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As big freighters go, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the biggest, the best and the most profitable ship on the Great Lakes. Then, on Nov. 10, 197...

This week, Box Elder County commissioners gave the green light to a 40,000-acre data center in remote Hansel Valley, Utah. Matteo Wong, a st...

As big freighters go, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the biggest, the best and the most profitable ship on the Great Lakes. Then, on Nov. 10, 197...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filed a lawsuit in April against “Mormon Stories Podcast” host John Dehlin, alleging tradema...

Coltan Scrivner studies why some of us are drawn to look at gruesome things. He calls it morbid curiosity, and he says it’s not a bad thing.

If you grew up along the Wasatch Front, you’ve seen rapid change: farms to housing, low-rise to high-rise, more people. Taylor Anderson want...

If you grew up along the Wasatch Front, you’ve seen rapid change: farms to housing, low-rise to high-rise, more people. Taylor Anderson want...

Nate Blouin, a Utah State Senator and leading progressive Democratic contender for Utah’s new congressional seat, faces a setback as vulgar...

The linguist Valerie Fridland says everyone has an accent, whether they think so or not. Her new book is about how the different ways we tal...

Great Salt Lake normally doesn’t reach peak water level until late May. But after a record-low snowpack, the lake has already topped out, an...

There’s emerging evidence of the health benefits of getting hot and working up a sweat. Author Bill Gifford’s book makes the case.

Daryl Lindsey is a sustainable landscaping expert. With spring here, and a worrisome winter in the rearview, she joins us to talk about this...

The hunt for critical minable resources is heating up in Utah, and would-be extractors have found a legal loophole to get around federal min...

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...

With Easter weekend approaching, we’re revisiting our 2025 conversation with Elaine Pagels about the real Jesus of Nazareth.

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 gun...

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...

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 Collegi...

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...

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, “T...

The 2026 Utah Legislative Session concluded last week. We’re gathering a trio of reporters to talk about what passed and what failed.

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...

In 1856, Mary Ann Patten became the first woman to captain an American merchant vessel. She was only 19 years old. Historian Tilar Mazzeo’s...

David Archuleta became famous at 17 years old, when he was a finalist on “American Idol.” He joins us to talk about his new memoir, coming o...

As plans take shape for an extensive homeless campus in Salt Lake City, a divide has emerged between those who support the current system of...

LDS President Dallin H. Oaks has chosen a new apostle. His name is Clark G. Gilbert, and his appointment is raising controversy among the fa...

Lots of people dream about leaving it all behind, but Maurice and Maralyn Bailey really did it. They bought a boat and set sail in June of 1...