Episode 243 Pass the Zima wine guy!

Jessica here with your weekly recap!

Episode 243 wine coolers are coming back. Don’t believe us, listen to our guest Jim Santangelo!

Jim was born and raised in upstate New York. Once college hit he made his way around the country, settling for a bit in California, and eventually ending up in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah. It was the snow that really brought him to Utah.

While studying behavioral sciences at the University of Utah, Jim fell in love with hospitality when he took a job at Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City. He found himself intrigued at the relationships and interactions between people their wine experience. It was after leaving Stein and making his way down to the Manhattan, in downtown Salt Lake, that he started to find a bigger passion for the wine industry. Life took him to Atlantic City where he honed his craft and became a sommelier. Fast forward to starting the Wine Academy of Utah.

It’s about as legit as it comes as a recognized wine academy.

Jim educates our listeners (and us) on sulfites in wine, corks and screw tops, and wine in a can. The difference between having a composite cork, a rubber cork, and a screw top and how it effects the life of your wine. Some other tips, if you’re aging wine, keep it on it’s side, rotate a quarter turn a few times a year, and keep in constant temperature, keep out of strong vibration, and sunlight.

Does Utah grow grapes? Yes. One. All the Utah wineries are not sourcing their grapes from one space. They actually outsource from places like Washington, Oregon, California, etc.! What are some of Utah’s wineries? Iron Gate *IG* winery in Cedar City has an incredible wine bar. They source their fruits from Utah. They also do import some from California. Old Town Cellars *OTC* has great retail and property in Park City. The bring in grapes from Washington and Oregon and they are a wine drinkers wine… then Jim said the words La Caille… yes, we all laughed. They grow their own grapes at La Caille as well as sourcing from California. There are incredible wine programs in Utah like BTG, Caffé Molise, Shallow Shaft up by Alta and Snowbird. There even is The Utah Wine Festival which was created in 2019 to showcase the diversity of wines in Utah!

The Wine Academy of Utah offers academy grade courses, local tastings, and continuing education at the University of Utah. During times of COVID things have been slowed down however Jim has found a way to keep classes and tastings safe. Each year the Wine Academy of Utah releases their own list of wines that are available in the State Wine Stores that are on the Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2020, you can read their most current list on their website. Everything that Jim does is education based, sounds serious, right? Well of course it is entertaining too because if you’re in the room with Jim, it’s pretty much inevitable fun will be had.

Jim said that the thing that is the most interesting/unique thing that he has found in Utah is the people.

You can find Jim for tastings and classes on his website, Instagram or Twitter, and Facebook. Every other Friday he appears on X96, and once a month he takes listener questions.

The New Utah Podcast · 243 – Utah Wine

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Episode 240 City Weekly Best of Utah 2020 Part 2

We finish up the year with our final famous Utahn. What better way to finish the year than with Larry Miller.

It’s time to go through the food part of City Weekly Best of Utah 2020. Chris says, he loves Moochie’s but “you can’t make meatballs that big and make a successful sandwich.”

The link to follow along with our food journey on City Weekly’s website. We highly recommend, in midst of the pandemic, to go through this guide and support these local businesses. If you aren’t comfortable going to a restaurant, order to go food! We need these businesses, they shape our community, and they employee our citizens.

The New Utah Podcast · 240 – Best of Utah Food 2020

Episode 239 City Weekly Best Of Utah 2020 Recap Part One

**This episode may have some triggering conversation about suicide at the beginning, Jessica was worried about her roommate. Update he is fine!**

Every year we take liberties with City Weekly’s annual Best of Utah issue and do a recap of some of our favorites that may have been missed. Think of it as like Mystery 3k but podcast and for a magazine. We always end up wondering if people really love La Caille. Does anyone want to pay for us to go so we can make a best determination if it should continue to be voted on? We promise to reenact the scene from Dumb and Dumber.

With many incredible Utah owned businesses, we find ourselves perplexed why the same 3 are appearing every single year in the same categories. Utahn’s, step outside your comfort zone and try something new! A huge thank you to the Saltas family for doing such an incredible job keeping their heads above water during this year. We appreciate you.

Follow along with us on City Weekly’s website.

*we miss editor Enrique Limon*

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The New Utah Podcast · 239 – Best of Utah 2020 Part 1

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

Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

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

Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

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

Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

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

Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

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

Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

Episode 158 Giving Women Choices

It’s June again and the juggling pirate is back. Jessica talks about how over-crowded Pride was on Saturday, Bre has an unfortunate sunburn, Chris replaced his destroyed cucumber plants, and Jeremy complains that we can’t be adults in Utah and order cigars from out of state.

We’re excited that there is a stay for reducing the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante. We can only hope that the folks who want to help mine the resources from the area are voted out before this is out of the courts and the reduction decision will be reversed. Also, our poor farmers are really getting hurt by the tariffs Trump is threatening and we will start seeing a rise in products any minute now! Tariff = Tax.

We were really excited for this episode because we get to speak with Katrina Barker with Planned Parenthood of Utah. Katrina is the Communications and Marketing Manager and took time out of her busy schedule to talk to us about all the wonderful things PP does for this state and across the country. She was born in Utah but grew up on Ohio and returned to Utah to attend BYU on a full scholarship. We’re lucky because even though Katrina went to school here, she left again but came back to stay! She has been with PP for three years and is passionate about their mission.

Of all the services Planned Parenthood provides, abortion is only 1-2% of that. The organization is really set on keeping our populace healthy by providing affordable healthcare options such birth control, STI/STD testing and treatment, pelvic exams, cervical cancer screenings, vasectomies, etcetera. In Katrina’s words, Planned Parenthood wants you to be your “best healthy self in all your reproductive choices.”

