Biographer Kai Bird used to think that lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn was a bit player on the American fringe. Then Trump took office, and Bird knew he was wrong.

That’s the claim in journalist Kate Zernike’s recent New York Times piece. We’ll speak with her and others about a complicated battle over power and gender in Utah.

Regular readers of The Salt Lake Tribune will know Eli McCann’s humor columns. Now he’s written a novel – and it’s already a New York Times bestseller.

Jesus’s mother Mary likely lived for over 40 years, but many think of her in only two places, the Nativity and the Crucifixion. Scholar James Tabor wants to change that.

There’s a mismatch between what people say about marriage and what they actually do about it. Stephanie Coontz’s book explains how we got here and where we go next.

We’ve been talking about what this year’s El Niño could mean in Utah. For the view abroad, we spoke with the journalist Joshua Partlow.

Climate forecasters are predicting one of the strongest El Niño patterns on record. That could lead to disaster around the globe. But in Utah, it’s a murkier outlook.

Rituals are how we manage the changes — both good and bad — in life. But today, fewer of us practice traditional rituals. Bruce Feiler wants to help people create new ones.

Carol Lynn Pearson died in July. She was a champion of women and LGBT people in the LDS Church, and we’re talking about how she changed Mormonism.

Lewis and Clark’s expedition is the stuff of legend. Craig Fehrman’s book highlights the people who helped make the journey possible.