Episodes

  • Utah's Rosies
    Jan 20 2025

    You’ve seen her. She wears the red bandanna and a blue collared shirt, flexing her bicep with a look that says, “get to work.” She’s Rosie the Riveter, and Utah had an army of them.

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    2 mins
  • Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Jan 13 2025

    The United States has a long history of limiting immigration and managing migrants once they are here, including a campaign to register non-citizen immigrants living in Utah.

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    2 mins
  • Lessons in Resilience
    Dec 30 2024

    Over long years of colonization, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation faced severe setbacks. But the Tribe continued to adapt to new conditions and found ways to preserve their culture and traditions.

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    3 mins
  • 2002 Winter Olympics Bring Utahns Together
    Dec 23 2024

    Utah's snowy peaks and valleys became the stage for athletes from around the world during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake. But the Games were much more than a sporting competition.

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    4 mins
  • Utah Tree History: A Landscape in Flux
    Dec 16 2024

    Utah history isn’t just about the people who lived and worked here. It’s also about some of the oldest living organisms in our state – trees! Learn more about our arborous elders.

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    4 mins
  • Nine Mile Canyon: Resource Exploitation vs Cultural Preservation
    Dec 9 2024

    Nine Mile Canyon contains an estimated 10,000 rock art sites created over a thousand years ago, and that’s just the beginning of the canyon's historic and cultural value. But natural gas exploration and extraction nearby pose challenges to preservation efforts.

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    3 mins
  • The Energy Transition Powered by Rural Utah
    Dec 2 2024

    When you flip your light switch, do you know which part of rural Utah your electricity is coming from? Historically, fuel for the energy grid came from rural areas in the form of fossil fuels. But even as utilities transition to alternative energy, that energy is still sourced in rural Utah.

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    4 mins
  • Poultry Co-operative Transforms Utah Agriculture
    Nov 25 2024

    The switch from Utah being a net importer of turkeys to becoming a substantial exporter in the 1920s can be attributed to the efforts of one man -- Benjamin Brown -- and the poultry co-operative he organized.

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    4 mins