There are eight Planned Parenthood clinics in Utah and only one performs abortions (there are only two abortion clinics in Utah and they are both in Salt Lake). It is a dedicated space with highly trained professionals who will work with you as you try to navigate Utah’s strange laws while you are making a stressful life decision. The clinic is private and discrete. Planned Parenthood receives referrals from other facilities when something has gone wrong with the pregnancy and it is unhealthy to let the pregnancy continue.

In Utah, it is against the law for any state agency to provide birth control to minors without parental consent and because Planned Parenthood is not a state agency and are a Title X organization. Title X is the National Family Planning Program and is funded by the federal government. Title X reproductive healthcare providers are funded in order to help with family planning. Planned Parenthood of Utah is the only Title X reproductive healthcare provider in Utah. Under Title X, Planned Parenthood is required to provide contraceptives to teenagers if they request it, with or without parental consent. As much as parents may want to deny it, teenagers have sex and STI/STD rates are rising among their populace. When kids are taught sex education, statistics show they usually delay sexual activity. Remember folks: Sex education does not teach you how to have sex, it just teaches you how to be safe and how to be prepared.

As we discussed sex education with Katrina, she reminded us that CONSENT EDUCATION is just as important and yet another service that Planned Parenthood provides. Along with consent they are taught about health relationships. Planned Parenthood has been approved as the sex education providers in some school districts.

In addition, Planned Parenthood of Utah has a program called Teen Council. High school students in 10^th-12^th grade, apply and are trained to be a peer sex educator. They teach classes and can be a great resource for the questions and concerns of their peers without stigma or fear of being judged by an adult.

We contacted Katrina six months ago to be on the show but she was in the middle of the preparing for, and then working through, our 45 day legislative session. Utah is one of many conservative states trying to pass really constrictive abortion laws in order to bring a case before the Supreme Court to attempt to overturn Roe v Wade while we it is majority conservative. We learned about TRAP laws. What is a TRAP law you say? They are Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers. Basically laws that are slowly chipping away at the abortion laws that decrease access to abortion. Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit to block the new Utah law as being unconstitutional. Katrina goes over the requirements Utah already has in place before a person can get an abortion in Utah. A study done by California on our Utah laws found out that the waiting period and education does stop a person from getting an abortion.

Planned Parenthood can help those without insurance but they also take insurance. They provide professional, compassionate and non-judgmental care. You can often get in to see a healthcare professional faster than your regular OB/GYN or primary care physician. To find out what services Planned Parenthood provides or to get answers to your questions, go to https://www.plannedparenthood.org/ or (800) 230-PLAN. You can also find your local Planned Parenthood and make an appointment but they accept walk-ins! There are many ways to volunteer for Planned Parenthood, including help with lobbying and supporting pro-Planned Parenthood candidates.

You can follow Planned Parenthood Action Council of Utah on their Facebook and Instagram.

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Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

Episode 157 Being a Walking Stereotype

Sometimes you meet people in life and you just know they are going to do things to change the world. Episode 157 we were joined by 18 year-old activist and poet, Saida Dahir, and she is going to be doing just that!

Saida has been public speaking since she was 12 and has found her niche in her circle of friends and in the activist community. As a founding member of the Utah chapter of March for our Lives, she went viral after reading one of her poems on the steps of the capitol. After she found out about the shooting in Parkland, Florida she knew she needed to be involved. Saida has also been involved with organizations such as Black Lives Matter and with DACA. Hearing her talk about being a Walking Stereotype, that is what her friends call her, shows that she knows what she has to fight for in addition to many other important causes.

A little short bio of Saida (Say-ee-dah) she was born in Africa in Kenya while her family was in a refugee camp. Her family, from Somalia, was in a refugee camp in Kenya because of the civil war and after a few years they finally granted refuge. At the age of 3 her family immigrated to Utah. Yes, we did ask her why Utah and she answered that for us, but you’ll just have to listen below! Saida has been writing poetry since she was 7 and it is giving her a unique and powerful platform. As a black, Muslim, immigrant woman, you can see why her friends call her the walking stereotype.

Is it hard being a teenager/young adult and fighting for something? You bet it is! You have to find friends that will stand by you and you have to hold your composure and hope you are heard when you are standing among adults. We wanted to know how Saida picks the causes which she stands for. She kindly reminded us that injustices vary from person to person. Saida told us that social media is the reason that people are standing up for the things they are standing up for, and how it gives everyone an equal playing field. Saida told us that speaking to people and trying to get them to hear her is broken down into three categories:

The people that are on her side. These are the ones sticking up for the same cause. The ones that are always listening and agreeing.
The iffy bunch. This is the most important group. This is the group that might be undecided but has the most chance of being educated and the ones she really wants to give her time to.
The would never’s. This is the group that no one should waste their energy on. Stick with the iffy’s.

Now that this strong, well spoken lady has graduated high school this year, her journey is going to take her to “the mecca” aka UC Berkley where she will study political science and law. We look forward to following her journey. You can follow her on her website she is building, Walking Stereotype. You can also follow her on Instagram, YouTube, and on Twitter. Her album of poetry will be released through Little Village Foundation.

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Episode 243 Pass the Zima wine guy!

Episode 240 City Weekly Best of Utah 2020 Part 2

Episode 239 City Weekly Best Of Utah 2020 Recap Part One

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 157 Being a Walking Stereotype