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| Access Utah 2006 Programs |
- January
3, 2006
- Randy Haperstick
of Tony's Grove Nursery in Logan on container gardening
- Nina Marie Martinez, author of Caramba!,
and participant in the Great
Salt Lake Book Festival (repeat from September
20, 2005)
- January 4
- Representative
Ralph Becker & Senator
John Valentine preview the upcoming legislative
session.
- Commentary on audio psychobabble by Utah Writer Gina Wickwar
- Harvard professor Stephen
Pinker, author of the The
Blank Slate: Modern Denial of Human Nature (repeat from September
23, 2005)
- January 5
- Johnathan Choate with computer talk and technology trends
- Host Lee
Austin speaks with writer Aimee Bender, author of Willful
Creatures, and participant in the Great
Salt Lake Book Festival (repeat from October
4, 2005)
- January 6
- Open Forum with Utah GOP
Chairman Joe
Cannon
- USU Political
Science professors Tony
Peacock and Mike
Lyons on the Samuel Alito nomination senate hearings
- January 9
- Open Forum
-
Commentary on Alzheimer's by Sara Sinclair CEO of the Sunshine
Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community Health Council.
- Dr.
Jim Davis of Utah State
University Student Health Services on top health stories of 2005
- January 17
- Shane Taylor-Cactus
and Tropicals in Salt Lake City on indoor flowering plants
- Vinicius Gorgati, architect
for the Manon
Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall
- January 18
- Representative
Scott Wyatt & Senator
Greg Bell on the 2006 legislative
session.
- Commentary on Christmas gifts by Utah Writer Gina Wickwar
- Paolo Fazioli of Italy's Fazioli Piano factory, attending Manon
Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall
opening
- January 19
- Professors Richley
Crapo and Bonnie
Glass-Coffin, authors of Anomino
Mexicano, published by USU
Press
- Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Arizona governor Bruce Babbit
(repeat)
- January 20
- Open Forum
- ArtistMaryann Webster on ceramic work on display at the Nora
Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
- January 23
- Open Forum
-
Commentary on caregivers' needs by Sara Sinclair CEO of the Sunshine
Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community
- IHC
Health Specialist Angela Harmon on the American
Heart Association's "Simply
Fit for Life" campaign
- January 24
- USU Extension Horticulturalist
Jerry Godspeed on seed varieties
- Marjorie Bagley, Judith Engelson & Linda Chase on the Juniper
Music Festival
- January 25
- Utah Commisioner
of Higher Education Richard Kendell & Senator Al Mansell on USTAR
& legislature
- Commentary by Thad Box on sharpening dull tools
- BYU Associate Professor of Integrative Biology Michael
Whiting on his "Tree of Life" lecture at USU
- January 26
- Senator Patrice
Arent on democratic legislative issues
- Karen Fisher, author of A
Sudden Country
- January 27
- Open Forum
- Steve
Benson, political cartoonist of the Arizona
Republic
- January 30
-
Open Forum
-
Commentary on depression in seniors by Sara Sinclair CEO of the Sunshine
Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community
- IHC
Compliance Analyst Mary Thomason on HIPAA
& patient privacy laws
- January 31
- Shane Taylor of Cactus
and Tropicals in Salt Lake City
- Mireille Guiliano-author,
"French Women Don't Get Fat"
- February 1
- Andrew Carol-author,
"Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters",
collecting war letters at http://www.warletters.com/
- Gina Wickwar-commentator, "Vacation in Provence"
- Star Coulbrook, Ben Quick, Heather Robison-Poetry Reading Series, Helicon
West in Logan
- February 2
- Senator
Tom Hatch & Ed Firmage, Jr.-Water subsides in Utah, Senate Bill 27-Lake
Powell Pipeline Bill
- Rebecca Hoggan-Member of the bluegrass band "Hit and Run"
- February 3
- Howard Fineman-Senior Editor and Political Correspondant for Newsweek
- Open Forum-with guest host Tom Proffit
- Wolfgang Mieder-proverbs scholar, University of Vermont, author, "Proverbs
Are the Best Policy"
- February 7
- Brent Black-USU Extension Fruit Specialist, pruning and spring garden
preparation
- Mariam Adams-Clarinetist for the "Imani Winds" performing on the USU campus
- February 8
- Kim Burningham, chair of the Utah State Board of Education, on education
issues in the legislature
- Commentary by Thad Box on Utah's poverty rate
- Maida Withers of the Maida Withers Dance Construction Company which performed
at USU
- February 9
- Lawyer Mike Ostermiller for Utah Association of Realtors, Jodi Hoffman lobbyist
for the Utah League of Cities and Towns speaking on Land-Use bill (Senate
Bill 170)
- "In A Word" Commentary
by Mark Damen:
seconds
- Brandy Farmer and Andrew Bates of the Utah
Domestic Violence Council speaking on teen dating and violence prevention
- February 10
- Open Forum
- Broadway performer Charles Holt on "Black Boy" being performed
on the USU Campus
- February 13
- Open Forum
-
Commentary on aging in a positive way by Sara Sinclair CEO of the Sunshine
Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community Health Council.
-
Dr.
