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KUER’s award-winning interview show explores the world through deep thinkers who host Doug Fabrizio asks to think even deeper. Join writers, filmmakers, scientists and others on RadioWest: A show for the wildly curious.
Breathing Salt Lake’s West Side Air
If you live in the Salt Lake Valley, you know a thing or two about air pollution. There are days when you can see it. But if you live on the west side it’s even worse.
Apr 17
49 min
Mere Beauty: Utah Symposium on Science and Literature
If you got a poet, a neuroscientist and a theoretical physicist together to talk about beauty, what would they possibly have to say to each other?
Apr 11
50 min
Through the Lens: ‘Hotshot’
Hotshots are the hardened individuals who fight wildfires. Gabriel Mann’s new film gets viewers as close to the fire line as you can be without becoming a hotshot yourself.
Apr 10
49 min
How the Ocean Works
The oceanographer Helen Czerski wants you to think of the ocean as a vast, planet-spanning engine. And what it drives is no less than life itself.
Apr 4
49 min
Exploring Clint Eastwood’s ‘Unforgiven’
Ahead of the Salt Lake Film Society’s screening of the 1992 Clint Eastwood classic “Unforgiven,” we sit down to talk about this great Western.
Apr 3
52 min
The Debate Over Women's Empowerment in the LDS Church
A recent post on the LDS Church’s official Instagram page has racked up thousands of comments, many from women who see a vast gulf between how empowered the church says they are, and how empowered they actually feel.
Mar 28
49 min
Is it Actually a Good Idea to Colonize Mars?
Life on earth is for the dogs. There’s too much regulation, too few resources and it’s burning up besides. Better to pack up and leave for Mars. Or is it?
Mar 27
49 min
A History of Witchcraft in Thirteen Trials
The scholar Marion Gibson is an expert on witches. Her latest book tells a centuries-long history through the stories of 13 witch trials.
Mar 21
48 min
Gardening along the (not so dry) Wasatch Front
Utah is suffering from megadroughts, a dying lake (or two) and a dwindling Colorado River. So, why, then, are we watering so much Kentucky bluegrass along the Wasatch Front?
Mar 20
49 min
Podcast Extra: A Brief History of Polyamory in America
Polyamory is having a bit of a moment right now. We wanted to learn more about the history of having more than one romantic partner.
Mar 18
44 min
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