This week’s write-up is by yours truly (aka Julia). We open up the episode by talking about pride month and announcing that the farmer’s markets start this weekend. Jeremy recounts his law chair building experience and reads us the poorly translated instruction manual from Harbor Freight. Julia has some embarrassing stories from her trip to Vegas- where she was not, in fact, celebrating her birthday.
We were met this week by Ogden’s Legacy Tattoo artist Sarah Arave. Sarah is a born-and-raised Utahn from the little city of Eden. Sarah used to take the bus to the nearest school every day, and it was 45 minutes each way.
Sarah began to disfigure people at the ripe age of 16 when her parents let her buy a stick and poke kit from Amazon. Some of her first tattoos were on her siblings (and she has to look at them for the rest of her life).
Sarah is about to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Weber State University, and plans to continue her tattoo career until retirement. We discuss the possibility of Chris getting a crucified space Jesus tattooed across his chest (Jeremy insists his nipples need to be the nails on the cross). Sarah also goes into detail about ween tattoos and how they are applied in the underground tunnels of 25th street.
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Hi everyone, it’s Julia doing my first writeup. This week’s episode opens with a riveting discussion about lawn mowers and dead birds, topped with some ‘great’ names for your chickens. We discuss some exciting things happening throughout Utah such as the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point and the Gourmet Market at The Monarch in Ogden.
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-The FanX Comic Convention will be returning to Salt Lake City this year on September 16-18th.
-The Vivint Arena has an extensive list of upcoming events including Justin Bieber (June 13th), Michael Buble (October 1st), Impractical Jokers (October 21st), and The Weeknd (March 1st, 2022).
-The Eccles Theater has a full schedule for the next two years with productions such as “Hamilton” (Dec 28-Jan 23) and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (June 14-19, 2022).
-The Maverik Center will be sporting Foreigner on July 30th.
–USANA Amphitheatre has artists all summer and fall such as Lindsey Stirling (July 10th), Backstreet Boys (August 5th), Maroon 5 (August 12th), and Kiss (September 22nd).
Mytrex
This week we interviewed Michael Bangerter who is the Response Center Director at Mytrex, Inc, also known as Rescue Alert. The company started in the 80’s when his father, Richard Bangerter, engineered an emergency phone number dialing machine for a college project. The invention took off and turned into the technology used today: Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS). Someone with a PERS simply has to press a button they wear around their neck or wrist during a medical emergency and an Emergency Medical Dispatcher will come over a speaker to give medical instructions while contacting the subscriber’s local authorities to send assistance. Mytrex has manufactured and distributed over 1 million units to various companies worldwide.
Michael tells about his personal accounts growing up in the business and watching his father take life-saving calls as an 8 year-old boy. He grew up to become in charge of all the dispatchers for the company’s two locations, South Jordan and St. George. Michael and Julia finish off the episode by sharing some scary, funny, and heartfelt accounts of dispatch calls they have taken.
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Episode 251 we had Paul Duane, Utah’s own Soul Anarchist, join us for a full episode! His name may ring a bell because he joined us for episode 211 last June to talk about a COVID photography project with Steve Conlin, or perhaps you have participated in one of his Sunday night burns. We wanted to deep dive a little bit more into Paul’s world. Since this episode is a plethora of topics, and Paul joined us for the whole show, his podcast and Libertarian journey is threaded throughout.
Photo by Jessica Richardson @sweetpjess
A reminder, pheromone’s are the best, porn is still a problem in Utah even with COVID, and South Park always gets it right.
Paul has been a local podcaster/presenter for 6+ years. After doing a stage show he decided to move his format to podcasting. Whether the topic is science, nylons, philosophy, or motorcycles they are full of heart and soul. We took a small dive into how Paul found Libertarian-ism and what it means to him. He says he isn’t a crazy Libertarian, phew… and we are okay with the day he is Libertarian king. Yea, you’ll have to listen for that one. Paul said he’s always loved personal freedom and he believes that everyone should have “control over their own destiny.” We see nothing wrong with that. He also mentioned it’s really about living life on your own terms, without encroaching on others, it’s very contextual.
Paul is also a local photographer, which we talked about in episode 211. You can find his work at www.soulanarchist.com Follow him on Instagram and Facebook for funny quips and his Sunday night burn. (kick those algorithms in the ass). Paul is also working on a book, Get Naked, which he has outlined on his website and you can follow along with the progress. We look forward to seeing this book come to fruition!
