Episode 238 Shopping Cart Theory

This week we had to think on our toes. We will get our awesome guest rescheduled, technical difficulties abound during COVID times.

Have you heard of the shopping cart theory? Let’s share it with you. We’ve been dealing with a pandemic since March. This started circulating around May as a litmus test. Do you take your shopping cart back when you’re done with it or do you just park it on the curb or in between the cars?

Jessica walked us through the Pyrex collection world. She has started collecting the snowflake pattern that was released in mid 1950’s and stopped production in 1967.

Sundance has released their scheduled for the 2021 festival season. Yes, things are going to be different this year. Films will be shown virtual, at local art houses, and through drive in’s across the country. The virtual festival gives an opportunity to reach a larger global audience. Instead of two weeks of films, there will be 7 days from January 28-February 3rd. The only downside is the tourist dollars that come in to Park City and Utah during this time.

Tabitha Jackson the new festival director says of the festival, “The core of our Festival in the form of an online platform and socially distanced cinematic experiences is responsive to the pandemic and gives us the opportunity to reach new audiences, safely, where they are. And thanks to a constellation of independent cinema communities across the U.S. we are not putting on our Festival alone.” Tickets start to become available January 7th. To get more information on ticketing, sign up at Festival.Sundance.Org.

The New Utah Podcast · 238 – Shopping Cart Theory

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Episode 237 Create the Thing. Sell the Thing.

We always love having Nick Passey join us. He’s like family. This time we had Nick join us via Skype for episode 237 to talk about his recent business venture, Record Spread and the glorious release of his awaited 2nd album!

We have some great holiday lists of things to do during COVID. One of our favorite adventure sites, Utahs Adventure Family, has laid it all out by county and area. They’ve even included a list of cancelled events.

Only in your State always has amazing lists and they have 14 things that are classic Utah holiday things.

Nick is always busy with new ideas and ventures whether it is Folk Hogan, making buttons, designing websites, or working on his own solo music projects. For the last couple years he has been working on his 2nd album, If I’m Saying It Right. The week we recorded with Nick he received his shipment of newly pressed vinyl records! They are beautiful. He is currently taking orders.

Nick has also been working on his new project, Record Spread. Nick explains it best.

We talk about supporting local every week. Having your own music discovery service fits right into that. Record Spread is a gift subscription to friends or to yourself!

You can follow Record Spread on Instagram, Facebook and the website. You can follow Folk Hogan on Facebook ,Instagram, and on their website. Of course you can follow Nick and the Perpetual Sadness on Facebook, Instagram, and their website.

We also highly suggest following Nick on his personal Instagram because not only is he an incredible musician and graphic designer, he also cooks the most beautiful, and clever, vegan meals.

The New Utah Podcast · 237 – Robots

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Episode 236 The Betterment of the Collective

Episode 236 we had the pleasure of speaking with activist Ermiya Fanaeian of the Utah chapter of Pink Pistols.

Born in Tehran, Ermiya and her family came to the US when she was a year old fleeing religious persecution. They landed in San Diego and then moved to Utah after 9 years. Growing up in Utah she has now graduated from Salt Lake Performing Arts School. After graduating she helped start the chapter of March for our Lives, joined the Ben McAdams campaign, is actively involved in local politics, and is now directing the Utah Chapter of Pink Pistols.

One of the things we love about our guests are the incredible lives they evolve from and are continually growing into. Ermiya took us through her journey of being a ballerina to politics. Her starting point was using bathrooms as a transgender person. It was the big issue while she was in school and the only way she knew how to deal with it is to activate. Her first experience was organizing Queer Prom. Then she shifted to March For Our Lives and then moved into political activism.

Going from March for our Lives to Pink Pistols was a couple year journey. She worked very closely during the gun violence movement with local politicians. She noticed that violence in the Trans community was growing and that the politicians weren’t doing anything and letting attackers go with a slap on the wrist. We wanted to know how and why the shift happened to stepping into the pro-gun community with Pink Pistols.

Chris and Ermiya had a discussion about being pro-gun and requirements for gun control. People that commit mass shootings are doing it illegally so gun laws won’t change. She has ideas for community based solutions instead of mass legislation. Gun education, lock boxes, education. We aren’t talking restrictive gun control. The question should be, how do we find a middle ground and finding a way to not deny access to people who are educated on the guns they are owning? How do we get to the middle ground instead of either giving 2 year old’s rifles or taking away every one’s guns? Fact is, marginalized groups are always in a fight and armed right wing groups don’t care about middle ground.

