wildly curious
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Greg Lukianoff
Gilberto Tadday
/
TED
On Sept. 10, 2025, political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University. The very next month, Greg Lukianoff gave a lecture there, about why free speech is an antidote to violence.
  • In 1954, photographers Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange traveled to southern Utah to capture life in three Mormon towns — Gunlock, Toquerville and St. George. We’ll talk with art historian James Swensen about what their images reveal and how these communities have evolved since then.
  • When Brigham Young and the Mormons arrived in Utah in the mid-1800s, they encountered a Native American leader who already dominated the region. Wakara, a Timpanogos Ute, was a fierce warrior, prolific horse thief and merciless slave trader. In a new biography, the historian Max Perry Mueller argues Wakara should be considered one of the founding figures of the American West.
  • On October 9, the city of St. George hosted RadioWest at the Electric Theater. It was an opportunity to connect with our audience and talk about the past, present and future of the region.
  • New Age spirituality is everywhere these days, from tarot cards and crystals, astrology and energy healing. A new book traces the history of New Age movements.
  • Cannabis activist Dennis Peron started the country’s first public dispensary in 1992—before weed was legal. We’ll talk with filmmaker Kip Andersen about what drove Peron’s activism.
  • Dallin H. Oaks is the new president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We’re talking about who he is, and what to expect under his leadership.
  • The Wild West has been the subject of much mythologizing in American culture. But for all the fantasy, at least one figure was real: the gunfighter.
FrankKB
/
Shutterstock
In recent years, Utah has seen a surge in winter visitors to its world-class ski resorts. Sam Weintraub, a ski industry observer, isn’t the only one who’s noticed that as more and more people come here to ski, the more it reshapes the skiing experience.
Get updates from Doug and the RadioWest team.