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On today's Local News Hour : (12:42) Summit County Health Dept. Director Phil Bondurant has a monthly update, (26:05) Park City Ski and Snowboard Update with Alpine Director Tommy Eckfeldt and Events Director Pete Stoughton and (36:32) Park City Education Foundation Executive Director Abby McNulty has an update on programs offered by the foundation.

The Mountain Life for April 6, 2022. On today's show, Pete and Lynn's guests include: (01:31) Lora Smith, Executive Director of Mountain Trails Foundation who joins to talk about the upcoming trail season. Now that the ski season has begun to wane, Summit and Wasatch County residents start thinking about biking, hiking and walking on the multitudes of trails in the Wasatch Back. Tune in to hear about new trail projects for this summer.Then, (27:47) mental health counselor Dr. Christy Kane, who speaks to sell-out crowds about the mental health of individuals, families, and our communities as well as the neurological impact of trauma on the human brain. She invites listeners to the upcoming Find Your Voice Conference.

On today's Cool Science Radio, Lynn Ware Peek and John Wells' guests include: (01:21) Salt Lake City's Dr. Joshua Schiffman, Peel Therapeutics’ co-founder, and CEO. We will speak with Joshua about how studying the evolution of elephants will help us fight cancer.Then, (26:44) America’s funniest science writer, Mary Roach who has written Packing for Mars for Kids.Finally, (39:36) NASA Hubble Senior Project Scientist Jennifer Wiseman. The Hubble Space Telescope has just discovered the farthest individual star ever observed. And just how far is it from earth? 12.9 billion light-years away.

On today's Local News Hour, host Leslie Thatcher's guest include: (07:09) Kimball Art Center Executive Director Alday Milliken has details about the current exhibit and upcoming events, (23:02) Park City Councilmember Jeremy Rubell has a recap of last night's meeting and (38:10) Park City Summit County Arts Council Executive Director Jocelyn Scudder has details on opportunities for artists.

On today's Mountain Money, (01:32) Manuel Gonzalez, General Partner at Agfunder shares how AgriFoodTech entrepreneurs are stepping up to solve problems in the food and agriculture industry, (24:07) Dr. Susan Madsen, USU Professor and Director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project shares why getting rid of sexism in the workplace is so challenging and (41:03) Park City Brewing is back and Elias Fairman joins us to talk about their new brewpub, and some fresh killer beers. 

On today's Local News Hour, host Leslie Thatcher's guest include: (09:55) Summit County Health Department Director Phil Bondurant has a monthly update, including the end of the public health state of emergency, (25:15) Park City Ski and Snowboard Update with Director of Freeski Chris 'Hatch' Haslock and Head Comp XC coach Liz Stephen have details on summer programming and (38:21) Weber Basin Water Conservancy District Assistant Manager Jon Parry has details on new water regulations.

On today's Local News Hour, host Leslie Thatcher's guests include: (05:57) Summit County Manager Tom Fisher discusses the agenda for Wednesday's county council meeting, (20:13) Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre, Wall Street Journal Reporters and Authors of the new book Happy at Any Cost, share details Tony Hsieh's mission to spread happiness and instill joy at work and (38:18) Executive Director of Christian Center of Park City Rob Harter has an update on the services the organization offers.

On this episode of This Green Earth, Nell and Chris first speak with (00:17) Walt Meier, a Senior Scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center located in Boulder, CO. Walt brings the latest news and observations on Artic Sea Ice. Then, (23:41) Emily Murphy, author of the new book Grow Now - How We Can See Our Health, Communities and Planet - One Garden at a Time, joins the show. Murphy shares easy-to-follow principles for regenerative gardening.

Today on The Mountain Life, Pete Stoughton and Lynn Ware Peek's guests include: (01:26) Dr. Becca Levy, a foremost expert on aging, tells us why ageism is the most widespread and socially accepted prejudice today, yet remains unexplored. She is the author of Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long & Well You Live.Then, (28:52) Local resident Chris Kresser, founder of the Kresser Institute and a renowned expert, clinician, and educator in the fields of Functional Medicine and ancestral health. His mission is to provide the next generation of functional health practitioners and coaches with the skills, tools, and training they need to turn the tide of chronic disease—and change the future of medicine.

On today's Cool Science Radio, Lynn Ware Peek and John Wells' guests include: (00:56) Ocean scientist and journalist Juli Berwald, who speaks about the far-reaching consequences of coral reef destruction and the persistence of efforts to keep them alive. Her new book is called Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs.Then, (25:27) world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behavior which comes together in his new book: DIFFERENT: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist.