
The Mountain Life
Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
On The Mountain Life, hosts Lynn Ware Peek and David Wintzer explore a wide variety of topics from health, fitness and nutrition to parenting, lifestyle and education. Peek and Wintzer are lovers of the mountain lifestyle.
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For inquiries, guests and show ideas, contact the show at themountainlife@kpcw.org
Sponsored by:
Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation
Latest Segments
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Sports physician Dr. Max Testa, who runs the Sports Performance Center at Park City Hospital, explains how to scientifically help people find the most efficient and effective path to fitness and performance.
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Meg Zucker was born with one finger on each hand, shortened forearms, and one toe on each misshapen foot, caused by a genetic condition called ectrodactyly. She would eventually pass this condition on to her two sons. Meg, along with her husband, raised both boys and their adopted daughter, who has her own invisible differences. In her new book, "Born Extraordinary: Empowering Children With Differences and Disabilities," Zucker shows parents how best to empower their children to confront others’ assumptions, grow in confidence, and encourage dialogue—rather than silence, fear, and shame—around difference.
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Designer and author Cyndie Spiegel shares how a series of family tragedies during the pandemic made her reconsider everything in her book, "Microjoys."
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Award-winning journalist and internationally recognized speaker on gender issues, sex and relationships, Peggy Orenstein discusses her latest book, "Unraveling."
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Local author Robin Hill discusses his new book. In the fiction category, it's based on his time working as an alternative educator for at-risk teens. He shares what inspires him to help these youth.
Latest Podcasts
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Sports physician Dr. Max Testa, who runs the Sports Performance Center at Park City Hospital, talks about scientifically helping people find the most efficient and effective path to fitness and performance.Then author Meg Zucker, who has written "Born Extraordinary: Empowering Children with Differences and Disabilities," joins the show.
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Award-winning journalist and internationally recognized speaker on gender issues, sex and relationships, Peggy Orenstein discusses her latest book, "Unraveling."Then designer and author Cyndie Spiegel shares how a series of family tragedies during the pandemic made her reconsider everything in her book, "Microjoys."
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New York Times best-selling author and journalist Sam Quiñones tackles one of the most serious challenges the US faces today in his new book, "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth." (00:55) Local author Robin Hill talks about his new book, a fiction based on his time working as an alternative educator for at-risk teens and what inspires him to help these youth. (27:14)
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Psychotherapist Dr. Dana Dorfman discusses how parents can tackle the anxiety they may be passing onto their children in her new book, "When Worry Works: How to Harness Your Parenting Stress and Guide Your Teen to Success."And local Dr. Vanessa Hart shares her new venture. After a long career as a general surgeon, she has started her own practice specializing in medical aesthetics at Spa Asteria in Park City.
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Concussion expert and physical therapist Annie Howard shares how her own personal experience with a traumatic brain injury has intensified her passion for helping others with concussions. (00:41) Then M. Yvette Quintana and Jules Renner share how adult ADHD can be turned into a superpower. They say it is all about how you navigate it and make it work for you. (23:21)