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  • You know that feeling you get when you see something so incredible that it transcends understanding? That’s awe. But, really, what is awe?
  • Today, it’s received wisdom that screens ruined our ability to concentrate. But Medieval monks were obsessed with distraction, too — and the stakes were higher.
  • In 2019, The Atlantic published a story by John Hendrickson about Joe Biden’s struggle with stuttering. And it forced John to reconcile with his own stutter, too.
  • For thousands of years, women in China shared a secret language — a code only women could read, that bonded them together in solidarity and sisterhood.
  • In 2015, tribal officials for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation called an emergency session. There, they repealed the Free Press Act, gutting protections for journalism.
  • In 1989, The University of Utah was in the national spotlight when two of its chemists announced the discovery of a powerful energy source that would solve the world’s energy problems: cold fusion.
  • The role that Samuel Adams played in fomenting the American Revolution once made him the most wanted man in the country.
  • We’ll forgive you for laughing at the headline of this episode. But the thing is, butts have a serious cultural history.
  • Last month, a Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) poll gauged the rising influence of Christian nationalism among religious Americans. Its findings were eye opening.
  • The 2023 Utah Legislative Session concludes at midnight on March 3rd. We’re processing what lawmakers did—and didn’t—get done this time around.
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