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
'Untold Power' with Rebecca Boggs Roberts on Access Utah
While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president — and though history has downplayed her role — just over a century ago a woman became the nation’s first acting president.
00:49:17 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
'Banned Together: The Fight Against Censorship' on Access Utah
The Friends of the Logan Library are presenting a screening of the film "Banned Together: The Fight Against Censorship," along with a panel discussion. We talk with panel members and discuss book ban…
00:50:26 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
StoryCorps in St. George and Springdale on Access Utah
UPR Co-Station Manager Kerry Bringhurst joins us to talk about the celebrated national storytelling project’s upcoming visit to southern Utah beginning April 24th.
00:50:34 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
'Borderline Citizen' with Robin Hemley on Access Utah
Part travelogue, part memoir, part reporting, Robin Hemley’s book "Borderline Citizen" redefines notions of nationhood by exploring the arbitrariness of boundaries and what it means to belong.
00:48:25 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Dealing with caregiver burnout and finding resources on Access Utah
We preview the USU Sorenson Center's upcoming Caregiver Burnout Workshop, as well as other services the center provides.
00:44:55 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
'The Mountain: Journeys in High Places' on Wednesday's Access Utah
On this episode, we revisit our conversation with Robin Patten about her book "The Mountain: Journeys in High Places."
00:52:29 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Mountain West News Bureau with Michael de Yoanna on Access Utah
We're joined by Michael de Yoanna, managing editor of the Mountain West News Bureau.
00:50:43 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Reporting on the West with Kirk Siegler on Access Utah
Kirk Siegler is a national correspondent for NPR News. As a roving reporter, he covers the western U.S. with an emphasis on rural issues, water and the effects of climate change on smaller communitie…
00:34:06 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
'Encountering Dragonfly' with Brooke Williams on Access Utah
Brooke Williams writes about evolution, consciousness, and his own adventures exploring both the inner and outer wilderness. We revisit our conversatin from March.
00:50:50 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
'Estate Sale' with award-winning poet Dan Murphy on Access Utah
We talk with Dan Murphy, whose collection of poems "Estate Sale" was published by University of Utah Press. He won the 2024 Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry.
00:49:56 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
The farm in literature and culture on Access Utah
Today we’ll mark a decade of USU’s Farm in Literature and Culture course. Our guests include USU lecturers, professors, and a USU student who says the class has had a continuing influence on her life…
00:50:59 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
'Rodeo' with poet Sunni Brown Wilkinson on Access Utah
In these poems, Sunni Brown Wilkinson reckons with seismic losses such as a stillborn son and strained relationships, alongside more abstract and existential pains. We revisit our conversation.
00:48:33 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Revisiting Plants, Moss And Indigenous Roots: Robin Wall Kimmerer On Access Utah
We revisit our conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
00:46:20 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Doing good in our communities: Spotlighting nonprofits on Access Utah
Today we’re doing another nonprofit spotlight. There are many needs in our communities and many step up to help.
00:49:41 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
'America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story' on Access Utah
Today we talk with Felipe Torres Medina, a comedian and writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
00:44:14 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Revisiting 'Wolf Act': A young man's journey growing up Mormon and gay on Access Utah
AJ Romriell grew up Mormon and gay, and he joins us today to talk about his new book "Wolf Act." Through linked personal essays, "Wolf Act" charts a young man’s transformation.
00:49:00 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Refugees, arts, and advocacy on Access Utah
Lisa Gilman and Divine Irakoze met when Gilman stayed with Irakoze’s family in a Malawian refugee camp while working on a global ethnographic research project on arts initiatives by refugees.
00:50:56 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
'Saving Europe' with Tammy Proctor on Access Utah
USU History Professor Tammy Proctor joins us to talk about her book "Saving Europe," which looks at American aid and intervention in Europe between 1914 and 1924.
00:42:13 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
The power of cooking with Michael Pollan on Access Utah
We recently revisited our conversation with Michael Pollan from May of 2013. Michael Pollan is author of several bestselling books such as "The Omnivore’s Dilemma."
00:45:34 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
The story of the first all-women ascent of Denali on Access Utah
Today we talk with Cassidy Randall. Her new book "Thirty Below" tells the story of a group of female adventurers and their treacherous pioneering ascent of Denali in 1970.
00:48:14 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
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