One Ogden

Dennis Duce is the owner of I Dig Ogden, the online farmer's market, and Shanshui Gardens, an all-natural biodiverse herb and flower farm.

If you like the idea of MusicBuch, make sure you get some here before it runs out!

Vaseline (The Band) can be seen having a good old time on Instagram and TikTok.

Catch them Feb 4th at Washington Heights Church

Catch them Feb 24th at The Beehive 

Steven Van Wagoner is President of Ogden Soccer, and he explains the benefits of a player-focused, non-profit soccer club.

He's also passionate about ensuring the youth of Ogden has adequate park space, and he's leading a push to convince Ogden City to make usable park space a priority in their development plans.

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NEXT Ensemble is a collection of musicians who make classical music fun and accessible in Ogden. Dan Pack is the Executive Director, and he tells us all about studying, playing, and collaborating on music in Ogden.

Be sure to check out NEXT Ensemble's concert this Saturday January 21 at 7:30PM at the Sharon F. Macfarlane Performing Arts Center 638 26th St.  Click here to buy tickets now!

Ogden City Council Member Angela Choberka joins us to give us the inside scoop on some of the big projects happening now in Ogden including Wonder Block, Marshall White, and Union Station. I didn't want to edit out any of this dialogic gold, so here are some time stamps:

00:30 Background, Education, Career

07:37 How does the Council work

20:12 The city’s involvement in building schools

24:57 What to do with the Marshall White Center 

29:51 Making and funding building decisions

35:09 Rite-Aid and Wonder Block
45:54 Union Station Purchase and Plans
57:41 The Ogden art scene 

Youth Futures offers temporary housing and support for youths 12-18 in Utah. Cheri Bambrough's job as Community Outreach Coordinator is to spread the work about Youth Futures and make sure that youths in need know how to find support. To vounteer at Youth Futures in Ogden, click here to begin the application process.

Chris Bodily makes some pretty great digital artwork that you can follow on Instagram and purchase from Society 6

He's also the creator of Black Lantern, a dark comedy graphic novel about a team of paranormal investigators which you order from his website https://hatrobot.bigcartel.com/

We talk about the creative process, marketing yourself, and making a living as an artist in Utah for almost 20 years.

Paddy Teglia is a local musician's musician. He host open mics on Sunday and Tuesday and Vinyl Night on Wedesday at the Lighthouse Lounge. You can find some of his original music on SoundCloud, and you can read his reviews of local artists' albums at The Ogdenite.

Veteran Ogden journalist Cathy McKitrick talks about being a reporter in Ogden,

We also talk about the story she was pursuing about former County Commissioner Kerry Gibson and his attempts to block her access to government records, which resulted in a court case about the Government Records Access Management Act that was ultimately decided at the Utah Supreme Court.

Cathy refers to this article about Alden Global Capital's strategy for gutting newsrooms: 
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/

Capella Daydream released an album last year called Quiet Hours with 8 songs that are sincere, thoughtful, and sometimes a little experimental. Zach Thomas is the creative force behind the band, the drummer for The Crystal Magnetics, and the host of the Political Punk podcast.