HEAL Utah Podcast

HEAL Utah Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode #123: Meet HEAL’s new staff members!
October 04, 2019

We've had a few staff changes here at HEAL Utah and we are so excited to introduce you to our new Development Director, Turner Bitton, and Grassroots Organizer, Carmen Val Dez! Listen to this week's episode (the last of the 2019 HEAL Utah Podcast seaso...

Episode #122: The Utah legislature with HEAL’s Jessica Reimer
September 27, 2019

Did you know that Utah has part-time legislators, that there are only 45 days a year where they can pass laws, and that citizen's can come to the State Capitol Building and lobby them during that time? HEAL Utah Policy Associate Jessica Reimer not only...

Episode #121: Stone’s Throw and Staying Local with Dash Longe
September 20, 2019

If you're into big mountain freestyle skiing, you probably know about Dash Longe. But did you know that he is also a dad, filmmaker, and environmental advocate? Lately, Dash has been on a mission to refocus himself, his skiing,

Episode #120: Confluence with Zak Podmore
September 13, 2019

This week we sat down with another Torrey House Press author, Zak Podmore, to discuss his new book Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political Rivers of the New West and his life on the river. Zak has a long history with the uranium industry,

Episode #119: Big Solutions, Small Spaces with Little City Inc.
September 06, 2019

Tim Sullivan and Michael Yount call themselves Salt Lake City cheerleaders, but they do more than just cheer on this growing city - they are an integral part of its development and are changing the way we think about using our streets, landscape,

Episode #118: Shaped by Snow with Ayja Bounous
August 29, 2019

This week we caught up with Ayja Bounous to talk about our favorite thing - skiing - and our least favorite thing - climate change. Author of Torrey House Press' new book Shaped by Snow: Defending the Future of Winter (available in November 2019),

Episode #117: Sustainable business, coffee, and investment with Missy Gries
August 23, 2019

How can you run a sustainable business when it inherently produces emissions? Owner of Publik Coffee Roasters and Publik Kitchen, Missy Greis, hasn't found all the answers but she has come to a few conclusions. On this episode,

Episode #116: Chasing winter and nonprofits with Hannah Whitney
August 16, 2019

If you've come to any of HEAL Utah's main events in the last three years, they were most likely orchestrated by our Development Director, Hannah Whitney. In honor of her last few months here at HEAL (she's leaving this fall to ski volcanoes in Chile!

Episode #115: The Origins of HEAL Utah with Jason Groenewold
August 08, 2019

Jason Groenewold came to Utah in the 90s with skis, a tent from Walmart, and $500 in his pocket. Decades later, he had built up a thriving environmental nonprofit and won countless victories against the giants of nuclear, chemical, and toxic waste.

Episode #114: This is what love looks like with Dr. Sandra Steingraber
July 22, 2019

Dr. Sandra Steingraber was there when Tim DeChristopher looked the judge who would sentence him in the eyes and said "This is what hope looks like...This is what patriotism looks like...This is what love looks like, and it will only grow.