Utah Stories Show

Utah Stories Show

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Utah Stories Show episodes

  • Is the coworking space model oversaturated?

    Mark Morris started WorkHive in 2012 He says it was an accident. One friend was a landscape architect like himself and another was a traditional architect. All three of them needed a workspace. "We had a little bit more room than we needed. We had a few empty desks. And we had six desks, and those filled up pretty quickly. It was an accident that we backed up into the coworking world. It started at the CRANE building on 200 South and 200 West. Morris now has four employees and Workhive has moved just west of Squatters in downtown Salt Lake City.. "One of the best things about coworking spaces is that you can have a lot of the social advantages if you want it. You can bounce ideas off people. But at the same time you don't have to interact with everyone. You can mind your own business and do your own thing." said Tim Sullivan who owns Township + Range, a transportation planning company inside of Workhive.

    35 min
  • Inland Port Executive Director Addresses Why They Should Build Even if Nobody Wants It.
    Salt Lake City residents overwhelmingly do not want the inland port. We invited on the Executive Director Jack Hedge to address all of the questions concerning: pollution, environmental damage, antiquated jobs and how nobody who lives along the Wasatch Front other than developers and political leaders believes that the inland port is a good idea. We gave him the quotes from the toughest critics including Bryan Moench Director of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment and he answered each question as best he could. We are grateful for Mr. Hedge coming on the program.     SHOW LESS      
    33 min
  • Cancel Culture Gaining Momentum

    Utah Stories was founded on the principle that all people deserve a voice and all opinions count if the final aim is to find the truth. Diversity of thought is just as important or more important than the diversity of skin color. So why are leftists deciding to cancel those who don't conform with politically correct ideologies? We dive into this movement by examining Marxist thinking and where this movement could end up if it isn't squashed.

    17 min
  • The End of History

    The New York Times is endorsing the actions of protestors tearing down statues of figures such as Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Will history now rewrite our founding fathers as racist white supremacists?

    The same man who insisted be written in our Constitution that "All men are created equal." and the same man who abolished slavery should now be forgotten the idea behind the 1619 project.

    We also discuss an idea in a city outside of Dallas, Texas that shows promise in providing inner-city food, jobs, and much greater hope than any of the other ideas that are coming out of the current political storms. In these troubling times, we call for sanity, better judgment, and thoughtful discussion. 

    32 min
  • The constitutionality of prohibiting gatherings & closing businesses

    Eric Moutsos is a former Salt Lake City Police officer who has lead a series of peaceful demonstrations and gatherings supporting local small businesses. In this discussion, we talk about Eric's attempts to hold peaceful demonstrations as part of his Utah Business Revival Group. The same day the Salt Lake City Police and the Salt Lake City's Mayor's office was allowing huge demonstrations in the city in opposition to police brutality (which resulted in rioting), Eric's gathering to promote the opening of local businesses wasn't permitted by any city and he was issued a court order to stop. This double-standard in which local leaders allow or prohibit gatherings due to COVID-19 is clearly hypocritical and is in violation of our basic Civil Liberties. The first amendment allows for the peaceful gathering of citizens and our local leaders don't have the authority to tell us to

    1 hr 17 min
  • Will Psychedelics redefine Psychiatry as we know it? - Dr. Reid Robinson
    We talk to Dr. Reid Robinson about use of psychedelics in psychiatry. According to Dr. Robinson, "Psychedelic medicine is here, and as a psychiatrist, I think it’s long overdue. We are in the midst of a mental health crisis, with over a million lives lost in the world each year to suicide. This is especially tragic, because depression is treatable, even if the individual can’t see a way out at the time. About 1 in every 8 Americans takes an antidepressant medication every day, but this hasn’t lowered our depression rates – these meds just don’t work that well for too many people, and modern life is just making things worse. We’re evolutionarily adapted for the stone age, but we’re living out our lives in a sedentary, indoor, screen-addicted modern age, and that doesn’t sit well with our souls. To top things off, many of our natural remedies are disappearing, such as good sleep, deep friendships, real food, and physical activity."     SHOW LESS      
    1 hr
  • Utah's suburban farm - Dairy, pasture-raised meat, and fresh eggs among Sprouting Houses
    Pasture-raised beef, dairy, chickens, and lamb are viable in the suburbs.   Utah’s Natural Meat might be the most innovative farms in all of Utah. It’s located amongst one of the fastest-growing areas along the Wasatch front: in South Jordan. Here homes are popping up like daisies all around Shayn and Kristen’s Bowler’s ranch/dairy/farm/store and home in the suburbs. South Jordan’s home prices are rising but the Bowlers have no intention of selling.   Shayn Bowler takes the best from the old world by using draft horses to plow fields and to haul large amounts of hay and feed. But he also utilizes state-of-the-art technology to feed his animals. All his animals eat rich, nutritious, sprouted grass. He uses large shipping containers to grow sprouts. In this way, he compensates for the lack of ground his farm sits on. “Rather than putting animals on pasture, I bring the pasture to the animals.”      
    39 min

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The Utah Stories Show fosters conversations about important issues that relate to the quality of life for all Utahns. We will be hosting guests who are government leaders, industry leaders,…