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Episode 112 The Great Salt Lake Fringe

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Once upon a time in a land far, far away a performing arts festival started in Edinburgh, Scotland called the Fringe Festival. Established in 1947, it has grown over 71 years and expanded world-wide with over 200 festivals! You might be asking yourself why you need this history?

This week we had the Nina Vought, founder of Utah’s very own Fringe Festival, join us! It might not be 71 years old, but in it’s short 4 years it has grown from a few shows over a weekend, to 250 over 10 days!

Nina Vought is so much more than just the founder of The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival. Nina is also a theatre professor at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. With a dream of being an academic gypsy, her roots have now been planted pretty deep in Utah with her husband, who team teaches with her at the college! Nina got real with us and let us know how much heart and soul and countless hours are put into even just a simple 15 minute performance at the Fringe Festival. This is a place for performances to be work-shopped and quite possibly improved at a future festival. Nina said, “the fringe festival does for theater what Sundance does for independent film.” She explained to us that it takes a village to put on this festival, and one of the coolest bits of information about the GSLFF is that all ticket sales go BACK to the performers and that is clearly stated in the 2 rules of the Fringe Festival, which all must abide!

1. It is non-curated. Based on a first come first serve for applications.

2. All ticket sales go to the performers.

The festival goes from August 2-12th with dance and theatre performances at the Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City. Ticket prices starting at $10 or you can buy a performance pack! *which we definitely suggest.* It is said that the Fringe Festival is like Disneyland for theater lovers! We can’t argue with that.

You can learn more about the Great Salt Lake Fringe HERE. You can follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for updates. We will do a follow up show with Nina and her husband about yoga, the vegan classes they teach, and living a green life in Salt Lake City!


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Episode 111 Incident Management with Jay Whittaker

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This week the stars aligned and we had the privilege of sitting down with actor/podcaster/comedian, Jay Whittaker. Jay is a transplant to Utah from the Air Force and after much contemplation of moving back home to California, we are glad we get to call him a Utahn.

Where does one start in a conversation with someone that does SO much? Well, first you start on the Oregon Trail, you move slowly to MySpace, then you invent “BitWhitts” and of course you finish up with giving some sound advice for your local community.

Jay also reminded us that no one, we repeat no one, wants to get robbed in flip-flops!

Jay has been part of the GeekShow Podcast for the past 5 years. He has been finding his role in the Utah geek fellowship by being passionate and relatable. Jay recently started his own podcast, The Incredibly Vocal Minority Podcast to have a broader voice in Utah and beyond. Jay is also a staple in the Utah stand-up comedy community, performing on the regular and hosting shows and open mic night at WiseGuys in Ogden, Salt Lake City, and West Jordan as well the Dry Bar in Provo. Jay has also had the opportunity to travel the country to numerous comedy festivals! You can find some of his routines on his YouTube Channel, the link is below.

This is one of our favorite videos of Jay. It really gives a sense of how chill and fun he is, and how much he loves life… and pizza. The Little Caesars pretzel crust pizza should come back, by the way.

We don’t want to give away too much of our interview in the recap, but it was nice to be able to sit and chat about race relations in Utah, traveling back and forth to Utah and choosing a home, birds, LeBron and the Lakers, his son, and his upcoming projects.

You can find Jay Whittaker * that’s with TWO “t’s”* on his website; It’s Jay Whittaker, YouTube Channel, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and we will keep you up to date on his new music project; Big Lil Kid!

Some of Jays upcoming dates:

July 20/21st: Hosting at WiseGuys in Salt Lake for Adam Ray.
July 26-28th: Hosting at WiseGuys in Salt Lake for Joey Diaz.
August 17/18th he will be in Boston
September 14/15th he will be at WiseGuys in West Jordan.
September 18/22nd he will be in Arizona


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Episode 110 Utah’s Natural Wonders

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Utah? Natural Wonders? You may only here those in relation to the 5 National Parks in Southern Utah, but this week we found an awesome list that spans throughout the great state of Utah! Mike Godfrey, at KSL, picked out 7 natural wonders of Utah. We loved that we learned something new with this list. Did you know that the Uinta’s are one of only two North America mountain ranges that run East/West? Did you also know there are 1000 lakes throughout them?

We also thought it would be fun to discuss the Salt Lake Tribune’s recent article on 19 Utah Beers that have clever names based on Utah activities, places, and people! Do you have a favorite? Have you tried them all?

We know that a the half tiger, half lion, Liger is Napoleon Dynamite’s most favorite animal ever, but did you know it was an actual real animal? It still resides in Utah at the Bean museum in Provo. Click HERE to read more about Shasta, how she kept the zoo going, and her 24 years at the Hogle Zoo!

Shasta holds the record for longevity among ligers at 24 years. Toward the end, she developed arthritis and her body systems declined — and she was taken off public display. She died July 19, 1972. Farnsworth, who was then the zoo director, decided that because Shasta had been so loved and of such great interest, he sent her body to a taxidermist. “Then we put her on display in the old cat building,” he said, “so she still got a lot of attention.” She was later shipped to the Bean Museum at BYU in 1997. “There was a general philosophical change about hybrids. The thought was that since it didn’t happen in nature, we shouldn’t be doing it either in the zoo,” said Larry St. Clair, director of the museum.

