Los mejores podcasts de Beehive (2024)

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2002 Winter Olympics Bring Utahns Together 3:33

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Utah's snowy peaks and valleys became the stage for athletes from around the world during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake. But the Games were much more than a sporting competition.Por Utah Humanities

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Utah Tree History: A Landscape in Flux 3:32

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Utah history isn’t just about the people who lived and worked here. It’s also about some of the oldest living organisms in our state – trees! Learn more about our arborous elders.Por Utah Humanities

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Nine Mile Canyon: Resource Exploitation vs Cultural Preservation 3:23

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Nine Mile Canyon contains an estimated 10,000 rock art sites created over a thousand years ago, and that’s just the beginning of the canyon's historic and cultural value. But natural gas exploration and extraction nearby pose challenges to preservation efforts.Por Utah Humanities

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The Energy Transition Powered by Rural Utah 3:31

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When you flip your light switch, do you know which part of rural Utah your electricity is coming from? Historically, fuel for the energy grid came from rural areas in the form of fossil fuels. But even as utilities transition to alternative energy, that energy is still sourced in rural Utah.Por Utah Humanities

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Poultry Co-operative Transforms Utah Agriculture 3:32

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The switch from Utah being a net importer of turkeys to becoming a substantial exporter in the 1920s can be attributed to the efforts of one man -- Benjamin Brown -- and the poultry co-operative he organized.Por Utah Humanities

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Radio: Bridging the Distance Across Rural Utah 3:33

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Today, we have 24 hour news channels and TikTok to share breaking news and current trends. But for Utahns isolated by distance in the early 20th century, the radio did a tremendous job of connecting residents in rural communities to each other and to the larger world.Por Utah Humanities

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Ephraim Relief Society Granary 3:33

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In the late nineteenth century, the local Granary building in Ephraim gave women an unusual public presence on Main Street, and became a proud symbol of early female autonomy, economic success, and charitable endeavors.Por Utah Humanities

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Arts Drive Rural Utah 3:40

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Just like alfalfa fields and amazing vistas, art is easy to find in rural Utah. It is also a major economic driver.Por Utah Humanities

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Spring City and the Politics of Preservation 3:49

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Living in a historic home can be lovely – but for Spring City residents in the 1970s, the influx of so-called "outsiders" sprucing up pioneer-era historic dwellings was a source of contention.Por Utah Humanities

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Cedar City's Sheep Tunnel 3:31

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Running underneath Cedar City is a concrete tunnel that is now a hang-out for adventurous kids and graffiti artists. But, what was this secret pathway originally intended to do?Por Utah Humanities

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Liberty Park: Salt Lake City’s “Central Park” 3:26

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Today, Salt Lake City’s urban sprawl and poor air quality are noteworthy, but the problem isn’t exactly new. Public parks were once seen as an antidote to the bad effects of increasing urbanization -- kind of like a little bit of the "country" in the city, if you will.Por Utah Humanities

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The Magical Van’s Dance Hall 3:24

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Every weekend across Utah, dancers fill nightclubs twisting to the latest tunes. But did you know that one of the most extravagant and celebrated dance halls in the Beehive State was found in the remote town of Delta? Learn what all the fuss was about.Por Utah Humanities

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Copper Mine Swallows Company Towns 3:29

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Demand for copper in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries reshaped Utah’s once-rural Bingham Canyon into an enormous open-pit mine supported by thriving company towns. But that same demand for copper went on to consume those same company towns.Por Utah Humanities

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Flying Professors 3:36

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Today, remote learning usually happens over a computer. But did you know that Utah colleges once used airplanes to bring professors directly to classrooms in rural areas? These "flying professor" programs represent just one chapter in a longer history of distance education.Por Utah Humanities

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Sagebrush Rebellion in Grand County 3:29

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When local officials in southern Utah's Grand County declared independence from the federal Bureau of Land Management in 1980, they took rhetoric of small government and individual freedom to a whole new level.Por Utah Humanities

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Wastelanding 3:17

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When you think of Utah's desert lands, do you picture a pristine wilderness or an arid waste? How we treat this landscape depends on the value that we assign to it.Por Utah Humanities