Jim Davis of Utah State
University Student Health Services on heart awareness month
- February 14
- USU Extension
agent Adrie Roberts on keeping utility costs down
- University of Michigan historian Phillip Deloria, author of Playing
Indian
- February 15
- Deputy Chief of staff for Governor
Huntsman Mike Mowder on legislative issues
- Commentary by Utah writer Gina Wickwar on "asbestosese"
- USU College of HASS
Dean Gary
Kiger and Assistant Professor of French Sara
Gordon on the monthly HASS Hour
- February 16
- USU Professor of History Peter McNamara on the Life of Benjamin Franklin
- "In A Word"
Commentary by Mark
Damen: Second, a second time
- Executive Director of NAMI's
Utah Chapter Sherri Wittwer, "Jake" on teen suicide issues
- February 17
- Open Forum
- Mary Doria Russell, author A
Thread of Grace
- February 21
- Mark Anderson-Garden specialist-spring garden preparations
- Suzie Becker-writer and cartoonist, author "I Had Brain Surgery,
What's Your Excuse?"
- February 22
- Victoria Grieve- USU Professor of History, preview of the O. C. Tanner Symposium
"The 1950's: The Beat
Generation and the Power of Expression"
- Charles Waugh- presentation on "Riding the Tales of the Dragon",
stories from Vietnam, at USU
- February 23
- Fran Titchener-USU Professor of History, presentation on "Women Who
Dug Up History"
- Mark Damen-In A Word feature, "Potpourri"
- Ann Waldman-poet, participant in the O.C. Tanner Symposium "The 1950's:
The Beat Generation"
- February 24
- Open Forum
- Noelle Cockett-new Vice President for USU Extension and Agriculture
- February 27
-Open Forum
- Sara Sinclair-commentary, "Staying Fit for Seniors"
- Dr. David Sundwall-Executive Director, Utah Department of Health, legislative
issues
- February 28
- Jerry Goodspeed- USU Extension Horticulture Agent, Pruning for small trees
and fruits
- Alissa Helland Hansen-potter, visiting artist at USU
- March 1, 2006
-Steven Salles-movie critic, Ogden Standard Examiner & Sean Means,
movie critic, Salt Lake Tribune, Oscar Talk
- Thad Box-commentary, "Farming in Utah"
- Ahn Trio-chamber music performance in Logan
- March 2
- Stan Albrecht-USU President, legislative wrap-up discussion
- Mark Damen, In A Word, "Slew"
- Senator John Valentine & Representative
Ralph Becker-legilative wrap-up discussion
- March 3
- Open Forum
- Kathryn Gustafson-Designer, Princess Diana Memorial Fountain
- March 6
- Open Forum
- Sara Sinclair-commentary, depression
- Dr. Jim Davis-childhood safety issues
- March 7
- Dan Drost-USU Extension Vegetable Specialist, spring garden prep
- Rick Randall & Ray Metheny-KUED Documentary on Utah WWII Stories
- March 8
- David Lewis- USU Professor of History, Goshutes and nuclear waste
- Gina Wickwar-commentary, Moving to Logan
- Jamie Drake-New York Interior Designer, designer to the stars, on the USU
campus
- March 9
- Rob Ence-Director, AARP & Laura Polacheck with AARP-Medicaid and legislative
issues
- Mark Damen-In A Word, "Saturate"
- Ryan Jordan-Backpacking Light magazine, on the USU campus
- March 10
- Open Forum
- Ron Rood- Utah State Archeaologist, 11,000 Years of Utah History
- March 13
- Open Forum
- Sara Sinclair-commentary, "Depression"
- Dr. Morris Poole-Northern Utah Orthodontist
- March 14
- Bill McClaren-Dahlia expert, author, "Encyclopedia of Dahlias"
- Mark Taylor-Salt Lake City writer and publisher, author, "Patriot:
The Red Rock Land War"
- March 15
- Senator Peter Knudson-open space preservation and lack of funding from the
Utah Legislature
- Thad Box-commentary, "Sustainability"
- Dorothee Kocks-Salt Lake City fiction writer and accordion player, author,
"Dream A Little"
- March 16
- Paul Gibbons- Logan CPA, advice on filing taxes
- Mark Damen- In A Word, "Months"
- Paul Roelandt- Superintendent, Cedar Breaks Monument, possibility of becoming
a national park
- Ken Brewer Poem- "Measures"
- March 17
- Open Forum
- Kathy Mattea- Country and folk singer/songwriter, performing in Logan
- March 20
- Omar Kader-Former BYU Professor, longtime Arafat advisor, Palestinian perspective
of current events in the Middle East, on the USU campus
- Sara Sinclair-commentary, "Depression and Staying Active"
- Dr. Duane Harris-Intermountain Asthma and Allergy Clinic, spring allergies
- March 21
- Brent Black-USU Extension Fruit Specialist, pruning fruits and fruit varieties
- Dean Sluyter-author "Cinema Nirvana" and "The Zen Commandments",
books on meditation
- March 22
- Guy Denton & Robert Behunan-USU Advancement, multi-million dollar land
gift to Utah State University, Uintah Basin
- Gina Wickwar-commentary, "The Vernal Equinox"
- Michael Pyle-environmental writer, on the USU campus
- March 23
- J.P. Spicer-Escalante-Professor, USU Languages and Philosophy at USU, the
diaries of Ernesto "Che" Guevara"
- "In A Word" Commentary
by Mark Damen: Money
- Nick Spitzer-host and producer of "American Routes" program on
NPR, folklorist specializing in American music and cultures of the Gulf South
- March 24
- Open Forum
- Pete Ashdown-Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, running against incumbent
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch
- March 27
- Open Forum
- Sara Sinclair-commentary, "Managing Stress"
- Michael Hales-new director of Medicaid with the Utah Department of Health,
Medicaid
- March 28
- Diane Alston, USU Extension
entomologist with answers to insect pest questions - Lt. Governor Gary Herbert on touch-screen voting
- March 29
- Kelly Patterson, BYU political science professor on elections - Terry Gifford, Brett Anthony Johnston, participants in the National Undergraduate Literature Conference - March 30
- BYU mathematics professor David Wright & UVSC educator Damon Bahr on how to teach math
- "In A Word" Commentary
by Mark Damen: Money, Money - Political analyst Jenny Lincoln on Latin America - March 31
- Open Forum with Herald Journal publisher Bruce Smith -- letters to the editor - Eileen Doktorski, USU artist - April
3
- Open Forum
- Sara Sinclair-commentary, "Chronic Illness"
- Dr. Jim Davis
of Utah State University
Student Health Services on upper respiratory infections and update on
the Avian Flu - April 4
- Dan Drost, USU Extension
vegetable specialist on spring gardening
- Mike Gedde- Utah Museum of Natural History, U of U, Museum Collection Manager,
discovery of new dinosaur in Utah - April 5
- Daquing Yang-Professor of Modern Japanse History at George Washington Univ.,
WSU Holocaust Commemoration
- Maryann Webster-Salt Lake City artist, works on display at the Nora Eccles
Harrison Museum of Art - April 6
- Joel Bauman-V.P of Enrollement at Westminster College, enrollement trends
in Utah's colleges and universities
- Mark Damen-In A Word, "Money and Coinage"
- Craig Call-State of Utah's Property Rights Ombudsman, open space and property
rights issues - April 7
- Open Forum
- Tim Flannery-writer and scientist, global warming - April 10
-Open Forum
- Sara Sinclair-commentary, "Understanding Your Illness"
- Dr. John Ribera & Dr. Heather Jensen-USU Dept. of Communicative Disorders,
hearing loss prevention and treatment - April 11
- Grant Cardon-USU Extension Soils Specialist, cover crops and starting from
seeds
- Richard Rodriguez- writer and author of the memoir, "Hunger of Memory",
issues of affirmative action and bilingual education - April 12
- Randal O'Toole & Carlton Christensen-Utah's housing market and urban sprawl
- Thad Box-commentary, "Immigration"
- Tyrone Hayes-UC Berkeley Biologist, on the USU campus with presentations on amphibians
- April 13
- Pat Rusk-UEA President, education and spending issues
- Mark Damen-In A Word, "Money and Cash"
- David Melzter-Poet, reading for the O.C. Tanner Symposium on the 1950's
Beat Generation and Power of Expression - April 14
- Open Forum
- Alan Trout, Betsy Beneke, & Diane Lester-Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge,
opening of the Wildlife Education Center - April 17
- Open Forum with Utah Representative Scott Wyatt
- Sara Sinclair-commentary, "Chronic illness and proper medical care"
- Dr. Kathleen Digre-Professor of Neurology at the University of Utah, treatment
for migraine headaches (rpt) - April 18
- Diane Alston-USU Extension Entomologist, pests and bugs in your garden
- Richard L. Bushman-author, "Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling" (rpt) - April 19
- Issa Hamud - Envirnonmental Director, Logan City, mandatory recycling in
Cache Valley
- Gina Wickwar - commentary, "TV Commercials"
- Darrell Casey & David Casey-members of the folk group, "The
Watercarver's Guild" - April 20
- Roger Ball-Director of the Utah Healthcare Coalition, healthcare issues
- Brad Richter & Eric Stern-Navigating Lake Bonneville, collaborative performance
of music and poetry - April 21
-Open Forum
- Michael Whiting-BYU Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, Tree of
Life project (rpt) - April 24
- Open Forum
- Commentary by Sara Sinclair CEO of the Sunshine
Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community Health Council
- Dale Mildenberger
- April 25
- Kelly Kopp
- Steve
Benson, political cartoonist - April 26
- Patrick
Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com
- Commentary by Thad Box
- Judy
Busk, participant in the Great
Salt Lake Book Festival - April 28
- Open Forum
- Elizabeth
Borgwardt on her recent book, A New Deal for the World: How Human Rights
Ideas Reshaped the National Interest - May
1
- Open Forum
- Sara Sinclair
- Dr. Jim Davis of Utah
State University Student Health Services - May 2
- Dan Drost, USU Extension
vegetable specialist
- Marian Adams - May 3
- Peter Magreth
- Commentary by Utah writer Gina Wickwar
- Victoria Lyons & Michael Moonbird - May 4
- Brent Goodfellow
- Chris Blake
- Nick Spitzer, host of American
Routes - May 5
- Open Forum
- Mary Brown Malouf, food critic for the Salt
Lake Tribune - May 8
- Open Forum
- Commentary - by Sara Sinclair CEO of the Sunshine
Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community Health Council
- Holly
Budge, Bear
River Health Department educator on the new Clean
Air Act banning smoking in public places, and tobacco dependence prevention - May 9
- Mark Anderson of Anderson
Seed and Garden in Logan
on spring planting and maintenance.
