Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen, Brooke Larsen, and Jose Davila IV talk about the week’s top stories, including Utah’s plans to bring a nuclear hub to Brigham City.
UPR News & Programs
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German POW’s in Cache Valley? This led me to ask more questions. I found out in 1945 there were close to 400 German POWs living in tents in a work camp at the Cache Valley Fairgrounds.
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We revisit our conversation with Julia Corbett about her book, "Seven Summers: A Naturalist Homesteads in the Modern West".
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Host Tammy Proctor continues her exploration of Armenian spices, including one of the herbs Dr. Michelle Tusan associates most with Armenian food.
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Overall, the film does an okay job despite its many visually alluring distractions.
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Consider the leaf, these lovely little solar collectors! How can any device imagined by the human brain collect light energy from the sun and convert it to food and oxygen while sequestering carbon?
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This week Tammy Proctor continues this season's spicy theme exploring Armenian herbs and spices. She'll talk with Dr. Michelle Tusan from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas about her connection to this particular food way.
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A vibrant mix of jazz, blues, and Afro-Peruvian grooves — featuring Cannonball-inspired swing, soulful ballads, and high-energy Latin jazz from Gabriel Alegría and Steven Oquendo.
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Could your next friend be … a machine? In this episode, Sana Shahid joins Neil Legler, director of digital learning and innovation at the Center for Instructional Design and Innovation.
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The Utah Climate Center's Casey Olsen predicts cold temperatures and some precipitation over the next week.
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The Utah Climate Center's Casey Olsen predicts cold temperatures and increased precipitation over the next week.
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Amidst concerns regarding the Great Salt Lake, Legislative Auditor General Kade Minchey lists what he believes are the top 10 biggest that Utah is currently facing.
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We talk with Tim McGrath, author of "Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the Speech That Changed the Nation."
Stream a variety of music and talk programs in Spanish from Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
NPR News
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Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — by leaning on an economic message.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Russia-U.S. relations expert Julia Ioffe what Russia is seeking from a peace deal with Ukraine.
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Instead of struggling with weekly injections, patients may soon be able to swallow a daily pill to lose weight. Both the makers of Wegovy and Mounjaro are seeking FDA approval for tablets.
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What is a presidential turkey pardon – and why is it happening again?
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For this Thanksgiving, Planet Money and The Indicator staffers offer economic insights they're grateful for.
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Russia launched attacks on Ukraine's capital with at least six people killed in strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure. The attacks came during a renewed U.S. push to end the war.
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The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions.
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Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
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In the midst of a divorce, Jolena Rothweil asked to borrow some money from a friend. All he asked in return was that she pay it forward, and that act began a chain of kindness.
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After right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called for civility. NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with him at a meeting of the Western Governors' Association.