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In the 2026 Fife Honor Lecture at USU, professor Katherine Borland of Ohio State University’s Center for Folklore Studies, focused on miracle narratives. She joins us for the hour.

Intermountain Song Trails is a new oral history project exploring how songs travel across generations, families, and migration routes, from lullabies to work songs to church or scouting traditions.

Gardening expert and UPR friend Dan Drost joins us. Whether you’ve got a large backyard garden, participate in a community garden, or have a small box near your window, Dan can help.

On this episode we talk with Wil Wood, author of “And It Was Beautiful” and Zack Garner and Rachel Quillen Garner, writer and illustrator, respectively, of “Half Moon on the Moon.”

In his book Three Revolutions: Steering Automated, Shared, and Electric Vehicles to a Better Future, Dan Sperling says transportation is on the cusp of revolutionary change. He joins us for the hour.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Leia Larsen, and Brock Marchant talk about the week’s top stories, including a recap of the Utah Legislature's 2026 session.

Beloved USU professor Norm Jones has died. We remember him by revisiting our conversation from May 2019, talking about his book "Being Elizabethan: Understanding Shakespeare’s Neighbors."

We revisit our conversation from October 2025 with Gary Ferguson, talking about his book "The Twilight Forest."

As a result of childhood learning disabilities and educational neglect, Oliver James graduated from high school and became one of approximately 45 million functionally illiterate Americans.

Beloved USU professor Norm Jones has died. We remember him by revisiting our conversation from May 2019, talking about his book "Being Elizabethan: Understanding Shakespeare’s Neighbors."