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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Colin Domnauer, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah, discusses his research into a newly identified species of psychoactive mushroom rumored to trigger vivid hallucinations of little people, referred to as “Lilliputian Hallucinations.”Then, MIT engineer Amos Winter discusses how to design affordable, high-performance products that can succeed in different global markets. -
University of Utah doctoral student Colin Domnauer discusses new research linking reports of vivid “tiny people” hallucinations to a single mushroom species — and what the discovery could reveal about an unidentified hallucinogenic compound. -
First, we’ll speak with Deborah Jennings, a Park City newcomer trading a forty-year career in education for a personal concierge business and a popular new library speaking series. Then, as National Recovery Month begins, Dr. Frank Spinelli, author of "The Shame Compass" joins us to talk about relapse, shame, and moving forward without judgment. -
As part of our new 'Park City's Second Acts' series, we welcome newcomer Deborah Jennings to the show to talk about curiosity, sharing stories, and how to find your community -- wherever you are. -
Shame is NOT an effective tool for changing unhealthy behaviors, and science is now proving that there are better ways to spark durable changes. This Recovery Month, rather than focusing on what someone “did wrong,” Dr. Frank Spinelli offers a practical, hopeful framework for how to respond to relapse without letting shame derail recovery altogether. He joins us to discuss his new book, The Shame Compass: A Radical Framework for Trauma Healingand Self-Acceptance. -
Bloomberg investigative journalist Kit Chellel explores the surprising history of gamblers who used mathematics, early computers, and engineering to beat casinos and sportsbooks, while helping pioneer technologies that would influence the modern computing and AI landscape.Then, gene-editing researcher Raj Chari discusses how CRISPR technology is being used to study cancer, develop potential new treatments, and explore the challenges of bringing gene-editing therapies from the laboratory into clinical care.
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Gene-editing researcher Raj Chari discusses how CRISPR technology is being used to study cancer, develop potential new treatments, and explore the challenges of bringing gene-editing therapies from the laboratory into clinical care. -
Bloomberg investigative journalist Kit Chellel explores the surprising history of gamblers who used mathematics, early computers, and engineering to beat casinos and sportsbooks, while helping pioneer technologies that would influence the modern computing and AI landscape. -
Meg Bartley, PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Utah, explores how social norms shape what we consider food versus weeds, and how rethinking the edible plants around us could expand access to fresh, sustainable food.Then, chiropractor Courtney Conley and physical therapist Milica McDowell explore the vast benefits of walking in their new book, “Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way to Boost Your Health and Longevity―One Step at a Time.”
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Chiropractor Courtney Conley and physical therapist Milica McDowell explore the vast benefits of walking in their new book, “Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way to Boost Your Health and Longevity―One Step at a Time.”
