U.S. as 24 million Americans are in danger of losing their housing as enhanced unemployment benefits run out, and eviction moratoriums are […]

Utah officials adamantly rejected a proposal floated Thursday by President Donald Trump to delay the presidential election. Elected officials widely panned the tweet from the president, saying it was unnecessary while applauding the state’s vote-by-mail system. The state’s largest teachers union is calling on Gov. Gary Herbert to keep Utah schools closed this fall — […]

Both Sides of the Aisle — Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, Salt Lake County Councilmember. They discuss President Trump canceling the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville, Joe Biden’s plan to announce his running mate next week, who that vice presidential pick […]

This week on In the Hive we continue our look at water in Utah and the West. For 31 years, a battle has been waging between water purveyors in the city of Las Vegas and residents along the Utah-Nevada border over aquifers beneath a number of Great Basin valleys. For three decades, in and out […]

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: January 22, 2020) — This week on the program, we are airing a panel on media literacy and how we can be effective consumers and sharers of news and information. According to a Pew Research survey conducted in 2019, a majority of Americans believe that misinformation and “fake news” are causing […]

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, Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss President Trump’s interview with Chris Wallace, Trump holding his first televised coronavirus press conference since April, unidentified federal officials cracking down on anti-racist protesters […]