Utah Stories Show

Bobby King is a rising star in Utah’s MMA scene, fighting in a very difficult 145 pound featherweight class.

We spoke to Bobby King about his training regimen, his diet (and the importance of diet in MMA, with practically no sugar and extremely low carbs), and what it takes to compete in the Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA), which hosts fights not only in Utah but in Las Vegas, California and Colorado. 

After we talked to Dr. Hiemstra in the previous episode, we continue the conversation with a recent ketamine patient Aimee Lewis about what the intravenous regular treatments of ketamine have done for her serious bouts with depression. Lewis details how the drug has made the world and experiences become more vivid and unlike living in the “dark cloud of depression”, she can appreciate the simple experiences and vividness of life again.

About thirty years ago SSRIs came on the market and they were immediately branded as being a “miracle cure for depression.” It took a few years before they became mainstream.

Ketamine is something of a tranquilizer/hallucinogen. It has been traditionally used in anesthesia. It was only in March 2019 when the FDA approved ketamine as an entirely new treatment for depression. “This is a game-changer,” says John Krystal, MD, and chief psychiatrist at Yale Medicine and one of the chief pioneers of ketamine research in the country.

Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah is synonymous with wilderness, natural beauty, remote uncultivated regions still in natural conditions—and recreating.

It's been forecasted that by the year 2060, Utah will have an estimated population of 6.84 million. Compare that to today's estimated 3.22 million.

Yet today, 2019, the environmental infrastructure in place to accommodate both the protection of Little Cottonwood Canyon's natural beauty and protect what's left of it, as well as preserving the people's rights to enjoy that which belongs to everybody as much as they wish,  is untenable.

Something needs to be done about it, but what?

On this episode of The Utah Stories Show, we had Executive Director of Save Our Canyons, Carl Fisher, on to talk about what can be done to further protect Little Cottonwood Canyon and other Utah canyons from the massive growth Utah is currently experiencing.

The future of farming will look very different than it does today, just like the farming of today looks drastically different than it did 20, 30 years ago.

However, the basic structure of the image of what future farming will be is being sketched and worked through right now.

And it's a good thing too because, let's face it, Salt Lake City and its surrounding areas aren't gaining land, we are only losing it to the steady march of development—millennial farmers and farmers of the older traditions have no choice but to adapt.

Jack Wilbur has been a farmer for 20 years; and is keen enough to keep an eye on the trends so he can properly acclimate to the changes coming, whether the changes are wanted or not.

We live in a world where our lives are becoming more and more dictated by social media and algorithm-driven computer platforms. They track us, they learn us, tell us what we want and when we want it,  they know us.  

The question, whether or not this sort of technology is a blessing or a curse is obligatory, it must be asked. But ... could it be both a blessing and a curse?

Pete Ashdown is in a credible position to reflect on this issue.  He is the founder of Xmission, an internet service provider in Utah and a former senatorial candidate. 

In the latest Utah Stories podcast, he discusses with the current state of the internet with Utah Stories publisher, Rich Markosian.

Now that medical cannabis in Utah has been legalized, it’s time to turn our attention to how the medicinal plant will be grown—will there be supply to meet the projected demands?—and, maybe more importantly, who will be able to grow it?

On today’s Utah Stories Show, we sat down with Lyle Christensen, a fifth-generation Mormon pioneer farmer and talked about this and how Utah and policymakers and our economy have gone off the rails in terms of our ability to support local farmers and local industrious people.

There is amazing, groundbreaking, and potentially life-changing cancer medical research currently going on in the United States—the way doctors are able to diagnose and treat patients is changing at a very rapid pace. The problem, though, is getting the major medical community to more swiftly adopt these emerging (or not-so-emerging) best practices.

Dr.John Librett wants to change that.

On The Utah Stories Show, we sat down with Dr. Librett to discuss these issues and much much more.

Here in America, we have some of the best acute care in the world, but when it comes to chronic care, has the system let us down?

On today’s show we sit down with naturopathic doctor, Todd Cameron, from The Cameron Wellness Center in Sugar House.