Access Utah

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 them.

We revisit our conversation with Rabbi Steve Leder about life, death and the concept or writing an ethical will.

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.

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 hearts of blue whales.

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 Colorado Plateau, Native response to rock art and more.

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.

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 is in place.

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.

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.

On this episode we recap the 2022 midterm election with Utah State University Political Science Professor Damon Cann.

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.

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 half, Jules Howard joins us to talk about his new book "Wonderdog: The Science of Dogs and Their Unique Friendship with Humans."

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.

Utah food producers provide products that are unique to the state referred to as specialty crops. In the Cropping Up series, Utah Public Radio has been featuring some of these crops, their health benefits, and the role they play in helping us access fresh food.

On this episode we have a conversation with members of the Fry Street Quartet and physicist Dr. Robert Davies about The Crossroads Project.

Kristin Du Mez joins us to talk about her new book, 'Jesus and John Wayne', which is on our latest UPR Community Booklist.

On this episode we discuss Pride Flags in Schools and are joined by Larry Williams, Logan City School Board of Education President; Katie Lee-Koven, parent of a Logan elementary school student; Yvonee Marcyes, Board President of Logan Pride; and Andrea Sinfield.

On this special 'Bringing War Home' edition of Access Utah we talk with Rich Etchberger, recorded live from our event at the USU Moab Campus.

On this episode we're joined by Hal Cannon to talk about (and listen) to his new release, Nothin' Lastin'.

We’ll talk with Ute Tribe Business Committee Chairman and Uncompahgre Band Representative Shaun Chapoose regarding a new monument designation, and we revisit a portion of our conversation with Senator Mazie Hirono.