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Tyler Clancy on Utah’s homelessness challenge and the work of solving it

by Marty Carpenter | May 15, 2026 | episodes

Tyler Clancy has done more in their 20s than most people do in a lifetime. Nonprofit leader. Provo police officer. The youngest member elected to the Utah House. And now, after a 48-hour break between the end of session and the start of a new job, Utah’s state...

Francis Gibson on how Utah’s hospitals are navigating a health system under pressure

by Marty Carpenter | May 8, 2026 | episodes

Francis Gibson has held a lot of titles. Majority Leader of the Utah House of Representatives. Hospital executive. President and CEO of the Utah Hospital Association. But the most surprising thing about sitting down with him for Back Channel wasn’t the...

Abby Osborne on the controlled chaos of the House and keeping the trains on the tracks

by Marty Carpenter | May 1, 2026 | episodes

If you want to understand how Utah’s legislature actually works, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better guide than Abby Osborne. As Chief of Staff for the Utah House of Representatives, a role she’s held for seven years, Osborne is widely regarded as...