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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Award-winning winemaker Lisa Bishop Forbes reveals the science behind what makes a wine truly exceptional. She discusses grape quality, fermentation techniques, her fresh approach to Chardonnay and the challenges she faces in shipping and making great alcohol-free wines. Then, NASA Sagan Fellow Margaret Thompson discusses her groundbreaking research on rocky exoplanets. Using laboratory experiments and theoretical models, she explores how these distant “magma worlds” form, evolve and develop atmospheres that may one day reveal signs of life. -
Longevity expert Ken Stern reveals why the secret to a longer, healthier life isn’t diet or exercise — it’s connection. Then, journalist Maryn McKenna unpacks the rise of peanut allergies and the groundbreaking treatments that may change how we prevent and even cure them. -
Dermatologist Dr. Jen Haley unpacks the science behind red light therapy, collagen and what really works for altitude- and sun-damaged skin. She also explores skin cancer prevention and the powerful connection between what you eat and how your skin looks and heals. Then longtime hydrologist and Park City resident Brian McInerney discusses the weather pattern that is making the altitude snow falls at rise and how it might impact us in the future.
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Longtime hydrologist and Park City resident Brian McInerney discusses the weather pattern that is making the altitude snow falls at rise and how it might impact us in the future. -
Dermatologist Dr. Jen Haley unpacks the science behind red light therapy, collagen and what really works for altitude- and sun-damaged skin. She also explores skin cancer prevention and the powerful connection between what you eat and how your skin looks and heals. -
Dr. Catriona Wallace explains how ritual, awakened thinking and emerging technology can help leaders adapt more quickly to social and technological change in her new book, “Rapid Transformation.” Then author Matthew Cobb discusses his forthcoming book, “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” which explores the life, collaborations and the scientific breakthroughs of Nobel laureate Francis Crick.
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Dr. Catriona Wallace discusses the ideas in her new book, “Rapid Transformation,” which outlines a science based framework for accelerating leadership development. Wallace explains how ritual, awakened thinking and emerging technology can help leaders adapt more quickly to social and technological change. -
Author Matthew Cobb discusses his forthcoming book, “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” which explores the life, collaborations and the scientific breakthroughs of Nobel laureate Francis Crick. -
From a teenage political prisoner in Iran to a billion-dollar CEO in America, Shirin Behzadi’s story defies every expectation. She shares "The Unexpected CEO," — a powerful look at resilience, leadership and turning adversity into opportunity. -
This month on Resilient Youth, we’re joined by Live Like Sam founder Ron Jackenthal for a look back at a year spent guiding young people toward confidence, resilience and their own unique power.
