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All Along the Wasatch

All Along the Wasatch is a weekly Public Affairs Program hosted and produced by long-time Salt Lake City radio personality Mike Parsons. All Along the Wasatch is a program dedicated to raising awareness for non-profit organizations, local charities, humanitarian groups, and anybody willing to improve our quality of life in Utah. All Along the Wasatch can be heard on KRSP and KSFI weekly on Sunday mornings at 5 am. AATW is also rebroadcast on Sunday nights on KRSP at 11:00, KZNS weekly on Sunday mornings at 7 am and is available as a podcast.
April 20, 2024

Ritzy Rescue Ranch

Mike chats with Executive Director Chris Mortensen. Ritzy Rescue Ranch is a 501(c)(3) organization located in Tooele, Utah. We are dedicated to our mission of providing animals wi...   (30:28)
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April 16, 2024

Wasatch Wanderers

Mike chats with President and Co-founder Adison Smith & Vice President and Co-founder Kade Tyler. Wasatch Wanderers Animal Rescue is a nonprofit focusing on the welfare of dom...   (29:32)
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March 30, 2024

Utah Housing Coalition

Mike chats with Executive Director Tara Rollins. Through Education, Advocacy, and Community Partnerships, the Utah Housing Coalition promotes equitable and sustainable communities...   (26:19)
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March 23, 2024

The Stokes Nature Center

Mike chats with Executive Director Kendra Penry. The Allen & Alice Stokes Nature Center is Cache Valley’s local nature center and outdoor exploration hub for people of a...   (19:00)
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March 16, 2024

Alta Community Enrichment (ACE)

Mike chats with Executive Director Sara Gibbs. Ace’s mission: Our mission is to create opportunities in arts, culture, and education for the enhancement and well-being of th...   (21:29)
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March 15, 2024

Utah Food Bank

Mike chats with President & CEO Ginette Bott. THe Feed Utah statewide food drive will help provide food to the estimated 317,000 Utahns who face hunger—many of whom are ...   (21:33)
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March 2, 2024

Alliance for a Better Utah

Mike chats with Executive Director Jeff Merchant. Our Mission: To drive a public narrative that empowers Utah’s electorate and holds public officials accountable. Our Vision...   (25:34)
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February 29, 2024

Clementine Ranch

Mike chats with Co-Owner Lindsey Armstrong. In September of 2020 the idea of Clementine Ranch started becoming a reality. Rob and Lindsey's goal was the ranch would be a plac...   (29:38)
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January 29, 2024

Self-Help Homes

Mike chats with Executive Director Brad Bishop & Housing Specialist Halie Berger. Self-Help Homes was initially created as a non-profit arm for the Housing Authority of Utah C...   (26:24)
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January 14, 2024

Community Partners Against Hate

Mike chats with the Founder and Chair of Community Partners Against Hate Jay Jacobson & State Representative and Community Partner Doug Owens. Established in 2019 and sponsore...   (27:50)
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January 5, 2024

The Inn Between

Mike chats with CEO & Executive Director Jillian Olmsted and Community Engagement Manager Kellie Mieremet. The mission of The INN Between is to end the tragedy of vulnerable p...   (31:27)
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December 17, 2023

The Road Home Mediathon

Mike chats with Executive Director Michelle Flynn & Communications Specialist Alicia Gleed. The Road Home provides emergency shelter, supportive services, and housing assistan...   (23:28)
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December 9, 2023

Utah Housing Coalition

Mike chats with Executive Director Tara Rollins. Through Education, Advocacy, and Community Partnerships, the Utah Housing Coalition is dedicated to promoting equitable and sustai...   (26:19)
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November 25, 2023

Nuzzles & Co.

Mike chats with Director of Operations Arin Meade and Development Manager Josh Stasinos. We’re Nuzzles & Co., a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) no-kill organization locate...   (28:05)
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November 17, 2023

Utah Alzheimer's Association & Christmas in Color

Mike chats with Utah Alzheimer's Association Executive Director Stacie Kulp & Maddie Saunders with Christmas in Color. The Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheim...   (27:00)
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November 11, 2023

Utah Community Action

Mike chats with Chief Impact and Strategy Officer Janell Cerva & Development Associate Chrisanthi Hatzantonis.. Founded in 1965, Utah Community Action is a nationally recogniz...   (23:24)
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November 3, 2023

Warrior Revival

Mike chats with Founder and Clinical Psychologist Katie Fry & co-founder and US Air Force Veteran Zach Jacobs. Our mission is to support and empower current and former Veteran...   (24:48)
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October 27, 2023

O2 Utah

Mike chats with Communications Director Eli Davis. O2 Utah is an environmental nonprofit whose mission is to clean our state’s air and eliminate our contributions to climate...   (24:22)
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October 21, 2023

Ogden Nature Center

Mike chats with Public Relations Coordinator Brandi Bosworth. Located in the heart of Ogden, you'll find a 152-acre nature preserve and education center open to the public year-ro...   (25:26)
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October 13, 2023

Canines with a Cause

Mike chats with Executive Director Cathy King. We are a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization that rescues predominantly shelter dogs and places them with disabled military vete...   (27:25)
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October 6, 2023

Ballet West's Dracula!

