There is a bit of local catching up to do this week. Real Salt Lake made the MLS playoffs, barely and with some help from other teams, but hey, that’s what started their only MLS Championship winning run too. Of course 2009 was very different from 2021. Jeremy tells us about a new bar in Riverton, big news for a town full of Chili’s. I don’t think he will be a customer though.

Also the group talks at length about at home medical testing, it’s ties to Covid and why we can’t do more tests, like Rapid Strep at home. And then comes the discussion about the ridiculous Utah State Legislature, once again bucking what the public has voted for, and instead of using independent redistricting maps, has decided to once again Gerrymander the borders to keep Republicans in power. It’s honestly a shame, and we all feel like there isn’t much the public can do about it, mormon Jesus knows they tried.

The meat of the show is devoted to Emma Archuleta (no relation). Emma is a local industrial glass blower and all around nice person. We find out a lot about how and where she grew up, and how she got into glass blowing.

We get to dive deep into a lot of things in an industrial glass blowing shop. From the amazing lathe, to the Hydrogen/Oxygen welding and torches they use. Sorry, this isn’t your artistic glass blowing location with a glory hole. And yes glory hole is the actual name of the furnace artistic glass blowers put the glass in to heat it.

We also talk about the safety involved. With so much heat, tanks of flammable and explosive gases nearby and even super dangerous acids, the shop is a really serious environment. She has truly found her love though, so early in life. She is even helping make glass jewelry with her coworker.

This really is a run conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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