Access Utah
Access 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!
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 370
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
The secret life of beavers on Access Utah
Today we revisit our conversation from December 2018 with environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb, talking about his book "Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter."
00:48:35 |
Tue 09 Sep 2025
The oral history of Navajo Code Talkers with Laura Tohe on Access Utah
Laura Tohe is a poet, writer, librettist, scholar of Indigenous American literature, and former Navajo Nation Poet Laureate.
00:50:46 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
'Homecomers: Returning To Rural Roots' With Michele Anderson on Access Utah
We revisit our conversation from 2019 with writer Michele Anderson about her opinion piece in the New York Times titled, “Go Home to Your ‘Dying’ Hometown.”
00:51:06 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
Raising children to be self-reliant adults on Access Utah
"The Gift of Failure" focuses on the critical years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience disappointment and frustration so that they grow into successful, resilient adults.
00:51:11 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
'In a Rugged Land' with James Swensen on Access Utah
"In a Rugged Land" examines the history and content of the two photographers' forgotten collaboration "Three Mormon Towns." We revisit our conversation from 2019 with author James Swenson.
00:51:03 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Federal funding for disability centers is at risk on Access Utah
Today we’ll talk with Matthew Wappett, executive director of the Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice at Utah State University.
00:50:50 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
'Chasing Ice' with James Balog on Access Utah
We revisit our conversation from 2016 with James Balog about the film "Chasing Ice."
00:51:13 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
'This Blessed Earth' with Ted Genoways on Access Utah
We revisit our conversation from November 2017 with author Ted Genoways about his book "This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm."
00:50:05 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
'Heirs of the Founders' with H.W. Brands on Access Utah
We revisit our conversation from 2019 with H.W. Brands on his book "Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, The Second Generation of American Giants."
00:49:18 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Preventing ecological collapse through global democracy on Access Utah
James Bacchus says the path to global sustainable development is participatory democratic global governance — the only truly effective path to confronting military conflict, climate change, and more.
00:51:11 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
The complexities of modern frontier life with Lara Richardson on Access Utah
We talk with Colorado rancher and mother of five, Lara Richardson, about her memoir "The Table: Seasons on a Colorado Ranch."
00:49:19 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
'Friends with Words': Martha Barnette on Access Utah
Martha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of "A Way with Words," lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual treasure house” and “‘Car Talk’ for Lexiphiles.”
00:50:30 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Revisiting 'All Better Now' With Emily Wing Smith On Wednesday's Access Utah
We revisit our conversation with Utah writer Emily Wing Smith about her book, 'All Better Now'.
00:48:54 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
'Motorhome Prophecies' with Carrie Sheffield on Access Utah
Carrie Sheffield grew up with a violent, mentally ill, street-musician father who believed he was a modern-day Mormon prophet destined to become U.S. president someday.
00:49:47 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
The life of Utah poet May Swenson on Access Utah
We talk with Margaret Brucia, author of "The Key to Everything: May Swenson, A Writer’s Life." May Swenson was one of the most important and original poets of the twentieth century.
00:50:45 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
'Nature and the Mind' on Access Utah
On this episode, we talk about the benefits of nature. Our guest is Marc Berman, founder and director of the Environmental Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Chicago.
00:50:58 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Teresa Jordan and Hal Cannon on Access Utah
On this episode, we talk with artist and author Teresa Jordan and musician, composer, and writer Hal Cannon.
00:26:27 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
'Seventy Times Seven' with Chad Ford on Access Utah
As a professor of peacebuilding, a conflict mediator, and a follower of Jesus, Chad Ford offers perspectives on how to avoid or reconcile contention when life’s inevitable disagreements arise.
00:48:59 |
Mon 07 Jul 2025
The dignity of difference on Access Utah
Emma Martins and Austin Knuppe recently attended the Diplomacy of the Heart Conference in Uzbekistan, an international gathering dedicated to intercultural understanding and peacebuilding.
00:44:53 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
'Miss Jane' with the late Brad Watson on Access Utah
On this episode, we remember writer Brad Watson, who we interviewed in July 2016 about his novel "Miss Jane." Brad Watson died in 2020.
00:50:03 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
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