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  • January 2
    • Senate President John Valentine and Minority Whip Senator Gene Davis joined us for a discussion on the upcoming legislative session.
  • January 3
    • John Nixon, director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget was our guest in the first half. He discussed Governor Huntsman's budget and the upcoming legislative session.
    • In our How to Utah segment veterinarian Dr. Melinda Hillegass answered questions on pet care including care during the winter months and grooming.
  • January 4
    • Lee Austin and Tom Williams discuss the latest in the Utah news.
    • Salt Lake City trial attorney Gordon Campbell, author of the legal thriller "Missing Witness," will join Lee Austin in the second segment.
  • January 7
    • Lee Austin and Tom Williams discuss the latest in the Utah news.
    • Dr Jim Davis joins us for a review of the top ten health stories of 2007.
  • January 8
    • Dan Drost, USU Extension Vegetable Specialist, is back in studio with Bryan Earl to answer your questions for the upcoming spring gardening season.
  • January 9
    • Utah Public Radio hosts a live broadcast from the newly refurbished State Capitol. In the first half Kerry Bringhurst is joined by the restoration's lead architect, David Hart and base isolation senior engineer, Jared Johnson. Later, Lee Austin talks with Michael Casner, the new Communications Consultant, followed by a visit with Utah Governor, Jon Hunstman, Jr.
  • January 10
    • Tom Williams visits with University of Utah Psychology Professor, David Strayer, about his research about drivers on cell phones clogging traffic.
    • In our How To Utah segment, Lee Austin talks with Jean Lown, professor in the USU Family, Consumer, and Human Development. Professor Lown gives advice on good financial New Year's resolutions.
  • January 11
    • Lee Austin and Tom Williams discuss the latest in the Utah news.
    • Kerry Bringhurst hosts a conversation with Laurie Baefsky, ArtsBridge director at Utah State University. ArtsBridge is a network of university schools of art and education dedicated to providing high quality arts instruction to K-12 schoolchildren and community organizations.
  • January 14
    • Lee Austin and Tom Williams discuss the latest in the Utah news.
    • Dr. Matthew Welter joins Tom Williams for a discussion on the importance of cancer screening.
  • January 15
    • Rick Heflebower, USU Extension Horticulture Agent, talks with Bryan Earl about native plants and seed propagation and addresses other Southern Utah gardening issues. For more information click here.
    • Lee Austin will be joined in studio by members of the Ying String Quartet. The Chamber Music Society of Logan has brought the Ying to Logan for a performance Tuesday night in the USU Performance Hall. The Grammy winning Quartet, now in its second decade of making music, has performed internationally, and in such U.S. venues as the White House and Carnegie Hall.
  • January 16
    • Representative Sheryl Allen addresses campaign finance reform issues.
    • Lee Austin in a recorded interview with Salt Lake City writer Jana Richman, author of the new novel "The Last Cowgirl," published by William Morrow. The story in some ways parallels the authors life growing up in the rural west in a ranch family, later turning to journalism.
  • January 17
    • Lawrence Culver, Professor of History at USU, delivers The HASS Hour Time Piece on "From Resorts to Ranch House: The Hidden History of Suburbia." Professor Culver gives us a preview of his presentation in the first half.
    • In our How To Utah segment Logan Caterer Liz Fallis shares some of her favorite chocolate desert recipes with host Lee Austin in the second portion of the program.
  • January 18
    • Lee Austin and Tom Williams discuss the latest in the Utah news.
    • Utah Opera in Salt Lake City presents the production of Puccini's "Tosca." Stage Director Stephanie Sundine gives us a preview of the production and discusses her previous work in directing and singing.
  • January 22
    • Bryan Earl hosts the weekly gardening show. He interviews Donna Minch, Horticultural Specialist with Utah State University Extension. The topic: indoor plants.
    • Lee Austin speaks with photographer Jeff Widener, best known for his image of a lone Chinese man standing in front of a row of tanks in Tiananmen Square during the 1989 Beijing riots. Widener is in Logan this week participating in the Juniper Chamber Music Festival, which this year is organized under the theme: "Remembering Tiananmen Square." Lee also speaks with the music festival's artistic director, Michael Carrera.
  • January 23
    • "Focusing Cache: A Changing Community for a Changing Climate" Lee Austin speaks with Robert Gillies, head of the Utah Climate Center, and Fred Wagner, emeritus professor of ecology at Utah State University. They're helping organize a day long series of events to focus attention on global climate change. It's one of hundreds of "teach ins" taking place around the United States on January 31.
    • Lee Austin interviews jazz singer Nnenna Freelon. The recipient of multiple Grammy nominations and other awards and recognitions, Freelon gave two performances last fall in Logan. We'll also hear excerpts from her most recent CD "Blueprint of a Lady."
  • January 24
    • Lee Austin speaks with Lois Rudnick, professor of English and American Studies and director of the American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts. Rudnick is visiting Utah State University this week for several activities, including a presentation about the artists and writers who lived and worked at the Mabel Dodge Luhan house, including Georgia O'Keefe, Maynard Dixon, D.H. Lawrence, Martha Graham and many others. Rudnick is also the author of a book on the topic.
    • Lee Austin hosts the "How to Utah" segment of the program, this time with computer specialist Jonathan Choate, with answers to listener questions on computers and technology.
  • January 28
    • Lee Austin and Tom Williams discuss the latest in the Utah news.
    • Kerry Bringhurst talks with Judith McConkie, curator of the Utah Capitol, about the recent renovations and the re-opening of the newly restored historic building.
  • January 29
    • Brent Black is back in studio to discuss fruit trees and the upcoming spring gardening season.
    • In the second portion of the program Lee Austin hosts a conversation with Florida International University Professor of Religious Studies and History, Steven Hein. Hein's is author of "White Collar Zen" and his research interests include Zen Buddhism and Bob Dylan.
  • January 30
    • Representatives Rebecca Chavez-Houck and Christine Johnson join us for a discussion on anti-discrimination employment and adoption bills being presented in this year's legislative session.
    • Boston University Professor of Religious Studies, Steven Prothero, talks about his book "Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know-And Doesn't." Steven Prothero will be a guest on the Utah State University campus giving a presentation hosted by the USU Religious Studies Program.
  • January 31
    • Tom Williams visits with Brent Giles, director of operations at Park City Mountain Resort. Giles is participating in a panel discussion for the Focusing Cache Symposium which explores the effects of Global Warming on our future. Giles will discuss the wildlife and outdoor recreational aspect of global warming including it effect on ski resorts.
