Sunday @ 5

Want to hear award-winning radio documentaries but don’t know where to turn?

Join KUER 90.1 on Sunday afternoons for hour-long documentaries from world-renowned independent producers.

Sunday @ 5 showcases the best in radio including WNYC’s "RadioLab," "Intelligence Squared," "America Abroad," and "Hearing Voices from NPR." And each week it’s something different, from the war in Iraq to science and technology to the music industry. You can also hear conversations from the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah.

Check out Sunday @ 5 only on KUER 90.1!

February 7th, 2010

This week on Sunday @ 5…a profile of one of the most influential civil rights leaders you’ve never heard of.
Bayard Ruskin was the main organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington. But his homosexuality complicated his role in pushing desegregation and non-violent protests.
Join us for a Black History Month Special from State of the Re:Union on the next Sunday @ 5 here on KUER.

Join us for an hour of compelling stories on the next Sunday @ 5 February 7th.

January 24th, 2010

This Week on Sunday@5, Choice. With unprecedented freedom of choice with respect to just about everything, how do we chose?  Why do we make the decisions we do? What tips the scales? Or paralyzes us? Join us as Radio Lab delves into choice and decision-making, January 24th on Sunday@5.

Website: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2008/11/14/

January 17th, 2010

This Week on Sunday@5, America Abroad puts a spotlight on U.S. Foreign Aid.
Stretched thin, the U.S. Agency for International Development is scrambling to deploy more resources to Afghanistan and Iraq, even as countries like Haiti, Ethiopia and Sudan starve for assistance. Arrested Development, Short-Changing Foreign Aid, this week on Sunday@5.
Website: http://americaabroadmedia.org/programs/view/id/137

Join us for an hour of compelling stories on the next Sunday @ 5 January 17th.

January 10th, 2010

This week on Sunday @ 5…what is consciousness?
The quest to define consciousness has inspired philosophers and scientists for much of human history. Explore the latest thinking about consciousness, and what the minds of nonhuman animals can tell us about human minds.
Join us for "The Really Big Questions" on the next Sunday @ 5 here on KUER.

Join us for an hour of compelling stories on the next Sunday @ 5 January 10th.

January 3rd, 2010

This week on Sunday @ 5, we begin the new year with the Moth Radio Hour.
The Moth Radio Hour features true stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, or props. In this episode, a Texas tale of moon pies and bedazzlers, and the surprising story of a Harlem man who ends up at a rodeo in Oregon.

Join us for live storytelling on the Moth Radio Hour on the next Sunday @ 5 January 3.

Weblink: The Moth Episode 2.

December 27, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…the best of 2009 from KUER News plus student stories.
It’s been an eventful year, So we’re taking the opportunity to rebroadcast a few of the top stories produced by KUER’s award-winning news team, and in the second half of the program we’ll hear from some of the top radio students from the University of Utah.

Join us for an hour of compelling stories on the next Sunday @ 5 December 27.

December 20, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…the war in Afghanistan.
President Obama recently reiterated his policy of escalating U.S. presence in Afghanistan during his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, sparking sharp debate across the political spectrum. Hear Representative Jason Chaffetz’s take as we rebroadcast his comments delivered last month at the Hinckley Institute of Politics.

Join us for a Hinckley institute of politics special – Chaffetz on Afghanistan- on the next Sunday @ 5 December 20.

Weblink: Audio stream for Chaffetz on Afghanistan at Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum.

December 13, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…Obamanomics.
The government bailout of banks and insurance companies a godsend for the economy or a dire misstep? Intelligence Squared takes up the question, with the experts sparring over how the Obama administration is dealing with unemployment, foreclosures and government regulation.

Join us for “Obama’s Economic Policies” on the next Sunday @ 5 December 13.

Weblink: http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/past-debates/obamas-economic-policies-are-working-effectively/

December 06, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…what happens after we die?
Inevitably, everything dies: humans, civilizations, even the universe. But then what? Radio Lab stares down the very moment of passing, and then speculates about what may lay beyond.

Join us for RadioLab’s "After Life" on the next Sunday @ 5 December 6.

Weblink: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2009/09/18

November 29, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…documenting a disease.
Follow a South African teenager as she records her life with AIDS, hear how many HIV/AIDS sufferers are coping on the small island of Jamaica, and learn why many declare AIDS Awareness Day a "Day without Art."

