A reminder, our friends at OurDivorce.com are NOT lawyers. They are simply a resource to get your paperwork filled out to get things done. They are the equivalent of Turbo Tax to your impending divorce!! They also help navigate all of the stuff after.
This episode is heavy with the swears to start off. Just forewarning.
Jessica gives us her first recap of the brand new extension of Bravo’s Housewives series, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. The players are as follows; Jen, is owner of three marketing companies. Heather, part owner of Beauty Lab + Laser in Salt Lake City, Meredith is a jewelry designer and boutique owner based in Park City. Lisa owns a marketing company and a tequila brand (Vida). Whitney owns a local skin care line called Iris and Beau. Mary is the head of her church in downtown Salt Lake City. Instead of giving a gossipy recap each week, our focus and recaps are going to be on the local businesses that are featured on the show including the businesses owned by the women of RHOSLC.
We also talk about the top places in Salt Lake (via Yelp) to get pies. We also would add to the list Petra Backstuchen cause she makes amazing cheesecakes and old world German treats!!
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Episode 233 we got to sit down with Nick Arteaga, the chair of the Genderevolution, with the Utah Pride Center. Nick is also the Community Programs Coordinator for the Utah Pride Center. Nick also wears the hat of leader of TransAction, which is one of six adult focus programs at the Utah Pride Center.
Nick’s pronouns are He/Him. They/Them. Nick is the 2nd oldest of 10. He grew up in Southern California until he was about 14. Nick made his way to Utah by way of Las Vegas during his twenties to join up with part of his family. By the time he moved to Utah he knew that he was part of the LGBTQ+ community. Trans-masculine, Non-Binary, of Latinx descent is how Nick identifies. Nick was able to walk through his gender identity journey with us. Why was this conversation important for our show, you may ask? We know that there are kids out there that may need guidance through their own journey and sharing these stories helps create relate-ability.
This is the quote that Nick has on the Utah Pride Center website, “Coming out at any time can be scary, but for trans, non-binary and gender creative folx every day has its unique struggles. My work here has given me the amazing opportunity to watch our extended family grow into their own. To be able to validate those individuals who are transcending the binary and society’s norms is pretty damn wonderful.”
Nick brought some really great points to us during our conversation. We were able to talk about problematic conversations that we may have around non-binary/ gender fluid people. On a daily basis we should be having conversations and work to change our verbiage and the things we may say by using correct pronouns. Things like using things like they/them. It is also okay to ask someone what their pronouns are.
We are also at point where it is okay to recognize color and race. It is an issue and we can’t ignore it. Denigrating someone’s identity creates a bigger issue and recognizing where someone comes from saves lives and validates. We have to take away dehumanizing and then the acronym of LGBTQAI+ can disappear.
The group that Nick helps direct at the Utah Pride Center is called TransAction. It is a trans positive adult focused group. Keeps conversation going, Sunday’s 1:30-3pm. Working locally with businesses to organize community events for the pride center.
GenderRevolution is normally a one day conference. The theme for the 2020 conference was Shattering Binary’s. GenderRevolution started as a way to education folks and fostering a community. With COVID this year, it did allow for it to be more accessible by going online. This years event was held on the 13th and 14th of November. There were 30 workshops of all different topics from parenting, surgery, pronouns, and three keynote speaker Schuyler Bailar, first trans athlete to swim for Harvard who did a lot of work to change rules and regulations for the trans community in sports. Kay Ulanday Barrett, poet and transgender/disability activist. Lydia X Z Brown a non-binary attorney, educator, advocate. The amazing thing about this conference is that in years past it has helped repair and build relationships with parents, educators, victim rights activists, police, and the overall community.
The best way to reach out to Nick is through the Utah Pride center email. You can also go to the Utah Pride Center for upcoming events. All the events, such as TransAction, have their own Facebook groups. NickUPC on Facebook and NachuNick on Twitter.
