Access Utah
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
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Synopsis
Access Utah is UPR's original program focusing on the things that matter to Utah. The hour-long show airs daily at 9:00 a.m. and covers everything from pets to politics in a range of formats from in-depth interviews to call-in shows. Email us at upraccess@gmail.com or call at 1-800-826-1495. Join the discussion!
Episodes
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The mysterious life of cougars on Access Utah
06/06/2024 Duration: 43minMountain lions are considered the apex predator of the Mountain West. Heavy hunting has reduced their number, but sightings are on the rise in Utah. Today we revisit our discussion about mysterious and misunderstood lives of cougars.
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Revisiting 'Sleepless' with Annabel Abbs-Streets on Access Utah
05/06/2024 Duration: 49minIn the tradition of books like "Breath" and "Wintering," "Sleepless" combines science, historical research, and personal experience to explore the complicated relationship women have with darkness.
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The cultural roots of America's political crisis on Access Utah
23/05/2024 Duration: 53minJames Davison Hunter, who introduced the concept of “culture wars” 30 years ago, tells us in this new book that historic sources of national solidarity have now largely dissolved.
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The true story of a Grand Canyon misadventure with Kevin Fedarko on Access Utah
22/05/2024 Duration: 50minKevin Fedarko has spent the past twenty years writing about conservation, exploration, and the Grand Canyon. His writing has appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times, and Esquire, among other publications.
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Historic parallels to the 2024 presidential election on Access Utah
21/05/2024 Duration: 48minToday we’ll talk with historian Joshua Zeitz about some of his recent articles in Politico magazine: A Trump-Biden Tie Would Be a Political Nightmare — But Maybe a Boon to Democracy. Biden Can Still Win — If He Runs Like Harry Truman. And 4 Ex-Presidents Who Ran Again — And What They Mean for Trump.
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Previewing the Northern Utah Conference to End Violence on Monday's Access Utah
20/05/2024 Duration: 52minOur guests are CAPSA Social Services Director Makayla Hancey, and Emmalee Fishburn CAPSA’s Director of Projects and Initiatives.
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Revisiting 'Becoming Ella Fitzgerald' with Judith Tick on Monday's Access Utah
13/05/2024 Duration: 50minWe revisit our conversation with Judith Tick about her book Becoming Ella Fitzgerald, where she offers a portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist.
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Revisiting 'The Six' by Loren Grush on Thursday's Access Utah
09/05/2024 Duration: 50minLoren Grush is a space reporter for Bloomberg, where she covers everything from NASA, human spaceflight, and the booming commercial space industry to distant stars and planets. The daughter of two NASA engineers, she grew up surrounded by space shuttles and rocket scientists—literally. Prior to joining Bloomberg, she was a senior science reporter for The Verge, where she covered space and hosted her own online video series called Space Craft, a show that examined what it takes to send people into the cosmos. We revisit our conversation.
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NEHMA Exhibits '24 on Wednesday's Access Utah
08/05/2024 Duration: 46minOur guest is Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA) Museum Director and Chief Curator, Katie Lee-Koven, and we talk about current exhibits at the museum.
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'Bridle Up Hope' with Sarah Brown on Tuesday's Access Utah
07/05/2024 Duration: 49minThe Tribune recently spoke with young leaders in Utah working to help. Today we’ll talk with one of those leaders. Sarah Brown is Assistant to the Executive Director and Equine Assisted Learning Instructor at Bridle Up Hope.
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'Howling for Glen Canyon' on Monday's Access Utah
06/05/2024 Duration: 50minToday we’ll talk with Zak Podmore, an environmental journalist and writer based in Bluff, Utah. He is author of two books, including the forthcoming Life after Deadpool. We’ll also be joined by Eric Balken, Executive Director of Glen Canyon Institute.
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The latest from Israel and Gaza with Amos Guiora on Thursday's Access Utah
02/05/2024 Duration: 53minProfessor Guiora has published extensively both in the U.S. and Europe on issues related to national security, limits of interrogation, religion and terrorism, the limits of power, multiculturalism, and human rights.
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Revisiting 'Public Libraries' with Sam Passey on Wednesday's Access Utah
24/04/2024 Duration: 48minSam Passey is Director of the Uintah County Library in Vernal and we revisit our conversation with him, reviewing current challenges and opportunities and looking to the future.
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Earth Day 2024 on Monday's Access Utah
22/04/2024 Duration: 51minEvery year for Earth Day, we check in with writer and photographer Stephen Trimble, author of “Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America,” and many other books. He, alongside other guests join this episode to discuss plans for the environment under a reelected Biden administration, and under a second Trump administration.
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Food security with Heidi Kühn on Wednesday's Access Utah
17/04/2024 Duration: 45minHeidi Kühn is our guest for this episode. Through the nonprofit organization Roots of Peace, which she founded in 1997, Kühn has led initiatives to restore agriculture in former conflict zones, restore soil health, enhance food security, support livelihoods and help sustain local communities with new sources of food and income.
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'Neurodiversity' with Jason Grygla on Monday's Access Utah
15/04/2024 Duration: 48minOur guest today is Jason Grygla, Executive Director and Founder of Techie for Life. He’ll give a talk tomorrow at noon in the Dunford Auditorium at Utah Tech University in St. George. His talk is titled Neurodiversity: A Renaissance of Development and Needed Diversity. The talk is part of Utah Tech’s Trailblazing Speaker Series.
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'Sliding Into History' on Wednesday's Access Utah
10/04/2024 Duration: 47minOn this episode we talk with USU professor Tammy Proctor and several students in her sports history class about a project they’re calling Sliding Into History: The Legacy of USU Women's Softball Champions 1980 – 1981.
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'Westwater: Lost and Found' with Mike Milligan on Monday's Access Utah
08/04/2024 Duration: 49minWestwater Lost and Found: Expanded Edition is the continuing story of Westwater—a relatively short, deep canyon near the Utah-Colorado state line that has become one of the most popular river-running destinations in the Southwest—and its lasting significance to the study of the Upper Colorado River. Author Mike Milligan joins the program to discuss.
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Revisiting 'Beethoven' with Kerry Candaele on Wednesday's Access Utah
03/04/2024 Duration: 42minWe revisit our conversation with film producer and director Kerry Candaele, who is showing the first two documentaries of his Beethoven trilogy. We discuss the films as well as the global impact of Beethoven's music.
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'Returning Rapids Project' with Mike DeHoff on Monday's Access Utah
01/04/2024 Duration: 50minThe receding waters of Lake Powell have returned some of the dam-inundated areas of the Colorado River Basin to a more natural state, while imperiling others. Mike DeHoff joins us to discuss.