The Seagull and the Snowpocalypse, parts 2 and 3

  • December 19, 2024
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Plus, PIK2AR awards and train laments.

Tonight's show features the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community!

Congratulations to the PIK2AR team for their recent accolades in the community:

Downtown SLC resident and KRCL neighbor Moisés Lopez returns with an update on the train horns disrupting his and other residents' lives for more than 2 months. Lopez challenges the "safety" argument for crossing upgrades that led to trains having to blast their horns all along the line until all upgrades were completed. 

RadioACTive shares the final two episodes in a three-part series from Utah Public Radio, UnDisciplined: The Seagull and the Snowpocalypse, a collaboration with The Salt Lake Tribune.

  • Part 2: Most people know rain and snow feed the flow to the Great Salt Lake. What about the water that soaks into the ground?

  • Part 3 of Undisciplined: The Seagull and the Snowpocalypse (Part 3): In a world where climate changes by fractions, not factors, would a more nuanced warning about the Great Salt Lake have stirred action? 

About the team behind Undisciplined: The Seagull and the Snowpocalypse: 

  • Matthew D. LaPlante is a climate scientist and associate professor of journalism at Utah State University. He is a former staff reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune and the host of the science-themed program “UnDisciplined” on Utah Public Radio. LaPlante is the co-author, along with Piyush Dahal, Shih-Yu Simon Wang, Kirsti Hakala, and Avik Mukherjee, of the peer-reviewed study “A ‘nuclear bomb’ or just ‘a joke’? Groundwater models may help communicate nuanced risks to the Great Salt Lake,” which was published in the journal Water on Aug. 6. None of the individuals quoted in this series was involved in the study.

  • Clarissa Casper joined The Tribune in June 2024 to cover Cache Valley and report on-air in partnership with Utah Public Radio. She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from Utah State University, where, as an undergraduate, she worked as a reporter for The Herald Journal in Logan. She also is an avid birder who enjoys exploring Utah’s many wetlands.

  • Raegan Edelman is a graduate of journalism and art history from Utah State University. She is the producer and guest host of UnDisciplined. Raegan is an avid lover of animals, particularly whales and wolves, and her work focuses on environmental science.

Undisciplined: The Seagull and the Snowpocalypse is a companion podcast to a series with The Salt Lake Tribune:

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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