Paul told us the thing that is the most unique thing to Utah that he has noticed is the oddly high concentration of brilliant people that are here!
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I’m excited about this episode because we get to talk to Katie Matheson, the Communications Director of Alliance for a Better Utah, but before we talk about the great things the Alliance does, Jeremy tells us about the rat community stealing chicken food and compost. This past weekend, they grabbed a pellet gun and took care of eight of them with no end in sight! Chungus may be gone but he’s left quite the legacy.
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Chris took a lunch break to finally visit Dawgz N Leenks. They often set-up for lunch at Southtowne Volkswagen (yes, this is where we used to tell you to take Jessica socks and porn). Chris opinion is that he wishes he’d had a second and plans to make time to go back! Must’ve been yummy.
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Jessica is signed up to get her COVID vaccine and Chris is on the waiting list. The governor has announced they will open vaccinations to everyone starting April 1, 2021. Get yourself on a list because I suspect many of us won’t get an appointment right away.
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With the Utah State Legislature’s recent completion of the 2021 session, it’s apropos that we talk to the folks at Alliance for a Better Utah. Katie’s family has a long history of politics as she is related to the famous Matheson’s and to WW Phelps, who was the first speaker of the house. Katie is a native Utahn who was born in Provo but moved to NYC while she was still an infant. They moved back to SLC for a while before moving to California and New Jersey. New Jersey is where she found her husband and as they began to start a family, they decided Utah was the best place they could be.
Katie has a degree in music from Westminster Conservatory of Music and is a trained opera singer and used to sing at the Cathedral of the Madeline when she first moved back to Utah. After working in music for a while, Katie got her start in activism after she had a medical emergency and was without healthcare. Not only did she have to worry about her health, but now she had to worry about medical bills. She had always been interested in communications when an opportunity arose at the Alliance.
So, in December of 2017, Katie became the Communications Director and hasn’t looked back. She explains that the Alliance is there to project advocacy and pollical action by translating policies into everyday language that the average person can understand. The Alliance maintains a spreadsheet during the Legislative Session where you can go to track bills that have significant impact on the community. It’s through this tracker that they can call the community to action. Sometimes the flood of information provided is as much of a way to hide something as working behind closed doors. Katie says, “old legislative habits won’t translate into our future.”
We go on to discuss the independent redistricting commission and the Legislature’s own redistricting commission. We talk about the need for a full time Legislature and the fact that our citizen legislature lends itself to older white and wealthy people who can take 45 days out of their work schedule to serve. Katie says that a more dedicated Legislature would mean more thoughtful and less sloppy legislature because they wouldn’t be so rushed.
She reminded us that we have made changes and that we can’t let ourselves become apathetic. Katie says the most unique things about Utah are the landscape and the culture. She wants to specifically remind people that even though our elected officials tend to be more conservative they tend to be a little more understanding and not as far right as the rest of the country.
You can follow Alliance for a Better Utah on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram @BetterUtah. They just started on TickTock @BetterUtah
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This week, Josh Cameron joins us as a guest host. After an update on the Chungas the rat situation at the Gates home, and a quick Real Housewives of Salt Lake City recap, we dive into the 2021 Utah Legislative session. We talk about bills on the block to be voted on. From medical marijuana changes, to feminine hygiene taxation to working with the homeless, we cover it all. We dive into domestic violence for a bit, and talking about #metoo and trusting victims.
You can always stay informed by visiting le.utah.giv or BetterUtah.org. Both are free resources to know what is happening in your state and how you can be involved at a local level. Of course with Josh in tow, we cover a few national concerns, at least for a brief moment.
We also talk about Shaolin Nun Issue #2, from our friend JC Carter. There are still a few days to support a local comic book creator. We sure hope you all will.
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This episode of The New Utah Podcast is missing Jessica but has Jeremy’s sister, Holly filling in. We’re excited to have Holly with us for this episode because our Historically Significant Utah place is Saltair and if anyone knows how to party it up at a concert venue, it’s Holly!
Utah Geological Survey, 1984
Chris reports his findings for the great curry sampling we did through our friends at Utah Taste Off. These folks have a lot of fun tastings coming up so check them out on Instagram and sign up! Chris, Jeremy and I talk about our various home improvement projects and Holly updates us on her bout with COVID and her recent vaccination. Jeremy is a famous author, at least in his son’s middle school. Jonathan has enjoyed a month of fun when his dad’s book is named as book of the month.
