A Woman's View with Amanda Dickson

We've seen a lot of social media influencers talking about the "October Theory." That theory refers to taking stock in October instead of waiting until January, setting goals for the last months of the year, assessing progress and getting motivated. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Danielle Vasquez, Executive Director of the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, Trish Hatch, coordinator of the CASA program and Holly Richardson, Utah Policy Editor and columnist with the Deseret News.

Last week, the nation focused on a death penalty case from Texas who was convicted of killing his child. The cause was Shaken Baby Syndrome. What is the truth of this diagnosis? What is the junk science law? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Danielle Vasquez, Executive Director of the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, Trish Hatch, coordinator of the CASA program and Holly Richardson, Utah Policy Editor and columnist with the Deseret News. 

With the election a little more than a week away, are you obsessing about the outcome? We see comments every day about how the country will be utterly lost if candidate A is elected or candidate B is elected. What do you use to distract yourself from the intensity of this event none of us can control? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Danielle Vasquez, Executive Director of the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, Trish Hatch, coordinator of the CASA program and Holly Richardson, Utah Policy Editor and columnist with the Deseret News. 

The polls got it wrong in 2016. They got it wrong in 2020. There are differences between what went wrong in those two election years, but how much can we trust the polls this year? What is the roll poles play now - in politics and business? Her guests this week include Danielle Vasquez, Executive Director of the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, Trish Hatch, coordinator of the CASA program and Holly Richardson, Utah Policy Editor and columnist with the Deseret News. 

The birth rate in the U.S. is below 1.6 babies per woman. That isn't enough to replace our current population. But this unique to our country. There are countries all over the world trying to incentivize having families. What's going on here? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Kimberly Gardner, elementary and middle school teacher with 33 years experience and chairperson of the Colonial Heritage Festival, Ganel-Lyn Condie, popular speaker, host, author and mental health advocate, and Kelli Pierce, digital media associate with the R Street Institute. 

We saw recently there was an audit of the signature gathering process in Utah. We saw isolated mistakes, but the audit renewed our faith in our system. Any Utah voter can go on vote.utah.gov and track their ballot this election. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View how they feel about the safety of the election in Utah. Her guests this week include Kimberly Gardner, elementary and middle school teacher with 33 years experience and chairperson of the Colonial Heritage Festival, Ganel-Lyn Condie, popular speaker, host, author and mental health advocate, and Kelli Pierce, digital media associate with the R Street Institute. 

With the election just over two weeks away, a lot of people feel nervous about who the next president will be. There is concern that there will be unrest depending on who is elected. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View what their thoughts are as we come down the home stretch. Her guests this week include Kimberly Gardner, elementary and middle school teacher with 33 years experience and chairperson of the Colonial Heritage Festival, Ganel-Lyn Condie, popular speaker, host, author and mental health advocate, and Kelli Pierce, digital media associate with the R Street Institute. 

We hear the narrative a lot recently about how college isn't worth it any more. A recent poll showed only 1 in 4 Americans still thinks higher education is really important. Yet, here in Utah, enrollment in college is up 4%. We are currently educating more than 200,000 college students. Where is the disconnect? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Kimberly Gardner, elementary and middle school teacher with 33 years experience and chairperson of the Colonial Heritage Festival, Ganel-Lyn Condie, popular speaker, host, author and mental health advocate, and Kelli Pierce, digital media associate with the R Street Institute. 

It's a different world for people who want to be authors in 2024 than it was 20 years ago. What's the current landscape? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson sits down with the president of Deseret Book to ask about what advice she would give to wrould-be writers today. 

It has seemed almost impossible to talk about politics in recent years. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson sits down with the president of Deseret Book, Laurel Day, to ask - how do we do this without assuming those who disagree with us are evil? 

Some of you will remember the inspirational conferences called Time Out for Women. Those gatherings have morphed into what is now called Magnify, referring to magnify the good. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson sits down with the president of Deseret Book, Laurel Day.

For this special edition of A Woman's View on General Conference Sunday, KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson sits down with the president of Deseret Book, Laurel Day. Amanda asked her how what inspires people has changed over the years. Laurel explained that there is a need to step away from the chaos, even good chaos, and seek peace and stillness. 

