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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 upraccess@gmail.com or call at 1-800-826-1495. Join the discussion!

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Data centers, water issues, and more in Millard County

Matt Ward from the Millard County Chronicle Progress joins us for the first episode of a new series. Once a month, we'll check in with a different small-town newspaper.

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'Dickens in Brooklyn: Essays on Family, Writing, & Madness'

We talk with Jay Neugeboren about caring for a brother with mental illness, a posthumous lunch with Oliver Sacks, and a thwarted kiss at a teenage summer camp where he was a young Jewish man in exile.

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'The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography' on Access Utah

We talk with Michael Hicks about the story of how a group founded by persecuted religious outcasts grew into a multimedia powerhouse.

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Keeping your pets happy and healthy on Access Utah

We talk with veterinarian and author Dr. Carol Osborne about how to keep our pets safe, healthy, and environmentally friendly.

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Summer gardening tips with Dan Drost on Access Utah

Gardening expert Dan Drost joins us to answer your questions. He shares tips and tricks on how to keep your garden healthy and productive.

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The shrinking of two national monuments on Access Utah

President Donald Trump recently signed executive orders shrinking the size of two Utah national monuments. On this episode, we hear both sides of the debate.

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Proponents of the Little Logan River Watershed Project on Access Utah

Crockett Avenue Irrigation Company President Gordon Colson and Cache Water District Manager Nathan Daugs join us today to discuss the Little Logan River Watershed Project.

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A story of riches to rags on Access Utah

Janet Dexter sketched celebrities for the New York Times and other newspapers in the 1920s and 1930s. But she left her successful career to commit to a life of poverty in the Maine woods.

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Doing good in our communities on Access Utah

We shine a spotlight on nonprofit organizations throughout Utah with Amy Anderson, the regional coordinator for A Bolder Way Forward.

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Our summer 2026 community book list on Access Utah

Today we compiled a list community booklist with the help of Elaine Thatcher, Anne Holman, and some program listeners.

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America's political past, present, and future

Following a panel by Politico Magazine on America's state of democracy, historian Greg Jackson, host of "History That Doesn't Suck," joins us to talk about America's political past.

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History's most successful rodeo family

On this episode we revisit our 2018 conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winner John Branch about a family of world-champion saddle-bronc riders.

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