- Preview of the Aging
Game: On the Road with writer & producer Janice
- May 10
- David Argue of Economists Incorporated
on an IHC Study
- Commentary by Thad Box
- Jacquelyn Mitchard - May 11
- Jonathan Choate on technology trends
- Kelly Joe Phelps
on his upcoming Utah concerts - May 12
- Open Forum
- Lisa Phillips on her book, Public
Radio: Behind the Voices - May 15
- Open Forum
- Commentary - "Diabetes" by Sara Sinclair CEO of the Sunshine
Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community Health Council
- Dr. Robert Young-dermatologist, skin care for the summer months - May 16
- Diane Alston-USU Extension Entomology Specialist, pests
and bugs in your garden
- Guy Lebeda -Utah
Arts Council Literary Arts Program Manager, the life and work of Utah
poet Leslie
Norris - May 17
- John Parkyn - Chairman and CEO of Private
Fuel Storage
- Utah Writer Gina Wickwar - commentary, "Senioritis"
- Phillip Deloria - American
Indian activist, author, "Playing
Indian" (rpt) - May 19
- Open Forum
- Carol Edision, Eileen Hallet Stone, & Rick Reile: Living
Traditions Festival in Salt Lake City and cooking demonstrations - May 22
- Open Forum
- Commentary on falls by Sara Sinclair CEO of the Sunshine
Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community Health Council
- Tom Trevino-Food Protection Supervisor, Salt
Lake Valley Health Department, food born illnesses - May 23
- Brent Black, USU Extension
Fruit Specialist on fruit
trees and pruning
- Patricia
Nelson Limerick, Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Western
Historian, and Rotary speaker - May 24
- Rob Grunewald, Economic Analyst, guest speaker with Voices
for Utah Children on early childhood development
- Thad Box commentary, "Logan's County Court Building"
- Mary Doria Russell, author of A
Thread of Grace - May 25
- Martha
Ertman, Professor at the University of Utah College of Law on the Utah
Supreme Court polygamy ruling
- Mark Damen: In A
Word, "Alphabet: C & K"
- Senator
Lyle Hillyard in discussion on the Utah Legislature's special session - May 26
- Open Forum
- Humanities
Venture program
- May 29
-Memorial Day-No
Access Utah - May 30
- Kent Evans-USU
Biology Department, plant diseases
- Elaine Thatcher-Program Director, Mountain West Center, Mountain West Song
Fest & Symposium - May 31
- Thad
Hall Professor in the Political Science Department at the U of U, on his
research on the best practices in vote counting
- Commentary by Utah writer Gina Wickwar
- Molly Sweeney, Dr. Christopher - June 1
- Bonnie
Baxter, Westminster College associate professor, on the Great Salt Lake
and its microscopic organisms
- Paolo Fazioli, head of Italy's Fazioli
Piano Manufacturers (repeat) - June 2
- Open Forum
- Thomas
Reichler, Assistant Professor of the University of Utah Meteorology Department,
on global warming and expansion of the tropics - June 5
- Open Forum
- Dr. Jim Davis of Utah
State University Student Health Services on ovarian cancer and its early
detection, and an update on avian flu - June 6
- Dan Drost, USU Extension
vegetable specialist
- Joanna Hearne-film and folklore expert, University of Missouri, Columbia,
presentation at USU on "Stories on Screen" - June 7
- Dr. Krishna Shenai-USTAR Researcher and new professor at USU, Utah Science,
Technology and Research Initiative
- Thad Box-commentary, "What the Land Can Tell Us"
- Michael Peip-USU Intermountain Herbarium & President of the Bridgerland
Mushroom Society, fungal facts and collection tips - June 8
- Richard Toth-Professor in the Environment and Society Dept. at USU, Community
Forum on Growth in Cache Valley 2030
- Mark Damen-In A Word, "The Alphabet: The Vowels"
- Phillip Bimstein & Hal Cannon-preview of "Red Rock Rondo",
a song cycle about the people and history of the Zion National Park area - June 9
- Open Forum
- Charlotte Heth-emeritus professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA, authority
on Native American music, keynote speaker at the Mountain West Songfest - June 12
- Open Forum
- Open Forum cont. - June 13
- Kelly Kopp-USU Extension Turfgrass and Water Conservation Specialist-lawn
care in the summer months
- Robyn Nelson-Utah Arts Festival Director & Melissa Bond-poet and performer,
discussion on the 30th Annual Utah Arts Festival - June 14
- Sarah Wright-Director, Utah Clean Energy, energy policy and efficiency
- Gina Wickwar-commentary, "Heavy E-mail Load"
- Ritchie Call & Amanda Ray Jones-preview of the Old Lyric Repertory Company's
2006 summer season - June 15
- Senator Gene Davis-Medicaid and dental care
- Mark Damen-In A Word, "The Alphabet and the Middle Ages"
- Robert Michael Pyle-writer and essayist, author, "Chasing Monarchs"
and "Where Big Foot Walks" - June 16
- Open Forum
- Pat Bagley-cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune, new book, "Clueless
George is Watching You!" - June 19
- Open Forum
- Sara Sinclair-commentary, "Perceptions of Longterm Care"
- Dr. Ed Redd-Director, Bear River Health Department, mumps and measles outbreaks - June 20
- Diane Alston-USU Extension Entomologist, pest and bug control in the garden
- Sandra Tsing Loh-writer,
musician, and public radio commentator, performing at the Utah Arts Festival - June 21
- Natalie Gochnour, VP for Policy and Communications from the
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and Mike Jerman, VP for the Utah Tax Payers Association discuss a possible sales tax increase for Trax and transportation. - Commentary by Utah writer Thad Box - PBS' Antiques Roadshow is on its 2006 tour, with a stop in Salt Lake City's Salt Palace, June 24. Appraiser Gary Piattoni and Marsha Bemko, executive producer tell us about their experiences and their expectations for the current tour. - June 22
- Cordell Roy, Utah State Coordinator for National Parks, Rob Arnberger, from
the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees, and Michael Swenson from the Utah Shared Access Alliance join us for a
discussion on park protection and a new draft policy plan
focusing on National Park conservation. - Mark Damen: In A
Word, "Alphabet: Spelling" - Jennie Lincoln, principal research associate at Georgia Tech Research Institute joins us for a discussion on Latin American Politics.
