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Episode 139 Snotty Folds

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Chris apologizes in advance for his nasty cold and snot filled everything during the show. Sadly our interview had to reschedule last notice, but we had plenty of Utah related things to discuss.

Sundance Film Festival is right now! Jess accidentally became an Indie Supporter of the festival in her fervor to buy tickets this year. Not a terrible mistake at all. If you are here for the festival and want to get away from the crowds in Park City, we discuss the many winter activities Utah has to offer. Thanks to the Provo Daily Herald for giving us an amazing list. The number of snow shoe trails and ice skating rings in Utah County is truly impressive.

We discuss the upcoming legislative session with our first dive into potential bills already set to be discussed in the session. Don’t worry, many many more will be coming. Representative Ben McAdams holds the first open town hall for the 4th district in years. He is met with a lot of questions about the shut down.

Utah has quite the colored history it turns out too. It turns out that in recent history our government has made huge boneheaded mistakes, like installing pumps in the Great Salt Lake. Jeremy asks the question “are the whales responsible for the floods of the 80’s?” We discuss some of the biggest blemishes in Utah’s history including the Japanese internment camp and Topaz Mountain and not one but two different massacres. There is more, but you have to listen to find out.

We wrap up the show with something amazing, that needs more attention that it gets. The Utah Cheese Awards, no that isn’t a mistake, there is actually an award competition for cheese made in Utah. We are on a mission to make sure more of the amazing cheese makers in Utah are included and participate. It turns out the FLDS folks in Southern Utah make some of the best cheeses (and the only of some types).

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Music By Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

Episode 86: Help! Our Trees are Budding!

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Climate change is real. It is January in Utah and today is suppose to be 60 degrees. Our trees are budding and we are hoping that our flowers don’t start to break through the soil.

We did a lot of restaurant chat this week. Jessica visited a new burger joint in Sugar House, which unfortunately is not local to Utah, but alas BGRSugarhouse was still tasty! Jessica really did appreciate that they cut their jalapenos length wise instead of just small slices and also that they are the only BGR on the west coast! Chris and Bre went to ChopFuku Asian and Sushi in Taylorsville (follow them on Instagram too). Jeremy was super bummed to find out Iggy’s isn’t carrying Wasatch Brewery Blueberry anymore. Another cool restaurant we talked about this week, and definitely need to visit, is Bhutan House Restaurant. Opened by a family who spent over 20 years in a refugee camp, they have made their restaurant a home in Sandy, Utah. KSL.com ran a story about the family and their journey. You can read that story by clicking HERE.

Sundance Film Festival starts this weekend. Are you heading up? If you haven’t gotten tickets, or you weren’t able to, download the Sundance app and check out the e-waitlist for opportunities to try to get them! If films aren’t your thing, but you love people watching and celebrity spotting, then head up to Park City this weekend when everything is bustling.  Also, if you can get a ticket, make sure to support local film, Quiet Heroes, about the struggle of having only one doctor available during the early AIDS/HIV crisis in Utah and her fight to save the population in Utah while everyone else turned their backs.

Chris schooled Jessica with a side-eye on BitCoin this week. Apparently it isn’t actual mining…

We’ve talked about other Utah Dark sky parks but did you know that Torrey, Utah is now one of only 18 dark sky communities in the WORLD? If you want the perfect place to see the stars and planets in Utah, besides Jessica’s house, then Torrey should be on your destination list!

 

Utah Legislature session starts on the 23rd! There are so far over 1200 bills that are filed. Some of the focus areas include medical marijuana, education, transportation, tax code, and the count my vote. Utah Business has a little more information on these issues, and we will be tracking progress over the next couple months. If you are passionate about an issue make sure you are calling your representative which you can find at le.utah.gov.

If you haven’t done so already, Wizarding Dayz tickets are available for the February 23rd-24th 2nd annual event! We had them on last year, check out episode 34 with creator Val Cameron!

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Music: Bootleggers Dance by local Utah Band Folk Hogan