Is there a difference between the NRA and Pink Pistols? Pink Pistols was started out of necessity for people in the LGBTQ+ to learn how to protect themselves because others were not protecting the community. Not to be confused with the NRA which is based off of big money in politics.

Most of the organizations community interaction is on their Pink Pistols SLC Instagram. Qualifications to be part of the group include but aren’t limited to, Pro-LGBTQ+/ally and believe in the second amendment. There are currently 18,000 members national, 30 active members in Utah, and about 400 members that are actively engaged at any time. Some of the things they do as an organization are range days and education days with people who have been training for a while.

Ermiya’s most interesting/unique thing that she has discovered about Utah is that we kind of live in a predominate culture but we also have a counter-culture. Salt Lake City has counter worlds that live with each other.

The New Utah Podcast · 236 – Moaby

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Episode 235 Local is Always First

In addition to our Famous Utahn this month, we were joined by Kristen Lavalett of Local First!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is always Shop Small Saturday. Small Business Saturday was an idea created by the credit card giant American Express on November 27, 2010. The campaign launched in order to help small businesses gain additional exposure and to change the way consumers shop within their own community during the holiday season. It is always the first Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Now that the history is out of the way, we had Kristen Lavalett the executive director of Utah’s Non-Profit, Local First, joined us to talk about their mission and their newly minted Localist Project. Kristen is also part of the business advisory board for Salt Lake City which includes Urban Food Connections and she is the VP of the Granary District Alliance. From the Salt Lake City government page, “A former journalist, curriculum developer and playwright, Kristen now leads the “buy local” movement in Utah, advocating for independent businesses on state, county, and city levels in both urban and rural communities. Her expertise in branding, campaign coordination, and collaborative enterprises have spurred economic development through place making in her hometown of Salt Lake City, and across the state of Utah.“

One of the important aspects of supporting local is buying into the buy local food movement. A couple of questions to ask when shopping and eating out includes, but not limited to, Where does food come from and am I supporting people I want to. When you analyze food connections and wonder how it gets to your plate you also wonder how other items you use in your daily life come from.

Local First is a unique non-profit with three audiences they are working to connect with. First is public education to help people understand the value of locally owned business. Culture, community, and economy. Creating a shift in community behaviors. Work with the economic development divisions in multiple counties to build relationships with the people that are making the decisions. Business owners they are able to do marketing on behalf and offer training to create local messaging.

The Localist program started fall of 2020 out of an idea that had been rattling around for a while. This was the year that it needed to be launched. It is for non-business owners, “localist”, people that care about the local businesses and supporting them. Like a public radio subscription, contribute a monthly donation starting $10 and provided with a field guide, online magazine, that is a member directory. Once COVID is under control, the idea is to start up tours and more interactions with local businesses.

You may be asking what is a local business. Kristen defined what a “true” local business is in Utah. 51% owned and operated in Utah. No franchises, unfortunately.

This year Local First launched the Shop Small Digital crawl. It was an event that could be done in person or online. 120 businesses signed up. Offering specials, fun products, sugarhouse, 9th and 9th, Murray, Sandy, Ogden, Park City, Cedar City, Moab, Springdale, etc. They put their Shop Small crawl guide on their Instagram @LocalFirst. All businesses had QR code at check out and customers could scan the code and get to entered into a prize drawing. It was a great way, during COVID, to support local businesses.

Some of Kristen’s most patronized businesses in Utah are King’s English, equal to Ken Sanders. She also loves Fisher Beer and Thyme and Place. You can keep up to date with what Local First is doing on Facebook and Instagram. You can visit the website for more information on the Localist subscription.

Kristen’s most unique thing that she has found about Utah is a first for us! She is a little bit of a history buff and she really loves ghost towns! She enjoys finding off the beaten path places. One of the more intriguing places she’s been to is Helper, Utah. The history museum in Helper talks a lot about the mining culture, local strikes, and Mother Jones. Kristen told us that you get stories you don’t hear anywhere else but in those small towns.

