RadioWest

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.

  • 49 minutes 36 seconds
    The Emperors of Rome with Mary Beard
    Mary Beard is an expert on the Roman Empire, and her latest book is about the rulers who presided over it — 30 emperors in nearly three centuries.
    16 May 2024, 5:21 pm
  • 48 minutes 49 seconds
    The Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
    On July 12, 1776, James Cook set sail aboard the HMS Resolution. It was his third voyage, and his last.
    15 May 2024, 8:00 am
  • 49 minutes 45 seconds
    The Tipping Trap
    Has America's gratuity culture reached a tipping point? With tip prompts popping up everywhere from butcher shops to airport kiosks, the social norms around tipping are more fraught than ever.
    9 May 2024, 8:00 am
  • 49 minutes 32 seconds
    The Enslaved Christians who Co-Wrote the Bible
    Scholars say the New Testament was authored by familiar names, like Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul. But they had important help: slave labor.
    8 May 2024, 8:00 am
  • 49 minutes 37 seconds
    The State of the Utah Republican Party
    Utah’s Republican conventions have always been rancorous and incredibly contentious. But according to one longtime observer, this year’s meeting was as nasty as it’s ever been.
    2 May 2024, 8:00 am
  • 49 minutes 57 seconds
    The Past, Present and Future of Pro Hockey in Utah
    It’s official: Utah is getting a professional ice hockey team. But is this a hockey place?
    1 May 2024, 8:00 am
  • 50 minutes 14 seconds
    Never Heard of Scrupulosity? Neither Have Many Who Suffer From It
    Even if you aren’t afflicted by it, you probably know about obsessive compulsive disorder. But even if you have it, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of scrupulosity.
    25 April 2024, 8:00 am
  • 48 minutes 3 seconds
    Celebrating the Natural World with Writer Rick Bass
    For the acclaimed writer and environmental activist Rick Bass, there are no hard lines between life, art and the natural world.
    23 April 2024, 10:17 pm
  • 36 minutes 10 seconds
    Whales of the High Desert
    In 1888, the daily Salt Lake Herald-Republican reprinted a story from a Canadian paper. The headline? That a family of whales was flourishing in the Great Salt Lake.
    18 April 2024, 2:33 pm
  • 49 minutes 14 seconds
    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.
    17 April 2024, 10:00 am
  • 50 minutes 4 seconds
    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?
    11 April 2024, 8:00 am
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