KCPW | Salt Lake City News and Information | 88.3 FM

KCPW | Salt Lake City News and Information | 88.3 FM

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  • Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics and How to Cure It
    The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: October 26, 2022) — This week on the program, a forum with election law expert Richard Hasen on his new book “Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics and How to Cure It.”  According to a survey performed by the Pearson Institute and AP-NORC, 91 percent of U.S. adults say…
    55 min
  • DeSantis vs. Trump, new energy rebates, and SLC’s hottest spots
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes a shot at Donald Trump during a Utah campaign event, saying that a GOP wave can happen with “no distractions.” A Rocky Mountain Power program gives rebates to customers who let the utility use their home-battery systems when needed. And citizen scientists are identifying Salt Lake City’s hottest places. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt…
    52 min
  • All Dried Up: How We Can Save the Great Salt Lake
    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…
    55 min
  • LDS Church wealth, Utah horse sanctuary and unusual wildfire prevention tactics
    According to a new report, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is on its way to becoming a trillion-dollar faith. A Utah sanctuary is rescuing horses from becoming human food. And Utah lawmakers gave millions to support a private landowner’s unusual wildfire prevention method. Does it work? At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Tony…
    52 min
  • The NDAA, SCOTUS decisions and Gov. Cox’s plans for the NGA
    Both Sides of the Aisle – Former Utah Rep. Ben McAdams fills in for Natalie Gochnour in The Political Center and is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the National Defense Authorization Act and the controversial amendments added…
    26 min
  • Wildfires & the West
    The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: August 22, 2021) — This week on the program, a panel of experts looks at the worsening fire conditions in the western U.S. and discuss the efforts to mitigate wildfires in the region. During the summer of 2021, the Wasatch Front saw some of the worst air quality in…
    58 min
  • Redistricting, a canyon gondola and how Native tribes have been mistreated
    The Utah Supreme Court hears arguments over the challenge to how the state’s majority-Republican Legislature went about drawing new congressional districts. Analysis shows that Ute Tribe schoolchildren have been failed by public schools more than any other students in the state. The Paiute Tribe considers “how best to honor and memorialize” children who died at a former boarding school site. And the Utah…
    51 min

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