    • In our How to Utah segment Veterinarian Dr. Melinda Hillegass gives advice on caring for your pet including dental care and detecting and screening for cancer.
  • February 1
    • Sheri Quinn hosts an entire hour featuring interviews with documentary filmmakers Sabiha Sumar and Nino Kirdatze. Both filmmakers featured their work at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
  • February 4
    • Japanese poet and scholar Roy Miki joins us in the first half. Roy Miki will give two presentations Tuesday, February 12 at 12:30 at USU Haight Alumni Center and at 7:00 p.m. at Sky View High School in Smithfield. Miki, whose parents who were forcibly relocated to Canada during WWII, will compare the situation of interned Japanese during WWII to the situation of Guantanamo Bay detainees today.
    • In the health portion of the program Dr. Davis is back in studio to answer general health questions and discuss the top ten health stories of 2007.
  • February 5
    • USU Extension Vegetable Specialist Dan Drost is in studio to answer listener questions on preparing their garden for spring.
    • Tune in to hear the coverage of the Primary Election.
  • February 6
    • Primary election results with members of the legislature will be here to discuss the candidates and their policies.
    • Thad Hall, professor in the Political Science department at the University of Utah, joins us in the second half for continued coverage of Super Tuesday primary elections.
  • February 7
    • Logan CPA Paul Gibbons from Jones Simkins PC and Dolores Furniss from the Utah State Tax commission give advice for preparing taxes and the latest changes in Utah's tax laws.
  • February 8
    • Legislative reporters Robert Gehrke from the Salt Lake Tribune and Loretta Park from the Ogden Standard Examiner bring us the latest in Utah's legislative session.
  • February 11
    • USU Visiting Artist Channa Horowitz joins Lee Austin in the first half. The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at USU host the visiting artist who will give a lecture Monday, February 11 at the Performance Hall entitled "Sonatography." Horowitz creates visual representations of sound and movement.
    • In the health portion of the program Tom Williams hosts a conversation with Dr. Ed Redd and Grant Koford from the Bear River Health Department concerning air quality and health issues. For updated air quality information go on line at airquality.utah.gov
  • February 12
    • Taun Beddes, USU Horticulture Extension Agent in Cache County is in studio to give tips and advice on ordering from garden catalogs and preparing your garden for spring.
    • Steven Barth, former legislator and lobbyist for the Utah Hospitality Association, joins Lee Austin to discuss liquor laws in Utah.
  • February 13
    • Lee Austin will host a full hour conversation with poet Naomi Shihab Nye. She will present two public events the 13th as part of the Utah State University department of English Speaker Series. At 3:00 p.m. in USU FL 206 she will conduct a master class, and at 7:00 p.m. in the USU Haight Alumni Center, she will read from her works.
  • February 14
    • NPR Reporter Mandalit del Barco joins Lee Austin in studio. She is in Logan Thursday to discuss "Diversity, Media, and Politics" at the Performance Hall from noon to 1:00.
    • The Women of Windham Hill perform at the Ellen Eccles Theatre in Logan February 13 and 14 and join us live in studio to give us a preview of their performance.
  • February 15
    • Gary Nabhan, writer, lecturer, and world-renown conservation scientist, discusses his upcoming lecture at the Utah Museum of Natural History “The Nature of Things.” Nabhan is also outgoing Director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University.
  • February 19
    • Donna Minch, Coordinator, Horticulture Education at the Utah Botanical Center in Kaysville, joins us for a discussion on indoor plants and preparing for the upcoming spring gardening season.
  • February 20
    • Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Utah Chapter President Phyllis Caruth talks about her documentary "The Wisdom of Our Years: Stories of African American Utahns."
    • Kerry Bringhurst hosts the second segment with Sid Perks
  • February 21
    • Steven Salles, movie critic for the Ogden Standard Examiner, joins us for a discussion on the upcoming 80th Annual Academy Awards taking place Sunday, February 24 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
    • In our How to Utah segment food writer and caterer Marguerite Henderson shares tips and hints for all types of entertaining in her newest book "Small Parties: More than 100 Recipes for Intimate Gatherings."
  • February 22
    • Utah State Theatre welcomes the Pig Iron Theatre Company presenting their part laboratory, part vaudeville production of "Chekhov Lizardbrain" playing Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. We'll have a preview of the production in the second portion of the program.
  • February 25
    • Harvard University Professor of American Civilization and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich discusses her book "Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History."
    • Dr. Matthew Welter from the Cache Valley Specialty Hospital in North Logan joins us for a discussion on selecting a new physician.
  • February 26
    • Dan Drost, USU Extension Vegetable Specialist, is back in studio with Bryan Earl to address spring gardening questions.
    • H.L. Hix, University of Wyoming Professor of English, discusses his new book "God Bless," featuring Bush and bin Laden quotes structured into poetic forms.
  • February 27
    • Vanessa Pierce from HEAL Utah and Judi Hillman with the Utah Health Policy Project explore health issues being debated in Utah's 2008 Legislative Session.
    • University of Utah Law Professor Christopher Peterson talks about American Payday regulations and his book "Taming the Sharks Toward a Cure for the High Cost Credit Market."
  • February 28
    • UPR General Manager Cathy Ives and Program Director Lee Austin discuss UPR's survey results and invite listener questions and comments.
  • February 29
    • Robert Gerhke from the Salt Lake Tribune and Jeff DeMoss from the Ogden Standard Examiner report on issues being debated in Utah's Legislature.
    • Turkish-born professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University Seyla Benhabib talks about "The Great Immigration Debate: Facts and Fictions, Ideals and Illusions." Benhabib is participating in a conference on the topic at the University of Utah.
  • March 3
    • Utah native Kevin Holdsworth introduces us to his memoir "Big Wonderful: Notes from Wyoming."
    • Dr. Jim Davis, director of the USU Student Health and Wellness Center, joins us in studio for an update on influenza.
  • March 4
    • Jay Allison, public radio journalist and producer, joins us in the first half. Allison talks about his work as curator of the NPR series "This I Believe."
    • Award winning pianist, Stephen Hough, is our guest in the second half. Hough performs in the Wasserman Festival taking place at Utah State University.
  • March 5
    • USU Watershed Sciences Professor Jack Schmidt, and USU Geology Professor Joel Pederson, explain Utah State University's part in restoring the natural eco-system of the Grand Canyon's Colorado River.
    • Patricia Schultz, travel writer and author of "100 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die," joins us.
  • March 6
    • Senate President John Valentine and Representative Fred Hunsaker join us for a full hour legislative wrap-up discussion.