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Episode 108 Humans Of Salt Lake City

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One day you might be in the Salt Lake Valley and a gentleman with a camera and a cheery disposition will approach you while you are having lunch, a smoke break, texting on your phone, or just enjoying the day. He’s going to ask your story. Maybe not in those words, but Mike Angelieri will come up with a question that will make you think about your life and you’ll want to share it with him. Mike will take your portrait and hen he will share with the rest of us at Humans of Salt Lake City.

We feel like we should call Mike “the collector.” Mike has been a collector of people’s stories and memories in Salt Lake City since 2013 when he realized no one had created a HOSL yet. He estimates that is about 1400+ people he’s had the opportunity to meet. Sounds like a huge responsibility, right? After speaking with him on this week’s episode, we couldn’t think of a better person to carefully record and document these stories. Mike’s memory of conversations is also very impressive, which just goes to show how much of an impact people are on the mind.

If you’re not familiar, Humans of Salt Lake City is a spin-off of the greatly popular; Humans of New York City.  They are labors of love by the creators and have sprouted up around different cities around the world. There is no discrimination in the interviewee process. Children, homeless, pets, black, white, gay, veterans, straight, and so on. The magic of this project is that everyone has a story and something to teach, even the creator himself!

What happens when a story is too good to be true? What happens when Mike takes footsteps back to a familiar neighborhood, meets up with someone he interviewed prior, and they flag him down to show him that their life has completely shifted for good since their choice meeting? Mike told us absolutely heart wrenching stories as well as incredibly inspiring ones of people that he’s met along this journey. We don’t want to give away too much, but you may need a tissue for this one!

You can follow Humans of Salt Lake on Facebook and on Instagram.

**disclaimer** If you feel the urge to message Humans of Salt Lake City to tell him he shouldn’t be interviewing particular ethnic, religious, or otherwise types of people… how about you just don’t.

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Episode 107 Eating Frozen Peas

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We, at the New Utah Podcast, always feel honored when guests want to come back and visit our show! Dash Cox, of Title Boxing Club and DashSuppport Nutrition *no, not that other DASH diet program*, joined us last year for episode 47. This time we had him on as an honorary guest host!

Who doesn’t want to talk about the best rappers now and in the 90’s? And just a heads up, it’s not Will Smith or Warren G, apparently.

Of course we had to do some catching up as far as Title Boxing is concerned and the downsizing they have been doing to welcome new neighboring yoga and wellness studio, Encompass Wellness Studio. We had an opportunity to delve a little deeper into Dash’s study of the DNA diet and how where we came from effects what we should and should not be eating. Listen to your body!

We had to include this gorgeous picture of Dash’s daughter and what she said for this picture to be taken. Kaylyn is the daughter Dash talks about during our show this week. We love she is already on her way to being a very strong woman even at such a young age!

 

If you are ready for a lifestyle change and need a good kick-start, Dash will definitely kick you in the start! You can follow him on Instagram and see his stunningly gorgeous kids who know they are from Wakanda, cause basically they are. You can also follow him on Title Boxing’s Facebook page and what is going on at the club.

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Utah’s One Thing: Utah Liquor Lawyer Tanner Strickland Lenart

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At the end of every New Utah interview we like to ask our guests, “What is the one thing that you would tell someone visiting Utah they had to do before leaving?”

Utah Liquor Lawyer, Tanner Strickland Lenart, joined us for episode 96! What would someone who knows the Utah restaurant and bar scene suggest for someone visiting Utah who only needed one thing to do? Well, Tanner said that the one thing someone visiting Utah should do before leaving is to get up into the mountains regardless of the season! You heard that folks head to the hills! Tanner said to make sure to experience side trails when you go hiking. We found a great resource for Utah trails on alltrails.com They offer a map that zooms in and out on hikes around the state. This map also gives the difficulty level of the hike, searchable options by city, printable maps, etc. Once you are on these trails then find your side trails! *but be respectful of the nature you’re walking through and be prepared*

 

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Utah’s One Thing: Farmer Luke of Petersen Family Farm

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At the end of every New Utah interview we like to ask our guests, “What is the one thing that you would tell someone visiting Utah they had to do before leaving?”

Farmer Luke sat down with us for episode 95  besides selling your kids to local farmers, Farmer Luke said that his one thing that he would tell someone visiting Utah that they had to do would be of course to stop by Petersen Family Farm in Riverton Utah and say hello! Farmer Luke also said that he would suggest going on a sunset dinner cruise on the Great Salt Lake! We loved his suggestions so much! Farmer Luke also said find some where to go off the beaten path. His suggestion is to find a picture on Instagram of a place and go find it!

 

Photo: Gonzo Boat Tours

Check out this great little video from RedCastle Productions of the sunset dinner tour.

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Episode 106 Mobile Coffee Queen of Salt Lake

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Once upon a time there was a teacher who was tired of the lack of top notch coffee in her neighborhood and the Sev *that’s the 7-eleven* was just not cutting it on the way to work and on the weekends. She knew she was passionate about her community and decided to be proactive, quit her day job, and do something about this lack of brew! This gal volunteered as tribute and opened up a mobile coffee truck in Salt Lake City. This mobile coffee truck is known as, the Buzzed Coffee Truck!

