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
2024 legislature with Tyler Clancy on Wednesday's Access Utah
Today we’ll talk with Rep. Clancy about mental health issues, homelessness, and other issues.
00:42:27 |
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Revisiting The "Pill Mill Killer" on Tuesday's Access Utah
We 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 Volkma…
00:50:37 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Love magic for Valentine's Day 2024 on Wednesday's Access Utah
On 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…
00:46:07 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Discussing Lisa Thompson's 'Wild Wasatch Front' on Tuesdays Access Utah
Lisa 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 thrivi…
00:49:10 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Water issues in the 2024 Legislature on Monday's Access Utah
On 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 …
00:50:47 |
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Great Salt Lake & the 2024 Legislature on Wednesday's Access Utah
Our 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 Legislatur…
00:47:16 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
Revisiting 'National Dish' with Anya von Bremzen on Tuesday's Access Utah
We 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 o…
00:48:55 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
'Our Secret Society' with Tanisha Ford on Monday's Access Utah
Today 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.
00:48:36 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
Revisiting Michael Finkel's 'The Art Thief' on Thursday's Access Utah
Michael Finkel’s book The Art Thief chronicles one of the most outrageous crime sprees in history.
00:50:12 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
David Zook on Wednesday's Access Utah
On this episode of Access Utah we check in with Cache County Executive David Zook to talk about housing, transportation, the economy, homelessness and more.
00:44:55 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Utah legislation and the 2024 energy policy on Tuesday's Access Utah
Today we’ll talk about energy policy as it's being acted upon at the Utah Legislature.
00:48:29 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Revisiting ''Walt Longmire' with Craig Johnson on Monday's Access Utah
We're once again joined by Craig Johnson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novels.
00:49:10 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
'Patricia Turner's Trash Talk' on Thursday's Access Utah
Today we'll talk with UCLA Professor Patricia Turner discusses her latest book, Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century.
00:49:12 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Neurodiversity with Sara Sanders Gardner on Wednesday's Access Utah
Sara 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.
00:41:56 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Science reporting in Panama on Tuesday's Access Utah
On this episode we talk with scientists and reporters who have been researching and reporting at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
00:48:36 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Advocacy groups and the 2024 Legislative Session on Monday's Access Utah
As 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.
00:44:21 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Revisiting 'The Cat's Meow' with Jonathan Losos on Wednesday's Access Utah
Today 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.
00:51:30 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Revisiting 'Like, Literally Dude' with Valerie Fridland on Access Utah
On 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, …
00:50:46 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
'The Codex of the Endangered Species Act' with Lowell Baier on Access Utah
The 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…
00:48:56 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Revisiting 'Hollywood Harmony' with Frank Lehman on Tuesday's Access Utah
We 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 …
00:51:19 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
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