Access Utah
1,871 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsAccess Utah is UPR's original program focusing on the things that matter to Utah. The hour-long show airs live Monday-Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Access Utah covers everything from pets to politics in a range of formats from in-depth interviews to call-in shows. Email us at [email protected] or call at 1-800-826-1495. Join the discussion!
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'Westwater: Lost and Found' with Mike Milligan on Monday's Access Utah
April 08, 2024 21:47 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBWestwater Lost and Found: Expanded Edition is the continuing story of Westwater—a relatively short, deep canyon near the Utah-Colorado state line that has become one of the most popular river-running destinations in the Southwest—and its lasting significance to the study of the Upper Colorado River. Author Mike Milligan joins the program to discuss.
Revisiting 'Beethoven' with Kerry Candaele on Wednesday's Access Utah
April 03, 2024 19:55 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBWe revisit our conversation with film producer and director Kerry Candaele, who is showing the first two documentaries of his Beethoven trilogy. We discuss the films as well as the global impact of Beethoven's music.
'Returning Rapids Project' with Mike DeHoff on Monday's Access Utah
April 01, 2024 17:41 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBThe receding waters of Lake Powell have returned some of the dam-inundated areas of the Colorado River Basin to a more natural state, while imperiling others. Mike DeHoff joins us to discuss.
'Big Box USA' on Thursday's Access Utah
March 28, 2024 16:49 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBOn this episode we talk with the editors of Big Box USA, which presents a new look at how the big box retail store has dramatically reshaped the U.S. economy and its ecosystems in the last half century.
Revisiting A Republic of Scoundrels' On Wednesday's Access Utah
March 27, 2024 20:12 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBToday we revisit our conversation with the editors of the book 'A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation.' Our guests are editors Timothy Hemmis and David Head.
Environmental member drive special on Wednesday's Access Utah
March 20, 2024 17:25 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBWe talk with Wayne Wurtsbaugh, professor emeritus in the Watershed Sciences Department at USU and Jack Greene, nature educator and regular contributor to UPR’s Wild About Utah.
Folklore member drive special with Lynne McNeill on Monday's Access Utah
March 18, 2024 17:11 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBIt’s another special Member Drive edition of the program and our guest is folklorist Lynne McNeill.
Revisiting 'Crossings' with Ben Goldfarb on Wednesday's Access Utah
March 06, 2024 18:25 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBWe revisit our conversation with Ben Goldfarb to talk wildlife and discuss his upcoming book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.
Rural Utah voting and elections with T.J. Ellerbeck on Monday's Access Utah
March 04, 2024 18:21 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBOur guest today is T.J. Ellerbeck, executive director of the Rural Utah Project, which works in voter registration and mobilization in rural areas among other initiatives. We’ll talk about voting and elections, technology, and other issues affecting rural Utah.
Bringing War Home: Vietnam War Symposium on Wednesday's Access Utah
February 28, 2024 22:10 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBMany are still living with the legacies of the Vietnam War, and one of the populations deeply affected by this devastating event were the women of many backgrounds who served militarily. Susan O’Neill and Kara Dixon Vuic join us today to discuss.
Faith and the Environment with Tamarra Kemsley on Monday's Access Utah
February 26, 2024 18:01 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBToday Salt Lake Tribune religion reporter Tamarra Kemsley joins us to talk about how religious faith affects peoples’ views of the environment.
Moab Kane Creek development on Thursday's Access Utah
February 22, 2024 18:50 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBA developer plans to build a large luxury home and commercial development on scenic agricultural land in the Colorado River floodplain just outside Moab, and a residents’ group, as part of a groundswell of local opposition, has formed to oppose the development. KZMU's Molly Marcello and other guests join to discuss.
2024 legislature with Tyler Clancy on Wednesday's Access Utah
February 21, 2024 19:45 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBToday we’ll talk with Rep. Clancy about mental health issues, homelessness, and other issues.
Revisiting The "Pill Mill Killer" on Tuesday's Access Utah
February 20, 2024 18:29 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBWe revisit our conversation with Philip Eil about his book Prescription for Pain. It follows his years-long investigation into his father’s old classmate: former high school valedictorian Paul Volkman, who once seemed destined for greatness after earning his MD and his PhD from the prestigious University of Chicago but is now serving four consecutive life sentences at a federal prison in Arizona.
'Sleepless' with Annabel Abbs-Streets on Thurday's Access Utah
February 15, 2024 18:49 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBIn the tradition of books like Breath and Wintering, Sleepless combines science, historical research, and personal experience to explore the complicated relationship women have with darkness.