Future grand-wizard barista Trina Perez, founder of Buzzed Coffee Truck, sat down with us for episode 106. That short story above isn’t just a fairy tale! Trina told us that she saw a need in her community, did the research, and that is how Buzzed Coffee Truck came to fruition. How often do you see people do that? Not often, right? Rose Park is a small and diverse community, and unfortunately with that size came a lack of coffee shops. Odd, right? Especially with a Starbucks on what seems like every corner now days. Trina quit her day job as a teacher, bought an old Fed Ex truck, got certified by the Specialty Coffee Association of America, and took to the streets! Not only is she serving tasty and locally roasted coffee; she offers fair trade coffee to support Cafe Feminino, and she is passionate about local and is partnering with other local Utah artists and food innovators for pop up cafes in Rose Park!

You might not be able to order a frappuccino at her window, but we promise between the Rimini beans and the recipes they use, you will be able to find something that will become your regular drink on their menu! Oh! and no need to feel left out, non-coffee drinkers, there are drinks for you too! We highly recommend the nitro brew, the caramel macchiato, and the hot chocolate! Or you can try Trina’s three favorites; the Nitro, the Mexican Mocha, and the chai! Don’t forget to say YES to the chocolate espresso bean on top!

We hope to see Buzzed Coffee in a brick and mortar sooner than later, so go out and support her dream!

photo: buzzed coffee truck

photo: buzzed coffee truck

 

 

Follow Buzzed Coffee on Instagram and Facebook for their weekly schedule. You can find them on Saturdays through October on the north center area of Pioneer Park at the Downtown Salt Lake Farmers market from 8-2pm.


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Episode 105 The Suburbs of Utah

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So much is happening with the New Utah Podcast team this week! Basically we are toddlers now that we are going into three years, right?

We had two graduations. Home improvements completed. Gardens ruined by stupid hail. And we are now the beginning of Pride month in Utah!

Check out this weekends festivities for Utah Pride Festival HERE at one of the country’s best gay pride festivals!

photo credit: Jessica Richardson(@sweetpjess)

This week we started off our third year of broadcasting with a run down of what Movoto thinks are the best Salt Lake City suburbs to live in. They based these off of amenities in the community per capita, commute time, standard of living, total crimes per 100k, and unemployment rate. What do you think about this list that an out of state company compiled?

We also took some time to address the recent harassment controversy with Salt Lake FanX comic con and their Co-Founder Bryan Brandenburg. What do you think? Will you still be in attendance?

We had to touch base on local author, Richard Paul Evans, and his crazy Trybe of Kyngs *gag* and absolutely bonkers comments at a sit down with 2News reporter, Chris Jones. Mr. Evans unfounded statement that “there is a war on men, and that men, white men in particular, are under attack, oppressed by a changing culture, victims of an extremist feminist agenda” has us dumb-founded. As our Chris wrote in our show notes next to RPE name, White Nationalist, Mysoganistic Predator

Have you heard of the lost town of Iosepa? Once upon a time Mormon pioneers from Hawaii trekked to Utah to help build the temple. They were given land out west, like middle of nowhere past Tooele, and created a community. Then the details get sketchy depending on who you ask. Courtney Tanner of the Salt Lake Tribune did a beautiful and kind article on how families still head out there on Memorial day to remember their loved ones. The story is much more torrid but we will let it be butterflies and rainbows this time.

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Episode 104 GreenThread Herbs and Josh the Herbalist

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We finally had a chance to sit down with Herbalist, Josh Williams, aka Josh the Herbalist at Thyme and Place *that’s on 9th South and 362 East* Not only did Josh educate us about being an herbalist and about plant medicine, we were able to chat with him about how he got his own education and how he found a passion for plant medicine. The cherry on top were the amazing teas he brought for us to try. One of them was his name sake, GreenThread, which is a Navajo-Hopi tea and super tasty if we might add!

Josh is always educating our community! Josh is the creator of the Utah Tea Festival (Dec 15th), the upcoming SnowBrush Herb Festival (June 23rd), as well as his monthly tea classes that he teaches at the Marmalade Library in Salt Lake City **which you can find dates on his Facebook page (link below)** Josh reminded us, and our listeners, that you probably shouldn’t eat the house plants. Josh also reminded us all that plant medicine belongs to the people.

There are three types of plant medicine that Josh taught us about this week: Ayurveda, Chinese Barefoot, and American Civilization. Josh also let us know (for Jessica’s moms sake) that those pills of curcumin that you are buying are completely lacking the properties you need in tumeric and can have awful side effects! Make sure if you want to partake that you stick with the pure stuff!

Josh’s apothecary, GreenThread Herbs, opens officially on June 30th! Check out the website at GreenThread Herbs and of course please follow his new business on Instagram and Facebook! You can also follow Josh Williams on Instagram and Facebook.

This week we also discussed some of our most favorite Utah stereotypes!!

What are some of  your favorites??? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter!

 

 

 

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