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Another bonus episode from Slamdance and Sundance Film Festival takes us first to an interview with filmmaker Maite Alberdi. Her documentary film, THE MOLE AGENT, finds an older private investigator staged as a mole inside a retirement home to watch over a concerned family’s mother. We also speak with the first female Saudi filmmaker (and Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Juror), Haifaa […]

Our third bonus episode of the Daily Buzz from Slamdance and Sundance 2020 starts with interviews with seasoned documentary filmmaker Steve James and subjects Amara Enyia and Maze Jackson from his new episodic, CITY SO REAL. Hear about the kaleidoscope of voices collected during a heated mayoral election of America’s third largest city, Chicago. Next, […]

Rep. Chris Stewart is reportedly in the running for intelligence chief. A pornography warning label bill advances at the legislature. And a Utah lawmaker proposes banning elective abortions — if Roe v. Wade is overturned. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune government and politics editor Dan Harrie and reporters Jessica Miller and Bethany […]

Last month, Richmond California passed an ordinance to ban the storage and handling of coal within their city limits. Officials there say they’re concerned about the health impacts of coal dust on their community. But the Utah coal industry, which ships more than a million tons of coal a year out of Richmond, is planning […]

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’s comments to Gov. Herbert about Sen. Romney, the New Hampshire primary, Bloomberg’s impact on the presidential field, the Utah Legislature’s reaction to […]

Another day, another bonus episode from Slamdance and Sundance Film Festival 2020! Hear from filmmaker Michael Almereyda about his Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize winner, TESLA, starring Ethan Hawke, Hannah Gross, Kyle MacLachlan, and Eve Hewson. It’s not about the electric cars! It’s about the life of young Nikola Tesla. Then listen to Natasha Gregson […]

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — This week on the program, Danny Quintana, president and founder of the Global High Seas Marine Preserve, discusses what must be done to prevent the ecological collapse of the Earth’s oceans caused by global overfishing and environmental degradation due to pollution and human interference. The scope and severity of this […]

It’s not over yet! We have more episodes from Sundance and Slamdance Film Festival. Topping off our first bonus episode, we have an industry roundtable with Melanie Addington, the Executive Director of the Oxford Film Festival, Shannon Franklin, Festival Producer of the Naples Film Festival, and Emily Clark, a local critic with Talking Pictures. We […]

It’s here! Day ten brings a roundup of various films including WE ARE FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME. We speak with director Andrew Fried about the improv hip-hop group calledFreestyle Love Supreme where Lin Manuel Miranda started before making In The Heightsand Hamilton. We also sit down with longtime Utah resident, director Robert Machoian, and his cast Clayne […]

Sen. Mitt Romney breaks with his party by voting to convict President Donald Trump on the abuse of power impeachment charge. A Utah polygamist who pleaded guilty in a massive biodiesel fraud scam testifies against another major player in the scheme. And a state senator files a bill to reduce the penalties for polygamy in […]