Need Help Getting Outdoors for Earth Day? A UoU Student Made an App for That

  • April 15, 2026
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Wednesday, April 15: Join Nick @ 6 as RadioACTive passes the microphone to talk about Earth Day with SUWA land stewards and Always Outdoors, the new Utah-made social networking app for outdoor enthusiasts. Plus, C9 Scenes Inaugural Street Photography and Urban Art Fair, and an Ogden second-grade teacher vying to become America's Favorite Teacher.

BONUS: Ink Stick Media's Taylor Barnes on taxpayer dollars and the tech-bro "move fast, break things" approach taking over at least one defense contractor getting Utah tax incentives. And U Law Professor and retired IDF Colonel Amos Guiora with an update from Israel.

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Rallies & Resources Spotlight (full list here):

  • Apr 16: Vote for America's Favorite Teacher, who will win $25K, a trip to Hawaii, and a meetup with Bill Nye the Science Guy. RA talks with Julie Avellino, a second-grade teacher at Ogden Preparatory Academy who is competing this year.  

  • Apr 16: Follow the Money | 12-1 p.m. online. Event by Utah Investigative Journalism Project: "Federal Elections Commission staff will show how to use the FEC website to analyze candidate donations and spending and track spending from outside interest groups. Register here, and an invite link for the webinar will be emailed to you the day of the event."

  • Apr 22: Earth Day, your opportunity to get outside and revel in or help out Mother Nature. Not your forte, or do you want to meet up with folks but need some help?  Tonight, RA brings you some ideas with:

    • Jeremy Lynch, director of SUWA’s Stewardship Program, which has volunteer projects waiting for you

    • Jake Esayian and his new app, Always Outdoors, is a social networking app to connect with people nearby, join crews, discover events, and plan real adventures

  • May 2: C9 Scenes Inaugural Street Photography Pop-Up Gallery & Urban Art Fair | 12-6 PM in the alleyway between Scion Cider and Laziz Kitchen, Central 9th, SLC. C9 Scenes Creator Elisabeth Osmeloski shares more about this open showcase event for amateur to professional photographers & artists to capture indoor and outdoor community scenes from within the Central 9th neighborhood of SLC.

In The News

  • Inkstick Media's Taylor Barnes checks in with the latest on the military industrial complex and what it's up to in Utah. READ: Are Addresses of Northrop Grumman's Missile Plants a Secret? Utah Says So.

  • SJ Quinney College of Law Prof. Amos Guiora, a retired IDF colonel, is back in Israel for the summer. RA checks in for his read on Iran and the Middle East. Guiora is a prolific author and prominent lecturer/speaker both in the United States and Europe on issues related to complicity, enablers, bystanders, the Holocaust, national security, limits of interrogation, religion and terrorism, the limits of power, multiculturalism, and human rights.

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