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Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show 322 - Winter On, Dead Wolf & Microplastics

OOA Show 322 - Interview with alpinist and owner of Bear House Mountain Guiding, Derek DeBruin. Adventure News and Events. 

Nine Rails Ep. 9 - Illuminate

Illuminate SLC. 
Episode 9 of the Nine Rails Arts Podcast takes us to Salt Lake City for Utah Arts Alliance’s second annual Illuminate Light Art & Technology Festival. Our Van Sessions mobile studio, #TanVan, opens its doors to Programming Director for Utah Arts Alliance, Michael Christensen; Community & Performing Arts Manager for Utah Arts & Museums, Jason Bowcutt; Illuminate light-based artist, Justina Bonaventura; SLC-based Electronic Science Fiction Band, Conquer Monster’s Daniel Romero & Joshua Faulkner; and Executive Director of Utah Arts Alliance, Derek Dyer

Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show 321 - Backcountry Bash

Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show 321 - Backcountry Bash

Nine Rails Arts Podcast Ep. 2 Extract: Conductor Randall Craig Fleischer

EXTRACT: Conductor Randall Craig Fleischer
In Episode 2, we had the chance to chat with Utah Symphony Guest Conductor, Randall Craig Fleischer, in our Van Sessions #TanVan mobile studio, at Snowbasin Resort for Ogden Symphony Ballet Association’s Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald concert under the stars.

Nine Rails Arts Podcast Ep. 8 - Relative Truth / NEXT Ensemble’s Amahl

Episode 8 of the Nine Rails Arts Podcast features an interview with Collin Noortmann Chandler, Mark Seawell and Chris Miller, the artists behind Eccles Community Art Center’s November exhibition, “Relative Truth”.
We also sat down with NEXT Ensemble’s Executive Director, Susan Campbell, and Program Host & Artistic Advisor, Dr. Carey Campbell, to talk about their all-ages holiday opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors.

Nine Rails Arts Podcast Ep. 7 - Dia De Los Muertos / Tutulli & WSU Ballet Folklórico

This episode includes bilingual interviews with the help of interpreter Ogden City Diversity Affairs Officer, Viviana Felix. We spoke with Maria Salgado with WSU Ballet Folklorico and Leon Araujo, owner of local cafe Coffee Links to chat about the upcoming Mexican Holiday, Dia De Los Muertos. We also speak with Irimelva Reyes, director of Tutulli Ballet Folklorico, specializing in presenting dances from various regions of Mexico.

Van Sessions S5 - The Monarch: Sammy Brue with KJ Ward

Recorded LIVE in a van at the Garden beside the Monarch Building in Ogden Utah in conjunction with Ogden City Arts, First Friday Art Stroll, and arts nonprofit, Ogden First, this is Van Sessions with Ogden local and Nashville recording artist, Sammy Brue, with KJ Ward.

Nine Rails Arts Podcast Extract - Lorie Buckley, Ogden City Arts

Interview with Lorie Buckley, Arts Coordinator for Ogden, Utah, 

Van Sessions OFOAM - Sugar and the Mint

This is what it sounds like when you get 6 musicians in a van backstage at the Ogden Music Festival presented by Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music.

LITerally Ep. 29 - Utah Humanities Book Festival LITerally Reunion

We harvested just the smallest yield from the bounty of writing experience that came together to talk writing before our Utah Humanities Book Festival LITerally reading.
In conjunction with The Utah Humanities Book Festival, this was a group podcast featuring many of our local and national guests. Our local readers for the evening: Kase Johnstun, Sian Griffiths, J.A. Carter Winward, Danielle Susi, Chadd VanZanten, Brad Roghar (Ogden Poet Laureate), Alison McLennon, Amanda Luzzader, and Michael McLane.Our Oregon writers who joined us: Sean Davis and Deborah Reed.

Van Sessions S4 - Branson Anderson

Branson Anderson plays a 4 song set on Season 4 of Van Sessions. 

Nine Rails Arts Podcast Ep. 6 - Argo House & BalletX

This episode includes an interview with James Argo of Industrial Art & Design and, Jake McEntire of Union Creative Agency. We spoke with James and Jake in what they refer to as the “Fish Bowl” room on the second level of the newly renovated Argo House.
Argo House is described as a design colony located on 25th Street in the heart of Ogden’s Nine Rails Creative District. Tenants of the Argo House are varied in expertise and pursuits united through their passion for creativity.
Philadelphia-based BalletX, a premier contemporary ballet company featuring world-class dancers toured through Ogden thanks to the Ogden Symphony Ballet Association, and we able to chat with Associate Artistic Director, Tara Keating, along with Dancer, Richard Villaverde.