Join us for AIDS Diaries, produced by Hearing Voices from NPR, on the next Sunday @ 5 November 29.

Weblink: http://hearingvoices.com/

November 22, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…legislative ethics.
A group of citizens is trying to gain enough support to put an ethics measure on the Utah ballot next year. The initiaive would create an independent ethics commission and tighten rules on gifts and campaign finances for state legislators. But some lawmakers say the plan presents more problems than it solves.

Join us for a debate over the ethics initiative, a Hinckley Institute of Politics special, on the next Sunday @ 5 November 22.

Weblink: Utahns for Ethical Government.

November 15, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…drug addiction in Utah.
Utah leads the nation in painkiller abuse and prescription drugs such as oxycodon are often sold on the street. Independent producers Sheri Quinn and Kim Schuske explore Utah’s drug culture, the science of addiction and new research into treating addiction as a disease.

Join us for Where is My Mind?” on the next Sunday @ 5 November 15.

Weblink: Where is my Mind? Drug Addiction in Utah"

November 8, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…Planet Money.
Explaining the global economic crisis in plain English is the goal of NPR’s Planet Money. Alex Blumberg of This American Life and Adam Davidson of NPR were in Salt Lake last week, talking about the economics of health care, the jobless recovery and what it all means, and this is a rebroadcast of that conversation.

Join us for Planet Money” on the next Sunday @ 5 November 8.

Weblink: Planet Money.

November 1st, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5...climate change.

Scientists see the warming trend as startlingly rapid in the context of geologic time, but to millions of people around the world, the impacts of global warming are immediate and increasingly severe. Science journalist Daniel Grossman takes us to places where the effects of climate change are acutely felt, from Paris to India to South Africa.

Join us for the documentary "Heat of the Moment: Inside Out" on the next Sunday @ 5 Nov. 1st.

Weblink: http://www.insideout.org/documentaries/heatofthemoment/

October 25, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…Randomness.
When lightning strikes twice, is it fate, or just chance? From a spooky tale of bizarre coincidence to the basketball lucky streak known as "hot hand," RadioLab tries to make sense of the patterns we see.

Join us for an exploration into Randomness” on the next Sunday @ 5 October 25th.

Weblink: Randomness.

October 18, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…the link between emotions and worldview.
Emotions play a role in every minute of our lives, yet what exactly is an emotion? Do we all share the same emotions? How does something as personal as a feeling affect society and politics?

Join us for "The Really Big Questions" on the next Sunday @ 5 here on KUER.

Weblink: The Really Big Questions: Emotions.

October 11, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5…the challenges of providing clean water.
The ancient Romans, with their wide networks of aqueducts and plumbing, thought they had it pretty well figured out; today, engineers around the world are tackling the problem of providing clean water in ways the ancients couldn’t have imagined…from high–tech toilets to smart irrigation to new purification technologies.

Join us for The Global Water Challenge on the next Sunday @ 5 October 11th.

Weblink: Global Water Challenge.

July 19th, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5: harvest.
When it's time, farmers gather in their crops. They truck their milk to market, or haul their animals to slaughter. And they find out how their gambles, on the weather and market prices, turned out.

Join us for Part 4 of the “Five Farms: Harvest” documentary series on the next Sunday @ 5 July 19.

Weblink: http://www.fivefarms.org

July 12th, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5: taking care of the land.
American farmers grow an almost unimaginable bounty. But consumers are scrutinizing their food, and the way it's grown, like never before. We hear how farm families make choices over the land, air, and water that, in turn, affect the food we eat.

Join us for Part 3 of the documentary series “Five Farms: Stewardship” on the next Sunday @ 5 July 12.

Weblink: http://www.fivefarms.org

July 05th, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5: the growing season.
We continue the documentary series "Five Farms," with a look at how farmers tend crops and livestock, feeding and protecting them and helping them to grow. It′s a life driven by hard work and the rhythms of nature.

Join us for Part 2 of "Five Farms: Nurturing" on the next Sunday @ 5 July 5th.

Weblink: http://www.fivefarms.org

June 28th, 2009

This week on Sunday @ 5: Five Farms.
Once upon a time, most Americans were farmers. But now, only about one in a hundred works the land and few Americans know where their food comes from. A new documentary series makes the connection between the food on our tables and the farm families who produce it.

Join us for Part 1 of “Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families” on the next Sunday @ 5 June 28.

Weblink: http://cds.aas.duke.edu/fivefarms/