It’s been a year since West Valley City police formally closed their investigation into Susan Powell’s disappearance after her husband, Josh, a person of interest in the case, triggered an explosion in his Washington state home that killed him and the couple’s two young sons. But a new book has revived interest in Powell, and…
Piece Description This hour: To do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts. The List by Sean Cole, Ashley Ahearn and Nick van der Kolk (Love & Radio, 2011) A man sets out to finish an unfinished list. World’s Longest Diary by David Isay (Morning Edition, 1994) An…
Open any Torah, Bible or Koran, and the passages about homosexuality seem clear: being gay is an abomination; a sin; something that incurs the wrath of God. But for some, these interpretations are changing. “Gay in the Eyes of God” is a special production of Interfaith Voices, the leading religion news magazine on public radio.…
Can you hear it? Click, whir, wait, shake – ahhhh! Taking a Polaroid picture is a totally sensory experience. But it is more than just the sensation of a snapshot; there is something special and social about seeing, giving & receiving that white-framed photo. Taking and sharing instant digital photos these days is second nature.…
This hour: a purple hotel, a family who argues over their skin color, a singing rainbow and more. Rainbow Squared by Katie Mingle (Re:sound debut, 2013) The original color palette is of course, the rainbow. And though the rainbow has been appropriated by many over the years, Re:sound producer Katie Mingle will (for better or worse) always associate…
When Mormon pioneers rolled into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, they brought with them a new theology, a short but intense history of persecution, and dreams of a new kind of society. 166 years later, Salt Lake City remains deeply influenced by Mormon culture, but defies easy categorization. With a large and politically active…
Technological advances have put us on the edge of a new industrial revolution. Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor and Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, and Susan Hassler, Editor-In-Chief of IEEE Spectrum Magazine, are joined by engineers, scientists, and futurists from MIT, Carnegie-Mellon, Rice Univ., and the Institute for the Future to give listeners insights…
How have female innovators fundamentally altered our lives, and how are they shaping our world today? We talk with Deborah Spar, the president of Barnard, about why there are still so few women in tech, and what we can do about it. Then, we hear how Estee Lauder changed the face of American…
Mark Mardell presents three unexpected stories about how guns feature in American culture. More gun deaths are due to suicide than homicide in the US. Radio producers Kelly Jones and Lu Olkowski explore the legacy of one such suicide – what happened to the fiancée left behind, to friends and to the law enforcement officers…
Radio Ambulante is a radio program that tells Latin American stories from anywhere Spanish is spoken, including the United States. While there is much diversity and complexity among Latin Americans and Latinos in the U.S., both are part of a shared experience. With high-quality journalistic features, Radio Ambulante’s stories connect these communities in a colorful celebration of both their…
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