Mike chats with Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute. Ballet West is presenting the return of Ben Stevenson’s Dracula, back by popular demand and just in time for Hallo...   (27:39)
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September 29, 2023

Free the Game with Nick Rimando

Mike chats with retired MLS Goalie Nick Rimando. Inspired by the experiences playing soccer in the streets of Spain, Brazil, Bolivia, and Mexico, a group of college soccer friends...   (20:53)
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September 22, 2023

The Alzheimer's Association of Utah

Mike chats with Executive Director Stacie Kulp & VP of Marketing and Communications Jim Herlihy. The Alzheimer's Association of Utah is the premier source of information and s...   (25:41)
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September 15, 2023

People Helping People

Mike chats with Program Manager Izabel Neely. People Helping People, Inc is a local grassroots 501c3 non-profit Employment Program dedicated to helping low-income women and single...   (22:27)
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September 9, 2023

Utah Infertility Resource Center

Mike chats with Program Manager Auschel Felt. The Utah Infertility Resource Center is dedicated to helping people of all backgrounds and identities to expand their families. Wheth...   (23:13)
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September 1, 2023

National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome

Mike chats with Executive Director Danielle Vazquez & Parent Support Program Nurse at Hill Air Force Base Deedra Nelson. Founded in 2000, the National Center on Shaken Baby Sy...   (29:23)
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August 25, 2023

Dance For Life

Mike chats with Executive Director Kristin Barlow. Dance for Life was initiated in July 2018 when director Kristin Barlow heard of another suicide in her community and was alarmed...   (21:20)
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August 16, 2023

Red Barn Farms

Mike chats with Executive Director Michael Haws. Red Barn Farms is a licensed, two-year minimum residential life-skills academy that reinvents lives broken from addiction and crim...   (27:34)
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August 11, 2023

Utah Foster Care

Mike chats with CEO Nikki MacKay and Director of Recruitment Jennie Sheperd. Utah's legislature and Governor Mike Leavitt created Utah Foster Care (UFC) in 1999. We work to develo...   (30:28)
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August 4, 2023

Craft Lake City DIY Fest

Mike chats with Executive Director Angela Brown. The Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival is Utah’s largest local-centric art, music, science and technology festival. August 11th...   (26:32)
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July 28, 2023

Ogden Pride

Mike chats with Ogden Pride President Sean Childers-Gray. Ogden Pride celebrates and supports the LGBTQ+ community, individuals, and their families and allies in Northern Utah in ...   (26:28)
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July 21, 2023

Columbus Community Center

Mike chats with Chief Executive Officer Kristy Chambers and Autism Program Director Amy Wadsworth. Columbus was founded in 1968 by a group of parents looking for a community-based...   (30:23)
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July 14, 2023

Utah Parent Center

Mike chats with Project Coordinator Jennie Dopp. The mission of the Utah Parent Center is to help parents help their children, youth, and young adults with all disabilities to liv...   (30:07)
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July 7, 2023

Utah Infertility Resource Center

Mike chats with Executive Director Shelli Mecham & Program Manager Auschel Felt. Our non-profit is dedicated to helping people of all backgrounds and identities to expand thei...   (29:46)
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June 22, 2023

Mascot Miracles Foundation

Mike chats with President Rich Ellis and Hero Spencer Angerbauer. With our mascots serving as hosts, our heroes and their families have the chance to laugh, play and forget the pa...   (28:52)
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June 15, 2023

O2 Utah

Mike chats with Communications Director Eli Davis. O₂ Utah is an environmental nonprofit whose mission is to clean our state’s air and eliminate our contributions to climate c...   (26:46)
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June 8, 2023

Nuzzles & Co

Mike chats with Director of Operations Arin Meade & Annual Giving Manager Josh Stasinos. Our mission is to protect animals, to provide a loving and nurturing place where they...   (30:51)
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June 1, 2023

Intermountain Healing Hearts

Mike chats with President Alex Howard, Executive Director Christina Davis, and VP of Public Relations Jessica Christensen. Intermountain Healing Hearts started in 2007 when twelve...   (31:27)
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May 25, 2023