- June 23
- Open Forum - Fingerstyle guitarist Michael Young. The Bridger Folk Music Society presents a house concert with Michael Young Saturday, the 24th at 7:30 p.m. at Crumb Brothers Bakery in Logan. - June 26
- Open Forum with Utah Republican Chairman Joe Cannon
- Logan City Fire Department Fire Marshall, Liz Hunsaker, talks about fire safety and general summer safety
issues.
- June 27
- Kent Evans, assistant professor in the Biology Department at USU & USU Extension plant pathology specialist, discusses
plant diseases.
- USU Assistant Professor of Art Eileen Doktorski - her
sculptural exhibit at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art "Domestic
Arsenal" continues through the end of July 2006 (repeat broadcast from March 31).
- June 28
- June 29
- Our guests will be Jeff Gilbert, Transportation Planner for the Cache
Metropolitan
Planning Organization, and Wendell Morris, Cache County Wide
Planner and Director of Development Services. They discuss the Cache Draft 2007-2012 Transportation Improvement Program. - Cache Valley photographer Dick Spencer, whose work is on display at the Alliance for the Varied Arts gallery June 30-July 15.
- June 30
- Open Forum
- Salt Lake City writer and accordionist Dorothee Kocks.
We play excerpts of her Utah Arts Festival "accordion monologue"
performance called "The Salt Lake Accordion Club Wars," and discuss her
writing.
- July 5
- July 6
- Frank Drews, Assistant professor of Psychology at The University of Utah discusses a study on driving and cell phone use, joined in the last few minutes by John Wells of CTIA who gives the wireless trade industry's view of the issue.
- Conversation with pianist & writer Robin Meloy Goldsby, author of Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Music, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian.
- July 7
- July 10
- July 11
- Dan Drost, USU Extension Vegetable Specialist talks with Bryan Earl about the summer garden and looking forward to fall.
- Utah writer and photographer Stephen Trimble. His newest book: Lasting
Light, 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography was recently published by
Northland Publishing.
- July 12
- July 13
- Gerald Anderson, a rancher from Millard County, Patricia Mulroy, General
Manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and Mike Styler, Executive
Director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources discuss Basin
water rights and the sharing of Utah ground water resources with Nevada.
- Writer Richard Rodriguez and author of the memoir, Hunger of Memory discusses his writing and its goals as well as issues of affirmative action and bilingual education (repeat from April 11 2006)
- July 14
- Open Forum
- Jim Kirkland, Utah's state paleontologist, and Dinosaur National Monument Superintendent Mary Risser talk about Dinosaur National Monument's quarry visitor center closure.
- July 17
- Open Forum
- Deb Flansburg, certified nurse
midwife in Cache Valley, and Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Certified Nurse Midwife Board member talks on midwifery practices.
- July 18
- Diane Alston, USU Extension
Entomology Specialist discusses pest control in the garden.
- Movie producer Barry Rosenbush discusses "The American Pastime," a film about
baseball at the Japanese internment camp at Topaz, Utah, during World War
II. The movie is being shot near Salt Lake City this month.
- July 19
- Ned Weinshenker, recently appointed to the newly restructured position as
vice president for Strategic Ventures and Economic Development at Utah State
University. Weinshenker's former position was director of the Life Sciences Cluster in the Utah
Governor's Office of Economic Development.
- Dave Livermore, Director of the Nature Conservancy's Salt Lake office,
discussing the groups new "Living Lands & Waters" campaign, the largest
conservation initiative in Utah's history. The campaign was announced
Tuesday, including remarks by Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.
- July 20
- Writer Rae Meadows, former University of Utah student, discusses her first
novel, Calling Out, which is set in Salt Lake City.
- July 21
- July 25
- Rick Heflebower, USU Extension Horticulture Agent from Washington
County discusses gardening issues in Southern Utah.
