Cory Doctorow on How to Think About Artificial Intelligence
In the future, artificial intelligence will make us either centaurs or reverse-centaurs. If that made no sense at all, Cory Doctorow is join...
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20 of 40 episodesThe Origins of Juneteenth
Enslaved African-Americans in Texas didn’t learn they’d been freed until weeks after the Civil War officially ended — when Union General Gor...
The Evolving Plans for the Massive Wonder Valley Data Center
A massive data center proposed in Box Elder County received approval from county commissioners weeks ago, and yet the shape of the plan rema...
How Multilevel Marketing Shaped America
Multilevel marketing is something of an American tradition. A new book tells the story of the money-making schemes that continue to ensnare...
A Visual History of Man's Best Friend
Dogs have long stood beside us, not just in life, but in art as well. In a new book, cultural historian Thomas Laqueur explores why dogs, mo...
What We Know About the U’s Private Equity Deal
College sports are getting more expensive. To meet rising costs, the University of Utah is doing something no other school has tried: a priv...
The Past and Future of Marriage
There’s a mismatch between what people say about marriage and what they really do about it. Stephanie Coontz’s book explains how we got here...
The New History of a Famed Expedition
Lewis and Clark’s expedition is the stuff of American legend. Craig Fehrman’s new book highlights the people who helped make the journey pos...
The Science Behind 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, “T...
The Data Center Gold Rush and the Communities Standing in the Way
There are 48 data centers currently in operation across Utah. Few of them received public attention as they went through the public planning...
This Scholar Wants More Liberals and Conservatives at Church Together
These days, we take the polarization of faith in America for granted: Christians are mostly conservative, and liberals are hardly religious...
The Stratos Project and the Battle Over Utah's AI Future
The Stratos Project, a massive data center planned for Box Elder County, has run up against equally massive public opposition, even as state...
How the Online Far-Right is Changing Conservative Politics
The chronically-online young men pushing Republicans further right are called “Groypers.” The journalist Antonia Hitchens explores their ext...
The Tragic Story of America's Most Memorable Maritime Disaster
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...
What the Box Elder County Data Center Could Mean for Utah
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...
The Tragic Story of America's Most Memorable Maritime Disaster
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...
Why the LDS Church Is Suing 'Mormon Stories' Host John Dehlin
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filed a lawsuit in April against “Mormon Stories Podcast” host John Dehlin, alleging tradema...
Drawn to Grisly Movies? This Psychologist Knows Why.
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.
Salt Lake Is Growing Fast. But Is It Growing Well?
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...
Salt Lake Is Growing Fast. But Is It Growing Well?
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...