Tracy Aviary

Mike chats with President & CEO Tim Brown & Jordan River Nature Center Director Marissa Beckstrom. Tracy Aviary provides three unique opportunities to support our mission ...   (27:34)
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May 18, 2023

Park Silly

The Park Silly Sunday Market is a non-profit 501(c)3 ~ not for profit, just for fun! Park Silly has hosted over 2.5 million people over the course of 16 years and has helped to fo...   (24:08)
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May 11, 2023

Ballet West

Mike chats with Director of Ballet West Academy Evelyn Cisneros-Legate. The Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy, the official school of Ballet West, is Utah’s premier s...   (24:51)
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May 4, 2023

Community Action Services and Food Bank

Mike chats with CEO Karen McCandless and COO Tom Hogan. Community Action Services and Food Bank is a nonprofit organization in Provo that provides a two-step process to solving po...   (31:16)
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April 27, 2023

Bicycle Collective

Mike chats with Executive Director Donna McAleer. The mission of the Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and recreation...   (25:52)
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April 21, 2023

American Heart Association

Mike chats with Heart Survivor and Leadership Development Chair on the American Heart Association Utah Board of Directors, Lianna Kinnard. Thanks to Governor Cox's office and the ...   (22:19)
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April 13, 2023

Utahns Against Hunger

Mike chats with Executive Director Gina Cornia. Utahns Against Hunger's mission is to increase access to food across Utah. Utahns Against Hunger is Utah’s only state-wide anti-h...   (31:09)
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April 6, 2023

One Kind Act a Day

Mike chats with Semnani Family Foundation Founder Khosrow Semnani. The Semnani Family Foundation created the One Kind Act a Day initiative because small acts of kindness, when don...   (24:54)
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March 30, 2023

Scenic View Academy

Mike chats with Program Director Jared Stewart, Clinical Social Worker Sarah Heuser, and Community Engagement Manager Kari Bushman Located at the mouth of Provo Canyon just a few ...   (31:03)
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March 23, 2023

Wonderbloom Nature Playschool

Mike chats with Executive Director Sarah Stone and Educator Jake McCabe. Wonderbloom: Nature Playschool is a non-profit, state-licensed, nature-based early childhood education pro...   (28:46)
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March 16, 2023

Bad Dog Arts

Mike chats with Co-Directors Victoria Lyons & Michael Moonbird and Programs Director Cindy Valasquez. Bad Dog's mission is to offer art to everyone from all cultures to experi...   (29:19)
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March 9, 2023

Utah Food Bank - Feed Utah Food Drive

Mike chats with President & CEO, Ginette Bott about the Feed Utah Food Drive which will help provide food to the estimated 289,000 Utahns who face hunger—many of whom are fa...   (23:11)
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March 3, 2023

Bountiful Davis Art Center

Mike chats with Executive Director Alysa Revell and Education Director, Alison Neville. BDAC’s Mission statement reads: To engage the community through quality artistic and cult...   (26:43)
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February 23, 2023

Centro Hispano

Mike chats with Chief Communications Officer Abraham Hernandez. Our mission is to empower Latino and Utah families by providing equitable access to information, resources, and edu...   (28:38)
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February 16, 2023

Clean Slate Utah

Mike chats with Destiny Garcia, Executive Director & Chad Christman, Intake Coordinator. Criminal records—even very old and minor ones—can create huge barriers for people ...   (29:11)
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February 9, 2023

On Pitch Performing Arts

Mike chats with Executive Director Brandon Stauffer and Development Director Danielle Bendinelli. On Pitch Performing Arts Inc. exists to educate, entertain, and inspire children,...   (27:05)
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February 2, 2023

Canines With A Cause

Mike chats with Executive Director Cathy King. We are a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization that rescues predominantly shelter dogs and places them with disabled military vete...   (27:55)
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January 26, 2023

Bear O-Care

Mike chats with Executive Director Michael Braga and Trudi O'Brien Manager. Bear-O Care provides a community approach to caring for individuals with multiple disabilities by build...   (24:28)
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January 19, 2023

Fit To Recover

Mike chats with Program Coordinator Kate Losser and Nutrition Pillar Lead, Davin Lau. Our mission is to provide a safe place for people in recovery from substance use disorders to...   (21:17)
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January 13, 2023

People Helping People

Mike chats with Senior Program Manager Abby Warr and Program Manager Izabel Neely. People Helping People serves 1,000 women every year who participate in coaching, mentoring, and...   (25:48)
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January 5, 2023

SAPREA

Saprea exists to liberate individuals and society from child sexual abuse and its lasting impacts. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity, funded by a combination of public a...   (29:17)
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December 29, 2022

