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On this episode of Cool Science Radio, Lynn Ware Peek and John Wells' guests include:(01:08) Science writer David Robson who has written, The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World. Robson shows how our brains are “prediction machines.” They construct an elaborate simulation of the world each moment, based on previous experience and the expectations of the data hitting the senses.(28:56) Writer, speaker, and podcast host Christina Crook who has been studying the relationship between joy and technology for over a decade. She provides insight that you've not heard before. Her new book is, Good Burdens: How To Live Joyfully In The Digital Age.

On today's Local News Hour : (8:33) Summit County Council Member Roger Armstrong recaps Wednesday's meeting., (26:24) Renai Bodley Miller, GM KPCW, & Sarah Ervin, KPCW Development Officer talk about next week’s Winter Pledge Drive and (38:17) Christian Center Counseling and Wellness Center Program Manager Catherine Kirchheimer on loan repayment program.

On today's Local News Hour host Leslie Thatcher's guest include: (10:05) Kristin McHugh, Operational Manager of the Park City Behavioral Health Clinic and Michelle Pace, Operational Director of Outpatient Clinics for the Huntsman Mental Health Institute have details about the local clinic, (23:59) Wasatch County School District Board Member Kim Dickerson and Future Schools Project Committee member Darryl Bosshardt discuss last night's board meeting and the ongoing master planning process for school facilities and (39:02) Author Jean Oelwang talks about her newly published book, Partnering: Forge the Deep Connections That Make Great Things Happen.

On today's Local News Hour host Leslie Thatcher's guest include: (06:02) Park City Historic Alliance Executive Director Ginger Wicks has an update from this month's HPCA board meeting, (21:46) Park City Ski and Snowboard Executive Director Christie Hind, Snowboard Coach Sam Everett and Director of Freeski Chris "Hatch" Haslock have an update on end of season championships and how the organization works with SafeSport to prevent all forms of abuse in sport and (37:07) Park City Chamber Bureau CEO Jennifer Wesselhoff has a monthly update and the latest on sustainable tourism.

Today on the Local News Hour: Director of the Follies Paul Tan (07:10) has a preview of this year's show that opens April 22nd, and Summit County Director of Behavioral Health Prevention Pamella Bello (16:30) has details about the Parents Empowered installation at the South Summit Aquatic Center.

Today's guests on the Local News Hour are (2:58) Jill Sheinberg and Claustina Reynolds with the Mountain Mediation Center preview the next Community Conversation on Women.

In this episode of Cool Science Radio : (1:08) Florence Williams who has written HEARTBREAK: A Personal and Scientific Journey and (23:49) Dr. Michael Ryan Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Carleton University.

This week on Cool Science Radio hosts John Wells and Lynn Ware Peek's guests include:Leading business journalist (0:59) Mark Bergen. He writes exclusively about Google for Bloomberg, Businessweek and others. He discusses his new book Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination.Then, senior editor of space and physics at Scientific American magazine, (23:12) Lee Billings will discuss what the James Webb space telescope can tell us about Jupiter, Mars, and Earth itself - Now that photos are regularly coming back from the telescope that sits a million miles away from Earth.

On today's Local News Hour: (9:40) KPCW Reporter Alexander Cramer with a look back at this year's legislative session and (22:22) Park City Senior Transportation Planner Alex Roy and Trnsit Community Outreach Coordinator Andy Stevenson have detials about the March 16th open house on the city's short range transit plan.

Today on the Local News Hour: Chef Briar Handly of Handle talks to Leslie about being a finalist for the James Beard Award of Best Chef in the Mountain region (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY). Then, Park City Manager Matt Dias and Budget Managers Ned Briggs and Erik Daenitz have a preview of this week's city council meeting. And lastly, Summit Community Garden Executive Director Sloane Johnson has a gardens update, and a look at the upcoming spring season.