Pamela McCall
All Things Considered HostPamela is a dual citizen who hails from Canada and has been wandering the planet as a journalist. Vancouver, Hong Kong, London, New York and Seattle have been along her well-trodden path. She’s worked for the BBC World Service, CBS News Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. On 9-11, Pamela was an eyewitness to the collapse of the World Trade Center. Her love of skiing, mountains and radio has brought her back to Salt Lake City, where she covered ski racing during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Pamela is a certified ski instructor and a fledgling cook who admits to not being fully domesticated. She drove her well-worn car with her beloved kitty Possum through one Canadian province and three states to arrive at her new home at the foot of the Wasatch mountains.
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Utah will soon find out if it’s the host for the 2034 Winter Olympics, which could put pressure on the state to fix what ails the Great Salt Lake.
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KUER listener Rebecca Woolston gave us the recipe for her family’s annual appetizer so you can experience the warm and gooey nostalgia yourself.
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Utah’s Alta Ski Area pioneered the use of artillery on avalanches, but after 75 years, modern computerized devices are taking over.
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The events that have unfolded after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel have horrified Palestinians in Utah. Nora Abu-Dan is calling on the governor for support.
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The co-director of Chabad of Utah County and his wife and child are safely back in Utah after a harrowing experience in Israel.
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The ring of fire annular eclipse will grace parts of Utah on Oct. 14, and sky gazers are expected to abound – wearing proper eyewear of course.
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End-of-life hospice care can mean something different to each patient.
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The desire to find love does not stop as people age. In fact, when people fall in love later in life, neuroimaging shows the same parts of the brain lighting up as it does in younger people.
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The Salt Lake Tribune and the investigative newsroom ProPublica are partnering to report on sexual assault by health care professionals in Utah. The story of one therapist who worked with gay Latter-day Saint men shines light on what reporter Jessica Miller calls a “flawed and misleading system” for reporting abuse.
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A year after the constitutional right to abortion was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood of Utah is hunkered down in two legal battles to protect abortion rights in the state.
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One year after the Supreme Court changed the landscape of abortion, Utah’s laws remain tied up in courts. The president of Pro-Life Utah is confident though that the state will prevail.
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The blessing and planting of seeds is a yearly ceremony at Wasatch Community Gardens. It’s centered around culturally significant growing practices of people from Latin America.