Smardon describes her podcast as “a show for people who want to explore a new way forward, and who are hungry for a more expansive view of the human race.”
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Andrea Smardon, an award-winning producer, left her job at KUER 90.1 FM to podcast Changing Our Stories wanting, “freedom to follow my curiosity,” Smardon said. She hopes “to pursue big questions, bigger than I could approach with daily news.”
Smardon craves wisdom from “stories that will help us navigate the way forward in changing our lives,” she said. I’m interested in how the human race is transforming itself in the face of so much rapid change.”
After a testicular cancer diagnosis, Utah entrepreneur Jon Carter developed Odd Balls Snacks — protein-packed, gluten-free bites made with simple ingredients and functional mushrooms he first turned to during treatment.
In a downtown Ogden neighborhood long defined as a food desert, entrepreneur Anne Dunaway has opened Urban Prairie Agriculture, a hydroponic indoor farm and small grocery store offering fresh, nutritious alternatives where only dollar stores and convenience shops once filled the gap. What started in her garage with trays of microgreens has grown into a facility producing lettuces, tomatoes, herbs, and strawberries year-round. Her mission goes beyond growing food: she wants to shorten the food chain, strengthen community health, and give Ogden residents access to local produce within walking distance. Despite city hurdles and delayed contracts, Dunaway is determined to make healthy food part of everyday life in Jefferson Park.
