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Access Utah is UPR's original program focusing on the things that matter to Utah. The hour-long show airs daily at 9:00 a.m. and covers everything from pets to politics in a range of formats from in-depth interviews to call-in shows. Email us at upraccess@gmail.com or call at 1-800-826-1495. Join the discussion!

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    Utah's 2025 Legislative Session, live from the State Capitol on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 53:23


    UPR broadcast live from the Utah State Capitol complex on this opening day of the session. Host Tom Williams spoke with legislative leaders on top priorities for this year.

    The fate and future of the Great Salt Lake with Ben Abbott on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 49:57


    UPR and The Salt Lake Tribune recently ran a series challenging a 2023 report that said emergency measures were needed to save Great Salt Lake. We called one of the report's authors to hear his side.

    A tragic story of secrecy and sexual abuse in northern Utah on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 51:09


    Valarie Clark Miller's husband talks about her life, and the fight to hold accountable the men — including the local cop — who abused Valarie and controlled the systems designed to look the other way.

    Learning from silence with Pico Iyer on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 49:07


    Pico Iyer has visited a small, Benedictine hermitage in California more than 100 times in the last 30 years. He isn't religious, but his life has been transformed by these times spent in silence.

    The best music and movies of 2024 on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 51:30


    Today we look back on 2024 and talk about the best music and movies of the year. Our guests include music reporter Palak Jayswal and movie critic Sean Means.

    The Chamber Music Society of Logan on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 49:45


    Today we're spotlighting the Chamber Music Society of Logan, and we're joined by CMSL Chair Charlie Huenemann and Programming Director Cahill Smith.

    'For You When I Am Gone' with Steve Leder on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 51:41


    We revisit our conversation with Rabbi Steve Leder about life, death, and the concept of writing an ethical will.

    Digital lore of 2024 on Thursday's Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 50:19


    On this episode, we take a look back at some of the most popular digital trends, memes, and folklore of 2024.

    Access Utah Holiday Special 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 68:52


    We're once again joined by musician Mike Christiansen and author Tim Slover, bringing humorous and poignant readings for the season with an infusion of holiday music.

    May the Wolf Die with Elizabeth Hider on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 50:11


    Today we talk with scientist Elizabeth Hider about her novel May the Wolf Die.

    Wildfire, growth, and the West on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 48:00


    Today we talk with USU professor Paul Rogers about wildfire, as well as such issues as growth and housing, wildlife habitat, Native American co-stewardship and myths of the Old West and New West.

    American democracy before and after the Civil War on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 50:04


    Politico Magazine recently published an article titled "Everyone in Congress Is Obsessed with This Book About the Post-Civil War Era." We talk with the book's author, Jon Grinspan, on today's episode.

    What you're reading on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 49:53


    We're compiling another UPR community booklist and we want to know what you're reading. Listen to suggestions from booksellers and UPR friends, and share your recommendations.

    World Philosophy Day on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 49:34


    Today we talked with USU philosophy faculty members Mike Ashfield, Rachel Robison-Greene, and Michael Ottesen.

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    'Martita, I Remember You' with Sandra Cisneros on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 50:41


    We revisit our conversation with writer Sandra Cisneros. Her book "Martita, I Remember You / Martita, te recuerdo" was included in one of our UPR Community Booklists.

    Essays from sand and sky with Phyllis Barber on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 51:53


    We talk with award-winning Utah essayist Phyllis Barber about her book "The Precarious Walk: Essays from Sand and Sky."

    Transforming fear and conflict at home, work, and beyond on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 50:32


    Chad Ford is the author of "Dangerous Love." He says his book explains "how we disconnect from the people at the very time we need to be most connected to them."

    Sanora Babb: Capturing the stories of migrant Dust Bowl farmworkers on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 49:06


    A new biography revives the groundbreaking voice of Sanora Babb. John Steinbeck relied on Babb's field notes and oral histories of migrant farmworkers to write "The Grapes of Wrath."

    Bestselling romance author RaeAnne Thayne on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 49:52


    Today our guest is northern Utah resident and bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne. She published her 75th book, "The December Market," earlier this year.

    Magic and more with Richard Hatch on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 51:19


    Richard Hatch joins us for the hour to talk about magic, as well as his recent translation of a 1933 book from a German author killed in the Holocaust.

    A citizen proposal to make SLC's Rio Grande Depot a transit hub on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 43:20


    Via Rio Grande is proposing a citizen-driven vision for removing railroad crossings, revitalizing a neighborhood, and reusing the historic Rio Grande Depot as Salt Lake City's main transit hub.

