Episode #43: Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune
Matt talks to the Salt Lake Tribune environmental journalist about three of his recent stories. First, they chat about the Bears Ears monument controversy, including a recent heated…
Month: June 2019
Episode #42: Chip Ward, HEAL Utah Co-Founder
Matt chats with Chip, the central figure in HEAL’s founding, about how our environmental organization was born. Chip describes those early days in the West Desert and…
Episode #41: Matt Kirkegaard, University of Utah Divestment
Matt K, a just-graduated student activist, chats with Matt P about the long-running movement which led to last week’s historic vote from university faculty to urge the…
Episode #40: Gary Sernovitz, “The Green and the Black”
Sernovitz talks to Matt about his new book, The Green and the Black: The Complete Story of the Shale Revolution, the Fight over Fracking, and the Future of…
Episode #39: Gavin Noyes, Protect Bears Ears
Noyes, the executive director of the group Utah Diné Bikéyah talks with Matt about a very timely issue: the campaign to protect the Bears Ears wilderness area…
Episode #38: Jim Dabakis, Utah State Senator
The every fiery Jim Dabakis joins Matt for a wide-ranging conversation about politics in Utah, touching upon everything from the Oakland coal terminal to the Bears…
Episode #37: Brittany King, Sierra Club: San Francisco Bay
Matt talks to Brittany of the Sierra Club’s San Francisco Bay Chapter about the proposed Oakland coal export terminal. They chat about how exporting coal could increase…
Episode #36: Dr. Rob Davies, Utah Climate Center
Physicist Dr. Robert Davies calls in to talk about his work at the Utah Climate Center, offering information to a wide array of Utah audiences about…
Episode #35: Ryan Smith, “The Brainwashing of My Dad”
Matt chats with Ryan, a Salt Lake City entrepreneur and the executive producer of a new documentary out now which examines the roots of right-wing media in the…
Episode #34: Steve Klass, P3 Utah
Matt chats with Steve Klass, the Executive Director of P3, which advocates for the “triple-bottom-line,” via which business focus not just on profit, but on people…