There was an interesting poll recently that asked parents and teachers how involved parents are in their students' education. 96% of parents believe they are either very or somewhat involved. Teachers, on the other hand, only believe 63% are either very or somewhat involved. What's the disconnect there? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Susan Spiers, CEO of the Utah Association of CPAs, Lisa Walker, certified athletic trainer and teacher at Springville High School, and Kristin Sokol, professional relationship and dating coach. 

There was a story recently about a woman who donated a kidney to a man she met while hiking Y mountain. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View about what it takes to love your fellow man on that level. What can we do, even on a much simpler scale, to love and care for each other? Her guests this week include Susan Spiers, CEO of the Utah Association of CPAs, Lisa Walker, certified athletic trainer and teacher at Springville High School, and Kristin Sokol, professional relationship and dating coach. 

This weekend is FanX in Salt Lake City. Hundreds of thousands of people come to the Salt Palace Convention Center, many in costume, to revel in the community of other people who love being fans. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests about this on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Susan Spiers, CEO of the Utah Association of CPAs, Lisa Walker, certified athletic trainer and teacher at Springville High School, and Kristin Sokol, professional relationship and dating coach. 

This week we saw the first home pre-season game for the new Utah Hockey Club. Fans showed up in a big way, and the players felt the love. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View what they think about Utah's newest professional sports franchise. Her guests this week include Susan Spiers, CEO of the Utah Association of CPAs, Lisa Walker, certified athletic trainer and teacher at Springville High School, and Kristin Sokol, professional relationship and dating coach. 

We saw a report this week that students in American English classes are not reading as many books as they used to read. Why? Where has the joy in reading gone? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View about this. Her guests this week include Sally Dietlein, Executive Producer at Hate Center Theater, Ashley Thorn, marriage and family therapist with 4 Points Family Therapy and Jill Atwood, communications strategist for the VA.

Can AI help with the loneliness epidemic? There are artificial intelligence companions now. Is that a good idea? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View about this. Her guests this week include Sally Dietlein, Executive Producer at Hate Center Theater, Ashley Thorn, marriage and family therapist with 4 Points Family Therapy and Jill Atwood, communications strategist for the VA.

For the first time in 70 years, China is raising its retirement age. Men go from 60 to 63. Women are divided into blue collar and white collar jobs. Their retirement ages raise to 58 and 55 respectively. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View about this. Her guests this week include Sally Dietlein, Executive Producer at Hate Center Theater, Ashley Thorn, marriage and family therapist with 4 Points Family Therapy and Jill Atwood, communications strategist for the VA.

We hear former President Trump say that immigrants in Ohio are eating the cats and dogs in their community. They're eating the pets. There have been no confirmations of this bizarre allegations, but now there have been bomb threats against the schools in the area. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View about this. Her guests this week include Sally Dietlein, Executive Producer at Hate Center Theater, Ashley Thorn, marriage and family therapist with 4 Points Family Therapy and Jill Atwood, communications strategist for the VA.

KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson read a story in the Wall Street Journal this week that was headlined, "Why am I overspending? Blame it on politics!" Is that true? Are we functioning from a "What the hell!" sort of spending philosophy? Amanda asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Ronda Menlove, former state representative, educator and administrator from Utah State University and Robbyn Scribner, co-founder and director of outreach for Tech Moms. 

Utah is in the top 5 happiest states in the nation. It's access to the outdoors, relationships, economy and a dozen other things. Do you experience Utah as a happy place to live? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Ronda Menlove, former state representative, educator and administrator from Utah State University and Robbyn Scribner, co-founder and director of outreach for Tech Moms. 

This week Utah's social media law was blocked by a judge. The law would have required social media companies to verify the age of its users and allow these users to opt out of algorithms. If that law doesn't work, then what will? We need to do something. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Ronda Menlove, former state representative, educator and administrator from Utah State University and Robbyn Scribner, co-founder and director of outreach for Tech Moms. 

This week we saw the one - and likely only - debate between former President Trump and Vice President Harris. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson wanted to ask her guests on A Woman's View if they watched the debate, and if they did, what they thought. Her guests this week include Ronda Menlove, former state representative, educator and administrator from Utah State University and Robbyn Scribner, co-founder and director of outreach for Tech Moms. 

Utahns go to church twice as much as Americans as a whole and more than twice as much as people in Europe. That has an impact on so much, including the strength of communities. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Natalie Gochnour, Associate Dean in the David Eccles School of Business and Director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah and Francine Gianni, former Executive Director of the Department of Commerce.