Jake and Jill visit the Color Festival in Spanish Fork on March 31. This event is always held the last weekend in March and is the largest Holi Festival outside of India! (we fact-checked it)

Future Color Festivals:

Ogden June 1 2024

SLC June 8 2024

Fun fact: no explicit label on this episode! It's a year of firsts!

Jake & Jill are still on hiatus but they stop by to give a quick update; and what was supposed to be an ode to SLC turned into a verbal essay on courtesy flushes. Don't be too harsh, they're just a little rusty.

Utah is abuzz (heh) with the news that SLC is in the running to get a Major League Baseball team. This potential team will need a good nickname but let's be honest: our state (with the exception of the Utes) has an awful track record with choosing team nicknames. Therefore, Jake and Jill propose a name for the baseball team, and propose new names for everyone else:

-Utah State

-MLB team with a shoutout to whoever did this

-Bonus: rendering of potential stadium

-Jill's GoFundMe for Botox

-Weber State

-UVU

-BYU (reluctantly)

-Utah Tech (SUU, you're good)

-Utah Jazz

We forgot to mention the worst name in all of Utah sports: Real Salt Lake. Such a blatant ripoff of a more prominent sports club. Give us some ideas of what we should rename them to.

Jake and Jill offer some New Years resolutions for Utah:

-Why do they use "lady" for women's sports teams?

- RIP to Anita Pointer

- Jake and Jill conjure up a great Saved by the Bell/ Showgirls mix-up episode

- Resolutions for Utah drivers

-Resolution for Washington County

- Ghyllliaeghnn has a suggestion for new Utah baby names

- A censored resolution for Utah politicians

Jake & Jill emerge from their Summer sabbatical to catch up with their old pal Utah!

-There is still time to vote on the design for Utah's new state flag.

-Hopefully the final design does not have a beehive pooping out a star, or any beehive.

- An update on the Utes and Jazz (RIP).

- A thoughtful discussion on the geopolitical relationship between Bangladesh and Turkiye.

- Jake HATES 30 in their 30s celebrations and has a better idea for honoring people in their work.

- Jill is tasked with adding a poo emoji to an obituary.

- Embarrassment over the past is a sign of growth

- Jake won the lottery! to climb Half Dome in.. another state.

J & J are taking some R & R, so we're reposting an older episode you may have missed. It's always fun to listen to topical episodes a couple years later..

Jake and Jill jam Jazz with Jody (jeez) Genessy, (DJJazzyJody)(therealbonjody), former Utah Jazz writer for the Deseret News.

- They discuss the Jazz' hot start (ain't gonna have one of those again for awhile!)

- Why the kids need to get off of Shaq's lawn

- Jody's maniacal behavior during BYU games

- The Runnin' Utes are so Hanno MEH- tola

- Jody recounts his favorite memories from his book 100 Things Jazz Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

- Jody mentions his favorite Jazz players

- And those who were..maybe not so much

- Jody's thoughts on the Jazz nickname

Jake & Jill take a tour through SLC of some spots of well known urban legends.

- First they stop by the infamous whale of 9th South & 11th East (which counts as a tall tail.. hahaha)

- Jake has a song stuck in his head. 

- Next they visit Hobbitville, properly known as Allen Park, which is now a SLC city park.

- They speak with a volunteer who gives some background and history of this unique place.

- Why was it called Hobbitville?

- Interested in being a volunteer at Allen Park or other SLC park units? click here

- Give your input on what SLC should do with Allen Park here

- Jake & Jill visit Emo's Grave

- They attempt to do the thing you're supposed to do here to invoke the urban legend but Jake gets a bad feeling about it, gets weirded out, and halts the attempt.

- In retrospect, it may be disrespectful to go to someone's grave and perform this ritual. A better ritual would be to place some stones on his grave as a sign of respect.

Jake & Jill record a promo (I said PROMO) that goes off the rails. We were asked to do this for another podcast. It wasn't used. 

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For Pride Month, we are re-broadcasting last year's show because it was a great one. Kindly ignore references to the 2021 Pride event as that already happened (Unless you have a DeLorean, then the specifics regarding the parade and Covid precautions might be relevant to you).

Stayed tuned for a "hidden track" to hear what bizarro sounds are coming from Jake's backyard. Living in SLC is..interesting.

June is Pride month and in honor, we are joined by Billy Lewis-Croft to discuss:

- The history of Pride and how it came to be what it is now

- The different events happening around SLC for Pride (it's more than the parade)

- Why it's special this year

- How Utah culture interacts with the LGBTQ+ community and how that has changed over the past 20+ years

- Listen about Billy's own journey of discovery and coming out

- How the LGBTQ+ community itself in Utah has changed over 20+ years

- The best unused names for gay bars

- We discuss pronoun use and proactively identifying your pronouns

- Being an ally

Follow Billy on:

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-St George hosted the ironman World Championships. It's a big deal

- Jake & Jill remark on a real estate ad from yesteryear

- They give advice to a New Yorker who is moving to Utah

- Jill inadvertently creates an awesome band name

- Jake extolls the virtues of Bombay House (but calls it Bombay cafe. Sorry!)

- Jill ventures into the Tinder subreddit

- A discussion on Roe V Wade, and Jill shares a personal experience.