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Brigham City Peach Days 3:19

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Every autumn, large crowds descend on the small rural town of Brigham City for "Peach Days." It's the oldest harvest festival in Utah. And it all started with a one dollar investment in peach pits back in 1855.Por Utah Humanities

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Utah Rejects the White Elephant 3:35

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The United States federal government controls about 65% of land in Utah. The goal of maintaining these lands for public use tends to polarize Utahns. But there was a time when Utah leaders were not averse to federal regulation of public lands. (Wait...what?)Por Utah Humanities

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The Canyonlands Controversy 3:24

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Canyonlands is more than just Utah’s third national park. Its designation in 1964 occurred after a fight over who exactly public lands are meant for.Por Utah Humanities

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Town That Drowned: The Rockport Reservoir Tradeoff 3:39

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If you could provide drinking water for thousands of people by displacing twenty-seven farming families, would you do it? Utah leaders faced this very dilemma in the 1950s. Find out what they decidedPor Utah Humanities

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Women Hold the Line in Carbon County 3:39

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When Carbon County coal miners from the National Miners Union went on strike in 1933, their wives, sisters, and daughters were right there beside them. These women proved to be formidable adversaries in the fight for workers’ rights.Por Utah Humanities

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The Last Brothel in Utah 3:47

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Urban spaces in twentieth century Utah are known for their vice -- gambling, prostitution and more. But did you know the last brothel to close in Utah was actually in a rural town?Por Utah Humanities

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Utah’s Green Book 3:32

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In the 1940s, new roads, affordable cars, and an interest in national parks meant that more Americans were packing up their vehicles and hitting the open road. For Black travelers driving through rural areas of Utah, the Green Book was a vital resource for getting around safely.Por Utah Humanities

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Ghost Towns: Dewey 3:17

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There are only three roads in Utah that bridge the Colorado River, and only a handful of crossings. The ghost town of Dewey is one of those places and early settlers of the region made good use of this crossing.Por Utah Humanities

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Ghost Towns: Cisco 3:29

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A former railroad and ranching hub, the tiny settlement of Cisco became a ghost town after highway travel through the remote area was rerouted. But is Cisco still a ghost town today?Por Utah Humanities

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Ghost Towns: Sego, a Coal Town with a Colorful Past 3:40

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Down a bumpy canyon road in the Book Cliffs of southeastern Utah, curious travelers can find the ghost town of Sego. Named for Utah’s state flower, it’s a dusty coal town with a colorful past.Por Utah Humanities

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Utah's Gay Rodeo 3:32

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Saddles, denim, country music, and… drag queens? It’s an unexpected combination but an important one for community and belonging in queer rural Utah.Por Utah Humanities

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Rural to Rockets: Box Elder County Takes Off 3:40

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So, you are a giant aerospace company and you want to build a rocket plant: what do you look for? This week, learn how one Utah town met all the requirements to become a center for the US rocket industry and how that decision forever changed its future.Por Utah Humanities

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In This Little Town of Ours, We Have a Literary Club 3:32

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In 1928, a women’s club in Moab adopted an official song that crowed: “In this little town of ours, we have a literary club, and we derive from it everything good, it helps the town and public in numerous ways.” Learn more about these women and their service.Por Utah Humanities

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Ogden Union Stockyards 3:28

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Do you know where your food comes from? Utahns once depended on local butchers for fresh meat. But, in the early 1900s business boomed for the Ogden Union Stockyards, signaling a shift in how and where Utahns purchased their food.Por Utah Humanities

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West Desert Wasteland: Pollution and Sovereignty in Rural Utah 3:40

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Just around 45 miles west of Salt Lake City is a vast landscape shrouded in mystery and controversy. It’s also a holding place for some of the US military’s deadliest materials.Por Utah Humanities

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Utah’s Potato Growing Clubs 3:40

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Potato growing clubs became all the rage in the early 20th century as interest in a formal agricultural education grew.Por Utah Humanities

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The Militarized West 3:30

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World War II and the Cold War brought the military to much of rural Utah, transforming those places in the process. The economic boost that followed was long-lasting in some communities, but devastatingly short-lived in others.Por Utah Humanities

