Utah AF

Jake and Jill have been taking a Summer siesta but they are back to catch up on their Utah happenings.

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Utah AF is on a June siesta so in the meantime, listen to Jake's monologue on how to fix the NBA regular season. If you don't care about basketball or the NBA, this may not be the best episode to listen to. Get back with us in July for new episodes.

Jake has a plan to fix the NBA regular season to make every game meaningful and worthwhile, and to ensure that the NBA champion really is the undisputed best team for that season (cough cough Jazz cough choke).

We think Utah is a Pretty. Great. State (ha ha)! However, we don't like everything about Utah. Here are a few of the things we hate about our home state. 

-Jake thinks too much about street names.

- Jill hates Salt Lake County....... traffic

- Are traffic lights timed to make you hit them all red as a form of speed control?

- WTFun is aged urine?

- McMansions and other ugly houses. This blog was mentioned: McMansion Hell

-Stay tuned for Jill's favorite Utah names.

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

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Jake and Jill discuss performing arts in Salt Lake with Tiffany Steck.

- What's great about being a volunteer U$her. Volunteer to be an usher HERE

- Learn what music is most requested by patrons at the sperm bank

- Reminisce about Lilliths Fair of the past

- What is the best arts city in Utah

- Jill's obsession with Dr. Phil

- The mark that Joel McHale has left on Utah arts.

REMEMBER!! Always get your tickets for Salt Lake County shows at ArtTix. Get them anywhere else and you'll get fakes!

Jake and Jill chat with David Jeffress, creator of The Last Voice podcast. 

- Why was Utah chosen as the setting for this story? (it's the oils)

- Find out what lovable creature should replace the Jazz Bear

- Stay tuned for a cameo from a 60s television icon.

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The Last Voice

Jake & Jill answer questions from social media

-They discuss memories of Port O'Call and the 49th St Galleria

-They discuss the long-term effects of the Covid vaccine

-They question why Utahns don't care more about protecting the scenery

-Why Utah needs more tunnels

-Should Utah change it's state bird?

Live from St Marks Hospital, Jill is recovering from surgery!

Jake and Jill are joined again by Sheryl Ginsberg to continue their proper and professional discussion on mental health issues in Utah. Kinda.

- Learn about Jake and Jill's forthcoming book "Chili Stew for the Rectum."

- How Jake contributed to the demise of Columbia House

- The secret to beating anxiety? Have a good childhood!

- Learn about some of the best mental health therapy styles

- The unique situation which gives Jake "therapy diarrhea"

- How "vulnerability" is the new "in" word. Note for future reference: the phrase "in word" is better used in written communication than verbal communication.

- Hear why Jake gives a big shoutout to Jill (aww)

- Then follow that up with hearing how Jill's boobs and hiking are related

- How not being able to ask for help increases maladaptive coping mechanisms

- An idea for a new Utah state slogan

-Plus we added an odd hidden track outtake at the end.

Jake and Jill discuss their favorite places in Utah.

-Find out why Jake is suddenly interested in Tina Turner

- Jill was proposed to in the midst of a federal crime in a national park

- Jake and Jill discuss places in Utah that are "weird."

- They discuss the most underrated places in Utah