RadioWest

A production of NPR Utah, KUER 90.1. Hosted by Doug Fabrizio.

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On RadioWest, real stories from the evacuation of Dunkirk. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/true-story-dunkirk

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Nobody Speak | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

Journalists are trained to look for stories behind the stories. The reporters investigating the Hulk Hogan sex tape and the sale of the Las Vegas Journal-Rev...

What can Hulk Hogan’s sex tape trial teach us about the free press? Turns out quite a bit. We spoke with director Brian Knappenberger during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. His documentary is now available on @netflix http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/nobody-speak

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Where do babies come from?  You would not believe how long it took for us to figure this out. Science writer Edward Dolnick joins us to talk about his book THE SEEDS OF LIFE http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/seeds-life

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Celebrating the launch of Gerda Saunders book MEMORY’S LAST BREATH with a new website highlighting our series of films on her journey with dementia. https://www.gerda.videowest.org/

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Gerda Saunders has a fabulous sense of style. She also has a progressive from of dementia. In a new short film, Gerda wonders if all the effort she’s putting into her appearance will be worth it once she can no longer manage it herself. This excerpt is from the fourth in our short film series with Gerda. Watch the whole piece at bit.ly/2rQE1z8

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Ken Sanders of Ken Sanders Rare Books reads live during our annual Summer reads show. He selected Utah poet laureate Paisley Rekdal’s “Self-Portrait as Mae West One-Liner.” http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/2017-summer-reading

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Why are we so divided? Historian and journalist Colin Woodard says it’s because we’re actually 11 different nations. We spoke with him about his book AMERICAN NATIONS http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/american-nations-0

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Eleanor Roosevelt in her 1937 inaugural gown. “ ... in Lorena Hickok’s eyes, Eleanor Roosevelt became one of the beautiful ones, the object of the attention and admiration she had longed for.” from Susan Quinn’s book ELEANOR AND HICK.

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Join us Wednesday, December 14 for a free screening of the documentary film BLUESPACE. Doug talks to director Ian Cheney on RadioWest: http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/through-lens-bluespace

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Repetition doesn't always equal boredom ... sometimes it equals power.

Dance historian Jennifer Fisher on ritual of The Nutcracker

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Artists of Ballet West in The Nutcracker

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Ballet West is retiring their Nutcracker sets and costumes after this season! RadioWest talks about the history and tradition of the holiday classic with dance historian Jennifer Fisher and Ballet West artistic director Adam Sklute. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/nutcracker-1

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I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.

Giacomo Casanova

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Casanova wasn’t handsome. So what accounts for his success with the ladies? One answer ... Venetian masks.

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Biographer Laurence Bergreen talks to Doug about the fascinating life of Giacomo Casanova ... mathematical and literary genius ... and yes, notorious lover. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/casanova 

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How exactly do you choose one image on the internet to represent a conversation about cats? Doug talks to science journalist Abigail Tucker about her book THE LION IN THE LIVING ROOM. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/lion-living-room

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19th/20th century photographer Charles Ellis Johnson used the new-fangled bicycle to get around Salt Lake City quickly to capture his images. Oh, and did we mention that besides pictures of the Temple and Mormon leaders, he also took erotic photos? Art historian Mary Campbell explains how his pictures helped make Mormons mainstream. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/erotic-mormon-image

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So, You’re scared of spiders?

Ever heard of a Tarantula Hawk Wasp?

In the picture this wasp is dragging the paralyzed spider down into a hole where a wasp egg will be implanted into its body. When the egg hatches the wasp larvae will feed on the still living paralyzed spider until only the heart and nervous system remain.

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Entomologist Justin Schmidt's advice if you get stung by a tarantula hawk: lie down and scream. He’s our guest as we talk about his book THE STING OF THE WILD, http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/sting-wild