Podcasts about Utah, United States

"I made it to I-80, took me two hours and 15 minutes from my home." A listener in Tooele County sent that text, and Utah's Morning News read it on air in its 8:00am Hour - April 17th, 2026. Lake-effect snow had left ice and crashes along the Wasatch Front that morning. The KSL traffic center answered with closures, and the hour became a shared commute. That exchange says a good deal about how Utah sounds in its own podcasts. Much of the listening is live radio cut into files afterwards. The liveliest of it talks back to its audience, from texts read aloud on a sports show to a coaches show broadcast from a downtown Salt Lake City pizza restaurant.

Sports fill more of the feed than anything else. The argument that never settles is Utah against BYU, now sharpened by Morgan Scalley's move to head coach after Kyle Whittingham's exit. The news hours carry heavier freight. On September 1, 2026, a judge found sufficient evidence for Tyler Robinson to stand trial in the killing of Charlie Kirk, and Robinson pleaded not guilty. In September 2026 the Salt Lake Tribune reported a survey in which 46% of registered voters named the economy and cost of living as their foremost issue.

Across these shows, the state comes into focus when an institution has to answer for itself in public. That might be a highway patrol lieutenant, a state licensing office, a judicial commission or a football coach.

What Utah is

Utah is a state in the Mountain West of the western United States, with an estimated 3,538,904 residents in July 2025. Its economy is diversified, taking in information technology and research, mining and tourism. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is an important influence on its culture. For the country around it, see the United States page.

The news, hour by hour

Utah's Morning News, with Andy Farnsworth and Amanda Dickson, is built for the drive in. Its 8:00am Hour - July 7th, 2026 covers three stories in turn:

• a KSL report on Provo Canyon School, in which former student Paris Hilton says she feels validated;
• day two of the Robinson preliminary hearing;
• a KSL Investigates trip to Virginia's Data Center Alley, made because Utahns are questioning data centers at home.

Jeff Caplan's Afternoon News packages a 5 O'clock Report billed as 20 minutes of uninterrupted news. In the June 29 edition, with Tim Hughes filling in, it named three firefighters who died on the Snyder Fire at the Utah-Colorado border.

KSL's Inside Sources, with Greg Skordas and Holly Richardson, gives stories more room. The Inside Sources Full Show April 17th, 2026 covers lawmakers moving to investigate an allegation against Justice Diana Hagan. The allegation is that she had an inappropriate relationship with an attorney for the plaintiffs in the redistricting lawsuit. The Judicial Conduct Commission's preliminary inquiry went no further. One host, who says he has appeared before that commission, calls the new push "a little troubling."

That same day, Midday with Maria Shilaos disclosed that the attorney has done outside legal work for KSL. The show then went to Flaming Gorge, where water is to be drawn down to help Lake Powell. Stacey Rauch, whose family has run Cedar Springs Marina for 40 seasons, said: "It's really scary for us."

From Moab, KZMU News carries Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio. In Regional Roundup July 13, 2026, KRCL's Asha Pruitt takes the stage in drag as Lymphoma.

Sent Away and the long accounting

Sent Away is the deepest listening here. Reporters from three news organizations, KUER's David Fox among them, released it in 2022 as an investigation of Utah's teen treatment industry.

1: Second Chances follows Megan, sent from the Dallas suburbs to Integrity House. It also follows her friend Kylie, who died after a fall in a cave where staff had not brought nearly enough flashlights. The series lets former regulator Ken Stettler explain why he gave the program 30 days to overhaul itself instead of revoking its license. That patience makes the oversight failure specific rather than cartoonish.

Sent Away's 7: We Failed You returns to Paris Hilton testifying to state senators in February 2021: "I was no longer Paris. I was only number 127." The series warns that it is not appropriate for children. It frames its story as running from a girl's death in 2002 to a girl's death in 2022.

Other shows on courts and safety speak from inside institutions, and should be heard that way:

• Covered with the Utah FOP is the podcast of the Utah Fraternal Order of Police, a law enforcement labor organization. In 106. OiCi with Kresdon Bennett Part 1, the conversation takes up a case where a protocol investigator wanted a witness officer and his wife held in separate hotel rooms for days.
• Utah in the Weeds, from 2022, is medical cannabis advocacy hosted by Tim Pickett.
• Utah's Cold Cases, in Brian's Beating Heart, stays with Darcy, whose son's heart now beats in another man.

The rivalry in every room

Utah Utes Interviews gathers ESPN 700's conversations with coaches and players. In Morgan Scalley on Utes Spring FB, Applying the RSNB culture to all phases on the game + more, Scalley says "where culture is exposed for good or bad is not when things are going great, it's when things are difficult."

Utah Man Podcast is the fan answer, and its hosts say they are not affiliated with the university. In In Scalley We Trust, one host calls Whittingham "an egomaniac."

Scotty G. & Friends, on 97.5 the KSL SportsZone, lands Danny Ainge. It also lets guest Sly Sylvester argue that the Holy War should close the season, picturing families split by the rivalry at Thanksgiving dinner.

Utah Valley Athletics carries hours of sports talk from 103.9 and 98.3 ESPN The Fan. In 3-3026 - Hour 3 - What is the better CFB program right now: Utah or BYU?, the hosts go season by season, weighing Rose Bowls against bowl records.

Full Court Press follows Utah State and lets its chat steer. In Utah State, Pac-12 transfer portal breakdown - April 7, 2026, listeners correct the hosts about whether Jax Allen is home from his mission. One host replies, "I will stand corrected there."

Wasatch Soccer Sentinel: for Real Salt Lake fans, in an episode with reporter Andy Larsen, explains a threshold in the Power District legislation. The bill previously required a $100 million average payroll, which the episode contrasts with Major League Soccer averages.

Places, food and old rock

This is a Place, with Nate and Brandon, takes up Utah places and habits. In Where is North, Central, and Southern Utah? the hosts cannot agree whether they themselves live in northern Utah; one draws the line at Davis County.

Hive Mind, about Salt Lake City, discusses The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City with Meg Walter, Eli McCann, Emily King and Irene Stone. In EMERGENCY EPISODE: A Greek Tragedy, one host complains that every article they read on a cast separation used Instagram as its primary source.

On I am Salt Lake Podcast, folklorist Danny B. Stewart explains how he collects material: "ask for stories and the monsters and ghosts will come."

Science Moab, produced with KZMU, explains the ground itself. Retired University of Utah professor Marjorie Chan describes how Navajo Sandstone concretions helped her team read the "blueberries" photographed by a Mars rover as signs of past groundwater. In Eureka at Cisco: Jurassic Mammals, a researcher describes splitting rock with hand sledges "like a caveman or a convict." The team then searches the broken blocks for mammal bones small enough to need a hand lens.

Where to start

• If you have time for one serious series: Sent Away, 1: Second Chances. Start at the beginning, since later episodes build on it.
• For a weekday morning as it happened: Utah's Morning News, 7 o'clock Report - April 17th, 2026. A reporter brakes at five miles an hour in a parking lot and slides several feet.
• For the rivalry, argued in full: Utah Valley Athletics, 3-3026 - Hour 3 - What is the better CFB program right now: Utah or BYU?
• For geography as comedy: This is a Place, Where is North, Central, and Southern Utah?
• For the rock beneath it all: Science Moab, Eureka at Cisco: Jurassic Mammals, an episode about how fieldwork actually proceeds.

Whichever you choose, listen for the moment someone in charge is asked to explain.

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