The Mountain Life
Wednesday, 9-10 AM
The Mountain Life hosts Jay Burke, Lynn Ware Peek and Mary Beth Maziarz and explore a wide variety of topics from health, fitness and nutrition to parenting, lifestyle and education.
For questions and inquiries, contact the hosts directly at themountainlife@kpcw.org.
The Mountain Life is sponsored by:
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Local physical therapist and concussion expert Annie Howard of Happy Brain PT talks about important updates on treating concussions.
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Longtime pediatric dietitian Jill Castle discusses her new book, "Kids Thrive at Every Size: How to Nourish Your Big, Small, or In-Between Child for a Lifetime of Health and Happiness."
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College Admissions Consultant Jill Gully discusses the ins and outs of today’s college admissions process and offers tips for students not only finding the right school, but hopefully getting accepted to it too.
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Amanda Jones, former “librarian of the year,” found herself targeted, maligned and threatened when she spoke out against book banning. Jones shares her journey from librarian to right-to-read activist in her new book, “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.”
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Executive Director Emeritus Chad Brackelsberg highlights the Utah Avalanche Center's cutting-edge work and previews the 31st Annual Backcountry Benefit which takes place on Sept. 12.
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Brain surgeon Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz explores the past, present and future of neurosurgery in his new book, "Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery."
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Julia Geisler of the Salt Lake Climbers’ Alliance and Cindi Grant of Inspired Summit Adventures talk about the upcoming SLCA Climbing Festival — a campout with skills-based climbing clinics.
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Diana McLain Smith advises leaders and their teams on how to build relationships strong enough to master their toughest challenges. Her approach, Leading Through Relationships (LTR), has been used by thousands to break free of intractable conflict and co-create powerful change.
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Local author Dick Gary, a self-titled jerk of all trades, whose new book, “Just Another Dick: The Presumptuous Memoir of a Truly Unimportant Person,” recounts how he eventually rose to respectability in an unconventional way.
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Dr. Boris Heifets, a neuro-anesthesiologist at Stanford Medical School, discusses the use of psychedelics and the placebo effect.