Nick’s most interesting/unique thing about Utah that he has discovered is that even though people assume that everyone here is LDS, there are a lot of people that aren’t. There are a lot of intelligent, amazing, woke people here. Finding community in a place that he didn’t think is wonderful. From the outside it looks like a hateful place, but on the inside it’s a beautiful secret.
Click on the pride calendar photo to link to the Utah Pride Center Calendar if you are interested, or know someone, that would like to see all the upcoming meetings and support groups! It is the most comprehensive calendar we’ve ever seen!
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Welcome to episode 231! This episode we talk about how Halloween will hypothetically be during COVID. Jessica joined us on Skype from Tennessee and suggested candy cannons for distribution. Chris said no. In case you ever want to build one, candy cannons were a thing even 8 years ago before we had to physically distance!
It feels like we just got done talking about Stephen Covey for our famous Utahn segment. This month we picked three famous Utahn’s to peek into their impact on Utah. Rosanne Barr, Frank Zamboni, and Nolan Bushnell all left a cultural impact on society and we can call all of them Utahn’s.
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We are getting ready to wrap up our year of Famous Utahn’s. For Episode 231 we decided to deep dive into Rosanne Barr, Frank Zamboni, and Nolan Bushnell. All of these Utah born people have played a significant part of world pop and sports culture!
Nolan Bushnell, is the epitome of pioneer! Nolan is known as the father of the video game and… AND he created Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theatre. Born in 1943 in Clearfield, Utah. Growing up Nolan did what most northern Utahn’s do, he worked his summers at Lagoon. It was while he was working there he realized how much people loved games and the carnival atmosphere. 1968 Nolan graduated in engineering from the University of Utah. He also attended Stanford (but we prefer the Utah adjacent stuff). In 1972 the gaming box that would take our homes by storm known as Atari, was founded in Northern California by Nolan and his business partner, Dabney. One of our favorite quotes comes from Walter Isaacson’s book, Steve Jobs. “In 1976, Steve Jobs went to Nolan to get him to put in some money in exchange for a minor equity stake in Apple. Nolan remarked, “Steve asked me if I would put $50,000 in and he would give me a third of the company. I was so smart, I said no. It’s kind of fun to think about that, when I’m not crying.”Atari revolutionized the home gaming industry. Come on, who doesn’t love a good game of Pong?! In 1978 he was pushed out of Atari. Enter stage left: Chuck E Cheese. From Wikipedia, It is known that Bushnell had always wanted to work for Walt Disney, but was continually turned down for employment when he was first starting out after graduation; Chuck E. Cheese was his homage to Disney and the technology developed there. In 1981 Bushnell turned over day-to-day food operations of Chuck E. Cheese’s to a newly hired restaurant executive. Nolan stepped down in 1984 from the board after they decided they didn’t like his proposed changes. By late ’84, the company was in bankruptcy.
Bushnell has been involved in other gaming companies, including one that has him on the board of an anti-aging game technology to help with brain function over the age of 35. Nolan has been feature in a few documentaries, awarded a BAFTA as well as many other accolades, and it is said there is a movie about his life in the works with Leonardo DiCaprio. His legacy seeps through the blood of his own children. Venture Beat feature by Dean The DeanBeat, Takahashi interviewed members of the family in 2019.
Nolan Bushnell and 1975 popular game Pong. Photo credit: Time Techland
Frank Zamboni, creator of THE Zamboni machine, was born in Eureka, Utah in 1901. His parents were Italian immigrants. That is where the Utah ties end. However, he did grow up in Lava Hot Springs, ID which is pretty close so we can still talk about him. At the age of 19 his family moved to Los Angeles. Frank and his brother Lawrence started an ice blocking business in the late 20’s to 1939. This was problematic due to electricity and the units needed for refrigeration. They turned their focus and used the equipment to open an ice rink. In 1940 they teamed up with their cousin, Pete, and opened the Iceland Ice Rink. It was 20,000 sq feet, making it one of the largest of its kind., it was even covered with a dome after realized the ice was no match for the So. Cal heat. It was a success because Frank had figured a way to reduce the rippling, from the pipes under the rink, in the ice. Frank got the patent in ’46 and created the machine in ’49. There have been 8 different variations of the machine that we know now. From the Zamboni website, From the 1949 Model A to the 500 Series re-surfacer’s of today, Frank Zamboni’s desire to develop the best possible product for his customers remains as strong in his successors over 60 years later. As Frank often pointed out to rink owners, a comment indicative of his own lifelong mission:
“The principal product you have to sell is the ice itself.”
As of today the ice rink is still operated by the Zamboni family.
Roseanne Barr, born to Jewish parents in Salt Lake City. Barr was spoken about how her parents kept their Jewish heritage secret from their neighbors and were partially involved in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Barr has stated, “Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning I was a Jew; Sunday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, and Wednesday afternoon we were Mormons.” While in Utah was when Roseanne found her first stage, in the Mormon church. Rosanne has lived many lives. Stand up comedian, sitcom star with her name sake show Rosanne, talk show host, film star, radio, and even a candidate for presidency in 2012. Her life has not been without controversy and as of 2018, Rosanne still called Utah home.
Here we are, in the final count down of the 2020 election season. Thank you baby Jesus.
We thought it would be super fun to have JC Carter and JM Bell of The Left Show, join us to talk local politics with the looming election. The Left Show spends an hour a week, on Mondays, focusing on national politics and news. As they say, “the stuff you thought you left behind.” We were happy to have them on to talk the Governor race, Senate seats, judges, and local Constitutional Amendments for episode 230.
Always when voting *which we hope you have done already* make sure that you are doing your research. Whether it is propositions, amendments, or candidates.
You should definitely follow JM and JC on their website The Left Show, Facebook, and Twitter for the weekly Monday update.
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Although there are no beard competitions to be had this year and no Oktoberfest to drink and toast our cares away, thanks COVID, we wanted to bring President of the Salty Saints Social Club and Facial Hair Society, Greg Schoenwolf, on to talk about their organization and how to care for a beard of great magnitude!
Greg had an amazing former life as a ballet dancer. Incredible, right? Greg joined ballet school at a young age. At 16 he left Salt Lake City to run away to Seattle to join their ballet company. Greg was able to become a professional dancer in Texas, Oklahoma, and Cincinnati. Fast forward, after years of dancing for the loggers (we joke, we joke) and teaching dance, he now works as the lead packager at local brewer, Shades of Pale, and presides over the Salty Saints Social Club. Greg does have many awards under his belt, or shall we say beard. One of his greatest is being the 4th best freestyle beard wearer in the WORLD! Yep, we said it… the world. One of the coolest things about all this beard chat, Greg’s wife has taken many awards herself! (no, she doesn’t grow a build, she just unconventionally creates them).
Photo pulled from Greg Schoenwolf’s Facebook. Credit Unkown.
The Salty Saints Social Club and Facial Hair Society was founded in 2013.
From their website, The Salty Saints are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. They are dedicated to creating a positive social atmosphere for facial hair enthusiasts by promoting camaraderie, charity and the bringing together of like minded individuals. The club raises money throughout the year through fundraising projects and at the yearly Snowbird Oktoberfest Beard and Moustache Competition to donate to charity.
We asked Greg what one unique thing he has discovered about Utah is and he said that MooseHorn Lake is it. His favorite thing is camping in the Uintah’s up but the quiet little lakes.
You can follow what they are up to, find ways to participate in upcoming events, and admire their lovely beards on their Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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This month for our famous Utahn deep dive, we thought we would step into the world of the Covey’s. There isn’t much we can write that isn’t already out there. Known for his motivational writing and trainings, Stephen Covey was born in 1932 and died in a tragic bike accident in 2012. From Wikipedia, He was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book was written in 1989 and sold over 30 million copies since its publication, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Overall Stephen wrote 6 books. which include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time.
Through the 90’s you may have remembered gathering up your Franklin Covey day planner, with it’s monthly calendar pages, to guide your daily activities. Now Google and Apple are the calendars that direct our lives.