  • March 7
    • In our Reporter Roundtable portion of the program reporters Dan Harrie from the Salt Lake Tribune and Jenny Brundin from KUER talk about the bills that were passed in Utah's 2008 Legislative session.
    • Ted McCleer, Executive Director of USTAR, discusses the latest developments in the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative. USTAR is a long-term, state funded, investment to ensure that Utah remains a leader in the Knowledge Economy.
  • March 10
    • Dolores Huertes, co-founder and vice president of the United Farm Workers gives a presentation at the University of Utah's Women's Week Celebration entitled "Now is the Time: Activism for Social Change." She joins Lee Austin for a discussion on the topic.
    • Computer Specialist Jonathan Choate is back in studio to discuss the latest technology trends.
  • March 11
    • Mike Kuhns, professor of Wildland Resources, joins us for a full hour conversation on pruning and preparing for the upcoming spring gardening season.
  • March 12
    • Members of the production "NWC" talk about their national touring show which addresses common racial stereotypes.
    • Kay Shean gives us a preview of the upcoming Plan B production of "End of the Horizon" playing at the Rose Wagner Theatre in Salt Lake City.
  • March 13
    • Teresa Theuer, member of the State Board of Education, and Darren Beck from the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools, talk about the legislature and funding for charter schools in Utah.
    • Members of the group "Leaping Lulu" and Inishfre Irish Dancers give us a preview of their "Celtic Night" performance taking place March 15 and 17.
  • March 14
    • Demetria Kalodimos from the WSMV TV in Nashville and Ed Kociela from The Spectrum-Saint George, discuss radioactive nuclear waste coming to Tennessee and Utah.
  • March 17
    • Kerry Bringhurst discusses USU's possible smoking ban on campus with Ryan Barfuss, USU Prevention Specialist, Siam Sayeed, President of the USU International Student Organization, and Dr. Ed Reeve, Faculty Advisor for the International Student Organization.
    • Father Patrick Carley, President of the Hibernian Society, talks about St. Patrick's Day celebrations and traditions.
  • March 18
    • Brent Black, USU Extension Fruit Specialist, is back in studio to answer questions on fruit tree pruning and other small fruit issues.
  • March 19
    • Ann Austin and Lori Roggman, professors in the USU Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development join us along with Sheila Walsh-McDonald from the Salt Lake Community Action Program. Lee Austin hosts a discussion on the childhood poverty rate being on the rise in Utah.
    • Marshall Thompson, Iraq Vet, talks about his anti-war documentary "A Soldier's Peace." The documentary is featured along with a series of events in commemoration of the 5th year anniversary of the Iraq War.
  • March 20
    • Lecia Langston joins Tom Williams for a look at retiring baby boomers and the economy. Lecia Langston is an economist with the Utah Department of Workforce Services.
    • Edgar Cahn, law school founder and social activist talks about the concept of Time Banking: Creating Social Change by Weaving Community.
  • March 21
    • In our Reporters Roundtable discussion reporters Sheena MacFarland from the Salt Lake Tribune, Joe Pyrah from the Provo Daily Herald, and Katie Oliveri from the Spectrum News in Saint George join us for a look at candidates running in the state of Utah in the upcoming November elections.
    • The O.C. Tanner Symposium on the USU campus features "Celebration: Latino Contributions to USU Culture." Our guests Sergio Bernal, Polly Fuhriman, and Daniel Binelli give us a preview of the performance featuring the musical instrument, the bandonian.
  • March 24
    • Stephen Lewis, former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, and Canadian Commentator joins Tom Williams for a discussion on his book "Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS Ravaged Africa." He is a convocations speaker at Southern Utah University.
  • March 25
    • Jeff Meldrum, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology at Idaho State University talks with Lee Austin about his book "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science."
    • Rachel Reuben joins us in the second half for a look at Immigration and American Popular Culture, a topic discussed at this year's O.C. Tanner Symposium at USU.
  • March 26
    • Dr. David Sundwall, Director of the Utah Department of Health, gives us an update on health care reform and the state's uninsured rate.
    • Paul Espinoza, documentary film producer talks about his film work and is a participant in this year's O.C. Tanner Symposium at USU.
  • March 27
    • Former U.S. Army Captain, Chaplain James Yee joins us in the first half. He discusses his experience as chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the espionage charges filed against him which were later dropped.
    • Mark Steinegal, Director of the Utah Division of Real Estate, and David Mansell, President of the Utah Association of Realtors, join Lee Austin for a look at Utah's housing market and mortgage fraud issues.
  • March 28
    • In our Reporters Roundtable discussion we discuss war protests and peace vigils taking place throughout the state with reporters Matthew LaPlante from the Salt Lake Tribune and Emilie Wheeler from the Logan Herald Journal.
    • Authors Diane Boyer and Robert Webb join us for a discussion about their recent book "Damming the Grand Canyon: The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition."
  • March 31
    • Sharon Siskin, Assistant Professor of Art at the University of San Francisco, joins us in the first half. Siskin gives a lecture entitled "Art as a Mirror" on the Weber State University campus as part of the Holocaust Commemoration taking place on the campus.
    • Lee Austin hosts a conversation with USU President Stan Albrecht on the outcome of the Utah Legislative session and its impact on Utah State University. President Albrecht also discusses the success of Utah State's fund raising campaign and other higher education issues.
  • April 1
    • Mike Kuhns, Professor in the USU Wildland Resources Department, is back in studio to answer questions on pruning trees.
    • USU Physicist, David Peak, is this year's Last Lecture Series speaker at Utah State University. David Peak gives us a preview of his lecture which highlights "Complexity and the New Academy: They Put My Office Where?"
  • April 2
    • Playwright, writer, and film director Luis Valdez joins us for an entire hour discussion. Valdez, known as the father of Chicano theatre, will discuss his works which include the Broadway musical and movie Zoot Suit, and his breakthrough film La Bamba. Luis Valdez is a presenter in this year's O.C. Tanner Symposium: Celebracion: Latino Contributions to U.S. Culture.
  • April 3
    • Stephen Kroes, president of the Utah Foundation talks about the Utah Priorities Project and a statewide poll on Utah's Top Ten Issues. According to the poll conducted by Dan Jones and Associates the number one issue that matters most to Utahns in considering Utah's future is energy, including utility and gasoline prices.
    • New York actor Christopher McHale and Adrienne Moore, professor of acting and directing at Utah State University give us a preview of the upcoming production of King Lear playing April 10-12 and 16-19 at the USU Chase Fine Arts Center in Logan.
