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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 IMF report that the coronavirus pandemic will lead to the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, President Trump pulling funding for the World Health […]

Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: November 6, 2019) — This week on the program, we air a forum on the historical and current state of voting rights in the United States. This history marks the expansion of the vote from the few to the many through political agitation and protest. However, this progression was neither […]

This week on KCPW Presents, our reporting staff collected stories from a few people on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. The hourlong program features accounts of medical professionals, a homeless shelter worker, some community members, and a COVID-19 patient. All have, in one way or another, seen their routines upended by this crisis. Guests: […]

Half of reporting nursing homes in Utah have had a COVID-19 case. Travelers arriving in Utah will have to fill out coronavirus health questionnaires. And Utah lawmakers consider clamping down on local stay-at-home orders. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Nate Carlisle, Lee Davidson and Bethany Rodgers join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to […]

Three weeks ago we hosted a live Q-and-A on COVID-19. Today on In the Hive we revisit that conversation and speak again to two health researchers to hear what we’ve learned in the intervening weeks about the novel coronavirus. Guests: Lindsay Keegan, Research Assistant Professor and Epidemiologist at the University of Utah School of Medicine […]

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 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson being placed in intensive care with the coronavirus, the stark racial disparities in COVID-19 related deaths in the United […]

The Hinckley Insitute 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 sent […]

A Salt Lake County inmate becomes the first incarcerated Utahn to test positive for coronavirus. Intermountain Healthcare plans pay cuts for some medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak. And Salt Lake City negotiates the purchase of an eclectic Sugarhouse property, and plans to turn it into a public art park. At 9 a.m. on Friday, […]

Today on In the Hive we examine some of the resources available to help businesses and organizations weather the financial turmoil caused by COVID-19. In particular, the Paycheck Protection Program which offers Small Business Association (SBA) loans to help businesses keep workers on their payrolls. Loans will be forgiven if all employees are kept on […]

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 social distancing, Gov. Herbert appointing Ret. Adjutant General Jefferson Burton to run the day-to-day function of the Utah Department of Health, Utah’s high per capita COVID-19 testing, how the […]