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Think about that one teacher who had the biggest impact on your education. What skills or qualities did that person have that other teachers didn’t? What…

Two men with white shirts and name badges may be *the* stereotype of Mormons. 85,000 missionaries are currently proselytizing for the LDS Church, but…

One argument for extending legal rights to LGBT people is that they’re born with their sexualities and gender preferences, just as a person is born with…

In a new article in The Atlantic magazine, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt decry what they see as a worrisome trend on college campuses. Students, they…

Shoe historian Elizabeth Semmelhack says there’s a stereotype that footwear is somehow a woman’s domain. But consider this: in 2014, men’s athletic shoes…

Tuesday, our guest is feminist writer KathaPollitt, whose latest book aims at reclaiming abortion rights. Pollitt argues the pro-choice movement has…

Wednesday, Doug’s guest is Ardean Watts, who served as associate conductor of the Utah Symphony and is Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of…

Thursday we’re asking what it would take to get you out of your car. Urban planner Tim Sullivan says the West was built around the ideas of freedom,…

For centuries, people thought of their lives as passing through distinct stages. A child became an adult and then an elder. That middle stage, adulthood,…

Wednesday, our guest is David Bigler, a “revisionist historian” of the 19th century Utah and Mormon story. For nearly 50 years, Bigler has been a prolific…