By Elaine Clark

Salt Lake City, UT – I.J. Wagner will be remembered as the namesake of the I.J and Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center and the patron of the Rose Wagner Center for the Performing Arts. But KUER's Elaine Clark remembers Izzi Wagner in a much more personal way.

By Jenny Brundin

Salt Lake City, UT – Senators on Utah's Capitol Hill yesterday killed a bill easing restrictions imposed on couples -- gay or straight -- by the state's gay marriage ban. KUER's Jenny Brundin reports.

By Jenny Brundin

Salt Lake City, UT – Lawmakers on Utah's Capitol Hill had a full day Monday (1/31), taking up issues as diverse as divorce, child abuse, pet abuse, telecommunications deregulation and recovery from the flooding disaster in southern Utah. KUER's Jenny Brundin reports.

By Doug Fabrizio

Tuesday, February 1, 2005 – Geneticist Dean Hamer's book "The God Gene" explores how our inclination towards faith is influenced by our genes. Dr. Hamer joins Doug Fabrizio for a conversation that explores an intersection of science and religion. (Repeat)

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By Doug Fabrizio

Monday, January 31, 2005 – Utah Senator Greg Bell has introduced the Mutual Dependence Benefits Contracts, which would give some benefits to couples who can't legally marry. The bill will get its final reading in the Senate this morning. RadioWest will talk to Senator Bell as well as supporters and detractors of SB 89.

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By Dan Bammes

Park City, UT – The Sundance Film Festival attracts thousands of people from around the world, and while they're in Park City, they're exposed to the Slamdance, TromaDance, even the 'SchmoozeDance' festivals. Metro Networks Salt Lake City News Bureau Chief Tom Jordan has been to all the alternative 'dance' festivals in Utah and explains to KUER's Dan Bammes just where they fit in.

By Jenny Brundin

Salt Lake City, UT – In a committee room packed with health insurance executives and patients, lawmakers took up a controversial bill that would allow consumers to go to any doctor or hospital they choose, even if that doctor or hospital is not part of their insurance network. Senators on Utah's Capitol Hill, meantime, advanced a bill to ban smoking in private clubs. KUER's Jenny Brundin reports

By Doug Fabrizio

Thursday, January 27, 2005 – RadioWest profiles two documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival. "Frozen Angels" explores the world of human-reproductive technologies. Then, "The Education of Shelby Knox" takes on the question of sex education in America's schools.

Screenings:

"Frozen Angels"
Thursday, January 27, 2:30 p.m., Prospector Square Theatre
Friday, January 28, Midnight, Holiday Village Cinema

By Doug Fabrizio

Friday, January 28, 2005 – Doug talks to premiere jazz pianist Marcus Roberts. Roberts will play live piano from the studio, and discuss his career playing with Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

By Doug Fabrizio

Wednesday, January 26, 2005 – Radiowest looks at two Sundance film entries set in the West. "Steal Me" and "Who Killed Cock Robin?" Doug also talks to the creator of the short "The Fair."

See these films at Sundance:
Steal Me:
Wednesday, Jaunuary 26, 6:30 p.m., Peery's Egyptian Theater, Ogden