Segment 1: A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control shows a quarter of teen moms in Utah thought they couldn’t get pregnant and had trouble getting birth control. Coupled with increasing rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases, the new research raises questions about what Utah students are learning about [...]
Segment 1: Thupten Jinpa has devoted much of his life to studying Buddhist metaphysics and the power of the mind. He links meditation with spiritual enlightenment, but he’s also finding how this mindfulness can be seen as neuroplasticity in the brain. On Thursday, he joins us to discuss common ground between Buddhist tradition and [...]
The Utah Highway Patrol Association is hoping a few modifications to several memorial crosses will be enough to end a legal battle with the group American Atheists. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear the case means the crosses must come down or be moved to private property, but as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, supporters of the crosses aren’t giving up their fight.
With only five in the Senate and 13 in the House of Representatives, the Utah Legislature ranks 43rd among the states for the number of women lawmakers. But a new initiative from the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics and the YWCA of Salt Lake City aims to get more Utah women into government and public policy-making.
Crosses memorializing fallen Utah Highway Patrol officers will soon have to be taken down. This morning (Monday), the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision not to hear the case, leaving Utah with the 10th Circuit ruling that declared the crosses unconstitutional. KCPW’s Jessica Gail spoke with the attorneys on both sides of the argument, and reports on what the state plans to do to commemorate the fallen troopers now.
Religion will likely not be an issue in the 2012 Presidential election… at least according to U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. The independent lawmaker spoke to hundreds of college students across Utah Tuesday, saying voters will admire LDS candidates Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman for sticking to their personal beliefs. KCPW’s Jessica Gail spoke to the Senator about his time in office, and how he says his Jewish faith has impacted his time there.
Segment 1: The gridlock in Washington has many citizens shaking their heads about the divisive nature of the debate and the polarization of modern politics. Mormon scholar Richard Bushman says the deadlock stems from basic contradictions in our national values and asks if religion can help bridge the gap. Can Mormonism specifically – a religion [...]
A billboard aimed at atheists and non-religious Utahns is now up along a popular Salt Lake City highway. The Utah Coalition of Reason, an alliance of non-theist groups across the state, put up the sign, which reads “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone.” Elaine Ball, director of the group, hopes the billboard makes their community more visible.
A Provo bookstore owner and collector has come across new developments in the 25-year-old Mark Hofmann case. Hofmann is serving a life sentence at the state prison in Draper for forging LDS church documents and murdering two people with bombs. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the discovery is a recording made by Hofmann in 1981 of telephone conversations between him and authorities of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
A candidate for Utah Democratic Party Chair says he was appalled to see a recent Gallup poll showing 22 percent of those surveyed would not vote for a presidential candidate who is Mormon. Jim Dabakis is calling on both Democrats and Republicans to speak more responsibly about religious bias.
