Episode #45, Gloria Smith, Sierra Club
Matt and Gloria chat about last week’s Big Victory, when the EPA ordered Rocky Mountain Power to install cutting-edge pollution control technologies on four of its coal power units. Gloria describes her…
Episode #44: Sophia Nicholas, HEAL’s Departing Associate Director
Matt has a bittersweet interview with Sophia, who recently left HEAL after eight great years as first Development Director than Associate Director. Sophia talks about how HEAL…
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…
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…