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.
49 minutes 30 seconds
Daryl Lindsey Says You Can Build a Thriving Utah Yard — and Save Water Doing It
Daryl Lindsey is a sustainable landscaping expert. With spring here, and a worrisome winter in the rearview, she joins us to talk about this year’s growing season.
9 April 2026, 4:00 am
50 minutes 30 seconds
The Future of Mining Being Drawn in a Legal Gray Zone
The hunt for critical minable resources is heating up in Utah, and would-be extractors have found a legal loophole to get around federal mining laws. Journalist Lauren Steele shares her findings.
8 April 2026, 4:00 am
50 minutes 30 seconds
ICE Wants to Transform an SLC Warehouse into an Immigration Jailhouse
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement recently purchased a warehouse on Salt Lake City’s west side, but the agency doesn’t intend to use the site for goods or merchandise: It will be a detention facility, part of the agency’s efforts to round up and deport a million people every year.
2 April 2026, 7:53 pm
50 minutes 30 seconds
A Historian Shares What We Really Know About Jesus
With Easter weekend approaching, we’re revisiting our 2025 conversation with Elaine Pagels about the real Jesus of Nazareth.
1 April 2026, 4:00 am
50 minutes 30 seconds
The True History of the American Gunfighter
The Wild West has been the subject of much mythologizing in American culture. But for all the fantasy, at least one figure was real: the gunfighter.
26 March 2026, 6:02 am
50 minutes 30 seconds
The Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America
It may seem like Mars is just a modern-day obsession, but we earthlings were nuts for the Red Planet more than a century ago. David Baron’s new book tells the story.
25 March 2026, 5:00 am
50 minutes 30 seconds
You Won't Find Every Word in the Dictionary. Here's Why.
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.
19 March 2026, 6:16 pm
50 minutes 30 seconds
McKay Coppins' Year as a Degenerate Gambler
The journalist McKay Coppins wasn’t a gambling man. But when his employer The Atlantic staked him $10,000 to bet on the 2025 NFL season, he couldn’t say no.
18 March 2026, 4:00 am
50 minutes 30 seconds
The Science of Love and Sex
Justin R. Garcia is the director of the Kinsey Institute, the famed sex research institution. He’s joining us to talk about his new book, “The Intimate Animal.”
12 March 2026, 4:00 am
50 minutes 30 seconds
That’s a Wrap on the 2026 Legislative Session
The 2026 Utah Legislative Session concluded last week. We’re gathering a trio of reporters to talk about what passed and what failed.
11 March 2026, 4:00 am
50 minutes 30 seconds
Why Penny Lane Gave Her Kidney to a Stranger
Filmmaker Penny Lane’s 2023 documentary is about giving away one of her own kidneys. Although she didn't like the idea of calling herself a "good Samaritan," she eventually came around to the idea of calling her film “Confessions of a Good Samaritan.”