In this episode, we explore how utah became a global powerhouse. Imagine, like, packing up your entire life, loading whatever you can carry into this wooden handcart, and just walking. Walking over a thousand miles into a brutal, completely alien desert. Right, and you're doing this for one specific reason. Exactly. You are doing it to permanently escape the United States. And you finally arrive, you're exhausted, but you're safe in Mexican territory. Safe for, what, a few months? Yeah, less than a year later, the United States wins a war. The border is literally redrawn right over your head, and you are right back inside the country. You just risk absolutely everything to flee. I mean, it is the ultimate historical irony. And it's really the perfect starting point for understanding a place that honestly defies almost every standard narrative of Ame ...