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Genre
  
interviews

Country
  
United States

Home station
  
KUER

Running time
  
52 minutes

Language(s)
  
English

Syndicates
  
Public Radio International, XM satellite radio

RadioWest is an hour-long radio show on history, politics, arts and culture, with a focus on the western United States and especially Utah. Hosted by Doug Fabrizio, it is produced at KUER. The show has hosted Spike Lee, Isabel Allende, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the Dalai Lama, and Desmond Tutu. RadioWest often addresses topics related to Mormonism such as Proposition 8 and the excommunication of Kate Kelly for her participation in Ordain Women.

Contents

RadioWest has received awards from the Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Utah Broadcaster's Association. RadioWest is well known in Utah; for example Radio From Hell's Kerry Jackson has a 'man-crush' on Doug and RadioWest.

Topics

Regular shows include

  • Sundance: Each winter during the Sundance film festival, Doug interviews creators of several films shown at the show.
  • Documentary films are regularly discussed under the "Through the Lens" label.
  • Music: Shows with live music from local bands such as Fictionist are hosted several times a year under the "Local Music" label.
  • Culture and Science: Books, musicals, plays, and TV shows of regional and local interest are discussed. Typically the author, producer, etc... is brought as a guest, often with others who have an academic or other special interest in the topic.

    • Other notable topics include:

  • Utah and the West: Newspapers in the rural west, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Skull Valley (Utah), Edward Abbey, Navajo Code Talkers
  • Mormonism: Proposition 8, The Book of Mormon Musical, Fawn Brodie
  • Historical Figures: Everett Ruess

    • Episodes

    Lists of episodes for 2009-2012 are given below. Since the first show on 21 May 2001, RadioWest has been heard weekdays on KUER. Approximately one fifth of the shows are rebroadcasts.

    Lists of Guests by Year: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

    Notable Guests

    International figures: The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu.

    Politicians: Bob Bennett, Jim Matheson, Rocky Anderson,

    Film-makers: Spike Lee, Eugene Jarecki, Frederick Wiseman, Tiffany Shlain, Lucy Walker, Producer Steve James, David Auburn

    Authors: Wendell Berry, Jonah Lehrer, Abraham Verghese, Brady Udall, Bill Harley, Jon Ronson

    Historians: Robert Kagan, Dan Flores

    Journalists: Adam Davidson, John Avlon, Cullen Murphy

    Scientists: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Richard Dawkins

    Religion: Alain de Botton, Elaine Pagels, Joanna Brooks, John Dehlin, Kate Kelly

    Other: Isabel Allende, Ethel Kennedy, Rory Kennedy

    References

    RadioWest (KUER) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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