Access Utah

We're joined by Michael de Yoanna, managing editor of the Mountain West News Bureau.

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 communities.

Brooke Williams writes about evolution, consciousness, and his own adventures exploring both the inner and outer wilderness. We revisit our conversatin from March.

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.

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.

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.

We revisit our conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

Today we’re doing another nonprofit spotlight. There are many needs in our communities and many step up to help.

Today we talk with Felipe Torres Medina, a comedian and writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror. Now, cutting-edge technologies allow scientists and explorers to dive miles beneath the surface.

The Utah Legislature is considering overhauling Utah's public records law. Critics say the proposed changes would make it harder for citizens to find out what state government is doing.

We spoke with Kathy Christiansen about her new book "Billy Barnes and the Cyber Threat," about two boys who embark on a dangerous quest to find Billy's grandpa.

We revisit our conversation with Kate Moore, author of the New York Times bestseller 'The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women'.

We talk to the curators of "Playing Religion," an exhibit at USU that explores games inspired by the teachings and culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

We talk with Robin Hemley about his book "How to Change History," which grapples with the conflict between public and personal histories and the way memory affects them both.

We talk with Riaz Patel about his program ConnectEffect, which brings people together to increase connection, decrease loneliness, and help bridge the digital divide.

We talk to representatives from the Utah Taxpayers Association, Friends of Great Salt Lake, the Sutherland Institute, HEAL Utah, the Libertas Institute, and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.

Jan 28, 2025. We revisit our conversation with Rich Christiansen, author of "BlindSighted: A Journey of Identity, Faith, and Healing."

We revisit our conversation with Sonia Purnell, author of the new biography "Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue."

UPR broadcast live from the Utah State Capitol complex on this opening day of the session. Host Tom Williams spoke with legislative leaders on top priorities for this year.