Ali donates blood. And it was easy! And it didn't hurt! Blood donations are down across our state, especially this time... more

The DABC (Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control) wrote a strategic plan! Fox 13 Reporter Ben Winslow joins Ali to break it down. Read... more

Local news enthusiast Shireen Ghorbani joins Ali to talk about this week’s various housing and development proposals. Later, Ali talks... more

The lost history of the Saltair! Ian Christensen is writing a book about the lost history of the Saltair Bathing Palace, where... more

This weekend is the Living Traditions Festival! Haviar Tuitama Hafoka, creative director of Malialole Cultural Ensemble, joins Ali to talk... more

Alex Veilleux, policy associate with the Healthy Environmental Alliance of Utah (HEAL) breaks down the roses and thorns of the Governor’s new ‘Energy Plan’... more

Dr. Angela Dunn, the Executive Director of the Salt Lake County Health Department, answers questions about Covid-19 submitted by 6th... more

Ali is joined by Amie Schaeffer, a recent Salt Lake Community College grad, and Kurt McLaughlin, Judge Memorial High School’s... more

If you scored tickets to the Kilby Block Party this weekend, congratulations. They sold like hot cakes! The Block Party... more

Why is ‘fry sauce’ our one true love? And who invented it? The Beehive Editor-In-Chief, Meg Walter, is on the case.Later, Ali mentions this... more

Multi-stall, all-gender public restrooms are the future. Salt Lake Community College students have been protesting in an effort to get... more

Western states like Utah, Idaho and Arizona face looming abortion bans that might have their cities turning to Nevada, where... more

Palak Jayswal, Culture Reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune, joins Ali to round out the week’s news. Subscribe to our... more

Last week Utah got news it will receive a half a billion dollars from the federal government to generate hydrogen... more

Ali visits with one of Utah’s few abortion providers, obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. David Turok, about the Supreme Court memo foreshadowing the... more

At 9pm Monday night, Politico reported that the Supreme Court has taken a preliminary vote to overturn the right to... more

Reflecting on this year’s snow and ski season with the man behind @wasatchsnow, meteorologist and skier Evan Thayer. Subscribe to our... more

Local news enthusiast and disability advocate Shelby Hintze joins Ali to round up the week’s news from Asthma to jaZZ... more

You can now stream the first two episodes of Under the Banner of Heaven on Hulu. The 7-episode drama is... more

Meg Walter, Editor-in-Chief of the Beehive, argues that maybe instead of mocking Utah’s name culture, we should credit moms for... more

Cities across the valley are in budget season, and Natalie Pinkney, Vice Chair of the South Salt Lake City Council, is... more

Why did Salt Lake City put a moratorium on new homeless shelters, and where do we go from here? KUER... more

Local news enthusiast and community health director Shireen Ghorbani joins Ali to round up the week’s news via listener calls. Subscribe... more

Salt Lake County Watershed Section Manager Bob Thompson clarified exactly how bad our water situation is heading into a dry... more

Katie Boué joined the great resignation to work in medical cannabis, and wants to bring Salt Lake stoners together to undo... more

Jme Bonfiglio is the founder and organizer of the Utah Fungi Festival, and a modern mushroom farmer. She breaks down... more

Dr. Maria Blevins is an Associate Professor at Utah Valley University and a former raft guide who has been researching sexual... more

Birthworker and community activist Ashley Finley joins Ali to round up the week’s news via listener calls. Subscribe to our... more

Writer and professor Emma Kemp has been investigating spiritual medium Marie Ogden and her 1930’s Utah commune Home of Truth for almost... more

Whether or not you ski or snowboard, you’ve probably heard the horror stories or seen the photos. The traffic getting... more

Medical Director of Utah Naloxone, Dr. Jennifer Plumb, explains exactly how to identify and reverse an opioid overdose by administering Naloxone.... more

The massive whale sculpture at 9th and 9th is drawing some surprise, many questions, and even some ire. KUER’s Benjamin... more

Olivia Juarez, latinx community organizer at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and disability advocate Shelby Hintze join Ali to round up the local... more

A few months ago in Buffalo, New York, the first Starbucks employees in the US voted to unionize their store.... more

This week, the Salt Lake Acting Company opens the Utah premiere of Passing Strange, a Tony-award-winning musical with an all-Black... more

Ahead of a critical vote from the Salt Lake County Council this afternoon, Salt Lake Tribune environmental reporter Brian Maffly... more

The crescent moon was spotted on Friday night which means that thousands of Muslims across Salt Lake are now celebrating... more

The Salt Lake Tribune’s Utah Eats Reporter, Stefene Russell joins producer Nick Steffens and Ali to discuss Utah’s changing food... more

Ali digs into housing insecurity in Salt Lake with Chris Foote, an organizer with Wasatch Tenants United, and Jakey Siolo,... more

Season 3 of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake is currently filming right in our backyard. Ali and her friend... more

