Utah Thrives

Listen to our latest episode of Utah Thrives, where we discuss one of our Social Capital Index project reports: Tots and Tomorrow: How a Focus on Future Generations Generates Social Capital. In this episode, Dan Bammes guides us through a discussion among Utah Foundation staff and board members. We cover the data and importance of these future-generations metrics. Access the full report here. The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Social Capital and Future Generations appeared first on Utah Foundation.

Listen to our latest episode of Utah Thrives, where we set the stage for our upcoming series of reports on social capital. We revisit a clip of our interview with Robert Putnam in 2019 and hear an overview of our social capital project by Research Intern Laura Pacheco. We also interviewed Silvia Castro Bennett of Suazo Business Center and Bill Crim of United Way Salt Lake to understand how their organizations leverage social capital to … Continued The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Social Capital in Utah appeared first on Utah Foundation.

Federal law requires hospitals to post the prices of medical and surgical procedures on their websites in the hope that health care consumers will be able to make informed decisions about which providers to go to. The intention was to allow market forces to reduce the cost of health care and to empower patients and their families to make better decisions. The Utah Foundation has been studying these issues and recently published a report, … Continued The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Healthcare Price Transparency appeared first on Utah Foundation.

In this edition of Utah Thrives, we’ll look at issues in post-secondary education detailed in the Utah Foundation’s new research reports. Utah Foundation President Shawn Teigen sets the stage for a discussion of goals and governance for Utah’s public colleges and universities. Tim Sheehan, Vice President of Government and Community Relations for Salt Lake Community College, talks about how the Utah system is meant to provide critical employment skills for students, and President Brad Mortensen … Continued The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Education Beyond High School appeared first on Utah Foundation.

In this podcast, Utah Foundation staff members Christopher Collard, Ashley Marshall-Cantor, and Shawn Teigen talk about the top research findings of 2024. They cover the Utah Priorities Project, taxes, and housing. Listen below! The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Top Research Findings of 2024 appeared first on Utah Foundation.

Utah’s Senior Advisor for Housing Strategy and Innovation and former member of the Utah State House of Representatives talks with Utah Foundation Trustee Thomas Young about the top issue of the 2024 Utah Priorities Project: housing affordability. The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Interview with Steve Waldrip appeared first on Utah Foundation.

In this podcast, Utah Foundation board member Thomas Young speaks with staff members Shawn Teigen and Christopher Collard about the 2024 Utah Priorities Project, focusing on the fact that people are priced out and fed up. Read the report, Priced Out and Fed Up, here. The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Utah Priorities Project overview appeared first on Utah Foundation.

The Utah Thrives podcast has invited candidates of the second Congressional District Special Election to speak with Utah Foundation board member Thomas Young. In these interviews, Thomas asks questions relating to the Utah Foundation’s Utah Priorities Project and how these candidates hope to address the issues most important to Utah voters. In this edition of Utah Thrives, Steven Everett joins Thomas to speak with Utah State Senator Kathleen Riebe. This podcast has been edited for … Continued The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Interview with Kathleen Riebe appeared first on Utah Foundation.

The Utah Foundation has invited candidates of the second Congressional District Special Election to speak with Thomas Young. In these interviews, Thomas asks questions relating to the Utah Foundation’s Utah Priorities Project and how these candidates hope to address the issues most important to Utah voters. In this edition of Utah Thrives, Thomas Young speaks with the Libertarian nominee, Brad Green. This interview was edited for brevity. The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Interview with Brad Green appeared first on Utah Foundation.

The Utah Foundation has invited candidates of the second Congressional District Special Election to speak with Thomas Young. In these interviews, Thomas asks questions relating to the Utah Foundation’s Utah Priorities Project and how these candidates hope to address the issues most important to Utah voters. In this edition of Utah Thrives, Thomas Young speaks with the Republican nominee, Celeste Maloy. The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Interview with Celeste Maloy appeared first on Utah Foundation.

The Utah Foundation has invited each of the Republican primary candidates for Utah’s 2nd congressional district special election to speak with Thomas Young. In these interviews, Thomas asks six questions relating to how these candidates would address the issues most important to Utah voters. For instance, what could Congress do about housing prices? And what about healthcare costs and accessibility? In this edition of Utah Thrives, Thomas Young speaks with Becky Edwards who served as … Continued The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Interview with Becky Edwards appeared first on Utah Foundation.

In this edition of Utah Thrives, Thomas Young interviews Utah Foundation President Shawn Teigen about the results of the 2020 Priorities Project. They discuss past priorities and theorize about how voters’ priorities might change in the upcoming 2024 election season. The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Utah Voter Priorities appeared first on Utah Foundation.

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Utah Foundation staff discuss the findings of our Misery Index, released in December as part of the 2022 Quality of Life Series. We also hear from Representative — and economist — Robert Spendlove and Dr. Steve Hanke, the creator of the index we used. Just what is making Utahns miserable and how miserable are they? Listen to find out. The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Utahns’ Misery appeared first on Utah Foundation.

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Social Capital: An Overview of the 2021-22 Series In July, the Utah Foundation released the eighth installment in its Utah Social Capital Series. The series examined roughly 30 metrics in seven topical areas. They included civic engagement, social trust, community life, family life, social cohesion, social mobility and the focus on the next generation. The Network of Relationship: Utah’s Social Capital Index is the final report in the series. It takes together the findings of the previous … Continued The post Utah Thrives Podcast | Social Capital in Utah appeared first on Utah Foundation.

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