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.
Salt Lake City, UT
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. The hosts discuss the Republican presidential field, who will be the final candidates, the debate between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron…
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. The hosts discuss President Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit, the stopgap spending bill passed by Congress and Rep.…
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the first and only debate between Sen. Mike Lee and challenger Evan McMullin, the economy’s effect on the upcoming elections and instability…
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss President Biden’s executive order pardoning federal marijuana charges, moves to block future arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the growing threat of the […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the U.N. vote condemning Russian annexation, the clean-up after Hurricane Ian, the unprecedented federal debt and a […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss a Utah business delegation visiting Israel, Russia’s drafting men to serve in Ukraine, Hurricane Ian hitting the Florida peninsula and President Biden’s […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Former Utah Rep. Ben McAdams fills in for Natalie Gochnour in The Political Center and is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss Hurricane Fiona hitting Puerto Rico, the growing threat of climate […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Former Utah Rep. Ben McAdams fills in for Natalie Gochnour in The Political Center and is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the passing of England’s Queen Elizabeth II, Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the U.N. Secretary General’s dire warnings about climate change, the connection between foreign policy and energy policy, falling life expectancy in the […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss Utah’s record-breaking heatwave, water usage in the state, the delay of NASA’s Artemis launch and the death of former Soviet leader […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss President Biden’s reforms to student forgiveness, who will receive federal student loan forgiveness and takeaways from Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary loss. […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the ongoing investigation into the documents held by former President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the public and congressional response to the seizure, […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the FBI search of former President Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, the Senate passage of a climate and tax […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan, Ukrainian grain shipments, the new U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the drone strike of […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the U.S., the ongoing House Select Committee’s investigation into January 6th and former President Trump weighing […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the global threat of climate change and the IMF’s warning of a worldwide recession. They also discuss federal legislation to subsidize […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation as leader of the Tory party and […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the Highland mass shooting during a July 4th parade, mental health policies in Utah and federal abortion legislation currently blocked by the […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the overturn of Roe v. Wade after half a century, Utah’s current abortion laws and other major SCOTUS decisions. They also […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the public hearings of the House Select Committee on the events that led up to Jan 6th, the political future of former […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the U.S. economy, the U.S. dependence on fossil fuels and the unprecedented heat wave in the West. They also discuss bipartisan legislation […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection scheduling a primetime public hearing, President Biden’s trip to ask Saudi Arabia to […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the state of gun control in the United States, how we begin to shift the culture around guns and how we […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss President Biden’s visit to Japan, Biden’s comments indicating an abrupt break with the U.S. policy towards Taiwan, the White House later […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss Finland and Sweden applying to join NATO, American troops deployed to Somalia, the U.S. reopening oil trade with Venezuela, the shortage […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day speech, the Taliban requiring face-coverings for women, protests at the homes of Supreme Court justices, the failed […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the leak of the Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v Wade, Utah’s abortion restriction trigger law and national public opinion. They also […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss war, plague, pestilence and the death of former Sen. Orrin Hatch. They also discuss Utah’s Republican and Democrat party conventions, Sen. Mike […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the Biden administration’s plans for easing student debt, President Biden reopening public lands for fossil fuel drilling, and the enormous growth […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Former Utah Rep. Ben McAdams fills in for Natalie Gochnour in The Political Center and is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson, Utah’s senators split over […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, Sen. Mitt Romney’s vote in favor of Jackson’s confirmation, energy policy, car […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Mackey Smith fills in for Natalie Gochnour in The Political Center and is joined on The Left by John Martinez, labor activist and 2nd vice chair of Salt Lake County's Democratic Party, and on The Right by Troy Dougall, policy advisor to Rep. John Curtis. They discuss the future of […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the future of Ukraine and Europe, the role of the United States in the ongoing conflict and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearing […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zlenesky, gas prices, the Federal Reserve and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas coming to Utah. […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the worsening refugee crisis in Ukraine, sanctions against Russia and the future of U.S. energy policy. They also discuss the bill banning transgender […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the “black swan” effect globally and the response by Utah's elected officials to the unfurling conflict in Europe. […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss Sen. Mike Lee's votes on the Japanese-internment camp memorial and opposition to the no-fly list, the blockades created by protesting Canadian truckers and […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the continuing tensions on the Ukraine-Russia border, the Republican National Committee censuring Congressmembers Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and calling the events […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss former President Donald Trump's possible 2024 presidential run, his attempts to seize voting machines in the 2020 election, the hosts' picks for 2024 […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the amassing of forces in Europe over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Arizona Democratic Party censuring Sen. Kirsten Sinema, Justice Breyer […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the stalling of voting rights legislation in the U.S. Senate, the Supreme Court striking down President Biden's “Vaccination-or-Test” mandate for large businesses, the […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss President Biden's falling approval ratings, the continued stress of the pandemic, the Salt Lake County mask mandate vote, Gov. Cox's ban on a […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the anniversary of the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, the vote to overturn the filibuster, voting legislation and a Utah […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. As a change of pace, this week, the program will be taking a deeper look at the political home of The Middle. They discuss […]
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. As a change of pace, this week, the program will be taking a deeper look at the political home of The Right. They discuss the […]