David Wintzer

You’ll never look at a restaurant meal the same way again. This portrait of today's restaurant and farming communities takes place through embedded reporting. Friedman introduces us to the players responsible for producing the dish, from the chefs, line cooks, and sous chefs to the servers and dishwashers. We also meet the producers, farmers, and ranchers—all while Friedman delivers vivid sensorial descriptions of walking amongst rows of crops that line Midwestern farms, the chill of the cooler where beef dry-ages, a Michigan winery grape harvest, and a day spent alongside a delivery-truck driver.

Keegan Swenson is a 29-year-old cyclist born and bred in Park City. He is a several-time national champion and arguably the top all-around off-road cyclist in the country. He discusses what drives him, why he prefers his job atop a bicycle to any other job, and what he thinks about during grueling endurance races.

The discussion on The Mountain Life centers around the transformative practice of taking nothing for granted. It is a story of hope and inspiration for everyday gratitude and our guest is author and consultant Kristi Nelson who will help us wake up grateful, every day. She knows how to do it, after being diagnosed with, then beating stage IV cancer, an event that changed her life….for the better.

David Wintzer and Lynn Ware Peek speak with Dr. Temple Grandin, a spokesperson and activist for the autism community. She talks about her new book, “Different Kinds of Minds: A Guide to Your Brain."

Kirsten Fox of the Fox School of Wine gives her picks for this year's Thanksgiving wine pairings.

Founder, owner and chef of Savoury Kitchen, Joe Saladyga talks about new twists on traditional Thanksgiving favorites.

Dr. Greg Eckel, a naturopathic physician, Chinese Medical Practitioner, and founder of the Energy 4 Life Centers in Park City joins The Mountain Life to explore the world of regenerative medicine and some of the new technology associated with a several thousand-year tradition of Chinese medicine.

Amy Francis, founder and owner of Rocky Mountain Therapy dogs will share with listeners how this robust non-profit business trains dogs and shares them in schools, assisted living centers, and hospitals to bring comfort, joy and calm to all.

Why not try a 103-mile race, on foot, fat bike, or skis in the harsh Wyoming winter of the Wind River Mountains, hauling your sleeping bag, GPS, water and food behind you? The organizers of The Drift Race tell why people do this.

Gnarly Nutrition talks about science-based nutrition. Shannon O'Grady, PhD in biology leads the way along with John Perry, head of marketing. They talk electrolytes, creatine, branch chain amino acids, and why more serious and not-so-serious athletes are using their products.