From the Of Salt and Sand podcast Stay Salty, Lakefacing Stories, Episodes 4 and 5

  • July 25, 2024
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When You Can't Leave and How to Stay

Of Salt and Sand is sharing their podcast with RadioACTive. Tonight on the show:

The info below is provided by Stay Salty, Lakefacing Stories. For the original post, click the links below.

  • Episode 4: When You Can't Leave: Incarceration on the Lake's Shore. People who are incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility face the impacts of the drying Great Salt Lake firsthand. While some of us may have the choice to leave if Great Salt Lake dries up, those who are incarcerated don't have such freedoms. For this episode of Stay Salty, co-host Meisei Gonzalez talked with Tea, a person incarcerated, and Sunny, a mental health advocate who works with people at the prison. The prison is built on Great Salt Lake wetlands, and it's often forgotten and invisible to society. In this episode, you'll hear challenges and reflections of what it's like being locked between land and lake, from hoards of mosquitos to toxic dust storms.

  • Episode 5: How to Stay: Disability Justice Lessons for Dust Bowl City. If the Great Salt Lake dries up, toxic dust from the exposed lakebed will reach the lungs of millions of Utahns. This would be a public health disaster. People with disabilities will be disproportionately impacted by this crisis, but they also have knowledge, experience and solutions to help us navigate our uncertain future. In this episode, we talk with Flor Isabel, a mom and activist whose family has struggled with asthma from Utah's already poor air quality. We also speak with Nat Slater, an artist and disability justice organizer who shares lessons from the disability justice movement on community care and adaptation.

Stay Salty episode transcripts can be found here: https://www.lakefacing.org/blog

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Questions, comments, or suggestions for the show? Email radioactive@krcl.org. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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