Dr. RJ Bunnell is part of a team of Utah medical staff in New York working to help hospitals strained to their maximum because of the coronavirus pandemic. In his latest entry to KCPW’s COVID-19 diaries, Dr. Bunnell examines the toll the disease is taking on everyday New Yorkers.
A medical crisis response team from Utahās Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area providing assistance to overburdened hospitals there during the coronovirus outbreak. One of the members of the team, Dr. RJ Bunnell, is keeping an audio journal of his experience for KCPW. This is his second entry to…
A medical crisis response team from Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area providing assistance to hospitals there during the coronovairus outbreak. One of the members of the Utah team, Dr. RJ Bunnell, is documenting his experience in the form of an audio journal. This is his first entry…
This week on KCPW Presents, our reporting staff collected stories from a few people on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. The hourlong program features accounts of medical professionals, a homeless shelter worker, some community members, and a COVID-19 patient. All have, in one way or another, seen their routinesĀ upended by this crisis. Guests:…
In the midst of a global pandemic we feature three conversations with local experts about the impact this surreal moment in history is having on our mental health. How do we stay grounded when things can feel helpless? How do we take some degree of control back? How do we talk to our kids about…
Turkeys have a reputation for being big, dumb birds. But are they? And what does it mean for a bird to be smart anyway? Reporter Alan Yu explores. When neuroscientist and gratitude researcher Glenn Fox lost his mother right before Thanksgiving, he had to put his research to the test. Could expressing gratitude really help…
This documentary presents the voices of people who survived a devastating plan to solve āthe Indian problem.ā In the 1950s, the U.S. government launched a campaign to assimilate Native Americans by eliminating reservations, terminating tribal governments, and persuading Native people to move to cities. Hundreds of thousands of Native people relocated to distant cities such…
Soldiers for Peace takes a deep look at why a significant number of Vietnam veterans felt compelled to oppose the war rather than simply try to put it behind them when they returned home. Through first-person storytelling, it explores the way their conceptions of patriotism changed and evolved as their faith in the Vietnam War…
In the late 1970s, the newly formed National Institute on Aging redefined senility as a disease ā specifically, Alzheimerās disease. They said that with enough support they could find a cure, but after 40 years and billions of dollars, there is still no treatment. In this hour, we hear from people who shaped early Alzheimerās…
It was the most famous invasion that never happened. But Orson Wellesā 1938 āWar of the Worldsā broadcast sure sounded convincing as it described an existential Martian attack. The public panicked. Or did it? New research says that claims of mass hysteria were overblown. This special will air on Friday October 25th at 10 AM…
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