  • April 4
    • Trial Attorney and suspense writer Gordon Campbell discusses his recently published book Missing Witness.
    • Award-winning author, activist, and lecturer Demetria Martinez joins us. Martinez discusses her latest book of essays Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana and is a presenter at the O.C. Tanner Symposium.
  • April 7
    • Ibrahim Karawan, director of the University of Utah's Middle East Center, has resigned from the position. Dr. Karawan joins us in the first half to discuss the turmoil at the center and will discuss other issues surrounding the controversy.
    • Dr. Matthew Welter from the Cache Valley Specialty Hospital join us for a discussion on prevention and treatment of diabetes.
  • April 9
    • Brad Kasperek from the American Iris Society and Charlotte Brennand from the USU Nutrition and Food Sciences Department join us in studio to answer questions on proper care for Iris flowers.
    • Folk singer and songwriter Celeste Krenz gives us a preview of her upcoming performance with the Bridger Folk Music Society. The performance takes place Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Crumb Brothers Bakery in Logan.
  • April 10
    • We feature a preview of the USU Opera Theater's performance of the Spanish comic opera Luisa Fernanda. Guest stage director Rachel Harris joins us along with the lead singers and Lynn Jemison Keisker, director of USU Opera Theater.
    • Frederick Swanson, author of Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyon joins us. Swanson writes and edits publications about the Colorado Plateau's park lands and wilderness areas from his home in Salt Lake City.
  • April 11
    • In our Reporter Roundtable discussion Terry Orme from the Salt Lake Tribune joins along with Ben Winslow from the Deseret Morning News and Emily Ramshaw from the Dallas Morning News. Lee Austin leads a conversation on the FLDS Compound Rain in El Dorado Texas.
    • Writer Jana Richman talks about her recently published novel The Last Cowgirl.
  • April 14
    • NPR Foreign Correspondent Corey Flintoff talks about his visit on the Utah State University Campus this week and his experience reporting from Iraq.
    • Kurt Ellis, investigator of industrial agriculture and co-producer of the documentary film King Corn, joins us in the second half.
  • April 15
    • Dan Drost, USU Extension Vegetable Specialist, is back in studio to answer listener questions on vegetable gardening.
  • April 16
    • Dr. Nuri Tinaz joins Lee Austin in studio for a discussion about American Muslims: Their Demography, Organizations and Integration. Dr. Tinaz is currently teaching Islam Studies at USU as a Fulbright Scholar recipient.
    • Lynn de Freites, Executive Director of Friends of the Great Salt Lake, joins us in the second half. De Freitas talks about protecting the Great Salt Lakes ecosystem. She gives a presentation on the topic Thursday, April 17 on the USU campus.
  • April 17
    • Frank Caliendo from the USU Economics Department and Brett Hammond, head of investment strategy at TIAA-CREF, discuss preparedness for retirement in America.
    • Kevin Reeve, Vice President for Information Technololgy at Utah State University answers listener questions about the conversion from analog to HDTV.
  • April 18
    • Reporter Roundtable
    • Lee Austin hosts a conversation with Fred Child, host of American Public Media's Performance Today. Performance Today features classical music in concert from across the nation and around the world. Fred Child is our guest at this year's Dinner at Diablo taking place Saturday, April 26 in Torrey.
  • April 21
    • Maure Smith, program coordinator for the GLBTA on the USU campus and student Kevin Olsen join us in the first half. They discuss the Day of Silence taking place on campuses nationwide to protest the discrimination, harassment, abuse, and the silencing faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students in schools.
    • Naval historian Randy Papadopoulos discusses his book Pentagon 9/11, a narrative history of the 9/11 Pentagon attack including 1300 oral histories.
  • April 22
    • Garden specialist Mark Anderson joins Bryan Earl in studio for advice and answers questions on planting your spring garden.
    • Marcus Hall, environmental historian and professor in the U of U History Department, celebrates earth day through examining humans and their relationship with nature through time.
  • April 23
    • Wayne Holland, Chair of the Utah Democrats, and Joe Hatch, Salt Lake County Council, talk about the upcoming Presidential election and the race between democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
    • Continued discussion with Naval historian Randy Papadopoulos on his book Pentagon 9/11.
  • April 24
    • Wade Goodwyn, NPR reporter, Ben Winslow from the Deseret Morning News, and Nathan Bernier, reporter from KUT Radio in Texas, join us for our reporter roundtable discussion. This week, we explore the latest in the FLDS compound raid in Eldorado, Texas.
    • Cache Valley veterinarian Melinda Hillegass is back in studio to answer pet care questions including the latest in vaccines.
  • April 25
    • Utah Public Radio is on the road today in Torrey near Capitol Reef National Park. Lee Austin leads discussions from the Robber's Roost Bookstore. Teasdale poet, painter, and musician joins us in the first half followed our weekly Beehive Archive, and an interview with Riley Mitchell, Chief of Interpretation at Capitol Reef National Park.
  • April 28
    • Carol Strong, Dean of the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education at USU and Dr. Ray Reutzel, Director of the USU Early Childhood Center, talk about the $25 million gift from the Emma Eccles Jones Foundation and how it will benefit the college including a construction of a new building and new Center for Early Care and Education.
    • Regular physician guest Dr. Jim Davis is back in studio to talk about the Top Ten Health Hoaxes of 2007.
  • April 29
    • USU Extension Entomologist Erin Hodgson and Extension Weed Specialist Ralph Whitesides join us in studio to answer questions and give advice on weed and pest control.
  • April 30
    • Gary Hallows, President of the Utah Cattleman's Association, Mark Salvo from the Wild Earth Guardians, and Terry Messmer, USU Extension Wildlife Specialist, talk about the controversy surrounding threats to the sage grouse habitat.
  • May 1
    • In celebration of Law Day, University of Utah Law Professor Linda Smith joins us for a discussion on the many changes Family Law practices has seen over the last century, including the debate over same sex marriage.
    • Len Nichols from the New America Foundation discusses "Reforming Utah's Health Care System." Dr. Nichols presents a lecture on the topic at the Utah Health Policy Project's symposium on covering Utah's uninsured.
  • May 2
    • Lee Austin hosts a full hour conversation with Ed Lueders about his autobiographical novel The Wake of the General Bliss: A Novel of World War II. Lueders is also author of The Clam Lake Papers and is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Utah and a World War II Veteran.
  • May 5
    • Cal Nez, director of the new Utah Native American Chamber of Commerce and Patricia Dark, director of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, join us for a discussion on Utah's diverse population.
