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Trading distortion for delicacy, indie singer-songwriter Luke Weston transformed our studio into something quiet, reflective, and deeply personal from the moment he started playing.
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On a snowy morning in Utah’s Book Cliffs, biologists traverse rugged terrain to study hibernating black bears — part of a decades-long effort to understand the quiet resilience of bears in the wild.
UPR News & Programs
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In the 2026 Fife Honor Lecture at USU, professor Katherine Borland of Ohio State University’s Center for Folklore Studies, focused on miracle narratives. She joins us for the hour.
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The Utah Climate Center's Casey Olsen predicts record breaking temperatures this month, with a slight dip this weekend.
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Our hosts discuss Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz, the SAVE Act in the Senate, and ICE's purchase of a warehouse in Salt Lake City.
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The Utah Climate Center's Bradley Vernon predicts we'll see abnormally warm temperatures for this time of year.
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Writer Caroline Tracey spent years visiting salt lakes around the world, documenting how human activity and a warming climate are reshaping these fragile ecosystems.
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With the United State's 250th birthday this year, however, domestic travel is expected to increase — pushing advocates and politicians to ask Congress to renew a key fund for overdue parks repairs.
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In other news, fish are being stocked in Utah's reservoirs early ahead of near-record heat this week. And, another Utah lawmaker has decided not to run for reelection.
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Intermountain Song Trails is a new oral history project exploring how songs travel across generations, families, and migration routes, from lullabies to work songs to church or scouting traditions.
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The Utah Climate Center's Bradley Vernon predicts warm temperatures for the rest of the week and decreased temperatures this weekend.
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A proposal to expand child and workplace protections against AI was circled in the House following criticism from the Trump Administration.
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The Hunger Solutions Institute is an Extension program focused on increasing and strengthening Utah's food security.
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Utah farmers depend on fuel and fertilizer from the Middle East, but the conflict in Iran has sent input prices skyrocketing ahead of spring planting.
A show designed to showcase local Utah musical artists and highlight public radio.
Stream a variety of music and talk programs in Spanish from Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
NPR News
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Four years ago, the boy band went silent — but not before setting off a chain reaction that would reshape the pop market, conquer the Grammys and prime the world for an inevitable comeback.
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The ceasefire, in effect for the past six months, has brought some reprieve to Palestinians in Gaza despite continued hardship, displacement and Israeli restrictions on aid.
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Norris karate chopped and kickboxed his way through more than a dozen action films, before leaping to TV in Walker, Texas Ranger.
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Harerimana Ismail of Uganda is a community health worker who checks on kids with HIV. He lost his salary after the Trump administration's aid cuts but he keeps doing his job.
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The story is fundamentally hopeful, just like Andy Weir's The Martian.
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The USS Boxer group of three ships, carrying thousands of Marines from the 11the Marine Expeditionary Unit, has left California and will reach the Persian Gulf in about three weeks, NPR has confirmed.
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Once a futuristic shopping mall, El Helicoide became one of Venezuela's most feared prisons. Now, as the country changes, so does its fate — erase it, rebuild it, or remember what happened inside.
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What could be more delightful than cannibal invertebrates and food-related weather events? A lot of things!
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From waiving the Jones Act to rerouting oil through the Red Sea, governments are doing their best to make up for the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, but prices are still rising.
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We asked our audience to share the creative ways they limit their own phone use. They range from the practical (keep your phone in another room) to the creative (pair your phone with a fun paperback).