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  • What weighs five pounds, hasn’t been seen in print for 20 years, but still shapes the way we think about language? Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary — and author Stefan Fatsis is here to tell us why it matters.
  • For many people, the night sky is an afterthought, especially if you live in a big city, where all the artificial light drowns out the stars. But the nature writer Craig Childs wants to help us rediscover the dark heavens and consider what they show us about who we are and where we fit in the universe.
  • Wallace Stegner made a name for himself writing about the place that shaped him: the Mountain West and the people there. Alex Beam’s biography tells the story.
  • Of the many casualties of violent conflict, food is yet another. Michael Shaikh’s new book explains how war and genocide change what we eat.
  • Lots of people dream about leaving it all behind, but Maurice and Maralyn Bailey really did it. They bought a boat and set sail in June of 1972.
  • A lengthy chapter in the battle over Utah’s congressional boundaries came to a close yesterday when a judge chose a new congressional map for Utah. Judge Dianna M. Gibson’s ruling shakes up the state’s political landscape and likely its representation in Congress. We are joined by Sen. Scott Sandall, Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke and KUER reporter Martha Harris.
  • As plans take shape for an extensive homeless campus in Salt Lake City, a divide has emerged between those who support the current system of homeless services and a new guard that wants to take a more punitive approach to the problem.
  • Much ink has been spilled about media mogul Rupert Murdoch's family, but Atlantic reporter McKay Coppins got the chance to get the stories from the inside. In light of a recent ruling that put an end to the battle for succession, we checked in with Coppins to see what it means for the family — and for their media empire.
  • In a recent press conference, Utah Governor Spencer Cox warned of political violence metastasizing in this country. The journalist McKay Coppins described it as a kind of sermon.
  • The historian Jonathan Stapley says it's hard for Latter-day Saints to talk about what happens inside their temples. But his new book explains how those rituals create the Mormon identity.
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