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)

By Dan Bammes

Salt Lake City, UT – The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival begins tonight in Orem. Through Saturday, some of the country's best-known storytellers will be holding listeners spellbound at the SCERA shell and Mount Timpanogos Park in Provo Canyon.

The festival was started by Karen Ashton, the wife of Word Perfect founder Alan Ashton, in 1990. Debbie Richan is one of its organizers this year -- and a storyteller herself. She spoke with KUER's Dan Bammes.

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Sports writer Mark Hyman admits he was once one of them. You've probably met over-zealous sports parents who seem more interested in bragging rights at cocktail parties and dreams of college scholarships than in how sports are impacting their kids. Thursday, Hyman joins Doug for a look at how adults have taken over the world of kids sports and what it means for the health - and happiness - of children.

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Today we're testing the boundaries of sex education. A Utah lawmaker has raised the questions about the subject again. Representative Lynn Hemingway is drafting a bill that would push school districts to beef up the information they pass on to kids about sex. We're talking about the bill, but also about how much information young people can handle about the dicey subject. We'll also discuss how school systems in other countries are dealing with it and what kind of results they're getting.

By Doug Fabrizio

By Tasha Cook

Salt Lake City, UT – University of Utah urban planning professor Arthur Nelson foresees a dramatic shift in American cities based on demographic changes and housing preferences. For the past thirty years, Professor Nelson has conducted pioneering and nationwide research on metropolitan development patterns. KUER's Tasha Cook has this interview with Professor Nelson, who moved to Utah last year to establish the Metropolitan Research Center

By Jennifer Napier-Pearce

By Dan Nailen

Salt Lake City, UT – Salt Lake Magazine Arts and Entertainment Editor Dan Nailen looks at a pair of exhibits at the Salt Lake Art Center.

Lounge Act: Dan Nailen's weblog

By Doug Fabrizio

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Not touching unclean things or wearing clothes with mixed fibers were just two of the some 700 rules that A.J. Jacobs tried to follow as he lived an entire year according to the strict prescriptions of the Bible. The editor at large of Esquire tried to keep his rules in New York City of all places, and Friday, Jacobs talks to Doug about his funny - and profound - journey. (Rebroadcast)