Craig Gordon, a forecaster at the Utah Avalanche Center, joins to discuss the unusually high temps and what they mean... more

Ali talks with Judge Memorial High School Student Body President Kurt McLaughlin about the passage of H.B. 11, a bill... more

Happy National Introvert’s Week! Maybe you celebrated by quietly processing some things! Ali is joined by Salt Laker Katie Boué... more

A close reading of Utah rental agreements with Marcus Degen, an attorney with the evictions nonprofit People’s Legal Aid. Later,... more

Brandon Dew, the president of the Central Utah Federation of Labor, talks to Ali about the landscape of labor unions... more

Recreational birder and Newsletter Editor Madeline McGill joins Ali to create a beginners guide to Spring birdwatching in Salt Lake... more

Ali talks with KUER reporter Emily Means what effect newly passed legislation will have on our housing crisis. Later, Ali... more

It’s the 2-year anniversary of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Salt Lake City on March 18, 2020. Ali revisits... more

Utah captured and released its first ever Wolverine last week! Which means hopefully soon we will find out what a... more

City Cast Salt Lake Newsletter writer Madeline McGill connects with Moudi Hob, a writer, lover, and community organizer. They discuss... more

1 in 4 Utahns has a criminal record of some kind, The fallout from that can mean lack of access... more

Artists David Rios Ferrera and Denae Shanidiin ask us to contemplate those we’ve lost and those we miss in a... more

It’s Friday, which means we’re looking back on the week with fun and thoughtful Salt Lakers. This week, Ali is... more

Poet Jai Hamid Bashir is here and talks to Ali about her poetry, this place, and bees. Plus, she reads a poem... more

Writer and director Gianfranco Fernandez Ruiz talks with Ali about his new film Saborrrr!, food traditions, and careful casting. Subscribe to our daily newsletter here. Learn... more

Sue Robbins, a member of Equality Utah's Transgender Advisory Council is here to reflect on the passage and subsequent veto of HB... more

Newsletter Editor Madeline McGill talks with Amelia Howe, a Senior Policy Associate at the American Alpine Club and Cody Kaemmerlin,... more

It’s Friday, which means we’re looking back on the week with fun and thoughtful Salt Lakers. This week, Ali is... more

If you follow the Bear River north from the Great Salt Lake up to Preston, Idaho you will reach the... more

Folk singer Alicia Stockman talks to Ali about writing a pandemic album and the re-opening of Salt Lake music venues. Check... more

It’s the end of Free Fare February, but it doesn’t have to be the end of your frontrunner weekends. Ali... more

SLC poet RJ Walker contrasts Salt Lake’s manicured streets with Salt Lake below. Our daily newsletter is poetry. Sign up for it here. Learn... more

It’s Friday, which means we’re looking back on the week with fun and thoughtful Salt Lakers. To do so, Ali... more

Under mounting pressure from state and local governments to legislate race out of their curriculum, how are Salt Lake’s teachers... more

It’s a uniquely Utah phenomenon: Democrats switching their voter affiliation in order to participate in Republican primary elections. Ali talks... more

Salt Lake art critic, curator, and lawyer Scotti Hill joins to discuss the bizarre beauty of Gilgal Sculpture Garden.  Looking for... more

We’re breaking down the stories we can’t let go of this week. Political Commentator Shireen Ghorbani and KUTV’s Education Reporter... more

Bree Davies and Paul Karolyi of City Cast Denver join Ali to discuss whether or not the Olympics are a... more

We’re talking about Salt Lake’s favorite brag: the 2002 Winter Olympics. It’s amazing how much about our city today is... more

Something strange is brewing at the capitol. A resolution was passed last week that would limit press access to legislators.... more

Mysticism and magic are integral pieces of Salt Lake’s history – though often overlooked. Ali and RJ Walker, SLC poet and... more

From the symphony, to dive bars, to walks in the park, SLC is a city for love. The City Cast... more

Rebecca Chavez-Houck and Shireen Ghorbani join Ali to make sense of the Secure Vote Utah ballot initiative – a frightening... more

At age 61, U of U professor Gerda Saunders was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, and she has spent the last decade documenting... more

Ali talks to Emily Means of KUER about what action state officials are taking to save the Great Salt Lake. Madeline... more

Ali went out to the High Star Ranch in Kamas for the 5th Annual Ski Joring Utah competition to chat with the... more

Dr. Len Necefer, an A+ meme-maker and the founder of NativesOutdoors is here to reflect on the emerging tradition of land acknowledgements. The Natives Outdoors... more

One in four Utah teens can’t afford period products and Emily Bell McCormick of The Period Project is trying to do something... more

Montana just became the newest western state to legalize recreational marijuana and it has us wondering if Utah, with the... more

Salt Lake’s teachers are giving more than they’re getting right now. We asked John Arthur, Utah’s 2021 Teacher of the Year, how... more