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KUER’s award-winning interview show explores the world through deep thinkers who host Doug Fabrizio asks to think even deeper. Join writers, filmmakers, scientists and others on RadioWest: A show for the wildly curious.
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A 2001 rule crafted by the U.S. Forest Service banned road construction and most commercial logging on nearly 45 million acres of public lands. Now the Trump administration wants to rescind that rule, which it deems overly restrictive.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at his home. He was 101 years old.
The historian Jonathan Stapley says it's hard for Latter-day Saints to talk about what happens inside their temples. But his new book explains how those rituals create the Mormon identity.
Much ink has been spilled about media mogul Rupert Murdoch's family, but Atlantic reporter McKay Coppins got the chance to get the stories from the inside. In light of a recent ruling that put an end to the battle for succession, we checked in with Coppins to see what it means for the family — and for their media empire.
In a recent press conference, Utah Governor Spencer Cox warned of political violence metastasizing in this country. The journalist McKay Coppins described it as a kind of sermon.
On Tuesday, Robert Redford passed away in Sundance, Utah, a place he loved because it gave him a sense of peace and a respite from Hollywood. As he put it, “Other people have analysis. I have Utah.”
Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a gunman while speaking at Utah Valley University. We’re discussing what happened and what it all means.
August marked the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We’re thinking about how that singular incident changed filmmaking.
In 2018, voters narrowly passed a ballot initiative, dubbed Proposition 4, to create an independent redistricting commission and redraw Utah’s voting maps. State lawmakers, though, weren’t having it. For the past six years, they’ve managed to thwart the implementation of Prop 4. But a judge’s ruling last week could force their hands and alter the balance of power in Utah’s congressional delegation.
Under orders from the legislature, Utah’s colleges and universities have cut tons of programs. Lawmakers say it’s about efficiency. Others worry it’s an attack on the humanities.
Lots of people dream about leaving it all behind, but Maurice and Maralyn Bailey really did it. They bought a boat and set sail in June of 1972.
Time is limited. And life is short. So why, asks the writer Oliver Burkeman, do we waste so much of it trying to get on top of things before we can focus on the really meaningful parts of life?
One of Utah’s most powerful lawmakers faces calls to resign because of his involvement in a law change that benefited a relative facing serious legal charges.
U.S. churches enjoy tax-exempt status for a variety of reasons. One is that they don’t make official political endorsements. But now the IRS says they can.
In 1987, the Salt Lake Trappers were an unaffiliated rookie league team at the very bottom of the ranks. By the end of their season, they had earned a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the longest winning streak in the sport’s history. 38 years later, that record is still unbroken.
Writer Caroline Crampton survived cancer, but she still didn’t feel well. Instead, she was stuck with a persistent, anxious fear that the cancer would come back.
Do you find yourself struggling in conversations? Fear not. There’s actually science to help you get better at the art of talking with other people.
In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, John Williams, a wilderness survival trainer from Utah, embarked on a dangerous mission to infiltrate American militias. Posing as an ally, Williams spent years undercover within groups like the Oath Keepers.
In 1974, a group of students organized a new project to discuss what Mormonism meant to them — a magazine called Sunstone. The magazine’s goal was to “raise the questions, pursue the discussions, and bear the witness worthy of a living faith that is both intellectually vigorous and spiritually discerning.”
Multilevel marketing is something of an American tradition. A new book tells the story of the money-making schemes that continue to ensnare people today.
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Plastic grass??? How about native vegetation!
somebody please get this woman a glass of water