The New Utah Podcast · 235 – #Grateful

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Episode 234 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has arrived.

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!!

The New Utah Podcast · 234 – Rat Pecker

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Episode 233 Say You Want a Revolution… a Gender Revolution

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!

The New Utah Podcast · 223 – Niblings

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Episode 232 Reinventing the Food Wheel Every Week.

Episode 232 We are celebrating Utah for election night! How you ask? By not talking about the election!! Instead we had one of the founders of Utah Taste Off , Lacey Page, join us to talk about the food movement they started here in Utah!

Utah Taste Off was formed by Lacey’s business partner, Kristy Stoner, just about a year ago! Kristy threw a sugar cookie party for her friends in the fall of 2019 to find the best sugar cookie in Utah. The party was a hit! So much a hit that they decided throwing these tasting parties should continue to happen.

Then COVID happened.

COVID didn’t slow these women down! Utah Taste Off has grown out of a necessity to support local business.

What is Utah Taste Off? 6 different treats, either sweet or savory, from 6 different places. You pick up your treats at a designated spot. The treats come with instructions and a placemat for each item during the taste off. The qualifications to win are taste, texture, and appearance. You put votes in online and wait to see who won the week’s box! Utah Taste Off is a way to find new places you’ve never heard of, as well as compare what you thought you loved and get surprised by a new place.

The company grew from 2 people on staff to now 20. They have turned this idea, that started with a simple cookie, into a super fun business. Due to the immense feedback and enthusiasm of the community, they are now offering kits once a week. Each week is an element of surprise. It gives a feeling of you have got to buy it cause you don’t know what is going to be in it. Utah Taste Off is reinventing the food wheel every week.

What are some of the food items they’ve competed over the last year? Cheese, salsa, macarons, mac and cheese, hand pies, rice krispie treats, donuts, cinnamon rolls, cookies, BBQ, soup, and MORE!

There are 3 pick up days as well as several pick up locations. Wednesday before pick up is when the next taste off is announced. Pre-order Sunday-Monday. Pick up’s are Wednesday-Friday depending on where you are in the valley.

When Utah Taste Off started they were delivering, in the range of, an average 100 kits and not as often. Now they are preparing and selling an average of 600+ kits. Each kit is $45 for two people. Right now they are offering a week by week box pick up, however with the success of each week they are looking at a subscription schedule!

What is the best part of doing Utah Taste Off? Lacey said it is finding new businesses. Both big and small names.

If you haven’t done a box yet, we highly suggest getting the upcoming New Years “Best of” Taste Off. Follow them on Instagram and Facebook for the announcement.

Something else that is incredible about Utah Taste Off is that they have given over $200k dollars back to over 200 local businesses with their program.

We asked Lacey what the most interesting thing she has discovered about Utah has been. The uniqueness of Utah Mountains, desert, lakes, red rock and such a variety of things to do outdoors is what she loves about Utah the most. She said skiing, being at Lake Powell, all the things!

Visit Utah Taste Off on Instagram, all of their links are on Link Tree, and on Facebook to see what the upcoming boxes are, give away’s, and Utah Taste Off Asks!

The New Utah Podcast · 232 – Cheese Creamy

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Episode 231 Candy Cannons are not the Answer.

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.

The New Utah Podcast · 231 – Candy Cannon

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Episode 230 The New Left Utah Podcast Show

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.

The New Utah Podcast · 230 – Vote Utah

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Episode 229 No So Salty Saints Social Club

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 Sn owbird Oktoberfest Beard and Moustache Competition to donate to charity.

The Salty Saints are members of the North American Competitive Beard and Moustache Association and the World Beard and Moustache Association. Sadly the 2020 competition had to be rescheduled until 2022 but it will still be happening in Utah! One of the charities that they support is Wasatch Adaptive Sports.

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.

The New Utah Podcast · 229 – Stripper Names

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Episode 238 Shopping Cart Theory

Episode 237 Create the Thing. Sell the Thing.

Episode 236 The Betterment of the Collective

Episode 235 Local is Always First

Episode 234 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has arrived.

Episode 233 Say You Want a Revolution… a Gender Revolution

Episode 232 Reinventing the Food Wheel Every Week.

Episode 231 Candy Cannons are not the Answer.

Episode 230 The New Left Utah Podcast Show