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May 26, 2023

Salt Lake’s Cheapest Beer, an Unconvincing Rebrand, and Anthem Auditions

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Salt Lake’s Cheapest Beer, an Unconvincing Rebrand, and Anthem Auditions

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It’s Memorial Day weekend, and Salt Lake Tribune reporter Andy Larsen may have found the cheapest beer in the county! He joins host Ali Vallarta and lead producer Emily Means to make sense of the week’s top stories, including the Utah Inland Port Authority’s strange rebrand and tales from local national anthem auditions.


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Read the 51-page whitepaper on the inland port, if you really want to.


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