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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Mark Shelhamer, former chief scientist of NASA's Human Research Program, explores the physical, psychological and engineering challenges of sending humans to Mars. He discusses what we still need to learn about long-duration spaceflight and how preparing for the journey could improve healthcare on Earth. -
Park City locals Colleen Logan and Don Roll talk about the newly opened Park City Historic Mine Route. Described as a unique “open-air museum,” the route connects dozens of historic sites for a new way to interact with our mining roots. Then, historian Rachel Greenfield tells how Rose Knox transformed Knox Gelatine from a modest company into an iconic American brand in her new book, "Rose Knox: How One Woman Mixed Kitchen and Boardroom to Remold an American Business." -
Few people know that the success of Knox Gelatin was driven by Rose Knox, the widow and pioneering businesswoman who took the reins after her husband’s death to 'mold' the company into a hugely successful American institution. -
There are certainly many stories buried within the mines that established Park City, and Colleen and Don Roll are part of a group hoping to help those stories reach a new generation of hikers, bikers, and explorers with the newly-launched Park City Historic Mine Route. -
Marc Abrahams, founder and editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, discusses the 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes, celebrating scientific research that first makes people laugh and then makes them think. Then, RC Mowers co-founder and CEO Michael Brandt discusses how remote-operated and autonomous mowing technology is helping workers tackle dangerous terrain. -
RC Mowers co-founder and CEO Michael Brandt discusses how remote-operated and autonomous mowing technology is helping workers tackle dangerous terrain. He explains how GPS, LiDAR and robotics are being used to improve safety, address labor shortages and make difficult jobs more efficient. -
Eleven-time Olympic Gold medalist, cross-country skier Johannes Klæbo talks skiing, competition, and what drives him to the top.Then, Tim Leatherman shares the lessons behind his unlikely journey turning the simple idea of the Leatherman multi-tool into an iconic American company.
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Eleven-time Olympic Gold medalist, cross-country skier Johannes Klæbo talks skiing, competition, and what drives him to the top. -
The Leatherman multi-tool began with one simple idea scribbled down by an aspiring inventor—and became an iconic American company. Tim Leatherman shares the lessons behind his unlikely journey and how to turn your own big ideas into reality. -
Jeffrey Cole, founding director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg, explores how technological change reshapes society, why established institutions can be caught off guard and what decades of internet research reveal about America's changing relationship with technology.Then, Carleton University biologists Jennifer Bruin and Myriam Hoyeck discuss new research finding persistent environmental pollutants in the human pancreas and explore how these chemicals may affect insulin secretion and metabolic health.
