RadioWest
Fridays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
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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One of Utah's many oddities is its state bird: the California gull. But did you know that the humble gull is the hero in its own miracle tale? -
When J.D. Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” came out in 2016, it made waves by humanizing the white working poor. At the time, Vance was firmly anti-Trump. Now he’s the Vice President. -
If the word “Viking” conjures for you a warrior with braided hair raiding a village in the north of Europe, you’re not exactly wrong. But there’s a lot more to the story. -
Much of the Joseph Smith story turns on this question: Did he really discover golden plates? Historian John Turner says no, but he doesn’t dismiss what came next. -
There’s a new biography of Joseph Smith, and author John Turner’s approach is new in the world of books about Mormonism’s charismatic founder. -
Minnesota lawmaker Rep. Melissa Hortman was murdered on June 14. The next day, Utah Sen. Mike Lee wrote on X, “This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way.” -
Jeff Goodell knows a thing or two about the climate crisis. He’s been writing about it for years. But it didn’t become personal until the heat nearly killed him. -
During the 1800s, the Victorians had the natural world pretty much figured out, or so they thought. Then a 12-year-old discovered the first dinosaur tracks. -
Is a river alive? That’s the animating question in Robert Macfarlane’s new book. And if the answer is yes, and rivers are living things, what do we owe them? -
These days, you might type ideas into the Notes app. But that’s just a testament to the importance of history’s real creative titan: the humble notebook.
