Tuesday Announcements: Halloweekend, SLUG's Angela Brown, and Season 2 Incoming

A milestone deserves more than a pat on the back—it deserves intention. We just crossed 100 episodes and closed season one, but the path there wasn’t linear. Our live recording with Shireen Gorbani hit a technical snag, and rather than push a fragment into your feed, we pivoted to a conversation that captures what this show is about: building community with craft, care, and consistency. Enter Angela Brown—guiding Slug Magazine with a steady hand and growing Craft Lake City into a home for makers, artists, and innovators across Salt Lake.

We start with a quick Halloween check‑in, then dig into how local culture actually scales. Angela’s approach shows why curation matters, how editorial leadership keeps a scene honest, and what it takes to turn a grassroots project into an institution without losing soul. It’s a case study for anyone who cares about creative ecosystems, from indie musicians and visual artists to small business owners and civic organizers. Along the way, we talk about the value of doing fewer things better, the power of consistent storytelling, and the quiet logistics—volunteers, partnerships, and steady funding—that help a city show up for its own people.

There’s also a peek behind the curtain. Live shows are electric, but they’re messy, and sometimes the tech gremlins win. We own the miss, promise a proper re‑record with Shireen, and use this moment to reset the runway. Season one wraps at a clean 100, we’re taking a short breather, and season two lands in December with conversations already taped and more on the calendar. Until then, we’ll release a few vault episodes and share more clips on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, so you can stay connected to the stories shaping Small Lake City.

If you’re new here, start with the Angela Brown feature—it’s local, practical, and full of takeaways you can apply to your own projects. If you’ve been riding with us, thank you for pushing this show to triple digits. Subscribe, share the episode with a friend who loves Salt Lake’s creative scene, and leave a quick review to help more locals find the pod. What voices do you want to hear in season two? Send us your picks and we’ll make it happen.

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Chapters

• 1:47 Tuesday Update And Halloween Recap
• 2:06 Angela Brown Episode Spotlight
• 2:27 Live Recording Glitch And Plan B
• 3:01 Season One Wrap And December Return
• 3:36 Daylight Savings And Content Updates

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:54

What is up everybody and welcome back to another Tuesday update. It is me, Eric Nilsson, the host of the Small Lake City podcast. First things first, hopefully everybody had a great Halloween. I'm always a big fan of Halloween, saw some people I hadn't seen in a while, went to a couple gray parties. All in all, 10 out of 10 weekend, would do it again. Also, if you haven't listened to the most recent episode with Angela Brown, go check it out. I really like talking to her about her taking over the reins of Slug Magazine, her creating Craft Lake City. Something for everyone in that one for sure. Definitely one I enjoyed. Great addition to Salt Lake, and it's so fun to see the communities that she has built and keeps building. And you may have noticed that that was episode 100, but the Shireen Gorbani episode did not come out. Quick note on that is when we were recording live, we had some technical difficulties, and turns out we didn't record all of the episode. We only recorded about the first 17 minutes. So if you were there, you know it was a great conversation. Everybody had a great time. Was really excited to release it, but unfortunately, me and her are gonna have to link up some other time and re-record that one. So instead, I pulled up Angela Brown's from next season, actually, and brought it in to release earlier for episode 100. And because we reached episode 100, we're gonna call that a wrap on season one. I always knew that I needed to draw the line somewhere, and 100 is a great place to do that. And with the end of season one, I'm gonna take a few weeks off and come back in December with season two, episode one. I have a lot of really good episodes I've actually already recorded. Um still recording to be able to have some on the deck before we release that, and also uh just love recording, and I don't think I could stop doing that. So we're just gonna keep doing it, and then we'll release those come December. So keep an eye for that. I'm gonna release a few older episodes from the vault um just to keep something for people to listen to. But besides that, enjoy the new daylight savings time. I can't believe the sun's going down at 5:30. Uh, but some of the last time we can before snow starts to fall, and it's even harder. But it's also still a little warm, so make sure to get out while you can. But if not, go check out the episode with Angela Brown. Follow on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, um, wherever. I've been posting a lot of content recently. So make sure to go check that out. And I will see you soon.