Access Utah

Today we talk with Tony Juniper about his new book "Just Earth: How A Fairer World Will Save The Planet."

We talk with Sadie Webb, associate director of the College Debates and Discourse Alliance, a program that teaches students and faculty how to honor ideological diversity and foster civil discourse.

In 1893, Matilda Joslyn Gage was arrested for registering to vote. We talk about women's suffrage and Gage's connection to "The Wizard of Oz."

Today we talk with Caroline Fraser, author of the new book "Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers."

Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Julie Jag and Paighten Harkins talk about the week’s top stories, including the Legislature picking Utah’s new congressional map on Oct. 6.

On today's Access Utah, we highlight Top of Mind with Julie Rose, a show that's coming to UPR in October. And we talk with Nikki Bedi of BBC's The Arts Hour, a favorite program of ours.

On this fund drive special we talk with Utah Food Bank President and CEO Ginette Bott. We talk about food insecurity, the hunger cliff, the services the Utah Food Bank provides, and how to help.

We talk with Mark Sundeen about his book "Delusions and Grandeur: Dreamers of the New West."

As you know, public media is in a post-rescission world. With the loss of federal funding, public radio and television stations face big new problems and maybe new opportunities.

Jerome Charyn is the award-winning author of more than fifty works of fiction and nonfiction. Today we’ll talk with him about his new book about opera singer Maria Callas titled, "Maria, La Divina."

Our guest today is folklorist Lynne McNeill. Lynne McNeill is an associate professor of folklore at Utah State University, as well as co-founder of and faculty advisor for the USU Folklore Club.

We talk with Jaxon Didericksen, Access to Justice program coordinator with the Transforming Communities Institute at USU, about the recent launch of their community justice advocate program.

We talk with historian Richard E. Turley Jr. about his Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture, titled "Team History: The Latter-day Saint Historical Enterprise, 1986–2025."

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit — especially apples.

Today we revisit our conversation from December 2018 with environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb, talking about his book "Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter."

Laura Tohe is a poet, writer, librettist, scholar of Indigenous American literature, and former Navajo Nation Poet Laureate.

We revisit our conversation from 2019 with writer Michele Anderson about her opinion piece in the New York Times titled, “Go Home to Your ‘Dying’ Hometown.”

"The Gift of Failure" focuses on the critical years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience disappointment and frustration so that they grow into successful, resilient adults.

"In a Rugged Land" examines the history and content of the two photographers' forgotten collaboration "Three Mormon Towns." We revisit our conversation from 2019 with author James Swenson.

Today we’ll talk with Matthew Wappett, executive director of the Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice at Utah State University.