Radio Book Club: July 7th, 2025

Climate Fiction and Time Travel with a side of Literary Romance - and more!

The Deluge - Stephen Markley

The Ministry of Time - Kalaine Bradley

Terrestrial History - Joe Mungo Reed

Possession - AS Byatt

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye - AS Byatt

Light on Bone: Georgia O’Keeffe mystery series book 1 - Kathryn Lasky

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil- VE Schwab

King of Ashes - S.A. Cosby

Nine Miracles - Brody Young

Barbara’s Desert Cafe - Kevin T Jones

So Far Gone - Jess Walter

Half Broke Horses - Jeannette Walls

Dead Run - Dan Schultz

Vegas: A Memoir of a Dark Season - John Gregory Dunne

Books mentioned on Radio Book Club

Today on This Week In Moab, host Nath Kapoor talks to Rachel Wootton from the Moab Charter School about upcoming changes to their education system that are taking place this year. We also hear from Johanna Blanco from the City of Moab's planning and zoning department about the 2025 Moab Area Housing Survey that's out now. And we finish up with a quick overview on what's happening at the Grand County Fair this weekend.

- Show Notes -

- Moab Area Housing Survey

https://maclt.notion.site/1f171dc2638481bda0b5fe4b735d5562

Wired for Trouble: In this episode of Trash Talk, Jessica and Lily dive into the shocking world of electronic waste - what it is, why it's dangerous, and how one improperly tossed lithium-ion battery sparked a fire in a transfer truck. From gadget graveyards to battery bombs, they'll unpack how to safely dispose of your e-waste and protect people, property, and the planet.

Codd's World June 2, 2025

Today's show features guests from Ephemeral Magazine and the Wellness Collective.

First up is Megan Vickery (2:15). She is one of three editors for Ephemeral Magazine which launched its second edition this Spring. Ephemeral alters the theme of each edition to ensure it captures some of the magical moments that occur in the desert landscape of Moab and Grand County. Vickery shares her thoughts on how the magazine came into existence and what they hope to achieve with the publication. Vickery said they encourage artists to be creative with their submissions which can be poetry, art, free form writing, and other formats.

Vickery, who is also a co-director of the Moab Museum, also discusses the second part of the U-92 exhibit at the Museum which is opening in July 2025 (18:00). The exhibit examines how living with uranium impacts our lives. The exhibit focuses on the environmental and health impacts of uranium upon the lives of those exposed to it. The exhibit also discusses the future of uranium mining in Utah which is experiencing a resurgence in the United States.

Also appearing on the show is Breann Davis, Executive Director of the Moab Wellness Collective (22:10). Davis started the Collective two years ago The Collective's primary focus is on mental health. They offer a wide variety of classes and programs intended to help individuals with substance use disorders and related issues overcome their dependency. The Collective partners with other organizations in Moab such as The Moab Hospital's new Regional Recovery Center and USARA.

The Wellness Collective has several Facilitators on staff who provide various kinds of yoga classes, healthy eating and nutrition awareness activities, music, art, and other activities to help improve the mental health of many individuals in our community. Thomas, a facilitator with the Collective plays the handpan, a type of drum that sounds similar to a steel drum. He demonstrates its soothing sound and discusses how it is used in conjunction with ear acupuncture to reduce cravings for drugs or alcohol.

Interview with local organizer of the Canyon Country Community Action Network, Heather Daigle. We sit down with Heather and have a conversation about no kings day and share what it all means, with side conversations of future works and planning in the community, Sharing both perspectives on taking to action in Communities.

Contact information:

Heather Daigle - Canyon Country Community action Network

EMail: [email protected]

IG: @canyoncountrycan

Conversations this week included Moab Free Concert Series’ Cassie Paup – talking about the summer lineup; Spanish Trail Arena’s Angie Book sharing all the reasons to get excited about the upcoming Grand County Fair; and a great conversation with Our Village Community Center’s Annie Thomas about their free produce program, summer camps and their upcoming anniversary celebration.

On this edition of Codd's World the guests include Mr. Joey Ganino from the Moab Art Festival, Ms. Cassie Paup, Director of the Moab Folk Festival, and Rory Irish, owner and operator of off-road recovery service Trail Mater.

Ganino is the first guest. He talks about the upcoming 33rd Annual Moab Arts Festival. He outlines the musical performers, highlights the various activities at the festival and discusses the array of artists and craftspersons who will be there.

The next guest,Cassie Paup (18:25) talks about the Moab Folk Festival and Free Concert Series taking place in Moab this summer and Fall. Paup reviews the guest performers at the Folk Festival which is scheduled for November 7-9, 2025. Paup also talked about the Free Concert Series held over the summer at Swanny Park. The concerts draw both visitors and locals. Both festivals feature local bands in their entertainment lineups.

The final guest is Rory Irish (37:45), the owner/operator of Trail Mater in Moab. Trail Mater specializes in off-road recovery services for OHVs, Jeeps, ATVs and other off-road vehicles. Irish is featured on his own YouTube videos that record some of the amazing kinds of services they provide to rescue disabled vehicles stuck many miles away in remote locations. Irish has over 270,000 subscribers for his videos.

June 2, 2025

Radio Book Club with hosts David Everett and Nat Smith from Back of Beyond Books and Jessie Magleby from Grand County Public Library

Discussing the books we’re excited about (and a few that were just okay) plus some great graphic novel recommendations

Spent (graphic novel) by Alison Bechtel

Tongues (graphic novel)- Anders Nilsen

Ginseng Roots (graphic novel) - Craig Thompson

Blankets (graphic novel) - Craig Thompson

Goodbye Chunky Rice (graphic novel) - Craig Thompson

Habibi (graphic novel) - Craig Thompson

Ducks (graphic novel) - Kate Beaton

Gender Queer (graphic novel) - Maia Kobabe

Earthsea (graphic novel) - Ursula K. LeGuin

The Road (graphic novel) - Cormac McCarthy

Is a River Alive? - Robert McFarlane

Abundance - Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

Original Sin - Jake Tapper

Book of Alchemy - Suleika Jaouad

Fever Beach - Carl Hiaasen

Half Broke Horses - Jeanette Walls

Rediscovery of America - Ned Blackhawk

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee - Dee Brown

After the Revolution - Robert Evans Beartooth - Callan Wink

Moo - Jane Smiley

*Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls

*House of Rain - Craig Childs

*A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley

*Greenlanders - Jane Smiley

*The Merry Heart - Robertson Davies

*I am Charlotte Simmons - Tom Wolfe

*1984 - George Orwell

*Animal Farm - George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell

On this episode of This Week in Moab we speak with investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz and Grand County Commissioner Trish Hedin about Juhaz’s Rolling Stone Magazine coverage of the recent Supreme Court decision on the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, CO case and its impact on oil and gas exploration in the Uintah Basin and Bookcliffs range; plus Carolyn Conant from Moab Abortion and Reproductive Rights Network (MARRN) on the organization’s work in SE Utah and fundraising event on June 14th.

Featured special guest internationally known man of the universe PiMo to discuss books that altered the course of his life and the state of literature in the context of the simulation in which we seem to be living

Books discussed:

- On the Loose by Renny and Terry Russell

- A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day

- Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

- Why Empires Fail by John Rapley and Peter Heather

- Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

Upcoming May events mentioned:

- Roger Ramsey

- D Jean Baptiste

- Roderick Nash

- Maggie Dewane

- Donald Clark

- Mark Sundeen, Craig Childs, Amy Irvine