    • Lee Austin hosts a conversation with writer Lois Rudnick, author of many books about Mable Dodge Luhan including Mable Dodge Luhan: New Woman, New Worlds. Lois Rudnick is a professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
  • May 6
    • USU Extension Soils Specialist is back in studio with Bryan Earl to answer questions on cover crops.
    • Wyoming writer Ted Kerasote joins us for a discussion on his new book Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age. Kerasote is author of a number of books on nature writing including The New York Times and National Best Seller Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog.
  • May 7
    • Box Elder and Cache County Bee Inspector Martin James is in studio to talk about Utah's honey bee shortage and colony collapse disorder.
    • Steven Prothero, Chair of the Religion at Boston University, is our guest in the second half. Prothero discusses the state of religion in politics in America and is author of Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn't.
  • May 8
    • Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard join us in the first half for a discussion on polygamy issues in Utah, Arizona, and Texas. The Attorneys General are participating in the Safety Net Summit taking place on the topic of polygamy in Saint George.
    • In the second half our discussion on polygamy continues with Attorney Rod Parker, spokesman and representative for the Yearning for Zion Ranch and Mark Timpson from Centennial Park Action Committee which maintains the right of choice in religion and marriages.
  • May 9
    • Our discussion in the first half explores the Lake Powell Pipeline Development Act. Our guests are Paul Van Dam, former Utah Attorney General and executive director of Citizens for Dixie's Future, and Larry Anderson, project manager for the Lake Powell Pipeline Project.
    • Utah Opera presents Mozart's Don Giovanni playing May 10-18. We'll have a preview of the production with the opera's conductor, Robert Tweten.
  • May 12
    • In the first half Democratic lobbyist, political consultant and former member of the Utah House of Representatives, Frank Pignanelli, joins us along with Republican political consultant, former Deseret Morning News managing editor, and publisher of Utah Policy Daily. Webb and Pignanelli are Sunday political columnists for the Deseret Morning News.
    • In the second half we continue our discussion the state party conventions with Utah Republican Party Vice Chair Todd Wieler and Utah Democratic Party Vice Chair Rob Miller.
  • May 13
    • Bryan Earl hosts a full hour conversation with USU Extension Horticulture Agent Heidi Kratsch, Roger Kjelgren, associate professor in the USU Plants, Soils, and Climate Department, and USU Washington County Extension Horticulture Agent, Rick Heflebower. Our guests will discuss native plants in Utah and answer questions on proper care and maintenance for native plants.
  • May 14
    • The American Lung Association's 2008 State of the Air report listed three Utah cities among the worst air pollution in the nation. Cheryl Heying, director of the Utah Division of Air Quality will put the study into perspective for Utahns and what the division is doing to improve air quality throughout the state.
    • 2007 Nobel Prize Winner for Physiology in Medicine, Dr. Mario R. Capecchi, is on the Utah State University campus to present a lecture for the Center for Integrated BioSystems CIBR Student Program. Lee Austin hosts a conversation with Nobel Prize Winner in the second half of the program. Dr. Capecchi is Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah's Eccles Institute of Human Genetics.
  • May 15
    • Tom Williams hosts a conversation about the Washington County Growth and Conservation Act with Washington County Commissioner Alan Gardner and former director of the Citizens for Dixie’s Future, Lin Alder.
    • Utah Public Radio General Manager Cathy Ives joins Program Director Lee Austin for a discussion on UPR’s new program schedule.
  • May 16
    • Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Lab and a group of scientists from the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems are growing plants in space to help astronauts eat better. Reporter Sherry Quinn hosts a full hour discussion on the project with USU Plant Physiologist Bruce Bugbee, Shane Topham from the USU Space Dynamics Lab, and Vladmir Guschen from the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems.
  • May 19
    • Author Mameve Medwed talks with Lee Austin about her new book Of Men and Their Mothers, a novel about mother/son relationships.
    • Kerry Bringhurst hosts a conversation with Bryce Fifefield, new director for USU’s Center for Persons with Disabilities and the outgoing director, Sara Rule.
  • May 20
    • Utah Public Radio can now be heard in Montpelier, Idaho at 95.7. Access Utah is on the road broadcasting from Montpelier’s Oregon Trail Center with host Tom Williams. In the first half Mayor Reed Peterson and his brother Ross Peterson talk about the history of Montpelier and the lore surrounding the railroad town. Later, we feature a discussion on growth and tourism issues in the Bear Lake area. Our guests include Bobbie Coray, new resident of the Bear Lake area and commissioner with the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, Allen Harrison, chair of the Bear Lake Regional Commission, and Mayor of Garden City, Kent Anderson.
  • May 21
    • Reporter Sheri Quinn hosts an hour program about the Grand Prix Utah taking place May 18 and 19 at the Miller MotorSports Park in Tooele.
  • May 22
    • In the first half Tom Williams hosts a discussion on the state of the stock market with Kent Haueter from Harold Dance Investments in Logan.
    • In the second portion of the program we continue our discussion on financial issues with USU Professor of Family and Consumer Science, Jean Lown.
  • May 23
    • Utah Public Radio is bringing back Calling All Pets to our program schedule. We feature a conversation with the host of Calling All Pets Patricia McConnell. Calling All Pets will air Thursday mornings at 10:00.
    • Utah Public Radio introduces The Splendid Table to our newly formatted schedule. Host Rossetto Kasper gives us a preview of the program which will air Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m.
  • June 2
    • Computer Specialist Jonathon Choate from New Dawn Technologies in Logan answers questions on the latest technology trends.
    • Later, Marketplace Morning Report host Scott Jagow joins us in the second half. Marketplace Morning Reports made its debut on our air this morning on Morning Edition. Marketplace Morning Report will air weekday mornings at 6:50.
  • June 3
    • Bryan Earl hosts an entire hour of garden talk this morning with USU Extension Vegetable Specialist Dan Drost.
  • June 4
    • Tom Williams hosts a full hour reporters’ roundtable discussion about the FLDS compound raid controversy. Our guests are Ben Winslow from the Deseret Morning News, Julia Lyons from the Salt Lake Tribune, and Bob Garrett from the Dallas Morning News.
  • June 5
    • Kerry Bringhurst hosts the first half of the program with Paul Weight, Director of the new Cancer Treatment Center in Logan along with Paula Axelrod, Executive Director of the American Cancer Society, Utah Region.
    • Tom Williams hosts movie talk with critic Scott Renshaw from City Weekly.
  • June 6
    • We’ll feature a preview of the upcoming Utah Shakespearean Festival. Fred Adams, Founder and Executive Producer, and R. Scott Phillips, Executive Director, join Tom Williams in the first half. Information is available on their web site at bard.org.
