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Miranda couldn’t wait to serve a mission for the LDS Church. She didn’t know her weight would be a problem.
Miranda couldn’t wait to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was eager to convert new members and spend time thinking about her faith. But when she made it to the mission field, she discovered a strange culture of dieting, obsession with weight, and a troubling association between thinness and Godliness. And Miranda isn’t the only woman who spoke with filmmaker Delaney Plant about the ways that sister missionaries must sacrifice more than the elders who they serve alongside.
We are happy to announce that our new Filmmaker in Residence, Delaney Plant, has just released her first RadioWest Film: "A Sister Must Sacrifice". You can view the whole film on our website.
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Nine Mile Canyon has been called the world’s longest art gallery. It’s home to thousands and thousands of Native American petroglyphs. Meanwhile, there’s a proposal to improve the nearby road—to support mining operations. That means more cars, more trucks, more noise, and more dust settling on centuries of Native heritage.
Watch the whole film @ RadioWest Films on PBS
Tomorrow’s guest, Dacher Keltner, studies awe- but admits- it’s hard to describe.
But- you know it when you feel it, maybe it’s the goosebumps, maybe the speechlessness, perhaps a shared moment with others.
We are preparing our interview with Dr. Keltner for tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, we hope you will share your moment of awe here.
We’ll start… with breaching orcas off San Juan Island in Washington State
The Fish Sauce Moment
Food on your mind? Check out our latest film: The Fish Sauce Moment.
Vietnamese-born and American-raised, Viet Pham found his identity in food.
Produced by RadioWest and filmmaker-in-residence Dane Christensen
It isn’t easy for women in rural Utah to get healthcare — a reality that Danielle Pendergrass grew up with. Today, she runs a clinic in Price, Utah, that provides care to women from hundreds of miles around. But in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, Danielle now must navigate how to serve her community while facing an uncertain future.
'The Gerda that Remains'
Filmed over the course of six years, Gerda moves through her changing realities with intimacy and honesty in front of the camera. Observational footage draws us into her psychological experience as she navigates the loss of certain parts of her intellectual identity in real time. While her verbal skills remain strong, she articulates her experience of dementia with groundbreaking nuance, poetry, and vulnerability — and as she does so, we see the toll it takes on her over the years.
Tune in on PBS Utah Thursday Feb. 17 at 7:00 p.m.
The Gerda That Remains
This stunning documentary follows author and academic Gerda Saunders, who was diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor of dementia, and has been living with the disease for over a decade. She embarks on a journey of self-discovery and inquiry as the effects of the illness begin to unravel her identity. Join us on Thursday Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. for "The Gerda That Remains." https://www.pbsutah.org/pbs-utah-productions/shows/the-gerda-that-remains/
The Gerda That Remains | Premieres Thursday, Feb. 17 on PBS Utah
As memory fades, love endures.
Follow the inimitable Gerda Saunders on a journey of self-discovery and inquiry as the effects of dementia slowly unravel her identity. A film from PBS Utah & KUER 90.1's RadioWest, "The Gerda That Remains" premieres Thursday, Feb. 17 → pbsutah.org/gerda
Megadroughts, Pt. 3: The Future
According to climate scientists, hotter, drier conditions are here to stay in the Western U.S. for the foreseeable future. That means that things are going to change. How we live, how we recreate, how we grow food — it’s all going to change, all because of water and the lack of it.
Elinor Cleghorn On 'Unwell Women'
In early medical history, medical professionals — who were almost always men —expected women’s bodies to produce children. But women’s very ability to have children also helped convince these male physicians that women’s bodies were unwell.
Remembering Michael
In 1983, Robert Michael Painter died of an AIDS-related illness in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was the first documented AIDS death in the state at a time when the world, particularly conservative Utah, did not know how to address queerness.
Painter’s son, Ryan, shares key details from his father’s life: marriage, a child, divorce, leaving his LDS faith, living as a gay man and finally, his death at age 34, when Ryan was just 7 years old.
Once believing his father’s early death might have saved him from the heartache of living in a world that did not accept him, Ryan now confronts the tragic loss of his father and other victims of the AIDS epidemic.
In Isolation with Josh & Lucas | Ballet West
In Isolation with Beer Bar & Bar-X
