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From local politics, to arts and culture, to history, the environment and beyond, “In the Hive” explores the issues and ideas that tie Utah together. Hosted and produced by KCPW’s Roger McDonough, each episode of this award-winning current affairs program explores a different theme–such as public transportation, homelessness, and air quality–and features conversations with experts in their fields as well as members of the public who have a stake in the show’s topic. KCPW producer and host Roger McDonough is a practiced freelance print and radio journalist. A Salt Lake City native, Roger provides local news weekday mornings and also hosts Behind the Headlines – a weekly recap of local news with reporters from The Salt Lake Tribune. He previously contributed to KCPW with an award-winning local history segment that was developed in partnership with the Salt Lake City Public Library, where he worked for nine years.

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University of Utah atmospheric scientist Dr. Kevin Perry on Great Salt Lake Dust risks

2022/06/23

“Is this the toxic lake dust?” That’s a question many people in northern Utah are now asking themselves when the air turns brown with particulate pollution during windstorms. The human health and environmental risks posed to our region by the drying up of the Great Salt Lake are well documented, and are now garnering national […]

‘Proud Democrat’ Kael Weston says his party was wrong to endorse independent in Senate race

2022/06/09

“While I respect what the delegates did, I don’t think it was good for Utah, I don’t think it was good for our party, and I think that there is a missing voice in the Senate race right now.” Kael Weston was the presumptive Democratic nominee in the race for the Senate seat currently held […]

Rain barrels for water conservation, and the mystery of the Library Square cowboy

2022/05/19

All of Utah is in extreme or exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. A recent study from UCLA identified the current drought as the deepest dry spell the American West has experienced in more than 1,200 years. Climate change is exacerbating the problem; that same study attributed 42% of the drought to global […]

After Yale ‘F’ grade, Huntsman CEO defends company’s decision to remain in Russia

2022/05/11

In the two and a half months since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, nearly 1,000 companies have curtailed operations in Russia beyond the minimum required by international sanctions – as a form of boycott. Yale University’s School of Management maintains a list of companies that have (or haven’t) withdrawn from Russia in opposition to the […]

Ammon Hennacy — the Catholic anarchist who ran SLC’s ‘Joe Hill House’ for the homeless

2022/05/05

In the early 1960s, a man named Ammon Hennacy started up a shelter and aid center for homeless people and railroad tramps who needed a place to stay. The Joe Hill House of Hospitality and St. Joseph Refuge provided a roof, food, storage for day laborers and camaraderie for Salt Lake City’s unsheltered. A new […]

Capitol exhibit highlights Topaz stories, Tracy Aviary takes precautions against bird flu

2022/04/28

On this week’s episode of “In the Hive…” A new exhibit on the third floor of the Utah State Capitol features stories of the survivors of the Topaz War Relocation Center, the concentration camp in central Utah that housed more than 11,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. The exhibit, sponsored by the San Franciso-based […]

A conversation with Mayor Erin Mendenhall, and a Utah wildlife encounter explained

2022/04/14

Today on “In the Hive,” the latest of our periodic conversations with Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall. We’ll talk to the mayor about pedestrian safety, homeless shelters, the deal the city struck on the Utah Inland Port, and even about the whale — a contentious new public art piece in the city’s 9th & […]

How to be a good neighbor to Utah Muslims during Ramadan (via City Cast Salt Lake)

2022/04/07

For Muslims in Utah and around the world, the holy month of Ramadan — which began with the sighting of the crescent moon on Friday — is a period of fasting, prayer and community. This week, the new local podcast City Cast Salt Lake offered a guide to being a good neighbor to Utah Muslims […]

Tales of a Salt Lake City switchboard operator

2022/03/31

Turn a corner in your city, and you’ll be confronted with a reminder that history is all around us. Old trees call to mind the forgotten individuals who planted them. Certain buildings seem haunted by the ghosts of an earlier era. Walk through an overgrown alleyway and a once-familiar place is suddenly…different. Digging into local […]

Author Eric Schlosser on America’s nuclear arsenal and the ‘illusion of safety’ (rebroadcast)

2022/03/24

Today on “In the Hive,” the rebroadcast of a conversation with the author Eric Schlosser, about the theory of nuclear deterrence, the unthinkability of nuclear war, and the ‘illusion of safety.’ This show originally aired a year ago and was the second part of a two-part look at the overhaul of America’s land-based nuclear missile […]