- A recorded interview with UC Berkeley Biologist Tyrone Hayes on the link between a
chemical herbicide and frog disappearances. He presented his work earlier this
year at USU. This segment was originally broadcast on April 12, 2006.
- July 26
- Ed Firmage, Professor Emeritus of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at
the University of Utah will joins us for a discussion on political blogging. Firmage currently serves as the inaugural
contributing author of OneUtah. Also joining the discussion are Representative & Majority Whip Stephen Urquhart , and Rick Cantrell from the
Utah Senate Majority Office.
- Commentary by Utah writer Gina Wickwar
- A recorded interview with Craig Call, Utah's Private Property Rights
Ombudsman. This segment was originally broadcast on April 6, 2006.
- July 27
- Elizabeth
Borgwardt on her recent book, A New Deal for the World: How Human Rights
Ideas Reshaped the National Interest. This segment was originally broadcast on April 28, 2006.
- July 28
- July 31
- August 1
- Dan Drost, USU Extension vegetable specialist discusses vegetable gardening with Bryan Earl and takes your calls.
- Rick Cohen, Director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy discusses the recent disclosures about Mike Leavitt's family charitable
foundation. The Secretary of Health and Human Services has been criticised
for taking advantage of the "Type III Supporting Organization" to
benefit family business enterprises while avoiding taxes.
- August 2
- August 3
- Utah State University president Stan Albrecht is our guest. Utah Public Radio is a service of Utah State University.
- Commentary by Utah gardener Shaunda Wanger on Joys of Pasta & Summer Produce
- What do hip-hop, tutus, salsa & fighting hunger have in common? Taste of the Nation is an annual event involving fifty top chefs. Gina Cornia of Utahns Against Hunger and Romina Rasmussen of Les Madeleines pastry shop in Salt Lake City, join us.
- August 4
- Open Forum: Today's program focused on the Leavitt Family Foundation tax shelter and possibilities for the state budget surplus.
- Rebecca Menlove, Exhibits Manager for for the Utah Museum of Natural History discusses exhibits and the current Range Creek Fremont Indian project.
- August 7
- August 8
- Plant pathologist Kent Evans, assistant professor in the Utah State University Biology
Department with host Bryan Earl take your calls and questions.
- We preview a new KUED documentary: Utah World War II Stories: "The
Pacific" which will be broadcast this Sunday at 7 p.m. We speak (live)
with the series producer, Elizabeth Searles, the series historical consultant
Geoffrey Panos, and with WWII veteren Elwin Petersen, a native of Newton,
UT.
- Commentary on Encouraging Kids to College by Utah Writer Gina Wickwar
- Novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the first Oprah's book club pick joins Lee Austin to discuss the role of Utah in her writing.
- August 9
- Commentary on encouraging kids to college by Utah Writer Gina Wickwar
- Novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the first Oprah's book club pick joins Lee Austin to discuss the role of Utah in her writing.
- August 10
- Computer
specialist Jonathan Choate joins us live to discuss technology trends
and to field your calls and computer and media-related questions. To
participate, call 800-826-1495.
- Patricia
Nelson Limerick, Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Western
Historian, and Rotary speaker (this interview originally aired May 23, 2006).
- August 14
- August 15
- Dr. Kelly Kopp, USU Extension Water Conservation and Turfgrass Specialist, will discuss types of irrigation, irrigation systems, drip
vs. sprinkler. It's a dry climate out there, and Dr. Kopp helps us make the most of it,
- Susan Curtis, author of Southwest Flavors: Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook, and two other
cookbooks. She and her daughter, Nicole Curtis Ammerman will give a book and
cooking demonstration next Saturday at The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City.
- August 16
- August 17
- Senator Chris Buttars and Assistant State Court Administrator Richard
Schwermer. Senator Chris Buttars is introducing a bill to allow the Senate
to remove a state judge from office at the end of their term. Richard
Schwermer expresses his concerns for such a bill.
- Rob Grunewald, Economic Analyst, guest speaker with Voices
for Utah Children on early childhood development.
- August 18
- Open Forum
- Joseph Vogel, author of Free Speech 101: The Utah Valley Uproar Over Michael
Moore
- August 21
- Open Forum
- Living Well Longer Commentary by Sara Sinclair, CEO of the Sunshine Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community Health Council.
- Detective Steve Cutler, SLC COPS Methamphetamine Initiative,
and Marjean Searcy, Project Coordinator, COPS Meth Initiative. They
are participating in a panel discussion taking place next Tuesday,
August 22nd on methamphetamine use in the nation's communities. The
national public webcast is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice.
- August 22
- August 23
- Discussion with Stephen Kroes, Executive Director of the Utah Foundation, and Steven Peterson
from the Utah School Boards Associaton.
The Utah Foundation is hosting a discussion on funding for Utah
schools entitled: "Are Utah Schools Adequately Funded? Positioning Utah
Schools for Success in the 21st Century: A Discussion of Finance and
Reform Proposals".
- Commentary by Utah writer Gina Wickwar: The Traveling Public
- Michael Moonbird & Victoria Lyons of Bad Dog Art, an independent elementary arts program.
- August 24
- August 25
- August 28
- Open Forum
- Living Well Longer Commentary on adding fiber to your diet by Sara Sinclair, CEO of the Sunshine Terrace Foundation and co-chair of the Cache Community Health Council.