    • The Zion Canyon Art and Flute Festival kicks off next week. Lee Austin will visit with Jody Patterson from the Montgomery Archaeological Consultants. Patterson will give a presentation June 13 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Springdale about restoring, reconstructing, and analyzing the Range Creek Flute. Details are at zioncanyonartandflutefestival.com.
  • June 9
    • USU Extension Entomology Specialist Erin Hodgson joins Bryan Earl in studio to answer your questions on pest control in the garden.
    • Lee Austin hosts a discussion on the latest in the presidential campaign with political scientists Matthew Burbank from the University of Utah and Michael Lyons from Utah State University.
  • June 10
    • Saleem Patka, editor with BBC World Service joins Lee Austin in the first half. Utah Public Radio began broadcasting BBC World Service June 1.
    • Author Elinore Ginzler from AARP talks about her new book Caring for Your Parents: the Complete Family Guide.
  • June 11
    • Access Utah is back on the road broadcasting from Challis, Idaho. Sheri Quinn talks with teachers from Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming who are gathered in Challis to educate teachers, mostly Native Americans, about science projects for students. The National Science Foundation and NASA are sponsoring the workshop which was created by a NASA space grant at Utah State University. The theme of the workshop is science education for Native American teachers.
  • June 12
    • Tom Williams hosts a full hour conversation with Craig Jessop, former music director for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and newly appointed head of the Utah State University Department of Music. He received his bachelor’s degree in music education from Utah State University in 1973 and continued his education at Brigham Young University earning a master’s degree in music education and later earned a doctorate in musical arts from Stanford University in 1980. Jessop served as director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 1999 to 2008.
  • June 13
    • Lee Austin hosts an hour conversation with two authors. In the first half Stephen Singular, author of When Men Become Gods: Mormon polygamist Warren Jeffs, his cult of fear, and the women who fought back. During the mid-break we hear from the Beehive Archive. Later, Dean Bakopoulos talks about his debut novel Please Don’t Come Back from the Moon.
  • June 16
    • Lee Austin hosts a conversation about Seed Cache Valley with Ned Weinshenker from Utah State University, John Davidson from the Bridgerland Applied Technology College, and Craig Bott, President and CEO of Grow Utah Ventures. The Seed Cache Valley Project will help establish a strategic direction for Cache County for fostering entrepreneurial development and the creation of growth and high growth businesses.
    • In the second half Lee Austin talks with Joe Cannon, editor of the Deseret Morning News, and Michael Sweeney, professor and department head of the Journalism and Communication Department at Utah State University. The Deseret Morning News recently cut 35 positions from the staff in order to revamp the paper to become "more local, more online, and more Mormon," according to Joe Cannon. The two guests talk about the changing landscape of the media and what the future holds for print media.
  • June 17
    • Garden specialist Mark Anderson from Anderson Seed and Garden in Logan joins us in studio to answer your gardening questions.
    • KUED Channel 7 examines life on the Outside, a program addressing homelessness among homosexual youth. Lee Austin will talk with documentary filmmaker Natalie Avery and participant in the documentary, Zach Bale.
  • June 18
    • NPR Baghdad Correspondent Corey Flintoff joins Host Lee Austin for a full hour of conversation for the latest on the war in Iraq and the recent car bombing that, according to Flintoff, "was the worst Baghdad has seen in three months."
  • June 19
    • Utah Senator Lyle Hillyard will join us to talk about the campaign race between Mark Walker and Chief Deputy State Treasurer Richard Ellis and the controversy over bribery allegations. The primary for the Utah State Treasurer will be held Tuesday, June 24.
    • Nichole Gagstetter from the Nature Conservancy and Royce Van Tassal from the Utah Tax Payers Association will visit with Host Kerry Bringhurst about critical land preservation issues.
  • June 20
    • Tom Williams will talk about immigration issues while visiting with participants from the panel discussion held by an immigration interim committee hosted by the Utah Legislature. The committee was held at the Logan Utah State University campus this past Thursday. Our guests will include Representative Ben Ferry from Corinne, Representative Glenn Donnelson from North Ogden, Lane Beattie, President and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber, and Dee Rowland, Government Liaison from the Catholic Diocese in Salt Lake City.
  • June 23
    • The USU Center for Persons with Disabilities and the International Research Office are hosting a forum "The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Overview." In the first half Kerry Bringhurst hosts a conversation with Kozue Kay Nagata, a senior economics affairs officer with the United Nations about the call for equal rights for people with disabilities. The forum will take place today at 10:00 a.m. at the Edith Bowen Auditorium on the USU campus in Logan.
    • Lee Austin visits with British composer David Fanshaw. Fanshaw’s work "African Sanctus" will be featured at the Mountain West Songfest and Symposium taking place this weekend on the Utah State University campus in Logan. A complete schedule is available on line at usu.edu/mountainwest.
  • June 24
    • USU Extension Water Conservation and Turfgrass Specialist, Kelly Kopp, joins Bryan Earl in studio to answer your questions on water conservation and lawn care for the summer months.
    • Lee Austin talks with BYU History Professor Susan Rugh. Professor Rugh takes us back to the golden age of family vacations, the topic of her new book Are We There Yet? The Golden Age of American Family Vacations.
  • June 25
    • Kerry Bringhurst hosts a program focusing on the closure of the La-Z-Boy Furniture Manufacturing plant in Tremonton and the economic impact on Northern Utah. Our guests include the General Manager of La-Z-Boy Tremonton plant Richard Hawkes and Department of Workforce Services Regional Economist John Matthews.
    • Tuesday, June 24 was Utah’s Republican Primary election. Two high profile races that gained media attention include he race for U.S. Congress between Chris Cannon and Jason Chaffetz and the controversial race for State Treasurer between Richard Ellis and Mark Walker. Jason Chaffetz beat the incumbent Chris Cannon and will have his name on the ticket for November elections. Incumbent Richard Ellis was the victor also winning his name on the ballet in November. Our guests to discuss the results of Utah’s Republican primary election are political scientists from Brigham Young University Kelly Patterson and Quinn Monson.
  • June 26
    • Utah Festival Opera Company founder and director Michael Ballam and conductor Karen Keltner will discuss the company's upcoming season. Tom Williams will host the interview while broadcasting live from the Cache Valley Center for the Arts Ellen Ecclles Theatre. For opera information and performance dates, visit www.ufoc.org.
