The creators of the podcast 'Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories' aim to get people talking about the Great Salt Lake and the environmental crisis it's facing, by telling personal stories not often heard in the conversations of policy and science.
Meisei Gonzalez, right, co-host of the podcast "Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories," interviews Jim Hopkins, discussing the magic of sunrises and sunsets reflecting on Great Salt Lake, near Saltair on March 30, 2024.and The Salt Lake Tribune, in collaboration with the University of Utah, to elevate diverse perspectives in local media through student journalism.“All of my family’s here,” said Juarez, a lifelong Utahn and one of the voices behind a new podcast focused on the Great Salt Lake.
“Conversations about the climate crisis and economic transition happen at a scientific level or a policy decision-making level, but not on a personal level,” Juarez said. “We started this podcast to focus on people who live here to understand how their daily lives are being impacted by the Great Salt Lake.
“As with many environmental issues, many community members who are primarily people of color, Indigenous, queer, disabled and working-class are facing the realities of climate change firsthand,” said Gonzalez, who grew up in Salt Lake City’s west side communities and works as communications director for Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah, or HEAL Utah. “We believe there is a need for frontline community members’ voices to be centered in this conversation.
Rios Pacheco, left, cultural and history advisor for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, talks to Olivia Juarez, co-host of the podcast "Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories," at the Antelope Island State Park Visitor Center on March 11, 2024, discussing Shoshone connections to the Great Salt Lake.This helped set the stage for the rest of the podcast, letting individuals know the complexity of what it means to stay in a place facing an environmental crisis.
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