- Jamie Mckinley, abuse prevention program coordinator at the USU Wellness Center on social norms: what students perceive as normal isn't.
- August 29
- August 30
- August 31
- September 1
- September 5
- USU Extension vegetable specialist Brent Black
- Craig Johnson, recipient of the Wyoming Arts Council Creative Writing and author of The Cold Dish joins us to talk about his writing and the recent release of his new book, Death Without Company.
- September 6
- Bryan Bolander, president of the Uath
Association of CPAs will join us to discuss the Legislature's Revenue
and Taxation Committee meeting.
- Commentary by Utah writer Gina Wickwar
- September 7
- Stephen Walt
- Martha Bradley
- September 8
- September 11
- Open Forum
- Salt Lake County Health Department director Gary Edwards discusses emergency preparedness
- September 12: Live from the Uintah Basin, the two hour special
- Bryan Earl hosts a gardening segment with guest Heather Campbell of Jensen's High Country Roses.
- Native son Tom Williams hosts success stories from the Uintah Basin including Guy Denton, USU-Uintah Basin Executive Director, and Perry Taylor of Western Petroleum.
- Lee Austin hosts a discussion on the Basin energy boom with County Commissioners Mike McKee, Larry Ross, and Bill Ryan
- September 13
- Anita Dancs, research director for the National Priorities Project, and army recruiter, Captain Croucher will join us in the first half. They will discuss military recruitment, recruiting in Utah specifically, and a study that suggests the majority of active-duty recruits are from low to middle incomes.
- Writer Sara Gruen talks with Lee Austin about her novel Water for Elephants, the writing process, and its success (first heard June 28, 2006).
- September 14
- Clive Prestowitz, founder and president of the Economic Strategy Institute in Washington, will discuss his book Three Billion New Capitalists: The Shift of Wealth and Power to the East. His expertise covers globalization, technology policy, business strategy, and foreign policy. He writes for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs.
- Poet Kimberly Johnson talks about her book Leviathan with a Hook, about her newest book, A Metaphorical God, and other projects.
- September 20
- Representative Ralph Becker and Senator Curtis Bramble will discuss the special legislative session held Tuesday, the 19th. Taxes, transportation issues, budget, and other topics will be up for discussion.
- September 21
- Dr. Thomas Alexander, professor at BYU, will deliver the annual Arrington Lecture Thursday, the 21st at 7:00 p.m. at the Logan Tabernacle. His presentation is entitled, "Brigham Young, the Council of the Twelve, and the Latter-day Saint Investigation of the Mountain Meadows Massacre".
- Michael Phyler, director of the Zion Canyon Field Institute, discusses the Zion Canyon Field Institute's various programs.
- September 22
- Anthony Peacock from the USU Department of Political Science will join Tom Willams for Open Forum.
- The winners of the Evans Biography and Handcart awards will join us. Richard L. Bushman is winner of the Evans Biography Award for "Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling". Gregory A. Prince and William Robert Wright are the Evans Handcart award winners for "David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism".
- September 25
- Tom Proffitt joins Tom Willams for Open Forum.
- Commentary by Sara Sinclair: The first in a new series on care-giving.
- Dr. Duane Harris from the Intermountain Allergy and Asthma Clinic will participate by phone in a live discussion.
- September 26
- Grant Cardon, USU Extension Soil Specialist, joins Bryan Earl to discuss cover crops.
- Lee Austin will visit with Robin Meloy Goldspy, author of the Memoir "Piano Girl".
- September 27
- September 28
- Political writer for the Salt Lake Tribune, Thomas Burr, will be with us live from his office in Washington D.C. for a discussion on redistricting and a bill which would allow Utah to gain a fourth seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Damen Linker, former BYU professor and conservative political activist, will discuss his new book "The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege".
- September 29
- Open Forum
- Marshall Thompson, a Logan soldier who recently returned from Iraq, will discuss some of the experiences he had as an army journalist and why he is persuing a publicity-seeking campaign to galvanize support for a "responsible withdrawal" from Iraq.
- October 2
- Open Forum
- Commentary by Sara Sinclair: The second in a new series on care-giving.
- Dr. Jim Davis, director of the USU Student
Wellness Center, will join hosts Craig Hislop and Teri Chase-Dunn for a
general health discussion. Dr. Davis is our regular physician guest and joins us
the first Monday of each month. Listeners are encouraged to call in and talk
about their health concerns.
- October 3
- Dan Drost from the Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology
Department at USU will join host Bryan Earl for a discussion on
vegetable gardening. Professor Drost is also the USU Extension Vegetable Specialist.
- Singer and Song writer Ellis Paul will be in Utah for performances in Provo, Salt Lake City and Logan. Paul's music has turned up on television and in the Fairly Brothers film Me, Myself & Irene.
- October 4
- October 5
- Francine Giani, Executive Director of the Utah Department of Commerce, will visit to discuss high gas prices in Utah.
- Russell Banks,
noted author of numerous novels, including "The Darling," Affliction,
and "Searching for Survivors" will be joining us. Banks will deliver
the Dewey Lecture Saturday evening at the Salt Lake City Main Public
Library.