    • Wally Bloss, Executive Director of the Cache Valley Center for the Arts, will talk about upcoming events and the partnership between the Cache Valley Center and Utah Public Radio.
    • Logan City Councilman Jay Monson and Cache County Councilman Craig Petersen will talk with Host Lee Austin as they address the proposal for a Cache County-wide library system.
  • June 27
    • Utah Historian Will Bagley previews his new book Always a Cowboy: Judge Wilson McCarthy and the Rescue of the Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad.
    • Gospel Choir Director Barbara Allen from Los Angeles joins us to talk about the Mountain West Songfest, which will take place in Logan later this weekend.
  • June 28
    • Zion Park overview with Superintendent Jock Whitworth. A 30 year veteran of the National Park Service, Whitworth took the lead at Zion in 2003 after a term as Superintendent of the Padre island national Seashore.
    • "Do Your Part for Parks." Zion is one of 15 national parks participating in a "Climate Friendly" parks program, and is part of a new interactive web site that allows participants to calculate their "carbon footprint" and take steps to reduce their CO2 output. Our guest will be Tom Haraden. Haraden, Assistant Chief of Interpretation & Visitor Services
    • The park is organizing a wide range of activities to mark the 100th anniversary of the area’s designation, first, as a national monument. We’ll talk park history and plans for the occasion. Our guest will be Ron Terry, Chief of Interpretation and Visitor Services.
  • July 1
    • Park ranger and geologist Joel Allen joins us in the first segment for a discussion on the geology of Bryce Canyon. He discusses the formation of the famous colorful Claron limestone red rock spires which are collectively called "hoodoos."
    • Later in the program park biologist Sara Hoss and Kelly Fuhriman, chief of resources, talk about the Utah Prairie Dog and human/wildlife conflict and policies. There are over 200 species of birds and over 60 mammals that inhabit the park.
    • Bryce Canyon recently hosted the 8th Annual Astronomy Festival. Park Ranger and astronomer Kevin Poe talks about the park’s Night Sky program. Bryce Canyon is a perfect place for stargazing. On a clear night you can see 2.2 million light years to the Andromeda Galaxy.
  • July 2
    • Dan Drost, Utah State University Extension Vegetable Specialist, joins Bryan Earl in studio for the entire hour. The cool spring weather and hot early summer temperatures has complicated the spring and summer growing season. Drost gives advice on how to cope with drastic weather changes and the adverse effects is can have on your garden.
  • July 3
    • Utah State University economists Devon Bailey and Dillon Feuz discuss trends in agricultural food prices and its impact on Utah and the nation. They also discuss the 90-day shutdown of Moroni Feed in Sanpete County and the economic impact on Central Utah.
    • Veterans Rural Health is is the topic up for discussion in the second half with Terry Schow, Executive Director of the Utah Department of Veterans Affairs. Schow was recently selected to serve on the Veterans Rural Health Committee. Representative Tim Cosgrove also joins us to discuss HB 407-Counseling for Families of Veterans.
  • July 7
    • Stephen Kroes, Executive Director of the Utah Foundation, discusses their research on the housing crisis in Utah in a report entitled "Seeing Through the Bubble: An Overview of Utah’s Housing Situation." To read the full report, visit their web site at www.utahfoundation.org.
    • Sheri Quinn talks with former Thiokol engineer Al McDonald about his forthcoming book on the Challenger space shuttle accident which took place in January of 1986. The Challenger explosion killed seven crew members including a school teacher. The Ogden resident discusses the decision-making process by NASA to allow the launch to go forward in spite of recommendations by Thiokol engineers not to proceed to launch due to unusually cold temperatures that day at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  • July 8
    • With the high price of crude oil scientists are searching for new energy resources including oil shale. Conservation groups are concerned about the environmental and economical impacts development of "black gold" may bring on wildlands and communities. To address the topic our guests include Michael Vanden Berg, geologist from the Utah Geological Survey, Jim Bunger, Director and Chief Consulting Engineer of EcoShale, Fred Wagner from the USU Department of Wildland Resources, and Laura Nelson, former Energy Advisor to Utah’s Governor Huntsman, and currently Vice-President, Energy and Environment of EcoShale.
  • July 9
    • Amid the controversy surrounding bribery allegations against Utah Representative Mark Walker we talk with House Ethics Committee members Representatives Todd Kiser, co-chair of the Ethics Committee, and David Litvack. Lee Austin leads a discussion on legislative ethics committee rules and regulations.
    • Merrill Cazier Library and Cache Microcinema are sponsoring a free public filmscreening of The Hollywood Librarian. We will talk with the writer and director of the film Ann Seidl and Susan MacMurdo.
  • July 10
    • Access Utah comes to you on the road broadcasting live from our downtown studio in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Bryan Earl hosts the first segment with USU plant pathologist and assistant professor of Biology, Kent Evans. Later in the program we feature a preview of the Old Lyric Repertory Company’s 2008 summer season. Tom Williams hosts a conversation with Di Lewis from Utah State Theatre and actors Corey Ewan and Kerry Larsen. For a complete schedule of plays and performance times visit the Old Lyric Repertory Company’s web site at www1.usu.edu/lyric.
  • July 11
    • Preserving genealogical histories and photos is the focus of the entire hour. Tom Williams talks with Randy Williams, Fife Folklore Archives Curator, Special Collections at USU, about creating and preserving family oral histories. Later, we shift to a discussion on preserving family photos and documents with host Kerry Bringhurst and Dan Davis, Photograph Curator, Special Collections at USU.
  • July 14
    • Lee Austin hosts an entire hour focusing on the National Park system’s second century of service and the challenges it will face in the next 100 years. Leadership and Superintendents of the National Park Service will meet at the NPS Superintendent Summit at Snowbird July 16-17. National Park Service Director Mary Bomar joins us along with Canyonlands and Arches National Park Superintendent Kate Cannon for a discussion on the top three goals as the National Park Service looks ahead to the next 100 years: connecting and reconnecting Americans with National Parks, increasing the capacity of the parks through federal and philanthropic programs, and developing new leadership as the service looks ahead to the future. For information about the National Park Service visit their web site at www.nps.gov.
  • July 15
    • Professional horticulturist Maggie Wolf joins Bryan Earl in the gardening segment for a discussion on caring for and harvesting indoor and outdoor herbs.
    • Lee Austin talks with Rod Miller on his new book Massacre at Bear River: First, Worst, Forgotten. The book is an account of the deadliest massacre of Indians in the history of the west.
