U.S. Politics

There are a lot of rich and powerful people in Silicon Valley who have said some strange things about democracy.It would be easy to dismiss some of this as tech entrepreneurs doing what tech entrepreneurs have always done: dreaming about moving fast and breaking stuff, and making enormous claims about the future.But the journalist Gil Durán thinks that dismissing all of this as blather would be a mistake.In his new book, The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, Durán argues that these ideas actually belong to an emerging political ideology — one that has moved from obscure books and blogs into some of the most powerful institutions in the United States.

Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Robert Gehrke, and Tony Semerad talk about the latest news, including Bernie Sanders drawing a massive crowd during his ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tour in Utah.

Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Robert Gehrke, and Shannon Sollitt talk about the latest news, including fraud charges against 11 signature-gatherers who helped candidates get on 2024 primary ballots.

Tribune reporters join us to talk about the latest news, including a county clerk who wants Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson prosecuted.

Aired Oct. 15, 2024. Proponents of the two major parties say that third party candidates and independents are just spoilers. We talked with representatives from the United Utah Party and the Utah Libertarian Party.

We revisit our conversation with James Davison Hunter. He who introduced the concept of “culture wars” 30 years ago, and tells us in this new book that historic sources of national solidarity have now largely dissolved.

In the midst of a contentious presidential election year, many of us are feeling the need for increased peace in the world, the nation, our neighborhoods, families, and in our hearts.

Trump, Biden prevail in Utah; Legislature wraps up session; and LDS Church buys Kirtland Temple on this episode of Behind the Headlines

Today we’ll talk with Stephanie Dray about her new historical novel Becoming Madam Secretary, which is about one of the key architects of the New Deal and the first female cabinet secretary: FDR’s Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.

The hosts of Both Sides of the Aisle discuss foreign conflict, national leadership and state elections.