Love magic for Valentine's Day 2024 on Wednesday's Access Utah
February 14, 2024 18:31 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBOn this Valentine’s Day we're joined by Jeannie Thomas to talk about love spells, heartbreak rituals, a study about fruit flies and breakups, and anthropologist Helen Fisher’s studies on what happens to our brains when we fall in love.
Discussing Lisa Thompson's 'Wild Wasatch Front' on Tuesdays Access Utah
February 13, 2024 19:33 - 49 minutes - 45 MBLisa Thompson and the Natural History Museum of Utah have a new book out called Wild Wasatch Front, an urban adventure guide that invites both locals and tourists to discover unexpected nature thriving in the cities and suburbs of the Wasatch Front
Water issues in the 2024 Legislature on Monday's Access Utah
February 12, 2024 18:28 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBOn this episode we’ll talk about water policy as it's being debated and acted upon at the Utah Legislature. Our guests include Salt Lake Tribune water and land use reporter Leia Larsen and Rep. Joel Briscoe, D-SLC.
Great Salt Lake & the 2024 Legislature on Wednesday's Access Utah
February 07, 2024 20:04 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBOur guest is Great Salt Lake Commissioner and Great Salt Lake Strike Team Co-Chair Brian Steed, here to talk about the Great Salt Lake Data and Insights Summary, prepared for the 2024 Utah Legislature.
Revisiting 'National Dish' with Anya von Bremzen on Tuesday's Access Utah
February 06, 2024 18:09 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBWe all have an idea in our heads about what French food is—or Italian, or Japanese, or Mexican, or . . . But where did those ideas come from? Who decides what makes a national food canon? Recipient of three James Beard awards, Anya von Bremzen joins us to discuss.
'Our Secret Society' with Tanisha Ford on Monday's Access Utah
February 05, 2024 19:47 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBToday historian Tanisha Ford will join us to talk about her biography of Mollie Moon, who was one of the most influential women of the civil rights era.
Revisiting Michael Finkel's 'The Art Thief' on Thursday's Access Utah
February 01, 2024 18:19 - 50 minutes - 46 MBMichael Finkel’s book The Art Thief chronicles one of the most outrageous crime sprees in history.
David Zook on Wednesday's Access Utah
January 31, 2024 20:26 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBOn this episode of Access Utah we check in with Cache County Executive David Zook to talk about housing, transportation, the economy, homelessness and more.
Utah legislation and the 2024 energy policy on Tuesday's Access Utah
January 30, 2024 18:04 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBToday we’ll talk about energy policy as it's being acted upon at the Utah Legislature.
Revisiting ''Walt Longmire' with Craig Johnson on Monday's Access Utah
January 29, 2024 19:42 - 49 minutes - 45 MBWe're once again joined by Craig Johnson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novels.
'Patricia Turner's Trash Talk' on Thursday's Access Utah
January 25, 2024 17:38 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBToday we'll talk with UCLA Professor Patricia Turner discusses her latest book, Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century.
Neurodiversity with Sara Sanders Gardner on Wednesday's Access Utah
January 24, 2024 20:51 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBSara Sanders Gardner is the openly autistic designer and developer of Bellevue College's nationally recognized Neurodiversity Navigators program, and they are the guest for this episode.
Science reporting in Panama on Tuesday's Access Utah
January 23, 2024 21:07 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBOn this episode we talk with scientists and reporters who have been researching and reporting at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
Advocacy groups and the 2024 Legislative Session on Monday's Access Utah
January 22, 2024 18:52 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBAs the 2024 session of the Utah Legislature enters its second week there are many organizations advocating for their causes. We’ll talk to several of these groups today.
Revisiting 'The Cat's Meow' with Jonathan Losos on Wednesday's Access Utah
January 18, 2024 18:15 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBToday we talk cats. Our guest is Jonathan Losos, and on this episode we discuss his book The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa.
Revisiting 'Like, Literally Dude' with Valerie Fridland on Access Utah
January 17, 2024 20:30 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBOn this episode we talk speech. We revisit our conversation with Valerie Fridland, professor of linguistics in the English Department at the University of Nevada, Reno and author of Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English.
'The Codex of the Endangered Species Act' with Lowell Baier on Access Utah
January 11, 2024 18:31 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBThe year 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. It was also another year in an ongoing crisis of biodiversity loss, species extinctions, climate change, and natural disasters. On this episode we talk with Lowell Baier about the new books: The Codex of the Endangered Species Act, volumes 1 & 2.
