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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.

Alua Arthur’s life’s work is all about death. She’s a witness and shepherd to people who have reached the end of life. And she wants you to think about death too.

The Wild West has been the subject of much mythologizing in American culture. But for all the fantasy, at least one figure was real: the gunfighter.

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.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox wants to double energy production in the state within the next ten years, and he and other state leaders are betting that a new generation of nuclear reactors can help.

In 2000, the social scientist Robert Putnam wrote the book “Bowling Alone.” It was a warning about the collapse of the American community. Why? Declining participation in neighborhood networks and civic clubs.

The Utah Way is built on compromise and collaboration, and for years it has defined the Utah Republican Party's approach to legislating. But can the state GOP sustain its ways in the face of Donald Trump’s hold on the party?

The evidence is clear that Jesus of Nazareth was a real, historical person. But beyond that, says the scholar Elaine Pagels, there are more questions than answers about what kind of person Jesus was and what can be known about his life.

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?

This week, we're revisiting two of our recent favorite shows, focusing on how we find balance in our lives.