Back Channel is a Utah politics, policy, and business podcast hosted by Marty Carpenter. Every episode is a one-on-one conversation with someone who matters in Utah — an executive, a policymaker, a lobbyist, a community leader. Someone who's in the room when things happen. The conversation has four parts: who they are before they're a title, the issue they're closest to right now, their read on what's happening in Utah, and a few lighter questions at the end. It's candid, it moves fast, and it doesn't sound like a press release. Marty's been the one in the room too — as a governor's spokesman, his job was to take complex policy and make it clear, make it compelling, and keep it on message. That's still the job. Back Channel. Off Script. On Record .
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Booking probability
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Signup to Generate a PitchBack Channel is a Utah politics, policy, and business podcast hosted by Marty Carpenter. Every episode is a one-on-one conversation with someone who matters in Utah, an executive, a policymaker, a lobbyist, a community leader. Someone who's in the room when things happen.
Back Channel Utah is hosted by Marty. The show has published 24 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Family Affordability, Policy Wins, and Menopause Care with Emily Bell McCormick" (23 October 2026, 42 minutes), "AI Infrastructure, Why Delta Works, and Behind-the-Meter Power with Ray Conley" (2 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "Healthcare Complexity, Primary’s Growth, and “The Child First” with Dustin Lipson" (25 September 2026, 36 minutes).
Back Channel Utah publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 24 episodes.
Booking probability for Back Channel Utah is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Back Channel Utah requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Back Channel Utah's contact route on record: public web form.
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Marty hosts Back Channel Utah, a news show with 24 episodes published.
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Episode #22
Emily Bell McCormick, founder of The Policy Project, shares how an organization can turn everyday family challenges into statewide policy. She explains why her first campaign focused on period products, how the group...
Episode #20
Ray Conley, founder and CEO of Creekstone Energy, breaks down why the AI era is becoming a land rush for power, fiber, and the physical footprint needed to train frontier models. Conley explains why Delta is unusually...
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Dustin Lipson, president of Primary Children’s Hospital, explains why healthcare is so difficult to reform, and what it takes to run a children’s hospital built on deep community trust. He shares how Primary has climbed...
Episode #18
Rob Bishop served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and previously held the gavel as Speaker of the Utah House. After retiring from Congress, he returned to the Utah House of Representatives to serve his...
Episode #17
Utah State Senator Todd Weiler joins Back Channel for a candid look at his fourteen-year career in the legislature and his new role as President and CEO of the Sutherland Institute. Growing up as the son of a custodian...
Back Channel Utah
Back Channel is taking a short break for Labor Day — but this is a great weekend to catch up. Listen to last week’s conversation with Utah Attorney General Derek Brown or go back through the full catalog wherever you...
Episode #15
Brad Wilson, CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games and former Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives, discusses what it takes to prepare for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games while...
Episode #14
Rep. Ariel Defay represents Utah House District 15 after joining the Legislature through a 2023 appointment. Drawing on experience in government, political campaigns, and her family's small business, she has quickly...
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Curtis Blair, President and CEO of the Utah Valley Chamber, discusses why Utah County has become one of the fastest-growing business communities in the country and what it will take to sustain that momentum. In this...
Episode #12
Kirk Cullimore, Utah Senate Majority Leader, shares the unexpected journey that took him from a career in music to one of Utah's top legislative leadership positions. He reflects on the lessons he learned through music...
Episode #11
Mike Mower has spent decades serving Utah through multiple gubernatorial administrations, but ask him what has mattered most and the answer is simple: people. From growing up in Ferron to working alongside Governors Jon...
Episode #10
In Episode 10 of Back Channel, Marty Carpenter sits down with Howard Headlee, President and CEO of the Utah Bankers Association, to talk about how deposits fuel lending, what stablecoins change, what the GENIUS Act is...
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Between interviews, Marty shares a quick bonus take. Utah’s primary results delivered a clear takeaway: political fallout isn’t always about the policy — it’s often about how the controversy is handled. The Stratos data...
Episode #9
Derek Miller — President & CEO of the Utah Chamber and former Chief of Staff to Governor Gary Herbert — joins Back Channel to talk about what it takes to keep Utah strong as the state grows. The conversation covers the...
Episode #8
Congresswoman Celeste Maloy joins Back Channel for a candid conversation about the behind-the-scenes work that actually makes the job possible: building a congressional office from scratch, assembling a team, and...
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