As I mentioned we talk about the spectacular and tragic history of Saltair. It was first built at the end of the 1800’s as an amusement park and a wholesome destination for dates and families. Owned and developed by the LDS Church it was the place to be until the first fire. Yup, there have been three fires in the history of Saltair but that doesn’t keep the place down. It’s now been resurrected as an event and concert venue. In that vein, we discuss Utah’s other amusement parks, event centers and concert venues.
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We were so excited to finally be able to sit down with Utah therapist for episode 247, Jessie Shepherd of Blue Clover Therapy, host of The Morning Struggle Podcast, and author of four books about different types of metal health. Scheduling a therapist to be on a podcast is as difficult as scheduling to go to the therapist!
Jessie is born and raised in Utah. She loved the idea of medicine, but without going to medical school, so the next best thing was becoming an EMT/EMS first responder. She decided she enjoyed mental health calls and decided after 6 years of being on the bus she headed off to go to school to become a therapist. Jessie told us that part of the joy of being on the bus was to see the amazing part of humanity, even though she also had to see the bad things as well. Jessie did her studies through the University of Utah.
We wanted to highlight her amazing bio, to get a feel what she does for her clients, Jessie Shepherd, MA, LCMHC is a Mental Health Counselor in Utah. She has a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Utah. Her focus is treating trauma and adjustment issues in young adults, adolescents, children and their families. She utilizes Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Play Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Neurological Feedback. She also works with performance anxiety and performance enhancement using EMDR and Neurological Feedback.
Jessie wanted to work with people with border line personality of all ages and was able after years to open her own practice, Blue Clover Therapy. Her focus is trauma which is all wrapped up with anxiety, depression, and behavioral issues that there is no shortage of situations to be addressed. There are a handful of practicing therapists at Blue Clover in addition to Jessie.
We have now been in a pandemic situation for a year. We wanted to know how people are managing their distress during COVID. Jessie told us that people didn’t understand what it would be like to be so isolated over the last year. She said, “it is sad to see how people are coping.” She mentioned that it is important to recognize there are two stresses happening during this past year and how it’s effecting us. One is direct stress such as businesses shutting down, kids not going to school, things that you’ll talk about in a direct conversation. Then there is passive stress, the ones that are highly ignored. Media use is part of the passive stress, as well as day to day distresses, things like remembering to wear a mask day to day. Jessie gave us some stellar coping tips. We have to be mindful about how we actually feel. Numbing behaviors should be avoided and minimal. These include doom scrolling, Candy Crush, eating, to name a few. We have to recognize when we are doing them. Some of the other things we can do right now, and in life, is talk to your pets, scream out loud, record how you are feeling, journal it, and take a step back and get away to reground one’s self . It’s important, and imperative. Jessie mentioned that it’s easy to get caught up, it’s important to step back.
What about finding a therapist? What are modalities? Such as cognitive, EMDR, etc. Jessie says that it’s important to ask questions on your first visit of what you are looking for because you have to be comfortable with who you are asking to hold space for you. It’s a relationship. You want good boundaries and you are comfortable being there an hour a week. We were also happy with having Jessie step on a soap box about insurance and mental health.
Next life that Jessie lives is as a podcaster for the Morning Struggle Podcast. We wanted to know how Jessie got into podcasting. She told us that her first venture was a show with local celeb, Jackson Carter, doing the Get Yourself Together Podcast. Then her and her husband started the Morning Struggle Podcast. She said about once a week there would be a conversation about something her husband would want to improve and it turned into the Morning Struggle Podcast. It’s about specific habits that people have, then breaking it down, and create an action plan for the habit.
Jessie told us that the thing that she’s found in Utah that she thinks is unique or interesting is some people think Utahn’s are a little weird. We are all right, just diverse. She also spends a lot of time outdoors and being able to be outdoors enriches our lives. We couldn’t agree more!
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Episode 246 brought to you by the color red, the letter J, and the number 7. This week we talk with special guest John “Jarvis” DJ/FX Designer for Evermore.
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Jarvis grew up in Kearns ‘GO Cougars.’ He then went directly into radio marketing and promotions. “The intersection of radio…the people who get things done” is where he wanted to be.
