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Episode 149 Utah Cheese Awards

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Episode 149 we were joined by founder of the Utah Cheese awards and the upcoming Salt Lake Cheese Festival, Steve Jerman. We wanted to find out how in the world Steve came up with the idea of starting the cheese awards and what way they are going in the future!

Steve started at a very young age as an artist. Exploring all kinds of mediums, he eventually found himself touring the country with the Grateful Dead, creating “fan art” that made it’s way around the country with Dead-head’s, to spending a brief moment in the art world in NYC, creating a briefly successful clothing line, to being an apprentice at Utah’s very own, Rockhill Creamery.

Steve has such a passion for Rockhill Creamery. He let us know that he was drawn to their facility because they were doing things that other creameries were not doing. Fast forward to the end of Steve’s time at Rockhill, he decided that Utah needed something it was missing… Cheese Awards! Steve has taken the last two and a half years to build relationships with local creameries and hold the first two award ceremonies. Utah has such a delicious group of creameries creating cheese such as The Creamery/Cache Valley Cheese (aka Beaver cheese), Caputo’s Cheese Cave, Gossner Cheese, Rockhill Creamery, Heber Valley Cheese, Beehive Cheese, Finney Farm, and Park City Creamery just to name a very small handful of cheese makers! If you know a local creamery you love, make sure they know about the Utah Cheese Awards! We want this to keep growing! We mean, come on, last years winner of multiple categories is a delicious creamery, Finney Farm, in Hildale!

The last two years have been successful with the cheese awards that Steve found out that Salt Lake offers grants, he applied, and this summer Salt Lake City will experience a cheese festival! Steve is taking entries for the Utah Cheese Awards until May 1st for both cheese and items that would be served on a cheese plate (think nuts, sauce, bread, honey, etc.) Then join Steve and Salt Lake City, on June 8th, at the Garten at Mountain West Cider to celebrate local cheese makers at the first annual Salt Lake Cheese Fest! You can also like the pages and follow what is happening with both events on the Utah Cheese Award Facebook page and the Salt Lake Cheese Fest Facebook page.

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Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

Episode 146 A Sit Down with DA Sim Gill

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In the fall of 2018 we had a few moments to sit down with Salt Lake County District Attorney, Sim Gill, during a tag team interview pre-election for episode 126. 20 episodes, and 6 months later we we were excited to have him for a little bit longer for episode 146! We might just have to start making this a regular thing! Sit in with Sim? How does that sound?

During our time with Sim we were able to talk with him right as the brand new Hate Crimes Bill was going through the House and passed 64-9! What a moment to have him sitting there with us! Sim and a team of people have been working on getting this bill through Utah legislation for years.

We love this photo that was taken just two days after our podcast of Sen. Derek Kitchen and Sim Gill. Photo: Derek Kitchen

We wanted to know about term limits for a District Attorney. Sim explained to us that longevity is important for a DA. You cannot have someone coming in and out of that position all willy-nilly. Sim said f there is going to be change there needs to be length to get through processes, bills, etc. One of our favorite things, of the many, is that Sim has such a zen way of looking at his service to Salt Lake County. He looks at himself as a temporary caretaker. DA Gill loves serving his community, so much that every Friday night he has citizen meetings where you can call into his office and set up time to chat. Whether you want to yell in his face or talk about curry, he has made it a priority to talk to citizens face to face. You can find that number on the DA’s website HERE.

Prop 2 came up, of course! Sim is very passionate about it and told us a story on his last visit with us of a patient that helped him see how important the bill was. Sim told us not to be disheartened, don’t be depressed at what happened with the bill. Gill said don’t be apathetic and finish the conversation by voting them all out! We couldn’t agree more!

We don’t want to give all the good stuff, cause we want you to listen… But a cool little tid-bit of trivia about the office that he works in. When you drive by the building at 35 East 500 South in Downtown Salt Lake, you will notice all of the art that is on the windows. If you look closely on the east side you will see two white roses. This is DA Gill’s homage to the White Rose Society and reminding the community that “the institution belongs to you.”

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Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

Episode 144 Magic, Baking, and Serial Killers

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We love to listen to each other talk about things we are passionate about. We hope you do too. Episode 144 Chris gave us an update on a very important Magic the Gathering tournament that happened over that weekend. Jessica was contacted by the casting department for Food Network for an opportunity to audition for the Halloween Baking Champion show!

