KZMU Public Affairs

On this week’s episode, we explore the uranium industry in southeaster Utah. We speak with Sarah Fields of Uranium Watch to hear the latest on projects in Green River, mining in La Sal and milling at White Mesa Mill in San Juan County. Leona Morgan, co-founder of Haul No! talks about recent community responses to the hauling of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine to the White Mesa Mill via Navajo Nation lands, and Curtis Moore, SVP at Energy Fuels discusses their practices and safety of ore transport.

- More information on Uranium Watch is available at:

• https://uraniumwatch.org/

- For more on the organization Haul No!

• https://haulno.com/

- Energy Fuels’ website is:

• https://www.energyfuels.com/

This week on The History Hour, Host Blaine Reniger walks us through "The Canyonlands Controversy". This segment covers the event when Canyonlands was proposed to be a park in the early 60s, there was a lot of controversy about the size and the use of land from politicians. Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior was a leading advocate for the park and shared the history of it. The history used for this episode was taken from Udall's information and participation in the event.

Lisa Justice juices up our July with a sporty conversation about the Olympics , its dynamic history with climbing. Since joining the roster of Olympic Sport in Tokyo 2020, climbing has had quite the come up. This archival interview with rock climber Chris Wagner, author Climber extraordinaire charts the evolution of the sport. More about Wagners work is available here:https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/athlete/11837/christian-wagner

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Music in this episode is ‘Classic’ by Lobo Loco

In 1967, the Canyonlands Natural History Association began operating out of the Rock House at Arches National Park, offering educational materials for park visitors. Nearly 60 years later, Sam Wainer, executive director describes the work of one of the oldest and yet most undersung non profits in Moab. in addition to the information they provide about our area, They give millions of dollars of support to a wide variety of scientific projects, including scholarships to high school students.

Students and parents will be asked to opt in to this years’ SHARP survey. The Utah Student Health and Risk Prevention (SHARP) survey is the most comprehensive source of information on the challenges and opportunities our youth face. Today on this Week In Moab, Jeremy Spaulding from Grand Schools and Carrie Valdez of Community Behavioral Health explain the risk prevention benefits of this confidential anonymized survey.

Find out more about SHARP here:

SHARP Survey | Substance Use and Mental Health (utah.gov)

And here for more about CNHA Canyonlands Natural History Association | Supporting the lands you love. (cnha.org)

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Music in this episode is ‘As Colorful As Ever’ by Broke for Free and ‘Holizna RAPS’ by Holizna CC

Thirty two years ago the City of Moab’s Property Tax rate was set at 0%. As a result a number of important infrastructure and improvement projects have gone unfunded, and now the City Council is exploring increasing the city’s property tax. On This Week In Moab we hear from Moab Mayor Joette Langianese and Moab City Councilmember Kaitlin Myers about what city property taxes will fund and why it’s important to the future of Moab. We also get introduced to Jenna Whetzel, KZMU’s new Station Manager and learn about her past with the region and the station and some of her hopes for the future of KZMU Community Radio.

Books with great titles can cause storylovers to swoon. Today on Radio Book Club, host Jessie Magleby and guest Nat Smith from Back of Beyond Books list a toothsome few, such as:

“I Cheerfully Refuse; The Man Who Shot My Eye Out is Dead” and “My Favorite Thing is Monsters”. It’s a freewheeling ode of a show for books which remind you of the importance of the little pleasures in life, things easy to take for granted, or not notice. Gardens, music, friendship, good books, warm bread, and radio.

Books mentioned:

The Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu

Sea of Dreams, Cixin Liu

The Wandering Earth Cixin Liu

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders (Also The 10th of December, and Fox 8, and Lincoln in the

Bardo)

I Cheerfully Refuse by Lilef Enger (also Peace Like a River)

The Man Who Shot My Eye Out is Dead by Chanelle Benz

My Favorite Thing is Monsters Part 1 and Part 2 by Emil Ferris

Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven

Enlightenment, and The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

Mentions from the Indie Bestseller List:

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko,

The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides

James by Percival Everett

Host Jeremy Spaulding speaks with Megan Vickery and Molly Gurney, the creators of a new literary magazine, Ephemeral, which explores the creative voice of our place. Later, Jeremy introduces us to Michael McFalls, the new Grand County School District Superintendent.

In this episode of Art Talks, we find out how the community is harnessing its creative power. Cassie Paup shares all about the line up for the Moab Free Concert Series, beginning June 28th. There’s a new local magazine called Ephemeral, a storytelling collective from the Colorado Plateau. Guests include Alison Hartford and Molly Gurney. We also hear from a budding new talent in Moab, Cozy Soul, whose new works recently appeared in his premier showing at the Moonflower. Multi Instrumentalist, educator, Jeff Guttierez of the Fiery Furnace Marching band and other bands hops in to give the downbeat on all things Musical and Moab. We even get to hear some original jazz compositions. Enjoy!

Like so many communities in the Intermountain West that depend on a tourism economy, Moab faces an affordable housing crisis. On this episode of This Week in Moab, host Celia Alario talks with Johanna Blanco, Secretary of the Housing Taskforce and AmeriCorps VISTA at the Moab Area Community Land Trust, Laura Harris who chairs the Housing Task Force and serves as Development Specialists at the Housing Authority of SE Utah, and Katie Murphy, Planning Technician for Grand County Utah about a Housing Survey that hopes to gather the vital information needed to tackle the crisis. Also this week, Cheri Engberson, a social worker at Moab Regional Hospital highlights the AmeriCorps Senior Volunteer Program and support groups available to the community. And Skate Moab prepares to help the City of Moab celebrate its Dark Skies Designation.

Did you miss KZMU's exciting and silly special radiothon program, No No Don't Say It?! Great news: we're bringing it back from the archives! Co-hosts Makeda Barkley and Ben Alter take you through local trivia, games, and fun facts with special guests galore! Perfect for some wild KZMU fun on a hot summer night in.