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Laura Tohe is a poet, writer, librettist, scholar of Indigenous American literature, and former Navajo Nation Poet Laureate.

We revisit our conversation from 2019 with writer Michele Anderson about her opinion piece in the New York Times titled, “Go Home to Your ‘Dying’ Hometown.”

"The Gift of Failure" focuses on the critical years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience disappointment and frustration so that they grow into successful, resilient adults.

"In a Rugged Land" examines the history and content of the two photographers' forgotten collaboration "Three Mormon Towns." We revisit our conversation from 2019 with author James Swenson.

Today we’ll talk with Matthew Wappett, executive director of the Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice at Utah State University.

We revisit our conversation from 2016 with James Balog about the film "Chasing Ice."

We revisit our conversation from November 2017 with author Ted Genoways about his book "This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm."

We revisit our conversation from 2019 with H.W. Brands on his book "Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, The Second Generation of American Giants."

James Bacchus says the path to global sustainable development is participatory democratic global governance — the only truly effective path to confronting military conflict, climate change, and more.

We talk with Colorado rancher and mother of five, Lara Richardson, about her memoir "The Table: Seasons on a Colorado Ranch."

Martha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of "A Way with Words," lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual treasure house” and “‘Car Talk’ for Lexiphiles.”

We revisit our conversation with Utah writer Emily Wing Smith about her book, 'All Better Now'.

Carrie Sheffield grew up with a violent, mentally ill, street-musician father who believed he was a modern-day Mormon prophet destined to become U.S. president someday.

We talk with Margaret Brucia, author of "The Key to Everything: May Swenson, A Writer’s Life." May Swenson was one of the most important and original poets of the twentieth century.

On this episode, we talk about the benefits of nature. Our guest is Marc Berman, founder and director of the Environmental Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Chicago.

On this episode, we talk with artist and author Teresa Jordan and musician, composer, and writer Hal Cannon.

As a professor of peacebuilding, a conflict mediator, and a follower of Jesus, Chad Ford offers perspectives on how to avoid or reconcile contention when life’s inevitable disagreements arise.

Emma Martins and Austin Knuppe recently attended the Diplomacy of the Heart Conference in Uzbekistan, an international gathering dedicated to intercultural understanding and peacebuilding.

On this episode, we remember writer Brad Watson, who we interviewed in July 2016 about his novel "Miss Jane." Brad Watson died in 2020.

Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, 12 have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee.

In Simon Tolkien's new historical novel, a young man comes of age and crosses continents in search of an identity at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War. We also talk about Tolkien's grandfather, J.R.R. Tolkien.

After years of exploration and research in Utah’s remote Nine Mile Canyon, Verlicia Perez wrote a guidebook titled "Echoes of the Ancestors," blending practical guidance with thoughtful historical interpretation.

The Utah Foundation released a report on social capital in Utah in 2021 and they are preparing an update. We talk about social trust and cohesion, civic engagement, community, family health, and more.

In 1917, in Fatima, Portugal, three shepherd children claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared before them and spoke the words, “Do not be afraid.”

On this episode, we revisit a conversation from last year about dementia, ahead of the second annual health fair focused on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia awareness and prevention.