Episode 310 – Cockblaster 9000

This episode we talk about the passing of a true Utah activist to start the show. A former guest, Psarah Johnson, was a true social warrior. She was almost always found at the center of any social justice movement for women, the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. If you ever had the pleasure of meeting her or working with her, you knew she believed in what she fought for, and never let anything get her down without a damn good reason.

We also find out Bre has yet another sister out in the world. A very different store with this one and for now, we aren’t giving too many details, but suffice to say, we question how many more there may be for sure.

We also talk a lot about the existing Utah drought, and the levels of the reservoirs around the west. Lake Mead in particular has been so low, that all manner of things are being found, including bodies inside of barrels from the 70s and 80s. We urge everyone to cut back on their watering this year, and talk about how dead our lawns will be too. Plus we get a bee update from Jeremy.

The heart of the episode though is spent talking with Valerie Trujillo, the owner and creator of Tru Creations Crochet, a local crochet artist that makes clothes and all manner of fun crochet oddities. Her instagram is full of all the things she makes. She was even outside the studio, finishing the top she wore in studio.

While her clothes are fantastic, I can’t get over all the other stuff she makes personally. From butts, to penises, to baby Gorgus, she is extremely talented. She does it all as a hobby, when she is just sitting around. She takes custom orders, and clearly nothing is off the table. We really enjoyed talking to her and hope you enjoy listening.

The New Utah Podcast · 310 – Cockblaster 9000

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Episode 309 – Liger Facts

Hey Kids, it’s the last week of the month and you all know that means, Utah Adventure Week!! This week we visit the lovely Utah Hogle Zoo. But first, Julia regales us with stories of her adventures in North Carolina. She visits Carowinds theme park, the North Carolina Zoo and avoids those pesky time share folks. Peobe the podcast mascot has surgery, and Chris sounds like Barry White due to spring allergies. We get caught up on bees, gardens, and the new ‘Jump’ by Limitless flight in Bluffdale… spoiler alert it sounds AMAZING! It’s a virtual base jump experience brought to you by the creative minds who helped develop the Void. They open early in May 2022 (so anytime now). Located at 4725 South Porter Rockwell Blvd, Bluffdale, Utah 84065. Follow the link to their website and read all about the upcoming experience.

This week however is dedicated to the Uthah’s Zoo, located at 2600 Sunnyside Ave S, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 (the mouth of Emigration Canyon)

The history of Hogle Zoo began in Liberty Park 1911 with a cage of monkeys and later a deer for the exhibit. This humble collection of animals actually inspired local Salt Lake residence to being a zoo, and In 1912 the zoo expanded to 16 various animals and in 1913 the zoo added over 100 rabbits. In 1916 the zoo makes its first big purchase with Princess Alice the 31-year-old Asian Elephant (named after Theadore Roosevelts daughter Alice). Although an amazing addition to the zoo Alice kept escaping and wandering around the 7^th east area. This began the search for a more permanent location for the zoo.

In 1931 Mr. and Mrs. James Hogle donate a parcel of land at the mouth of Emigration Canyon which is where todays Holge zoo is located. Please listen to the episode for the full history and lots of interested stories about the zoo in its younger days.

When the podcast crew arrived at the zoo it was snowing (YES) snowing. You have to love this crazy Utah weather.

We were all actually very surprised with all the updates the zoo has made over the past few years. The animal habitats are vastly improved, there are multiple food courts and quick dining locations throughout the facility. The animal habitats have been updated, like the seal and sealion exhibit…you could look down on the water as well as going into the building and seeing the exhibit from under water.

Being a colder day most of the large animals were sleeping but we still had a good time watching them. Bre’s favorite animals were the sand cats, seeing these wild cats really helps you get a sense for where our domestic house cats came from.

We also had a good time recreating the famous lion water fountain photo, Only Jonathan has kind of outgrown it.

Some of our other favorite animals were the Elephants, Gorillas, lions, and Sealions.

We all give Hogle Zoo an enthusiastic thumbs up. This has been one of our favorite Utah adventure sites so far. Do you and your family a favor and go support the Utah Hogle Zoo. Make an afternoon of it and you will be glad you did.

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Episode 307 – Furry Pron

This time it’s really a Prime episode! So, not common, but not so unusual either, Utah had a small blizzard on the 11th. The wind was so strong, it threw one of Jeremy’s compost boxes across his yard! Additionally, the bees arrived on the 11^th and luckily the bees are protecting their queen. Regular bee updates will be part of the next several episodes. We discuss the problems that a snowstorm this late in the season can cause, including damage to Chris’ garden since he’s already planted the entire thing.

*Meditations on Pollination – WordPress.com*

Julia announced that her brick and mortar for The Pleiadian Altar will be opening June 11^thand 12^th. She’ll begin to have regular hours, so plan on patronizing her budding business.