The Inn Between 1

Mike chats with Jillian Olmsted, Executive Director, & Kellie Mieremet Community Engagement Manager, The INN Between. The mission of The INN Between is to end the tragic histo...   (26:06)
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December 15, 2022

The Road Home

The mission of The Road Home is to help people step out of homelessness and back into our community. The Road Home is a private nonprofit social services agency that assists indiv...   (23:11)
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December 8, 2022

Street Dawg Crew of Utah

Street Dawg Crew of Utah is a nonprofit with a mission to serve the pets of the homeless and other low-income and vulnerable populations by providing free pet food and supplies, p...   (19:34)
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December 1, 2022

More Than A Flag

A 2021 survey reported Utahns value the history of our current flag, which features our state's seal, but a majority of respondents didn't feel like the banner represented them. F...   (27:09)
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November 24, 2022

The FMK Foundation

The FMK Foundation was founded by Jennifer and Jon Kikel in memory of their deceased parents Frank J. Kikel and Marlene S. Kikel. Both Frank and Marlene set an example to their ki...   (25:17)
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November 17, 2022

Intermountain Therapy Animals

Mike chats with Kathy Klotz and Karen Burns, co-executive directors. Intermountain Therapy Animals (ITA) is a non-profit organization founded in Salt Lake City in 1993. ITA alone ...   (24:38)
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November 10, 2022

Utah Community Action

Mike chats with Janell Cerva, Chief Impact & Strategy Officer and Stacy Weight, Chief Administrative Officer about the organization and their Holiday plans. Founded in 1965, U...   (26:56)
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November 3, 2022

Friends of Great Salt Lake

Mike chats with Katie Newburn, Education & Outreach Director and Holly Simonsen, Membership & Programs Director. The mission of FRIENDS is to preserve and protect the Grea...   (29:42)
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October 27, 2022

Usana Kids Eat

Mike chats with Director Michelle Benedict and Operations Manager Stephen Cook. The USANA Kids Eat program provides the framework to combat hunger, remove meal uncertainty, and ch...   (27:49)
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October 20, 2022

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah

Mike chats with President and CEO Nancy Winemiller-Basinger and CDO Brandi Jolley. BBBSU's mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the powe...   (27:18)
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October 13, 2022

American Cancer Society

Mike chats with American Cancer Society Utah Senior Development Manager Amy Guiliano and Joelle Fierro with the Utah Department of Health & Human Services. At the American Can...   (24:31)
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October 8, 2022

Community Animal Welfare Society (CAWS)

Mike chats with foster volunteers Di Lewis and Tiffany Henline. CAWS is a no-kill, volunteer, and foster-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is working with the c...   (27:39)
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September 29, 2022

Envision Utah

Mike chats with CEO Ari Bruening and Vice President of Communications Jason Brown. From air quality to education, and from agriculture to transportation, Envision Utah is a nonpro...   (27:59)
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September 22, 2022

The Other Side Academy

Mike chats with Executive Director Dave Durocher. The Other Side Academy is based on the methodology developed over the last 40 years known as the Therapeutic Community Model. Rat...   (28:54)
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September 15, 2022

4th Street Clinic

Mike chats with CEO, Janida Emerson and Development Director, Laurel Ingham. Fourth Street Clinic helps individuals experiencing homelessness improve their health and quality of l...   (26:56)
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September 8, 2022

Remembering 9/11

Mike chats with Sonia Agron & Bill Romaka about their experiences on 9/11 and what their lives have been like since. Sonia was a former EMT on 9/11 but sprang into action afte...   (26:24)
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September 1, 2022

Utah Veterans Alliance

Mike chats with Tim Jenson, President and Corporal William Wiggins, Co-Founder and Outreach Specialist. While there are several veterans’ charities that provide services for our...   (25:53)
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August 25, 2022

Utah Chapter of The Alzheimer's Association

Mike chats with Development Manager, Moriah Mason. Walks to end Alzheimer's are coming up in Provo on 9/17 and Sandy 9/24. The Alzheimer's Association of Utah is the premier sourc...   (21:59)
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August 18, 2022

The INN Between

Mike chats with Jillian Olmsted, Executive Director, & Kellie Mieremet Community Engagement Manager, The INN Between. The mission of The INN Between is to end the tragic histo...   (25:36)
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August 11, 2022

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, educati...   (27:17)
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August 5, 2022

Mike interviews Angela H. Brown, Executive Director of Craft Lake City.

Elevating Utah’s creative culture through science, technology & art, Craft Lake City's DIY Festival is 8/12-8/14 at The Utah State Fairpark. www.craftlakecity.com See our website for privacy information.   (25:38)
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