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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Today’s divisive political rhetoric around refugees and immigrants isn’t a new moment. novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen said it’s important to remember history: “Immigration is part of our American mythology, but so is hate and xenophobia.” -
Utah has the eighth-highest cost of rent in the nation, said University of Utah’s Andra Ghent. For years, supply has been low and demand high. Here’s the state of the rental market in Utah today. -
KUER’s Doug Fabrizio was a witness when Utah carried out Ronnie Lee Gardner’s death sentence by firing squad. As the state prepares to execute Taberon Honie, Fabrizio reflected on his experience and why it’s important not to look away. -
What was the mood back in 1995 when Utah found out it would host the 2002 Winter Olympics? We asked longtime Salt Laker, and retired NPR national correspondent, Howard Berkes to walk us down memory lane. -
Economic output looks promising for a second Utah Olympics, but a lot can change between now and 2034. -
According to the president and CEO of Utah’s defense and aerospace association, the industry brings as much as $25 billion to the state economy every year. Aaron Starks sat down with KUER to discuss the state of the industry in Utah. -
KUER asked two Utahns — one Palestinian, the other Jewish — about their thoughts on the pro-Gaza student protest movement that has now arrived at the University of Utah. -
USDA planting data shows a warming trend in Utah which means “we could potentially plant some new things in our gardens,” said Red Butte Garden horticulturist Crystal Kim. -
Clues as to what assurances the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games will give the IOC may lie in a bill the governor signed in 2023. -
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. -
KUER listener Rebecca Woolston gave us the recipe for her family’s annual appetizer so you can experience the warm and gooey nostalgia yourself. -
Utah’s Alta Ski Area pioneered the use of artillery on avalanches, but after 75 years, modern computerized devices are taking over.
