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RadioWest

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.

  • 50 minutes 30 seconds
    The Satanic Panic Comes to Spring City, Utah
    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.
    20 March 2025, 6:00 am
  • 50 minutes 30 seconds
    Why a Massacre of Chinese Miners 140 Years Ago Still Matters
    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.
    19 March 2025, 4:00 am
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    Utah Axed Collective Bargaining this Year. What Other Laws Passed in 2025?
    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.
    13 March 2025, 4:00 am
  • 50 minutes 30 seconds
    For Women in the Workplace, What's Changed Since the '80s?
    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.
    12 March 2025, 3:34 pm
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    A Year-Long Misadventure Through the Grand Canyon
    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.
    6 March 2025, 11:50 am
  • 50 minutes 30 seconds
    Lessons from a Year on Ozempic
    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.
    5 March 2025, 5:00 am
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    What Will Donald Trump Do With Public Lands?
    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?
    27 February 2025, 8:31 pm
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    The Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
    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.
    26 February 2025, 5:00 am
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    Unveiling the Secrets of American Militias
    In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, John Williams, a wilderness survival trainer from Utah, embarked on a dangerous mission to infiltrate American militias. Posing as an ally, Williams spent years undercover within groups like the Oath Keepers.
    20 February 2025, 5:00 am
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    Can Christianity Save the Country?
    Author and journalist Jonathan Rauch is a Jewish atheist. And yet, he’s calling on Christians to remember their faith — and practice it the way Founding Father James Madison might have done.
    19 February 2025, 5:00 am
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    The Utah Point Guard who Broke the NBA’s Color Barrier
    Can you name the person who broke the color barrier in professional basketball? You may be thinking of Chuck Cooper, Nat Clifton or Earl Lloyd, but you'd be wrong. It was a diminutive but immensely talented Japanese-American point guard from Ogden, Utah. His name: Wat Misaka.
    13 February 2025, 7:00 am
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