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
'Walt Longmire' with Craig Johnson on Tuesday's Access Utah
We're once again joined by Craig Johnson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novels.
00:50:47 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
'This is What it Sounds Like' on Monday's Access Utah
We're joined by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas to discuss the science of music and the brain, and Rogers also takes us behind the scenes of record-making and working with artists like Prince.
00:51:19 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Pledge drive book special with Ken Sanders on Thursday's Access Utah
It’s a member drive special edition of the program today and our special guest for the hour is Ken Sanders.
00:53:45 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Civil discourse and building bridges on Wednesday's Access Utah
On this special member drive episode, we talk with Jason Gilmore about bridge building and civil discourse in our current political climate.
00:51:57 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Member drive food special on Tuesday's Access Utah
Today in a special Member Drive edition of the program we’re going to talk about food with Tammy Proctor, Jeannie Sur, and Jaimie Sanders, hosts of Eating the Past and Lael Gilbert, one of the hosts …
00:52:51 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Great Salt Lake member drive special on Monday's Access Utah
In the first of our member drive specials for Fall 2022, we discuss the Great Salt Lake. We're joined by Wayne Wurtsbaugh, Bonnie Baxter, Jaimi Butler and Aimee Van Tatenhove.
00:55:07 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
How new technologies can reshape our world
Adam Dorr, an environmental social scientist and technology theorist, explains why he's optimistic about coming disruptions to energy, transportation and food technologies. Dorr says these changes wi…
00:54:01 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
Queen Elizabeth II: The end of an era on Tuesday's Access Utah
Queen Elizabeth II was England's longest serving monarch, and the second-longest reigning monarch in history. She served with 15 Prime Ministers, beginning with Winston Churchill. We put her long and…
00:54:01 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
'After Ayotzinapa' on Monday's Access Utah
On this episode we talk with Anayansi Diaz-Cortes and Kate Doyle, who created the After Ayotzinapa series for Reveal.
00:48:56 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
'American Injustice': wrongful conviction on Thursday's Access Utah
In the past thirty years, more than 2,700 innocent American prisoners - their combined prison sentences adding up to nearly 25,000 years - have been exonerated and freed.
00:50:35 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Our end-of-summer book list on Wednesday's Access Utah
On this special Access Utah book show we discuss what we are currently reading, and want to know what you are reading too.
00:50:43 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
'Air You Can Chew' with Logan Mitchell on Tuesday's Access Utah
On this episode we're joined by Logan Mitchell, faculty in the University of Utah’s Department of Atmospheric Science. We talk about pollution and the history of air quality in Utah.
00:50:49 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Moab Music Festival 2022 on Thursday's Access Utah
In this look into to the 2022 Moab Music Festival we're joined by Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate (Chickasaw, who will be attending and performing) and Pianist and conductor Timothy Long (Muscogee, Thlo…
00:50:55 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Revisiting 'Tracing Time': Rock art on the Colorado Plateau on Wednesday's Access Utah
"Rock art holds power that words from the mouth don't carry," writes Craig Childs in his new book. We revisit our conversation.
00:49:27 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Shannon Hale on Tuesday's Access Utah
Shannon Hale is the Utah-based New York Times best-selling author of the Princess Academy series, Rapunzel’s Revenge and Austenland, which was made into a movie. Her latest, Amethyst, is on our lates…
00:50:18 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
'Path Lit by Lightning' with David Maraniss on Monday's Access Utah
On this episode, a conversation with David Maraniss about his new book "Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe."
00:48:34 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Isabel Allende on Thursday's Access Utah
Isabel Allende is one of the most widely-read authors in the world, having sold more than 75 million books. She is our guest for today's Access Utah.
00:48:52 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
'Read Dangerously' with Azar Nafisi on Wednesday's Access Utah
Next time on Access Utah we’ll revisit our conversation from March with writer Azar Nafisi. We’ll talk about her new book “Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times.”
00:51:02 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Land, water and air with Brian Steed on Tuesday's Access Utah
Our guest for the hour on Tuesday’s Access Utah is Brian Steed, the new Executive Director of the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water and Air at Utah State University. Established in 2021,…
00:49:35 |
Tue 23 Aug 2022
Food insecurity on Monday's Access Utah
About one in five adults reported experiencing food insecurity in the previous 30 days. Al Switzler joins us to discuss Tabitha’s Way, a Utah-based food pantry.
00:48:39 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
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