RadioWest

On RadioWest, real stories from the evacuation of Dunkirk. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/true-story-dunkirk

What can Hulk Hogan’s sex tape trial teach us about the free press? Turns out quite a bit. We spoke with director Brian Knappenberger during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. His documentary is now available on @netflix http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/nobody-speak

Celebrating the launch of Gerda Saunders book MEMORY’S LAST BREATH with a new website highlighting our series of films on her journey with dementia. https://www.gerda.videowest.org/

Gerda Saunders has a fabulous sense of style. She also has a progressive from of dementia. In a new short film, Gerda wonders if all the effort she’s putting into her appearance will be worth it once she can no longer manage it herself. This excerpt is from the fourth in our short film series with Gerda. Watch the whole piece at bit.ly/2rQE1z8

Ken Sanders of Ken Sanders Rare Books reads live during our annual Summer reads show. He selected Utah poet laureate Paisley Rekdal’s “Self-Portrait as Mae West One-Liner.” http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/2017-summer-reading

Why are we so divided? Historian and journalist Colin Woodard says it’s because we’re actually 11 different nations. We spoke with him about his book AMERICAN NATIONS http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/american-nations-0

Eleanor Roosevelt in her 1937 inaugural gown. “ ... in Lorena Hickok’s eyes, Eleanor Roosevelt became one of the beautiful ones, the object of the attention and admiration she had longed for.” from Susan Quinn’s book ELEANOR AND HICK.

Join us Wednesday, December 14 for a free screening of the documentary film BLUESPACE. Doug talks to director Ian Cheney on RadioWest: http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/through-lens-bluespace

Dance historian Jennifer Fisher on ritual of The Nutcracker

Giacomo Casanova

Casanova wasn’t handsome. So what accounts for his success with the ladies? One answer ... Venetian masks.

Biographer Laurence Bergreen talks to Doug about the fascinating life of Giacomo Casanova ... mathematical and literary genius ... and yes, notorious lover. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/casanova 

19th/20th century photographer Charles Ellis Johnson used the new-fangled bicycle to get around Salt Lake City quickly to capture his images. Oh, and did we mention that besides pictures of the Temple and Mormon leaders, he also took erotic photos? Art historian Mary Campbell explains how his pictures helped make Mormons mainstream. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/erotic-mormon-image