Podcast
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From LDS Mission to Heroin Addiction: A Utah Man’s Descent and Recovery
More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in a single year. That number is often repeated, rarely absorbed, and almost never understood in a way that forces real reflection.…
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Cottonwood Heights Corruption Allegations: A Case That Never Reached a Courtroom
A year ago, we here at Utah Stories recorded a podcast episode that we never published. We were revisiting corruption allegations from ten years ago. We decided not to publish…
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Left in a Box as a Baby: Trauma, Alcoholism, and Addiction
A man abandoned as a baby builds a structured life in law enforcement, but unresolved trauma and alcoholism slowly begin to unravel it. His story raises a harder question about…
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Why Most People Stay Stuck in Business and What It Takes to Move Forward
Every so often, you meet an immigrant who came here with almost nothing and managed to build something exceptional. Prakash Shah is the kind of man who has spent enough…
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Dyslexia and ADHD in Kids: Why Some Students Struggle to Read in School
That’s what led to my conversation with Donell Pons, a Utah-based dyslexia expert who has spent more than two decades working with students who struggle to read. What struck me…
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Growing Up in Utah’s Foster Care System: One Child’s Story
Celeste was five years old the first time she dragged a kitchen stool across the linoleum, climbed up to the stove, and made dinner. On good days there was a…
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Can Utahns Still Afford to Have Kids?
When families cannot afford homes near their jobs, the daily math becomes brutal. Commutes stretch longer. Childcare costs pile up. Mortgages consume more of a household’s income. The result is…
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Angela Brown: The Woman Behind SLUG Magazine and Craft Lake City
Angela Brown is the publisher and owner of SLUG Magazine, one of the city’s longest-running independent publications and a central voice in Utah’s alternative arts and music scene. She is…
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How Horses Help Kids Heal: Inside Utah’s Equine Therapy World
Kelty Johnson trains horses for a living, but her deeper work happens in the quiet space between animal and human. On the Utah Stories podcast, she explains how equine therapy…
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Whiskey, Bullets & a Buried Town: Archaeologists Reveal Alta’s Wild Past
Before Alta was known for powder days and lift lines, it was a silver mining town clinging to the side of a narrow canyon. In the late 1800s, men lived…
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The Only Full Bottle of Alcohol Ever Found in Utah Was Unearthed in Alta
When a backhoe rolled a corked bottle out of the dirt at Alta this summer, no one immediately grasped what they were holding. It wasn’t empty. It wasn’t shattered. It…
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When Main Street Burned: The Aftermath of the Salt Lake City Fire That Hit Downtown Bars
Fire doesn’t respect zoning, property lines, or even the most popular block on Main Street. On the evening of Monday, August 11, 2025, a blaze that began around 8:40 p.m.…
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The Truth About Dyslexia: Why So Many Kids Are Misdiagnosed
Many bright Utah students fall behind in school for one simple reason: their dyslexia goes unnoticed. In this interview, Barbara and Julia Morelli explain how misdiagnosis, late screening, and a…
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From Dead Walmarts to a Billion Dollar Trampoline Empire
Dead Walmarts and gutted Kmarts sit across America as relics of a failed retail era. While most saw blight, Sky Zone founder Case Lawrence saw potential. His path from near…
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The Utah Village Proving Housing First Was Never Enough
Utah has spent years investing in Housing First, yet homelessness continues to rise and street conditions grow more chaotic. In the middle of this debate, a small village on Salt…
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70 Years of Teaching Utahns Four-Season Gardening
For seventy years, Millcreek Gardens has helped Utahns understand how to create yards that survive more than a single season. From a humble family start in the 1950s to a…