Revisiting 'Hollywood Harmony' with Frank Lehman on Tuesday's Access Utah
January 09, 2024 18:17 - 51 minutes - 47 MBWe revisit our converstaion about music in the movies! We're joined by Frank Lehman, Associate Professor of Music at Tufts University. He is author of Hollywood Harmony: Musical Wonder and the Sound of Cinema and recent essay, How to Write Music for Rolling Boulders.
Poetry in the New Year 2024 on Monday's Access Utah
January 08, 2024 18:41 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBWe continue our tradition of bringing you poetry in the New Year. This year we feature conversation with and poetry from Utah Poet Laureate Lisa Bickmore, along with poets Michael Sowder and Ben Gunsberg.
Top digital folklore trends of 2023 on Thursday's Access Utah
January 04, 2024 18:33 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBWe're once again joined by USU English professors Jeannie Thomas and Lynne McNeill to talk about folklore. On this episode we focus on the most popular memes and digital trends of last year.
Homelessness and Logan's warming center
October 23, 2023 16:36 - 54 minutes - 12.4 MBToday we’ll spotlight the William A. Burnard Warming Center in Logan. We’ll also talk about the causes of homelessness in Cache Valley and how those differ from other areas of the state.
'ROLL BACK THE WORLD' with Deborah Kasdan on Monday's Access Utah
October 09, 2023 16:44 - 52 minutes - 12 MBToday we’ll talk with Deborah Kasdan about her new book ROLL BACK THE WORLD: A Sister’s Memoir. Threaded throughout this love letter to her older sister are stories of four siblings and their parents. As the second sibling, Deborah Kasdan struggled for decades with painful emotions of grief, shame, and survivor’s guilt before deciding to share her story, and her family’s.
Exploring 'Secret Salt Lake City' with Jeremy Pugh
December 01, 2022 22:06 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MBWhere can you find a chunk of the Matterhorn enshrined at a Utah ski resort? What is the origin of Iosepa, the Hawaiian ghost town in the desert? And why is Utah called the Beehive State?
Revisiting 'To Boldly Grow' with Tamar Haspel
November 30, 2022 19:14 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB"To Boldly Grow" allows us to journey alongside Tamar Haspel as she learns to scrounge dinner from the landscape around her and discovers that a direct connection to what we eat can utterly change the way we think about our food — and ourselves.
'Time To Think Small': Climate action with Todd Myers
November 30, 2022 19:12 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB"Time to Think Small" examines ways we can leverage the growing power of smartphones and other technologies to protect threatened species, reduce the risk from climate change and stop ocean plastic.
The Great Salt Lake
November 30, 2022 19:11 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBToday we’ll talk to two reporters participating in the Great Salt Lake Collaborative who recently traveled to Las Vegas to learn what that water-starved city is doing and what Utah might learn from them.
Revisiting 'For You When I Am Gone' with Steve Leder
November 30, 2022 19:10 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBWe revisit our conversation with Rabbi Steve Leder about life, death and the concept or writing an ethical will.
'Our Sixth Sense: Math' with David Brown
November 30, 2022 19:09 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBOn this episode we talk about math. We're joined David Brown who recently delivered the 47th Annual Honors Last Lecture on the USU Logan Campus, which was entitled: Our Sixth Sense: Math.
'Pump' with Bill Schutt
November 30, 2022 19:07 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBOn this episode we're joined by zoologist Bill Schutt to talk about the origins of circulation, still evident in microorganisms today, to the tiny hardworking pumps of worms, to the golf-cart-size hearts of blue whales.
Revisiting understanding the world and more with Jim Enote
November 30, 2022 19:06 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBWe revisit our conversation with Jim Enote to talk about the different ways that western scientists and Native people understand the world, Bears Ears National Monument, challenges facing the Colorado Plateau, Native response to rock art and more.
Folklore and music
November 30, 2022 11:55 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBOn this episode we talk folklore and music with Steven Hatcher, the Idaho Folk Arts Coordinator, and Damian Rodriguez, a Tejano musician who performed as part of the 2022 Fife Honor lecture.
The Utah abortion debate
November 30, 2022 02:58 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBOn this episode, we discuss how Utah’s trigger law (SB 174) went into effect briefly following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision earlier this year, but is now being appealed and an injunction is in place.
'In the Mouth of the Wolf' with Katherine Corcoran
November 30, 2022 02:54 - 49 minutes - 91.2 MBOn this episode we talk with Katherine Corcoran about her new book: In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press.
'Visual Thinking' with Temple Grandin
November 29, 2022 20:53 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBOn this episode we're joined by Temple Grandin to talk about her new book Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns and Abstractions.
2022 midterm recap with Damon Cann
November 29, 2022 20:52 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBOn this episode we recap the 2022 midterm election with Utah State University Political Science Professor Damon Cann.