- October 6
- Open Forum
-
American Tenor Stanford Olsen will join Tom Williams for an interview.
Stanford Olsen will be featured in a recital Friday, October 6th at
7:30 p.m. in the Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance
Hall on the USU campus.
- Dr. Ed Redd, director of the Bear River Health Department, will join hosts Craig Hislop and Teri Chase-Dunn.
- October 9
- Open Forum
- Commentary by Sara Sinclair: The third in a new series on care-giving.
- Dr. Ed Redd, director of the Bear River Health Department, will join hosts Craig Hislop and Teri Chase-Dunn.
- October 10
- Garden Specialist Mark Anderson will join Bryan Earl for a discussion on forcing spring bulbs.
- Anne Taylor Flemming, nationally recognized journalist and author, will participate on air as the first in a series of interviews featuring the Ninth Annual Great Salt Lake Book Festival. Flemming is the author of several works, including Marriage: a Duet, Motherhood Deferred: a Woman's Jounrey, and this year's As if Love Were Enough.
- October 11
- Utah Public Radio will present a special live broadcast
Monday, October 9, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. featuring a debate with first
district republican congressman Rob Bishop and his democratic challenger, Steve
Olsen. Listeners are invited to call in (800-826-1495) with questions for the candidates.
Also, this program will be rebroadcast in place of Access Utah on Wednesday morning, October 11, from
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Access Utah will resume its normal schedule the
following day.
- October 12
- Open Forum
-
Ken Jennings will participate to discuss his new book Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs. Some have said that Jennings
is the greatest Jeopardy! champion of all time.
- October 16
- Open Forum
-
Sara Sinclair will present a commentary about caring for a loved one with memory loss.
-
Karl White, one of the world's leading authorities on early
identification and treatment of hearing loss, will join Teri Chase-Dunn
and Craig Hislop for a live discussion.
- October 17
- Diane Alston, coordinator of Utah Extension Integrated Pest Management
(IPM), will join us to talk about pest control. Part of Alston's
research interests include the study of pests concerning tree fruit,
vegetables, and wood.
-
Gentri Lawrence will host an interview with members of the Fry Street
Quartet from the USU Department of Music. The Quartet has released a
new CD, has a new member, and will be performing
later this month.
- October 18
-
Lynn Badler, Mark Hudson, and Bob Brister from the First and Second U.S. Congressional Districts will discuss politics.
- Thad Box provides commentary on preserving history called "Changing Landscapes."
- Daniel Kemmis will participate for a live discussion. Kemmis is a former mayor of
Missoula Montana and author of several books, including his latest, This Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West.
Kemmis will be in Logan October 21 for the "Bioneers" conference
at Utah State University.
- October 19
-
Richard Ingebretsen, president of the Glen Canyon Institute in Salt
Lake City, and Utah Interstate Streams Engineer Rober King will join us
to talk about the controversy over Glen Canyon Dam.
- Poet George Bilgere is the recipient of this
year's May Swenson Poetry Prize from Utah State University Press.
He will be giving readings in Logan, Provo, and in Salt Lake City for
the Great Salt Lake Book Festival.
- October 20
- October 23
- Open Forum
- Wendy Gaddis, mammography supervisor of
Logan Regional Hospital, will join hosts Craig Hislop and Teri
Chase-Dunn to discuss breast cancer awareness and prevention.
- October 24
- October 25
-
Carlos M. N. Eire, riggs professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University,
will participate by phone to discuss religion and some of his most
recent lecture topics, including "Spiritual Apartheid: Protestantism
and the Reformation of the Hereafter," which took place during the 2006
Sterling M. McMurrin Lecture on Religion and Culture.
- Gina Wickwar will comment on electronic voting machines.
-
A recorded conversation with fiction writer Rae Meadows, author of
Calling Out, will be broadcast. The setting of Meadow's book takes
place in Salt Lake City where Meadows once lived while studying
creative writing.
- October 26
-
Michael Conover; professor of USU Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences;
Mike Bodenchuk, USDA Wildlife Services in Utah; and Tim Watkins-Planner
from Envision Utah will participate to discuss the "double-edged sword"
of the increasing development in Utah’s wilderness areas.
-
Elizabeth Clement, University of Utah associate professor of history,
will discuss her latest book, Love For Sale: Courting, Treating, and
Prostitution in New York City, 1900 - 1945. Clement will give a
presentation at the Great Salt Lake Book Festival this Saturday at 2 p.m.
- October 27
- October 30
-
Dr. Trek Lyons from the IHC Budge Clinic in Logan will join us for a discussion on sports medicine.
- Sara Sinclair will provide a brief commentary.
- Open Forum
- October 31
- Utah fifth district representatives republican candidate
Scott Wyatt and democratic candidate Suzanne Marychild will join us for
a political debate on the latest topics concerning the upcoming
election.
- Thad Box will comment about the New World Order of Free Trade and the global economy.
-
Val Grant will join Bryan Earl for a discussion on bats.
- November 1
- Utah fourth district representatives republican
candidate Fred Hunsaker and democratic candidate Sara Lundberg will
participate for a political debate concerning Utah and the upcoming
election.
-
Actors Terence Wilton and Geoffrey Beevers will join us to talk about USU's latest Shakespearian production.
- November 2
- November 3
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