To a lot of people, the political challenges facing the country today feel unique in American history, but the historian Greg Jackson says that’s just not true.

Jeff Strong was devastated when his son left the LDS Church. It was a familial rupture that led him to ask difficult questions about the experience of being Mormon today.

Summer is officially here, which means it’s time to gather our trio of local booksellers to hear their picks for what to read poolside, beachside or wherever else you’re spending time this vacation season.

“The Chosen” is a TV drama about the life of Jesus — and it’s grown into a worldwide phenomenon. Now it’s paving the way for other Christian entertainment.

In the future, artificial intelligence will make us either centaurs or reverse-centaurs. If that made no sense at all, Cory Doctorow is joining us to explain.

Enslaved African-Americans in Texas didn’t learn they’d been freed until weeks after the Civil War officially ended — when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston to break the news.

A massive data center proposed in Box Elder County received approval from county commissioners weeks ago, and yet the shape of the plan remains very much up in the air. Salt Lake Tribune reporter Megan Banta joins us to discuss where things currently stand.

Multilevel marketing is something of an American tradition. A new book tells the story of the money-making schemes that continue to ensnare people today.

Dogs have long stood beside us, not just in life, but in art as well. In a new book, cultural historian Thomas Laqueur explores why dogs, more than any other animal, so often figure in the way we picture ourselves.

College sports are getting more expensive. To meet rising costs, the University of Utah is doing something no other school has tried: a private equity partnership.

There’s a mismatch between what people say about marriage and what they really do about it. Stephanie Coontz’s book explains how we got here and where we could go.