Parallel to his radio career Jarvis has been DJ’ing since he was about 16. DJ’ing has given him the opportunity to work in many exciting markets. From New York to California, to Louisiana you can hear Jarvis’s mix lists on the air. Jarvis has also done many live shows through the western united states and even Tijuana Mexico. ‘Touring as a DJ is really, really exciting’….
Jarvis recently took over as the FX Designer for the Evermore Park in Pleasant Grove. A call out of the blue from Evermore’s owners has opened a whole new chapter in his life. From lighting effects to set design Jarvis was hired to ‘Create Magic and disbelief left and right”.
Reach out to Jarvis if you would like him to DJ your funeral, swingers, and birthday party’s. You can find him on Facebook, his website, and Instagram.
We recap the lackluster Super Bowl, we talk about dirty pollution snow, and Jess fills us in on the season finale of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
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Episode 245 is all about food. No seriously, we didn’t really spend any time on other things. We started with Food Tucks of Salt Lake City, but quickly moved on to former Chow Truck worker and owner, Chef J Looney. He is a self proclaim culinary evangelist and has the business and website to prove it.
We talk about his love of food and how it all started with his father doing institutional food work as the food services director for LDS Hospital when he was younger. No joke, Chef Looney fell in love with hospital cafeteria food and is now a self taught private chef.
From his church sponsored vacation to Argentina as a young lad, Chef Looney really wanted people to understand the cultural aspects of food. We really dive into ethnic cuisine and the fusions that those things create. We talk about the diverse food culture in the state of Utah as well.
(Kathy Stephenson, Salt Lake Tribune)
We talk about Ethiopian food in big detail. Chef tells us that Utah has a number of great Ethiopian places to eat and things people should try that spicy food. But we also have a large Vietnamese population and the diversity doesn’t stop there. In fact, Salt Lake may have a more diverse food scene than most major cities in the United States.
It is interesting that America is one of the few countries in the world that don’t eat clean naturally. That is part of what has inspired the chef to go private and do meal planning and private meal prep for a select number of VIP clients through his new business. Eating local and eating clean is the responsible thing to do.
If you don’t leave the episode hungry and wanting to try something new, then I’m not sure you were listening to the correct show.
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Episode 244 we talked to Mike Christensen who is Founder and Executive Director of Utah Rail Passengers Association. URPA is a not for profit that works toward advocacy and education to make people aware of transportation issues.
Mike was born in the East Bay in California but when his parents divorced, he moved to Malad, Idaho at the tender age of 10. Mike calls Malad ‘Home to the Utah Lottery’ because it’s so close to the border. Malad is a really small town and they had to travel to Pocatello, Idaho or Logan, Utah for anything more than groceries and basic healthcare. Anything special required a trip.
Mike went to Rick’s College, now known as BYU Idaho and received his associated degree, then he transferred to BYU in Provo and received his bachelor’s degree in geography. He made maps and managed data with that degree but as that became more automated, Mike went back to school and obtained his master’s degree in City and Metro Planning. His degree inspiration: two trips to Germany. One was as a high school exchange student and one was as an LDS missionary.
Once he had his degree, he was ready to research how Utah can better their public transportation and one of his case studies during his master’s degree program was DayBreak’s adherence to new urbanism. His class gave them a C- (which Chris thinks is generous). Mike goes on to explain that the population density of the area is not enough to support corner markets and people end up having to drive to the store, which defeats the purpose DayBreak was built for.
Listen to our interview with Mike to hear some of his ideas, some of our ideas and plans he has for the future of rail lines in Utah that could make it easier to travel to other states!
Mike’s has two interesting things about Utah:
Utah has a toll road in South Ogden called the Adams Avenue Parkway and it’s 1.6 miles long. The road connects I84 with US Route 89.
Utah has a Ferry at Lake Powell. It is a refurbished ferry formerly known as the Charles Hall Ferry and it goes between Bullfrog and Hall’s Crossing Marina’s. the drive from one Marina to the other is considered part of SR276. The ferry makes a 90-minute drive a 15–18-minute ride.
You can find out more about the Utah Rail Passengers Association at www.utahrpa.org or contact mike at mike@utahrpa.org. Mike is active on Twitter: @mrc_slc
This month also marks our new feature on historically significant locations in Utah. Our first feature is Topaz Relocation Camp.
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