This week we are interviewing Allie Gore from Lunasea. This lovely person was born here in Salt Lake City. They have always loved art and it was encouraged first by a great elementary school teacher. Like Julia, Allie went to Weber State University for a degree in art education, but soon realized that world wasn’t for them. They definitely still had a love of art but not to teach it, do produce it.

After a bad breakup in January of 2021, they found the Ogden art community through involvement in the Odgen Farmers Market. Allie does a lot of Pride themed work to help others in their queer community. Allie’s family has been very accepting of them.

Their art is digital and influenced by animation and anime. Allie isn’t your normal anime fan, they are looking at the artwork and the style because that is their passion! They tell us their inspiration comes from media consumed and from that comes art prints, stickers and buttons!

Allie thinks one of the best things she’s discovered about Utah is the art and vendor community and how much she loves being a part of it. Please follow Allie in Instagram at lunasea.art.

In closing, because it’s near and dear to my heart, if you can, please adopt a dog. The doggos adopted at the beginning of the pandemic when everyone was stuck at home, are finding themselves in shelters now that they are in their teenage years and their families are back at work and school. We’re a huge fan of CAWS because we found Phoebe Rose there but Rescue Rovers, www.utah.bestfriends.org, and your local Humane Society are good places, too. There are many, many others. Make sure they are reputable and then take your new baby to Kudos 2 Kanines so you and your pet are the best family ever!

The New Utah Podcast · 307 – Furry Pron

Episode 305 – Poop Shoot Shoot

Hey there loyal followers believe it or not the month of March has just about come to end and that means it’s Utah Adventure week.

First thing first, we start off this episode talking about Julias new shop. The Pleiadian Alter has finally found a home in the Murray area (next to Wheeler Historic Farm). Stay tuned for the address and opening date coming soon.

Bre has an exciting colonoscopy story, thus the Poop Shoot, Shoot! Chris and Jeremy give us a gardening update. We get the rundown on the USMNT & the upcoming World Cup. In a funny twist of fate Jeremy goes to Dancing With the Stars Live. “At least the music was good.”

But let’s get to the meat and potatoes of this episode, ‘The Leonardo’ an interactive museum in Downtown SLC. Located at 209 East 500 South Library Square. Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. Currently the main exhibit is all about flight. It was originally installed in 2016 and has run for 6 years with little to no updates. They are currently running the Van Gough 360 experience but at a staggering $30 per person we opted to go through the general admission experience.

We all agree that if you are a school age child going to the Leonardo for a field trip (with a museum guide) it would probably be a blast. Some of the exciting things they have are an actual A C-131 cargo plane you can sit in. You can push the knobs and pretend to fly the plane….upon exiting there is a twisty slide going out the rear of the plane. They also have a Soviet made MiG-21 that flew in the Polish Air Force hanging from the ceiling.

When you enter the main exhibit, you go through the ‘Tunnel of Dreams’ and illuminated arch with hand drawn blueprint like objects depicting early concepts of flight. At the end of the tunnel is the re-creation of a 1969 living room the children watching the moon landing.

They have Colonel Scott Nowlin’s flight suit along with Senators Jake Garns payload suit from his 1985 trip to space.

Unfortunately, this 6-year-old exhibit is in desperate need of updating, repair, and some basic interpretation. There is little to no instruction on the exhibits and the staff seemed short handed the day we were there. Had one of the staff members not stumbled upon us and pointed out how some of the exhibits worked we would have never known what we were looking at. For example, they have a plane engine that you can move and see how the parts work, but with no instruction one would never figure it out on their own.

There are lots of interactive stations, with no explanation as to what they are or what you are supposed to do. The second floor was not much better. The exhibit on black history of flight had some cool pictures but little to no explanation for any of it. The xray room was cool but made no sense and had no explanation as to what it was or why it was there.

We did find the interactive art studio. They had clay and small area where you could make squares for the museum’s patchwork quilt.

We really love Utah, and we want to love the Leonardo, but to be honest it was a lackluster experience and even though we only paid $5.00 to get in that almost felt like a rip-off. In conclusion, if you were already downtown and had an hour to kill, the $5.00 might be worth it. You kids will LOVE going there for a field trip, but if you are planning on taking the family there for the day….go to the Clark Planetarium a few blocks away, it was free to get in and they have lots more to see and do. Perhaps the Van Gogh 360 was amazing, but once again for $30 a person we just didn’t feel like it was worth it.

We sincerely hope the Leonardo will update their exhibits and once again give us a reason to be excited to attend.

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Episode 303 – Robert Brownie Jr

Meet Molly Kohrman, founder and head chef at Brownies Brownies Brownies! a local baker and you guessed it, brownie specialist. Molly is from the east coast, Philadelphia to be precise, and came to Utah, following the rest of her family moving here. Molly is a strong supporter of the community and a great inspirational local Utah business woman.

