Tuesday, July 20, 2004 – Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman's new documentary "Thirst" looks at the commercialization of our precious natural resource, water. Doug talks with the filmmakers, along with Utah Division of Water Resources Larry Anderson and Joseph Sax, Professor of Environmental Regulation Emeritus at UC Berkeley.

Friday, July 16, 2004 – Dan Bammes and co-host John Bird continue the series "Your Personal Economy."

By The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, The White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill

Monday, July 19, 2004 – Ron Suskind talks about his book on the career of Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill who resigned from the Bush Administration. (Repeat)

Thursday, July 15, 2004 – Associate Professor of English Phil Nell has recently published "Dr. Seuss: American Icon." (Repeat)

By Charles Osgood, Michael Hicks and Mormon Music

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 – Charles Osgood, CBS News' "poet-in-residence," will be in town this week to help the Mormon Tabernacle Choir mark 75 years of broadcasting "Music and the Spoken Word." He joins Doug, along with Michael Hicks, author of "Mormonism and Music: A History."

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Wednesday, July 14, 2004 – Doug discusses the proposed marriage amendment with Senator Bob Bennett.

Doug continues the hour with writers Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld. Their play "A Heart Divided" is Youth Theatre at the U's latest production about prejudice, racism and perspective. Actors Olivia Dustman and Chris Eckels join the conversation..

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By Amending the Constitution

Monday, July 12, 2004 – Doug talks with legal scholar Kermit Hall and historian David Kyvig about what it means to amend the constitution.

By Joining Science & Literature: Shakespeare, Eclipses & Changing Ideas of the Cosmos

Thursday, July 9, 2004 – Doug talks with writer and astronomer David Levy. Levy will present his lecture "Joining Science & Literature: Shakespeare, Eclipses & Changing Ideas of the Cosmos" at the Salt Lake City Public Library on Saturday, July 10th at 7:30 p.m.

By Faith and Other Possibilities

Thursday, July 8, 2004 – Doug talks with artists Gretchen Reynolds and Teresa Jordan about their artistic collaboration Faith and Other Possibilities. Jordan's monotypes and Reynolds' mixed media works are on display at the Finch Lane Gallery through July 23, 2004.

By Range Creek Fremont Find

Wednesday, July 7, 2004 – Doug discusses the historic value of the recent archaeological find of a Fremont Indian tribe community in Range Creek, Utah.