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A show for the wildly curious. Doug Fabrizio explores the world through in-depth conversations with writers, filmmakers, scientists, thinkers and others. From KUER in Salt Lake City.

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  • Do you find yourself struggling in conversations? Fear not. There’s actually science to help you get better at the art of talking with other people.
  • This week, we're revisiting two of our recent favorite shows, focusing on how we find balance in our lives.
  • Satanic panics — a fear that satanic cults secretly performed ritualistic abuse and sacrifices — were common in the late '80's and early '90's. One seems to be playing out in San Pete County today.
  • On September 2, 1885, tragedy struck the coal-mining town of Rock Springs, Wyoming, when white coal workers brutally attacked and murdered Chinese immigrants brought in to work the mines.
  • Another legislative session is in the books. This year, lawmakers passed over 500 bills. We’re talking about what’s new after the 2025 Utah Legislative Session.
  • In 1980, Jane Fonda and her producing partner Bruce Gilbert, took a serious issue — women in the workforce not receiving equal pay — and made it into the accessible and smash-hit comedy “9 to 5.” Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton, it became a pop culture hit.
  • Kevin Fedarko’s best friend said it would be easy: Hike from one end of the Grand Canyon to the other. He said it would be “a walk in the park.” It wasn’t.
  • Johann Hari spent a year on the weight-loss drug Ozempic, and it worked — better than he could’ve imagined. But the treatment left him deeply conflicted.
  • It’s unclear whether President Donald Trump gives much thought to public land in the West. Nonetheless, observers on all sides are fairly certain his new administration will have a noticeable impact on public lands policy in the region. Which begs the question: If Trump isn’t the one guiding those policies, who is? And what does that mean for America’s 640 million acres of federally-owned public land?
  • If the word “Viking” conjures for you a braided warrior raiding a village in the north of Europe, you’re not wrong. But there’s a lot more to the story.