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The Mountain Man: a Romanticized Symbol 3:18

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Rugged individualism is practically synonymous with the American West, and mountain men are the embodiment of that ideal. But the ideal tends to mask the real significance – and legacy – of mountain men in Utah.Por Utah Humanities

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National Monuments to National Parks 3:35

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Utah is home to five national parks that protect stunning red-rock landscapes. All but one of them began as a national monument. What's the difference, you may ask? Learn all about it.Por Utah Humanities

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Sacred Healing: Traveling Midwives in Early Rural Utah 3:36

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Frontier life in late-nineteenth century Utah was rough. Today, many rural Utahns still struggle with access to medical care, but once upon a time midwives traveled throughout rural Utah, providing healthcare services to those in isolated areas.Por Utah Humanities

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The Jeffersonian Ideal: A Misfit for Utah 3:52

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When the United States was was created in the late 1700s, Thomas Jefferson had a vision of a nation built by individual family farmers. Here in Utah – we love farmers. But did we really live up to Jefferson’s ideal?Por Utah Humanities

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Roadside Motels 3:47

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Motels dotted Utah’s highways throughout the twentieth century, beckoning motorists to pull off the road and spend their tourist dollars in rural towns. Now that hotel chains dominate accommodation options, what happened to these locally owned motels?Por Utah Humanities

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Ghost Towns: An In-Person History Fix 3:29

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Did you know that Utah is haunted? Our state has an estimated one hundred ghost towns. While reasons for their abandonment vary, ghost towns throughout rural Utah have one thing in common: our desire to idealize a lost past and try to connect to it in real time.Por Utah Humanities

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Boom & Bust: Topaz Concentration Camp 3:29

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During World War II, a city of more than 8,000 people rose out of Utah's desert for three years, and then returned to dust. Find out more, after this.Por Utah Humanities

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Orderville & the Great Pants Rebellion 3:21

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The rural Utah town of Orderville was once a communal utopia – until a single pair of pants scandalized the whole settlement.Por Utah Humanities

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Swaner: The Nature Preserve at the Center of Change 3:29

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This week learn about one family who made it their mission to preserve nature in the heart of a growing city – and they succeeded!Por Utah Humanities

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Community Cookbooks 3:41

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Before food blogs and Pinterest, Utah women shared their best recipes in community cookbooks. More than just recipes, these books kept rural foodways and food culture alive.Por Utah Humanities

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Carbon College and Utah’s Educational Revolt 3:32

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Back in the 1950s, Utah’s budget-slashing governor J. Bracken Lee wanted to close the first institution of higher education in eastern Utah – which he actually helped establish! But Utahns balked at his plan and stopped it.Por Utah Humanities

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“The Most Noble Subject:” Utah’s Landscape Inspires Artists 3:26

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Nineteenth-century painters used Utah’s impressive landscape to promote an awe-inspiring vision of the American West through their art.Por Utah Humanities

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Putting the Carbon in Carbon County: Divergent Identities Lead to Divorce 3:26

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The creation of Carbon County in 1894 resulted from a rift between Mormon agriculturalists and non-Mormon miners, and illustrates the struggle over identity in rural Utah.Por Utah Humanities

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Orchards to Steel: The Transformation of Utah Valley 3:44

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Today, Utah Valley is known for its rapid development and urban growth. But the valley just east of Utah Lake used to be farmland and orchards. Find out how wartime transformation brought prosperity to this region -- but also irrevocable change.Por Utah Humanities

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Welcome to Main Street: Helper Commercial District 3:28

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Every rural Utah town has their own special Main Street. In Carbon County, Helper’s main street tells a rich historic story about change and continuity in its unique community.Por Utah Humanities

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Beauty in a Haystack 3:37

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Artists have long idealized labor and land in the American West. But what motivates an artist to paint a haystack? The answer may surprise you.Por Utah Humanities

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Segregation, Racial Violence, and the Klan in Rural Utah 3:23

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African Americans living and traveling through Utah in the early twentieth century had to delicately navigate the increasing power of the Ku Klux Klan, which contributed to an acceptance of racially-motivated violence.Por Utah Humanities

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