His son, Stephen M. R. Covey wrote the Speed of Trust and his other son, Sean Covey, is still an executive at Franklin Covey. Training and calendars may have evolved quickly over the past few years since Covey’s death, but the principles that Stephen laid with the 7 Habit’s will always be part of corporate and self growth.
To break 7 Habits of Highly Effective Habits down, here is Chris Corinthian in 5 minutes. (or less)
Okay, you knew eventually we would have to talk about it. We have never taken the time, yes we know in 4 years this is blowing our mind too, to talk about *bum bum buuuuuum* multi level marketing.
Episode 227 we break down some of Utah’s biggest multi level marketing companies and why the work so well in Utah. KUTV did a story about MLM’s and Mormons and their relationship to each other. The Daily Herald listed the top 13 back in 2017. Religion News Service also gave a list of 10 reasons Mormon’s dominate MLM’s.
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We had such a pleasure for episode 223 to sit down with the entire crew of the local band, Spirit Machines. We asked them how they would describe the sound and influence of the band and their answer was a mix of space rock, dream punk with a little bit of metal. Take that and then add a bit of 90’s emo and you have their sound.
Pepper (lead vocals), Dave (guitarist), Sergio (bassist), and Mike(drummer) took some time to talk to us about their viral success, and recognition by Tool, of Zober, their first studio album release, and how they came together from corners of the country to make a home in Utah. Pepper has adventured outside of Utah, clear to Boston, and back again. Dave is an import from Boston. Mike made his way around any different places but landed back to Salt Lake, and Sergio is missing his sandy beaches from the OC in California.
If you follow indie music you may have heard of them from their first video release. They found a way to mash up Led Zeppelin and Tool. It found them going viral and even being mentioned by Tool! With 135k views on YouTube and national attention by music publications such as American Song Writer,Loud Wire, and Revolver just to name a few this mash up is definitely one for the ages!
Watch it Burn is their first video and single off their official release, Feel Again. Releasing a first album during a pandemic wasn’t what any of them had on their bingo card, but just like their meeting and forming this band, it was in the cards. Feel Again made it’s debut in April 2, 2020.
We asked Pepper, Dave, Sergio, and Mike what the most unique thing they found about Utah was and here was what they said.
Pepper told us that she loves the pioneer intensity that brings an intense energy to everything Salt Lake does. Seeing Salt Lake grow as a city we are starting to hit stride.
Mike told us the most unique thing is how perfect the environment is. The all around weather. He said it’s small but there is a lot of activity. Of all the places he’s lived Utah seems the most perfect.
Sergio said that going to Lake Powell for the first time was definitely life changing. Knowing it takes 12 hours in a speedboat from one side to the other is mind blowing.
Dave said the most unique thing is simply fry sauce. He said no one else does this. Utah has their own food pyramid and categories.
You can follow what they are up to on their Facebook and Instagram. Purchase their album, but one of Pepper’s hand printed shirts, and show this incredible band some love!
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Episode 222 was a blast with entrepreneur Tom Milligan. Tom was a long time call center guy that happened to have an epiphany one night to make divorce easier *experience speaks volumes* and find a cheaper way for level headed folks that just need an out. That is where Our Divorce comes in! We talk the business launch, but also about his life and how he got to creating this very clever and efficient business.
How does it work? Our Divorce is a self-service divorce resource. From their website, OurDivorce™ makes getting a divorce easier than ever and leaves you in control. Don’t pay an attorney. Don’t let a Judge make decisions about your life. Tom and his team have worked extensively to follow and abide by each state law, because believe it or not, they are all different! He really wanted to streamline and create a divorce process that wouldn’t rake everyone through the coals and be as amicable as possible. They launched on August 31st and already have a wait list!!
If you see their billboards around town, let us know!!!
Follow Our Divorce on their YouTube Channel, their Facebook, and of course you can find more information if you … or if you’re asking for a friend… need someone at OurDivorce.com.
This week is also our monthly famous Utahn! We thought we had it in the bag with this one. That there would be tons of information, and there was, but in a round about kind of way. We feature the Winder Family this month.
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