RadioWest (KUER)


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.
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
Other notable topics include:
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