The Community Campfire

Park City High School sophomore Lila Owen is leading the charge to make Teacher Appreciation Week bigger than ever—with puppies, goats, and community-powered surprises—all to celebrate the educators who make a lasting impact every day.

New Park City High School football head coach Dennis "Coach G" Cunningham talks about developing a winning culture, life lessons from football, and plans for the upcoming 2026 season.

KPCW DJ Dave Semel traded Los Angeles for Park City to raise his daughter and build a more art-focused life—now splitting his time between television directing, volunteering at KPCW, and teaching skiing at Deer Valley.

Kris Lager is a blues/soul/Americana musician out of Omaha, Nebraska. He returns to The Community Campfire to talk about touring in various mountain towns and shares his favorite on-the-road meals. We hear "The Little Things" and "There Ain't Nothin' (That Can Get in My Way)" off his album, "Black Dirt Troubadour."

Park City native Peech. and his band bring their evolving folk-country sound to the KPCW studio, sharing stories of their musical journey and performing new songs from their latest release.

Lexi Rohner’s story is one of hope, humor and unwavering optimism in the face of life’s toughest challenges.

DJ Grateful Ted loves The Grateful Dead, The Band and Wilco — he also appreciates a good Frank Sinatra song. He loves coming into KPCW to DJ on Wednesday nights, as he says it's a form of therapy. As US Speed Skating CEO, his fast paced career never slows down, so he appreciates the sunsets and the solitude from the KPCW DJ studio.

A routine speaking engagement becomes a night full of strange and funny twists for Joel Zuckerman.

Zachary Giddings is a phenomenal music teacher who brings his passion for music to the band rooms and beyond. He believes that every student brings something special to the band and loves guiding their musical journey.

The Park City Pioneers, a Senior A semi-pro hockey team made up of former high-level players, are bringing fast-paced, competitive hockey to local fans while building a strong community connection. Jordon Stone and Kevin Hirt preview this weekend's final home games of the season, highlighting a fun, family-friendly atmosphere with youth involvement and fan engagement.

How Karen Stone turned a canceled world tour, a Kia named Karen, and a pandemic road trip into an unexpected new adventure in Park City.

Kristina Hoeksema has been teaching for twenty years and has touched the lives of countless children. She is the kind of 6th grade science teacher who does more than teach facts - she inspires confidence, curiosity and courage in her students.

A chance meeting with Robert Redford pulled Boston musician Mike Rogers to Park City, where decades of bartending gigs, piano bars, and jam bands turned into a life built on music, community, and storytelling. Now, through dueling pianos, songwriting, and songs like “Beautiful Life” and “Anything at All,” he reflects on the passage of time and the roads not taken—reminding us how a life in music can both slip by and mean everything at once.

From addiction and abuse to new beginnings, two Heber Valley women reflect on rebuilding their lives.

Julie Caldwell and her husband Kevin Luntz went to Mexico for winter break. Their son brought two friends along, but none of them ever expected to be caught up in the Mexican drug cartel violence that made world news.

Nashville songwriters Emma Zinck, Terri Jo Box, and Carlyle Griffin share campfire-style storytelling with an in-studio performance—showing how three distinct voices can blend into one shared night of songs and stories.

Members of Mountain Town Band share how a hobby that began with writing songs while serving in the Navy grew into the laid-back Americana trio Mountain Town Band, performing stories of mountain-town life live in the KPCW studio.

Women Rising, a program of the Wasatch Community Foundation, shows how connection, vulnerability and small acts of support help women—and communities—thrive.

Dena Stewart has dense breasts. Turns out that half the population of women do as well. Her determination to not take no for an answer from her doctor turned one routine mammogram into an MRI and early detection that saved her life.

Returning to the KPCW studios is Owen Quincy, who talks about his recent performances, classical/opera background, and the concept behind his album Lyre Man.