Both Sides of the Aisle
Hosted by Our hosts and Shireen and Shireen Ghorbani · Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall
4.7from 12 ratings
- 152
- Episodes
- 125
- Transcribed
- 12
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Both Sides of the Aisle
Both Sides of the Aisle is a weekly debate over politics, policy and current issues facing the state of Utah, featuring voices representing the Right, the Center, and the Left.Representing Right is State Auditor John Dougall (R), on the Left is former Salt Lake County Councilwoman Shireen Ghorbani (D), and speaking for the “common sense middle” is Natalie Gochnour, an associate dean in the David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. The show is produced by Anthony Scoma.Both Sides of the Aisle attempts to help you understand the important questions facing residents of this state, while proving that Republicans and Democrats can sit in a small room and have a meaningful conversation.
- Publisher
- Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall
- Category
- government · news · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Nov 2023
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
125 of 152 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
United Nations, congressional races, and Sen. Curtis' corruption probe
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Education in Utah with Andrea Brandley
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Trump's $5000 midterm enticement and the fight over mail-in ballots
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United Nations, congressional races, and Sen. Curtis' corruption probe
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I think it plays a really, really important part. I think the key is to have a citizenry that can inform themselves and look at a diversity of news coverage to get – good information. Yeah. And I think for that, right, you have to have access and you have to have that access across a diverse body of news. I feel like this is just a really clear example of yet another way that the eroding of institutions has had an overall negative impact because there is no way for individuals to glean what's happening inside of, you know, inside of these bodies. They call it a fractured media environment that includes not only the media is fractured, but then you've got all the social media that's, you know, different. […]
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- Andrea Brandley
- Emma Addams
- Jacob Rugh
- Sarah Wright
- Glade Sowards
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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- Quality
- 86
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts Both Sides of the Aisle?
Our hosts and Shireen and Shireen Ghorbani host the show. Published by Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Both Sides of the Aisle take guests?
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