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
Poetry in the New Year 2024 on Monday's Access Utah
We 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 Guns…
00:49:25 |
Mon 08 Jan 2024
Top digital folklore trends of 2023 on Thursday's Access Utah
We'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.
00:49:16 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
Homelessness and Logan's warming center
Today 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.
00:54:02 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
'ROLL BACK THE WORLD' with Deborah Kasdan on Monday's Access Utah
Today 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…
00:52:17 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
Exploring 'Secret Salt Lake City' with Jeremy Pugh
Where 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?
00:54:00 |
Thu 01 Dec 2022
Revisiting 'To Boldly Grow' with Tamar Haspel
"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 th…
00:46:12 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
'Time To Think Small': Climate action with Todd Myers
"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.
00:54:03 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
The Great Salt Lake
Today 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 t…
00:49:56 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
Revisiting 'For You When I Am Gone' with Steve Leder
We revisit our conversation with Rabbi Steve Leder about life, death, and the concept of writing an ethical will.
00:51:41 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
'Our Sixth Sense: Math' with David Brown
On 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.
00:49:58 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
'Pump' with Bill Schutt
On 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 he…
00:49:46 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
Revisiting understanding the world and more with Jim Enote
We 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 Colorad…
00:51:42 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
Folklore and music
On 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.
00:43:27 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
The Utah abortion debate
On 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 i…
00:43:34 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
'In the Mouth of the Wolf' with Katherine Corcoran
On 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.
00:49:49 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
'Visual Thinking' with Temple Grandin
On 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.
00:50:22 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
2022 midterm recap with Damon Cann
On this episode we recap the 2022 midterm election with Utah State University Political Science Professor Damon Cann.
00:51:42 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Internet and social media with Scott Cleland
On this episode we feature another episode in our periodic series of programs about the internet and social media, and our guest today is Scott Cleland.
00:49:36 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Dogs with Alexandra Horowitz and Jules Howard
Today’s program is all about man’s best friend. In the first half of the program we talk with Alexandra Horowitz about her new book "The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves." In the second …
00:44:48 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
'Indivisible' with Joel Richard Paul
In his new book Indivisible, historian and law professor Joel Richard Paul tells the fascinating story of Daniel Webster. Joel Richard Paul joins us to discuss.
00:49:17 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
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