RadioWest
Public Radio
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.
Location:
Salt Lake City, UT
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Website:
http://radiowest.org
Email:
radiowest@kuer.org
Episodes
Unveiling the Secrets of American Militias: The Militia and the Mole
8/6/2025
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.
Duration:00:50:30
50 Years of Sunstone and the Mormon Intellectual Tradition
7/31/2025
In 1974, a group of students organized a new project to discuss what Mormonism meant to them — a magazine called Sunstone. The magazine’s goal was to “raise the questions, pursue the discussions, and bear the witness worthy of a living faith that is both intellectually vigorous and spiritually discerning.”
Duration:00:50:30
How Multilevel Marketing Shaped America
7/30/2025
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.
Duration:00:50:30
Did the California gull save Utah's early pioneers?
7/24/2025
One of Utah's many oddities is its state bird: the California gull. But did you know that the humble gull is the hero in its own miracle tale?
Duration:00:50:30
The Dark Side of New Age Spirituality
7/23/2025
New Age spirituality is everywhere these days, from tarot cards and crystals, astrology and energy healing. A new book traces the history of New Age movements.
Duration:00:50:30
The Transformation of J.D. Vance
7/17/2025
When J.D. Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” came out in 2016, it made waves by humanizing the white working poor. At the time, Vance was firmly anti-Trump. Now he’s the Vice President.
Duration:00:50:30
Briefly Perfectly Human with Death Doula Alua Arthur
7/16/2025
Alua Arthur’s life’s work is all about death. She’s a witness and shepherd to people who have reached the end of life. And she wants you to think about death too.
Duration:00:50:30
The Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
7/10/2025
If the word “Viking” conjures for you a warrior with braided hair raiding a village in the north of Europe, you’re not exactly wrong. But there’s a lot more to the story.
Duration:00:50:30
Utah’s Bid to Lead a Nuclear Renaissance
7/9/2025
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox wants to double energy production in the state within the next ten years, and he and other state leaders are betting that a new generation of nuclear reactors can help.
Duration:00:50:30
The Real History of the American Gunfighter
7/3/2025
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.
Duration:00:50:30
Joseph Smith — The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet Pt. 2
7/2/2025
Much of the Joseph Smith story turns on this question: Did he really discover golden plates? Historian John Turner says no, but he doesn’t dismiss what came next.
Duration:00:50:30
Mike Lee Wants to Sell Public Land. Some Conservatives Say No Way.
6/26/2025
Utah Senator Mike Lee wants to sell off public lands in the West, but after fierce bipartisan opposition to his plans, he’s been forced back to the drawing board.
Duration:00:50:26
Joseph Smith — The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet
6/25/2025
There’s a new biography of Joseph Smith, and author John Turner’s approach is new in the world of books about Mormonism’s charismatic founder.
Duration:00:50:30
Sen. Mike Lee — Constitutional Scholar or Online Edgelord?
6/19/2025
Minnesota lawmaker Rep. Melissa Hortman was murdered on June 14. The next day, Utah Sen. Mike Lee wrote on X, “This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way.”
Duration:00:50:30
The Heat Will Kill You First
6/18/2025
Jeff Goodell knows a thing or two about the climate crisis. He’s been writing about it for years. But it didn’t become personal until the heat nearly killed him.
Duration:00:50:30
When Dinosaurs Came to the Dinner Party
6/12/2025
During the 1800s, the Victorians had the natural world pretty much figured out, or so they thought. Then a 12-year-old discovered the first dinosaur tracks.
Duration:00:50:30
The Case for Utah as the Next Battleground State
6/11/2025
Last week, we discussed the possible revival of the Utah Democratic Party. Long time political observers told us that would take some heavy lifting. The political consultants and influencers Gabi Finlayson and Jackie Morgan are up for the task.
Duration:00:50:30
The Long Decline — and Possible Revival — of Utah Democrats
6/5/2025
Utah Democrats minted a new leader in Brian King over the weekend. But with the party relegated to the political margins in a state dominated by a Republican supermajority, some are wondering if anyone can turn its fortunes around.
Duration:00:50:30
Robert Macfarlane on the Lives of Rivers
6/4/2025
Is a river alive? That’s the animating question in Robert Macfarlane’s new book. And if the answer is yes, and rivers are living things, what do we owe them?
Duration:00:50:30
What Turns Siblings into Stars?
5/29/2025
Some families seem to have the secret code to sibling success. How else to explain how an Olympic athlete, an award-winning novelist and a successful entrepreneur could all be raised under a single roof? The journalist Susan Dominus set out to answer this puzzle.
Duration:00:50:30