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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.

During Hitler’s rise to power, a young Latter-day Saint named Helmuth Hübener dared to defy the regime. He was 17 years old when the authorities executed him for telling the truth. Filmmaker Matt Whittaker and scholar Alan Keele tell his story.

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.

Jennifer Napier-Pearce served as KUER's news director and a guest host of RadioWest. She is no longer with the station.

With summer here, it’s time once again to gather our trio of booksellers, who are full of good ideas about what to read poolside this year.

Monday, we're offering a list of books to consider for your summer reading. Our guests are local booksellers Catherine Weller of Weller Book Works, Betsy…

For faithful Latter-day Saints, there isn’t really a way to petition the Church for change. Activists who make a ruckus run the risk of discipline or…

Wednesday, we're hosting our annual summer reading show with Salt Lake City booksellers Ken Sanders of Ken Sanders Rare Books, Catherine Weller of Weller…

It’s our favorite time of year – when we indulge in gathering piles of books and gifting them to our family and friends.

There's good news for lovers of local, independent bookstores: people still want books. Yes, there are many choices for readers these days, but across the…