    Local and national election results recap on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 50:26


    The results are in. Former President Trump is president-elect. We recapped the 2024 election with USU Political Science Professor Damon Cann.

    'A Watershed Moment: The American West in the Age of Limits' on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 49:57


    Today talked with Robert Frodeman, one of the editors of a new book: "A Watershed Moment: The American West in the Age of Limits."

    The latest 'Longmire' books with author Craig Johnson on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 49:51


    Today we talked with Wyoming-based writer Craig Johnson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novels, which are the basis for "Longmire," the Netflix series.

    'Hometown Betrayal' with Emily Benedek on Thursday's Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 49:55


    In Hometown Betrayal, author Emily Benedek takes you behind the closed doors of the remote Mormon community of Clarkston, Utah. With the help of hundreds of individual stories, she pieces together not only what happened to Valarie, but also the conditions and culture that allowed it.

    'The Unwedding' with Utah author Ally Condie on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 51:11


    Ally Condie is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Matched series and the Edgar Award Finalist for "Summerlost," among other novels.

    Women's tales of river rafting on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 49:06


    What do a bunch of well-seasoned river gals do on river trips without their men? Everything you might imagine, and more.

    The perils of living in the Pyrocene on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 35:08


    “Today we live in a fire age in which ancient prophecies of worlds destroyed and renewed by fire have become contemporary realities, even for people living in modern cities," Stephen Pyne says.

    Pamela Harriman's astonishing life of power, seduction, and intrigue on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 50:29


    Oct. 23, 2024. We talked with Sonia Purnell, author of the new biography "Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue."

    The promising comeback of condors with Marlowe Starling on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 49:11


    “Once on the brink of extinction, the bald, feathered symbol of the West is making a promising comeback. If only we can get the lead out."

    How horses can help young women build confidence on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 46:56


    The nonprofit Bridle Up Hope works to improve the mental health of girls and women through the healing power of horses.

    'Oracle Bones' with Gaylord Schanilec on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 49:11


    In the fall of 2015, artist Gaylord Schanilec and writer Terry Tempest Williams ventured into southern Utah's desert and returned to the studio with juniper and sandstone artifacts.

    Confronting ecosystems of child sexual abuse in schools on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 50:50


    Today we talked with University of Utah Law Professor Amos Guiora about his latest book "The Complicity of Silence: Confronting Ecosystems of Child Sexual Abuse in Schools."

    The role of third parties in American elections on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 50:59


    Aired Oct. 15, 2024. Proponents of the two major parties say that third party candidates and independents are just spoilers. We talked with representatives from the United Utah Party and the Utah Libertarian Party.

    LDS women and the quiet erosion of certainty with Jana Riess on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 49:03


    Today we talked with religious scholar Jana Riess. She gave the 2024 Arrington Mormon History Lecture at USU last week titled “Latter-day Saint Women and the Quiet Erosion of Certainty.”

    Scholar, author, and philanthropist Mehdi Heravi on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 44:42


    Our guest for the hour today is scholar, author, philanthropist, and USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences graduate Dr. Mehdi Heravi. Dr. Heravi was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to Logan, Utah, for high school and remained in Logan to continue his education

    A church historian's quest for Latter-day Saint history on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 61:58


    Today we talked with Reid Neilson and Scott Marianno, winners of the Evans Biography Award for "Restless Pilgrim: Andrew Jenson's Quest for Latter-day Saint History."

    'Killer Robots' with Paul Mozur on Monday's Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 47:27


    Our guest is New York Times global technology correspondent Paul Mozur. His upcoming talk, titled 'The Killer Robots Have Arrived: The Actions & Ethics of AI in a Changed World' will explore the rapid changes that AI has brought to a surprising space: warfare. Mozur's work with the Times has explored the introduction of AI to “off-the-shelf” drones that Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs have developed as part of Ukraine's war with Russia.

    'A Tribute of Fire' with romantasy author Sariah Wilson on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 50:25


    On today's episode, Utah author Sariah Wilson previewed her latest book and offered some writing advice.

    How DNA results tested one man's faith and sense of identity on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 48:32


    Oct 2, 2024. We talked with Rich Christiansen, author of "BlindSighted: A Journey of Identity, Faith, and Healing."

    Contemporary folklore in a polarized world on Access Utah

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 48:02


    Folklorist and author Tom Mould was in Logan last week to give a lecture at Utah State University.

    The value of public radio with KRCL's Gavin Dahl

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 53:24


    UPR has formed a new partnership with KRCL, presenting their newest show The Music Never Stopped on UPR Sundays from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

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