Scott Carrier

Scott Carrier is an American author, radio producer, and educator. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. His second book, Prisoner of Zion, was published in April 2013. He is a former assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Utah Valley University.

Written work

Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons and Other Misadventures Running After Antelope "Over There" from The Best American Travel Writing 2003 originally featured in Harper's Magazine "Rock the Junta" from The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 originally featured in Mother Jones

Radio work Carrier's pieces have been featured on radio programs, including This American Life since 1996, The Savvy Traveler, Marketplace, Day to Day, All Things Considered, and NPR's Hearing Voices. In 2015, Carrier began producing a podcast entitled "Home of the Brave". The podcast combines original stories with work that previously aired on NPR and other radio shows.

Contributions to This American Life Episode 12, segment The Moment Humans Stopped Being Animals, 1996 (rebroadcast in episode 49) Episode 21, segment Religious Faction, 1996 Episode 35, Fall Clearance Stories, haiku stories, 1996 Episode 37, segment The Test, 1996 (rebroadcast in episode 181) Episode 40, segment Swimming Lesson, 1996 Episode 42, segment Finding Amnesia, 1996 Episode 45, segment Whoring in Commercial Radio News, 1996 (rebroadcast as The Friendly Man in episode 181) Episode 48, segment Kids, 1997 Episode 49, segment The Moment Humans Stopped Being Animals, 1997 (rebroadcast) Episode 53, segment Parent and Child, 1997 Episode 64, segment On the Green River, 1997 Episode 77, segment Kings, 1997 Episode 80, segment Running After Antelope, 1997 Episode 96, segment Book of Job, 1998 Episode 113, segment Pot of Gold, 1998 Episode 141, segment More Powerful Than a Locomotive, 1999 Episode 146, segment Church of Latter Day Snakes, 1999 Episode 181, The Friendly Man, with segments The Test (rebroadcast), The Friendly Man (rebroadcast), Who Am I? What Am I Doing Here?, and The Day Mom and Dad Fell in Love, 2001. Entire show rebroadcast April 24, 2009. Episode 191, segment Just Three Thousand More Miles to the Beach, 2001 Episode 195, segment Are You Ready?, 2001 Episode 241, segment No of Course I Know You, 2003 Episode 243, segment The Hiker and the Cowman Should be Friends, 2003 Episode 286, segment Invisible Girl, 2005 Episode 333, segment Am not. Are too. Am not. Are too., 2007 Episode 551, segment The Test., 2015

Awards In 2006 Carrier won a Peabody Award for a story titled "Crossing Borders" which was aired on Hearing Voices on NPR.

In 2009 Carrier won a Fellow Award from United States Artists.