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Today on In the Hive we kick off a series of conversations with candidates running in the 2020 election. Kael Weston is the Democratic Party nominee hoping to unseat U.S. 2nd District Republican Rep. Chris Stewart. Weston attended the University of Utah before undertaking graduate studies overseas and then working for more than a decade […]

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 current severity of the coronavirus pandemic and the movement toward economic reopening, Gov. Herbert signing a law to shield businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits, […]

For this edition of Community Curiosity, we’re calling an audible, and answering a question of our own. With some viral (pun intended) social media posts claiming that the novel coronavirus was genetically engineered in a lab and then accidentally or intentionally released, we thought we’d try our hand and some myth-busting. Featuring University of Utah […]

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 significant […]

Utah suspends its contract with a controversial surveillance company after its founder is revealed to have once been an active member of the Ku Klux Klan. Questions emerge about the TestUtah initiative after data shows a lower positive test rate than is seen in other labs. And Utah gets a refund for the $800,000 it […]

This week on In the Hive we take a look at the state’s decision to lower the coronavirus risk level from red to orange (high risk to moderate risk), and to begin to reopen the economy. What’s driving that decision? And what do local governments think about the move? Plus, a conversation with one restaurant […]

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 updated global statistics of COVID-19, President Trump’s comments about injecting disinfectant and use of ultraviolet light to treat the novel coronavirus, Governor […]

A medical crisis response team from Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City helping in hospitals stretched to their limits because of the coronavirus outbreak. A member of the Utah team, Dr. RJ Bunnell, is keeping an audio journal of his experience for KCPW. In this entry we hear about some of the challenges […]

Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: October 19, 2019) – This week on the program, we air a forum on trade wars, tariffs and U.S. economic policy in the global market. Free and unfettered trade has been a lasting cornerstone of U.S. policy since WWII, with the U.S. making itself increasingly interconnected with global trade and […]

Utah officials say they’re still exploring buying 200,000 treatments of a malaria drug, despite a recent study showing it does more harm than good in the fight against COVID-19. Lawmakers meet for their second special session this month. Andthe latest news from the Utah governor’s race. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters […]