By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – When you think of Sir Isaac Newton - you probably imagine the physicist, mathematician and philosopher who changed the way man understood the physical universe. But after years of discovery, Newton moved to London and became the Warden of His Majesty's Mint. In his book, Thomas Levenson reveals another side of Isaac Newton - the genius that helped bring down a rising star of the 17th century underworld. Levenson joins Doug to talk about "Newton and the Counterfeiter." (Rebroadcast)

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Have you ever felt guilt or fear or maybe even attraction and worried that it was written all over your face? For the psychologist Paul Ekman - it is. Ekman's career has been dedicated to studying how emotions are expressed - down to the microexpressions of a simple muscle twitch. Thursday on RadioWest, Paul Ekman joins Doug to talk about his latest book - co-authored with the Dalai Lama - on the nature and quality of our emotional lives.

By Jennifer Napier-Pearce

Salt Lake City, UT – A storied public building in downtown Salt Lake City is getting a new life as the flagship jewelry store of the O.C. Tanner Company. KUER's Jennifer Napier-Pearce toured the renovated structure and filed this report.

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Journalist Richard Wolffe covered Barack Obama's historic presidential campaign from the announcement to the victory speech. In that time, Wolffe had a dozen intimate interviews with the candidate and it was Obama himself who suggested a book. "Renegade: the Making of a President" came out earlier this year, and in it, Wolffe sets out to answer a simple question: Who is Barack Obama? Richard Wolffe joins Doug to talk about the President and his journey to the White House. (Rebroadcast)

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – What does it mean to get an education? As a high school student, the writer and critic Walter Kirn saw it as a way out of rural, run-down America, a path to the big city and bigger ideas. But life at Princeton wasn't quite what he had expected. Instead of a bastion of higher learning - it was just another set of academic hoops and competing for competition's sake. Wednesday, Kirn joins Doug to talk about his harrowing journey through American academia.

By Dan Bammes

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Lincoln Hall likes to say that on May 25, 2006, he died on Mt. Everest. It was the one of the deadliest climbing seasons on the mountain, and when Hall collapsed shortly after summiting, he was pronounced dead and left behind. His story gets really interesting though the next morning, when he was found very much alive. Lincoln joined Doug last year to tell his story. (Rebroadcast)

By Dan Nailen

Salt Lake City, UT – Punk rockers don't age gracefully -- with one exception. Dan Nailen says the guy who calls himself John Doe has avoided becoming an anachronism.

Lounge Act: Dan Nailen's weblog

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – In his groundbreaking book The Omnivore's Dilemma, the writer Michael Pollan began an important conversation about food. His latest book continues his critique of the food industry, but this time he also takes on nutritional science, which he says has created nothing but anxiety and confusion about even the most basic question of food and health. Michael Pollan joined Doug to explain why Americans need a whole new way to think about eating. (Rebroadcast)

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – In his groundbreaking book The Omnivore's Dilemma, the writer Michael Pollan began an important conversation about food. His latest book continues his critique of the food industry, but this time he also takes on nutritional science, which he says has created nothing but anxiety and confusion about even the most basic question of food and health. Michael Pollan was in Utah last year, and he joined us to explain why Americans need a whole new way to think about eating. (Rebroadcast)