Utah – Page 3 – Ben Raskin

The Gluttonous Pyramid

Sep 6, 2013

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in Bar Life, Multi-Level Marketing, Salt Lake City, Utah

They come in all shapes and sizes, from around the country and the globe. There are youngsters just out of high school to senior citizens trying to enjoy the twilight of their lives. Destination? Utah. Their business? Multi-level marketing. Pyramid schemes and somehow they always make it to my club. In the plus/negative list of…

I Am Salt Lake Podcast

Jul 11, 2013

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Ben Raskin

in Podcast, Salt Lake City, Utah

He is tall, bearded, tattooed and walking towards me. His arms are overloaded with recording equipment as he passes underage skateboarders smoking cigarettes. Fairmont Park is alive with bums chugging vodka, kids smoking weed, heavy petting under the tall oak trees and me waiting under the pavilion to do a podcast with Chris Holifield. Chris…

A Nursery of Raccoons

Apr 25, 2013

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Ben Raskin

in Bar Life, Salt Lake City, Utah

Like a row of porcelain dolls, they stared blankly at me. Rows upon rows of people stood motionless in awkward positions in front of the bar. Neither drunk or sober, their blood was the equivalent of driving down the center of the road. I genuinely wanted to help them but they were beyond help. They…

The Orgins of Gin

Apr 4, 2013

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Ben Raskin

in Bar Life, Salt Lake City, University of Nevada, Utah

His name was Ross Taggart and he was my college roommate for almost two years. We shared a room above the garage at this crummy house in downtown Reno. Ross was working on a master’s degree and I was finishing my bachelors. He was older than me by three years and congenially molded himself into…

WWE’s Kane Might Have A Problem With Me

Feb 14, 2013

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Ben Raskin

in Prep Sports, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Tribune, Utah

Funny thing happened at G. Ray Hale Fieldhouse on Tuesday. Serving at the pleasure of my editor, I went to cover West High’s last home game of the season. They were hosting the lady Lancers of Granger in basketball. I went to the game expecting a blowout. Granger handed West their lunch the first time…

Category: Utah

The Gluttonous Pyramid

I Am Salt Lake Podcast

A Nursery of Raccoons

The Orgins of Gin

WWE’s Kane Might Have A Problem With Me