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Monday, Iranian-American author Azar Nafisi joins us to talk about the state of literature and the humanities in the US. Using the great American works…

The philosopher Roman Krznaric has spent years thinking about empathy, and he suggests you forget the idea that it’s some fluffy, feel-good concept.…

Tuesday on RadioWest, we’re talking about the latest in the effort to reform the way political candidates are nominated in Utah. Lawmakers in the last…

Utah Democrats stand behind a 2014 law that amends the state’s caucus and convention system. Meanwhile, the Republican Party has filed a lawsuit...

In 2000, Daniel Suelo left his life savings, just $30, in a phone booth in Moab and walked away. Twelve years later, he enjoys an apparently full and sane…

You probably know some amateurs, people driven by a singular passion for whatever, birdwatching, maybe, or home brewing or space elevators. The writer…

Tuesday, Grammy-winning storyteller and musician Bill Harley is in studio. Harley specializes in "growing up stories," but he doesn't aim to tell kids…

Though as old as America itself, the American dream wasn’t actually christened until the Great Depression. And now it stands on shaky ground in the wake…

How do you know when someone is dead? It might sound like a question with an obvious answer, but the United States didn't have a legal definition of death…

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…