Lynn Ware Peek
Producer/ Co-HostLynn Ware Peek is a longtime voice of Park City, known for her insightful storytelling, science journalism, and community engagement. She joined KPCW in 2008, launching the beloved series Tales from the Wasatch Back, and later served as the station’s Park City beat reporter. Today, she co-hosts and produces two of KPCW’s flagship public affairs shows: The Mountain Life, focused on health and lifestyle, and Cool Science Radio, which brings cutting-edge science and technology to a broad audience.
Beyond broadcasting, Lynn held two distinct roles at Park City Municipal from 2016 to 2022, as a community engagement liaison and as a councilor on the Park City Council from 2018 to 2020. A passionate outdoorswoman, she and her husband Bob have made Park City home for decades, embracing the mountain lifestyle while working to strengthen community ties in the place they met and raised their two sons.
Whether on the airwaves or in civic life, Lynn is committed to making science accessible, storytelling personal, and community feel like home.
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Kalpana Pot, a self-proclaimed Space Nerd, mixes her unique brand of storytelling and humor to make complicated astrophysics topics entertaining and understandable in her new book, "Spaced Out: A Casual Approach To The Cosmos."Then, Carleton University neuroscientist Michael Hildebrand discusses new research revealing important differences in how mice, rats and humans process pain — findings that could help explain failed treatments and point to better therapies for chronic pain. -
Carleton University neuroscientist Michael Hildebrand discusses new research revealing important differences in how mice, rats and humans process pain — findings that could help explain failed treatments and point to better therapies for chronic pain. -
In this month’s Resilient Youth episode, Randi Jo Greenberg reveals how simple yoga and mindfulness practices can give young people powerful tools for managing stress and building resilience.Then, Dr. Claudia Kim takes a closer look at what summer does to our skin, exploring why dark spots and fine lines become more noticeable after months of sun exposure and what’s actually happening beneath the surface. -
Dr. Claudia Kim takes a closer look at what summer does to our skin, exploring why dark spots and fine lines become more noticeable after months of sun exposure, and what’s actually happening beneath the surface. -
In this month’s Resilient Youth episode, Randi Jo Greenberg reveals how simple yoga and mindfulness practices can give young people powerful tools for managing stress and building resilience. -
Stuart Firestein, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, explores why uncertainty is essential to science and how embracing what we don't know can foster creativity, innovation and a more informed understanding of the world.Then, what happens when physics, physiology, and music collide? Opera turns the human body into an extraordinary acoustic instrument, and there’s a surprising amount of science behind the sound.
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What happens when physics, physiology, and music collide? Opera turns the human body into an extraordinary acoustic instrument, and there’s a surprising amount of science behind the sound. -
Stuart Firestein, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, explores why uncertainty is essential to science and how embracing what we don't know can foster creativity, innovation and a more informed understanding of the world. -
One of the deadliest cancers may have been hiding in plain sight. New York Times science writer Gina Kolata explains a discovery that could change how we prevent ovarian cancer and save lives. And imagination may be far more than daydreaming. Dr. Cassandra Vieten explores the science behind this powerful brain function—and how strengthening it can foster creativity, resilience, connection, and wonder.
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What if one of medicine's deadliest cancers has been hiding in plain sight? New York Times science writer Gina Kolata explains the discovery that's changing how doctors prevent ovarian cancer.