Van Sessions OFOAM - The Hollering Pines

A mini-Van Session as recorded at the OFOAM Ogden Music Festival in a van down by the Weber River at Fort Buenaventura. M. Horton Smith and Daniel Young, two members of The Hollering Pines joined us for 2 acoustic songs in a van backstage at OFOAM.

LITerally Podcast Ep. 28 - J.A. Carter-Winward

We got poetry. We got prose. We got a performance piece. And there is so much more in our podcast with J.A. Carter Winward. If you're easily offended, this isn't your episode. But if you're not, you will be entertained. Thanks, JA, fro joining me and Brandon for the podcast. We got LIT (eral).

Van Sessions S4 - Lysergic Ashes

Van Sessions Season 4 with Lysergic Ashes!

Nine Rails Arts Podcast Ep. 5 - Ink Dwell Part 2 | LITerally Podcast Reading

In Episode 5, we go on campus to talk Ink Dwell’s Monarch Butterfly Migrating Mural at Weber State University’s Kimball Visual Arts Building. We sat down with Ink Dwell studio co-founders, WSU Hurst Artist-in-Residence, Jane Kim, and adventure journalist, Thayer Walker, as well as Aubrey Eckhardt, one of three art student interns assisting with the mural.
Scott Sprenger, the dean of the Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities, and Matthew Choberka, the Chair & Professor of Art at the Department of Visual Art & Design, joined us for the conversation as well. Ogden’s first Migrating Mural, discussed in Episode 4, is located at The Monarch building at 455 25th Street. Community members can view banner illustrations created by Kim at the Ogden Nature Center.

LITerally Podcast - Paul Rowley (LaPier)

Paul Rowley talks to us about his first chapbook, one that gives a picture of living always on the borders -- the borders between the expectations and realities of growing up as Native American, though this is just the catalyst for a much deeper discussion about the place of art in our time. (Adult Content Warning)

Nine Rails Arts Podcast Ep. 4 - Ink Dwell Part 1

In Episode 4, we are joined by the founders of Ink Dwell studio, science illustrator & muralist Jane Kim and adventure journalist Thayer Walker, as well as painter assistants, Laura Macias, Ash Ferlito and Fiorella Ikeue, to discuss Ink Dwell’s Migrating Mural campaign and much, much more.
The first of two episodes devoted to Ogden’s citywide, collaborative monarch butterfly installations focuses on Phase One, Ogden Nature Center Entrance Banners, and Phase Two, a spectacular outdoor mural at the newly restored Monarch building.

Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show 316 - XTERRA

Professional XTERRA athlete, Will Kelsay, joins us to chat about this weekend's 2018 XTERRA Pan Am Championship triathlon and XTERRA Trail Run National Championship, oh, and also touring the country in an old RV. Also, events, adventure news, Worth Reading, Outdoor Jukebox, and more! Enjoy!

Van Sessions S4 - Jill Johnson

A phenomenal 4-song acoustic #TanVan set by Jill Johnson, a melancholy singer who will leave you with a smile and a warmed heart. Only on Season Four’s Van Sessions at Ogden’s Union Station during Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll.

Nine Rails Arts Podcast Ep. 3 - Birth of a Creative District with Ogden City Project Coordinator Sara Meess / The Proper Way

In Episode 3, we we chat with Ogden City Business Development Project Coordinator, Sara Meess for a behind-the-scenes look into the making of a Creative District. We also party on the porch with The Proper Way!

Interview: Snowbasin GM Davy Ratchford & Comm Coordinator Megan Collins

Interview with new Snowbasin General Manager Davy Ratchford & Communications Coordinator Megan Collins. We chat mountain management, parking, uphill policy, mini-golf, and keeping Snowbasin home. 

Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show 315 - Snowbasin and Mini Golf

OOA Show Ep. 315 features an interview with new Snowbasin GM Davy Ratchford along with mountain Communications Coordinator Megan Collins. Also, a throwback Weekly Happy, Events, Adventure News, something Worth Watching, Outdoor Jukebox, and more. Enjoy!

Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show 314 - Pub Runners, Bike Homecoming and Ski News

Fully loaded - Kase Johnstun, Ogden Pub Runners Founder kicks off the podcast followed by Ogden Bicycle Collective's Danielle Dawn and Ogden City Arts' Lorie Buckley and Derek Williamson chatting about the upcoming Bike Homecoming. Adventure News, Events, Worth Watching, Quote of the Week, Outdoor Jukebox and more... 
Enjoy!