We promised you that we would be doing a monthly segment on a famous Utah, or is that infamous, criminal. For February we decided to jump on the bandwagon and feature Ted Bundy. Really more or less just to get him out of the way. Ted Bundy wasn’t born in Utah, but his ties to Utah are great. From joining the LDS church, to his killings of 7 Utah women (or maybe more), to the Utah Highway Patrol and West Valley being the organizations that finally started to bring Ted down.

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Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

Episode 128 Not the Election Results Show

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Because we were recording our show as the polls were closing we were unable to share actual data. Also, it is now Friday and there are races that are still not called locally, *cough Ben vs Mia cough* and that race is incredibly close. Get your shit together Utah County.  You can follow the results on vote.utah.gov

We have seen some great results reported though! Our guests Sim Gill (Salt Lake County District Attorney) and Derek Kitchen (Senate District 2) were re-elected and elected. Alex Castagno ran a great race and finished with 33% of the vote. Shireen Ghorbani had a hold for a moment, and then Utah county came in and she lost to Chris Stewart with 38% of the vote. Josh Cameron finished with 30% of the votes. We hope to continue to see all three of them active in Utah politics because we need voices like these strong, passionate people!

Alright, politics aside. Did you know,

In 1875, a man named James Wickham was looking for a way to increase tourism. He thought having whales swimming around in the Great Salt Lake would do the trick, so he had two of the giant mammals shipped in from Australia. Unfortunately, once they swam off, there is no official record that they were ever seen again, although rumored spotting continue to this day.

We just want to know where the bones went? Also, Utah law says whale hunting is illegal. So there’s that.


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Episode 127 Why We Love Utah

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Episode 127 we wanted to take some time to talk about the things we love about Utah.

Do you have anything that you really secretly love about Utah but you don’t talk about it cause it’s embarrassing?

Jeremy says his is Fry Sauce…

Here are some of ours!

Chris… with as much as he dislikes the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints involvement in politics in Utah, he secretly loves the way that they take care of community.

Bre… has an issue with the care of public education in the state of Utah. Bigger families should carry the bigger tax burden.

Jeremy… hates the lack of public transportation going east to west and the amount of time it takes to get places if you do take it.

Jessica… hates people that don’t use their blinkers.

Alright, alright. Enough with the negative. A couple of the things we LOVE about Utah:

Jeremy loves the unique architecture! Did you know that Utah has a Frank Lloyd Wright home?

Chris loves the mountains.

Bre loves the sense of community.

Jessica loves you can start on one end of the valley and drive completely north on almost any street in Salt Lake City, or you can start on 89 down south and work your way completely north to Brigham City!

We talked about the structure that you see on the way out to Wendover that looks like a huge tree with a tennis ball on it. As well as the crater up at the Homestead!

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Utah’s One Thing: Derek Kitchen, Utah Senator District 2

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Since we started our show in 2016, we have been asking our guests at the end of every New Utah interview, “What is the one thing that you would tell someone visiting Utah they had to do before leaving?”

Episode 126 we had the honor of sitting down with Derek Kitchen, Senator for District 2. Derek had a great list of things that he would tell someone visiting Utah that they must do before leaving! Derek’s first item would be to visit Utah’s cultural arts. He said to visit the Granary Row district mural program. Derek said you have to visit Utah’s Brewery’s (the link is just a handful of breweries that exist in Utah) and partake in some of Utah’s own cocktails. Also, head over to Temple Square and visit Space Jesus… aka the Christus statue of Jesus in the visitor center. But we most definitely prefer Space Jesus.

Photo: http://cosmologicsmagazine.com/author/lhw135/

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Music By Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

Episode 100 The New Utah Podcast Celebrates a Milestone!

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What is a more important milestone? 100 episodes or rolling into your third year? We have been debating this for weeks. Either way we are so grateful that we have made it this far on our journey through our amazing state of Utah. We have met so many amazing people and cannot believe how quickly it has all passed by!

Also, doesn’t everyone love the rains down in Africa???

This week we took some time to interview each other, recap our favorite interviews, and of course be our silly and inappropriate selves! You usually only get a snapshot of what happened during our week and a tiny glimpse of who we are. We thought it would be fun to write down some questions and spend some time letting you get to know each of us a little better.

What else would you like to know about us? Send us your questions here or on Facebook/Twitter!

Thank you to everyone; comedians, Senators, musicians, food and product creators, activists, distillers and brewers, drag queens, personal trainers, authors, artists, dentists, Irishmen, keeper of the plants and farms, and all those (way too many to list everyone) that have taken time to join us the past 100 weeks! We are so lucky to have you be part of our New Utah Podcast tribe. We definitely look forward to meeting more amazing Utahn’s and people who have influenced our state!