In talking to Molly we were all shocked at how she started her business here in Utah. She tells us all about how she got into baking and a love of brownies of course, but it is the actual adventure in starting a business that is worth hearing about. She spent a lot of time prior to starting, getting help from a wealth of amazing small business resources available for free in the state of Utah. From the Utah Small Business Development Center to the Women’s Business Center of Utah, to the public library, she talks us through all the resources she had available to get started the right way. Needless to say Chris and Jeremy wished they knew of such resources.

Molly is also a strong community advocate. She has helped give back in numerous ways through the years she has been in business. She tells us a lot about the community fund raisers she does during the show. We also get to hear about how she likes to collaborate with other businesses since Utah is such a loving business community.

Of course no show about brownies would be complete without talking about the brownies themselves, and we do a lot of that. From Molly’s favorites, to how she decides what to make to our suggestions, and we all leave very hungry.

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Episode 277 – BOTOX!

Welcome to the show, this is Jeremy! This week we had the pleasure of talking to our friend Aerial Turner. Also known as Injector Aerial (check out her Instagram)

Aerial was born in the great land of Bakersfield California, but at a young age her family migrated to the Salt Lake Valley. Aerial grew up in West Jordan and then went on to get her bachelor’s degree in Biology and then became a Registered Nurse. After discovering the many benefits of Botox (due to jaw issues) Aerial decided Botox was what she wanted to pursue. She received her Medical Aesthetic Certification form Injectolody in Draper Utah.

To quote Aerial’s professional Bio “She worked under the supervision and direction of NP Jen Aargon at the Wellness Clinic in Saratoga Springs and DMD Theurer at Sugar House Dentists in SLC. Aerial specializes in facial restoration providing patient’s an overall natural and youthful appearance using non-surgical injections to restore desired results, helping patient’s feel and look like the best version of themselves.”

Areial works at the Utah Body & Soul Clinic In Holladay, Utah where you can book appointments and see her work firsthand.

Over the course of the interview, we talked about the many uses for Botox, besides the usual helping with wrinkles, filling lips, and giving you a youthful glow… It can also be used to treat people with chronic migraines, it can help with jaw, and other oral related issues. Ariel suggests always going to a trained professional and NOT doing a ‘DIY’ Botox Party in your basement…

We also discussed many of the other procedures you can have at the Utah Body & Soul Clinic including but not limited to Injectables, CoolSculpting, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Chemical Peels, Laser Services, Massage, Waxing, etc. etc.

Aerial is such a fun person to be around, so do yourself a favor and talk to her about the benefits of (PROPER) Botox as well as the other services she helps provide.

The New Utah Podcast · 277 – Botox!

Episode 252 – Pea Talk

This week on The New Utah Podcast, Bre writes a half-assed blog for TNUP, Jessica is missing from the podcast because she’s doing her side gig (working on cakes, for those new to our podcast).

Chris and I have been out a about a bit during COVID but haven’t really made time to go on a date, so we had a night out starting with dinner at Sapa and ending with games at Dave & Busters. This says it all, there was a line at least 20 deep waiting to get in when they opened at 5pm and it was still there when we left at 6:30pm. Totally worth the wait and as a bonus, Fillings and Emulsions provides desserts!

Jeremy provides the first Urban Farming update of the season. Apparently, it’s time to plant your potatoes, peas, and other root vegetables. Get your little plot ready and head to IFA for seeds!

Our guest this week is Wendi Pettett, formerly of Preservation Utah (Episode 175 – 10/1/2019) and now working on her own podcast, Demolished Salt Lake. After Wendi was laid off from Preservation Utah because of COVID, she ran across a Twitter account for Demolished Chicago and decide Utah needed one. With her background from Preservation Utah, she started an Instagram where she put up pictures of great historic buildings that have been demolished and told a little story. With the time put into research and the popularity of them, a podcast was her next step.

Salt Lake Tribune file photo The Bransford Apartments Building in Salt Lake City, 1946

Wendi’s first episode is her favorite so far. She focused on Bransford Apartments. She finds many of the buildings she talks about through the Utah State Archives. Since her podcast is research based, she keeps it short and simple. Her podcasts are interesting stories about interesting buildings that have been torn down.

As a side project to her side project, Wendi is helping with the Save the Pantages Theatre Campaign. Its currently city owned, and the city is giving it to Hines. They want to tear it down and use the land for condos, but Save The Pantages Theatre wants to restore it and use it as a movie theater similar to the Egyptian.

You can find Wendi on Facebook at Demolished Salt Lake Podcast, on Twitter at @demolishedslpod and Instagram @demolishedsaltlakepodcast. Her episodes are about 20 minutes long and come out about every two weeks.

The New Utah Podcast · 252 – Brought to you by the letter F

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