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Music: Bootleggers Dance by local Utah Band Folk Hogan

Episode 97 Leaving the 7th Circle of Hell

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Once upon a time there was a nose digging troll, who then turned into a juggler. He grew up and ventured into being a lawyer, but they don’t read fiction. So he decided to be a writer! This life adventurer of many talents that was able to make it out of the 7th circle of hell *aka Los Angeles* is none other than world-renowned author and screenplay writer, Michaelbrent Collings. We were so excited he joined us via Skype this week!

Bre is a huge fan and was able to delve into some of the books that he has penned that she has read. We learned a bit more about his creative process behind The Longest Con, Apparition, and Strangers.

Michaelbrent gave us three tips for writing:

  1. Bore me, die.
  2. Confuse me, lose me.
  3. Make the world a better place.

Even though his books tend to take on dark subject matter, Michaelbrent explained to us why he doesn’t take from headlines and how he stays grounded while writing horror stories. When Michaelbrent is not writing horror or fantasy books, he is incognito under the pen name “Angelica Hart” where he gets in touch with his lovey-dovey side writing western historical clean romances. We didn’t know that was a thing? Of course we had to ask Michaelbrent what his favorite horror films were, but you’ll just have to listen for that answer!

You can find Michaelbrent’s books anywhere books are available. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, or you can sign up for his writing courses on his website. We hope to see him back this fall at Salt Lake Comic Con where we can maybe get him on in person!

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Music: Bootleggers Dance by local Utah Band Folk Hogan

Episode 95 How NOT to Sell Your Kids to a Farmer.

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When you think farm talk, you would think of some kind of NPR conversation, but not this farm talk! First of all, you’ll want to listen because you want to hear about how a mom tried to sell her son to the farm!

Farmer Luke Petersen, of Petersen Family Farms, joined us this week on the New Utah Podcast. As a 5th generation farmer, on the same land in Riverton Utah, Luke’s passion for what he and his family do for the community and for farming was apparent as soon as he started telling us about it.

What is better than knowing that this is what you wanted to do when you grew up? That you were day dreaming of being a farmer. Luke taught us this week that farms are more than food, but rather they are a place where you can grow connected to the essence of the farm, learn about it, and create an understanding. Luke also dispelled Utah algae bloom myths for us! Teaching us that Utah Lake is a eutrophic lake and what is growing in the lake is actually a type of bacteria, zombie bacteria, but bacteria. Great news, no one is going to lose hair unless you are drinking it in copious amounts.

Luke’s passion for finding a better place to live where life slows down is apparent. At Petersen Family Farms there is no shortage of education which gives the farm intrinsic value. They offer a pre-school for 3-5 year old kids. Then summer camp comes along for 5-12 year old kids, as well as continuing education classes you can find on their website and Facebook events. In the fall and winter he offers the community pumpkin picking and Christmas tree’s, and then the farm gives a space to recycle the tree’s at the end of the season! You can find Petersen Family Farms on their website, you can go visit their store where you can purchase a lot of local business goods as well as what is grown on the farm at 11800 S 4000 W in Riverton Utah, and you can follow them on Facebook & Instagram for updates!

Also, the farm is NOT for sell.

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LISTEN HERE: Ep95 Planting Rooster Seeds

Music: Bootleggers Dance by local Utah Band Folk Hogan

Episode 90 Who farms when the farmer is sick?

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This week we were going to be joined by the elusive Farmer Luke of Petersen Farms, but the illness struck and we will have him on in a few weeks for farm talk! Instead you get to listen to us talk about hoarding mother-in-laws, if Jeremy should bee keep again, our house projects, and how Bob Costas is a douchebag. Or is he?

In the spirit of the Olympics we made sure this week to dive deep into important topics, like that the Olympics hands out well over 450,000 condoms, that STD’s run rampant, and most important; Olympic sports that are so obscure you have probably never heard of them, brought to you by the Huffington Post. Ski ballet should definitely make a come back.

Don’t forget to follow our friends Olio Skin and Beard Co to see when their next soap making classes are! Make sure to sign up fast because they do sell out!

We also want to mention that the Salt Lake Library will be offering a local Utah musician streaming music service starting this summer! What an awesome way to support local music! Make sure to follow their website which will launch this summer. You can read more about the program at KSL.com

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Music: Bootleggers Dance by local Utah Band Folk Hogan