  • July 16
    • Poet Naomi Shihab-Nye was in Logan on the USU campus earlier this year giving poetry readings and teaching master classes as part of the USU Department of English Speaker Series. Shihab-Nye describes herself as the "wondering poet" and is author of more than 20 books of poetry including You and Yours, 19 Varieties of Gazelle, and Fuel. Naomi Shihab-Nye joins us for the entire hour.
  • July 17
    • Computer specialist Jonathan Choate from New Dawn Technologies in Logan joins us in studio to discuss TV’s digital conversion and other technology trends.
    • Dr. Melinda Hillegass from Mountain View Veterinary Clinic in North Logan and Providence is in studio to answer your pet health care questions. Dr. Hillegass focuses on how to deal with the loss of a beloved pet.
  • July 18
    • Our guests in the first half are Leigh Von der Esch, Managing Director of the Utah Office of Tourism, Nan Anderson, Executive Director of the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition, and Dave Worthington, Park Ranger of Capitol Reef National Park. They discuss travel and tourism in general in Utah. They will also discuss the travel industry’s relationship with the National Parks and the importance of state festivals to tourism.
    • In the second segment our guests include US Attorney Brett Tolman, Ogden Police Chief Jon Greiner, and Tony Yapias from Proyecto Latino de Utah. They will address the issues of gang violence and undocumented workers in Utah.
  • July 21
    • Texas singer/songwriter Terri Hendrix joins us in the first half. She is performing this Friday at the Oyster Ridge Music Festival in Kemmerer, Wyoming and Saturday at Crumb Brothers Bakery on Logan. Information is at oysterridgemusicfestival.com and at bridgerfolk.org.
    • The 4th Annual Boulder Heritage Festival took place over the weekend at the Anazasi Indian Village State. Lee Austin talks with organizers of the event Cheryl Cox, Brenda Woolsey, and Jim Clarke. Boulder, Utah is a unique and beautiful community with a broad cultural diversity and rich history. The theme for this year’s festival is "School Days."
  • July 22
    • USU Extension Entomologist Erin Hodgson joins Bryan Earl in studio to give advice on pest control in your garden.
    • Writer and activist Demetria Martinez joins Lee Austin for a discussion on her book Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana. The book won the 2006 International Latino Book Award for best biography.
  • July 23
    • Utah State University welcomes Dean Yolanda Flores Niemann to the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Lee Austin visits with Dean Niemann in the first half about the biggest challenges and opportunities for the college of HASS, her impressions to date, and her vision for the college.
    • Lee Austin hosts a conversation about the four-day work week being implemented for some state employees. Our guests include Jeff Herring, executive director of the Utah Department of Human Resource Management, state employee Mylitta Barrett, and Todd Sutton, a UPEA employee representative.
  • July 25
    • MSHA released its report today on the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster. The conclusion of the reports was that the mine was "destined to fail." To discuss the mine disaster Kevin Stricklin, Administrator for Coal Mine Safety with MSHA joins us in the first segment of the discussion. Later Salt Lake Tribune reporter Robert Gehrke joins us along with NPR reporter Jeff Brady.
    • In the second segment we visit with Utah Museum of Natural History Executive Director Sarah George and Architect Todd Schliemann about the ground breaking of its new building. Joining Gov Huntsman in the official ceremonies will be a wide representation of the community of teachers and students from across the state, volunteers, donors, Indian Advisory Committee members, etc. One special participant will be former legislator Evan Olsen who made it possible for the Museum to receive its first funding from the state legislature.
  • July 28
    • Tom Williams hosts an entire hour focusing on spectrum autism. Topics include causes, treatment, services, research, increase and prevalence of autism, and services and resources available to parents who are seeking help for their autistic child. Our guests are Dr. Dennis Odell from USU’s Center for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Judith Zimmerman from the University of Utah, Dr. Thomas Higbee, Assistant Professor in USU’s Special Education and Rehabilitation Department, and Christy Covington a parent of an autistic child.
  • July 29
    • Jerry Goodspeed, Utah State University extension horticulture agent, will join Bryan Earl for discussion on several gardening topics, including proper care for small fruits and vegetables, and garden pest control.
    • Wyoming writer Craig Johnson will join Host Lee Austin for a preview of Johnson's new book Another man's Moccasins - A Walt Longmire Mystery. Johnson is author of several novels, including The Cold Dish, Death without Company, and Kindness goes Unpunished.
  • July 30
    • Utah Valley University President William Sederberg, who was recently named the new commissioner of Higher Education, will visit with Host Lee Austin about UVSC's new role as a university. Also, Sederberg will discuss his vision in his new appointment and for the future of Higher Education in Utah.
    • Author Nancy Horan will discuss her debut book Loving Frank, a historical novel blended with fact and fiction about Frank Lloyd Wright and his love affair with Mamah Cheney.
  • July 31
    • Richard E. Turley, managing director of the Family and Church History Department, will discuss his latest literary work, Massacre at Mountain Meadows, which is scheduled to be released mid August. The book discusses the massacre of about 120 California-bound emigrants on September 11, 1857 approximately 35 miles southwest of Cedar City. Massacre at Mountain Meadows is also co-authored by Glen M. Leonard and Ronald W. Walker.
  • August 1
    • Movie critics Steven Salles from the Ogden Standard Examiner and Scott Renshaw from Salt Lake City Weekly join Tom Williams for summer movie talk.
    • Anne Burkholder, Chief Executive Officer of the YWCA in Salt Lake City, and CAPSA Director Jill Anderson visit with Kerry Bringhurst for a discussion on transitional housing for victims of domestic abuse.
  • August 4
    • Salt Lake City writer and photographer Stephen Trimble joins us for the entire hour for a preview of his new book Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America. The book explores the ethics of land ownership and preserving open space in the West. Trimble has published over 20 books focusing on western wildlands and natural history.
  • August 5
    • Dan Drost, USU extension vegetable specialist and professor in the USU Plants, Soils, and Climate Department, joins Host Bryan Earl in studio to talk about several late-summer gardening tips, including what vegetables to plant in August, proper care for tomatoes, and preparing for the harvest season.
  • August 6
    • Jason Barry from the Utah State Energy Program and Tim Wagner from the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club, as part of a task force assigned by Governor Huntsman to research renewable energy solutions, talk about Utah's green future. Utah's goal by 2025 requires that 20 percent of the state's consumed energy be produced by such sources as wind, solar, and geothermal energy generation.
    • In light of the sudden increase in growth and tourism in Boulder City, Host Lee Austin talks with four oral historians about the city's oral history project and how ranching and timber are no longer major sources of the income.
  • August 7
    • New census estimates are out and the Latino population has swelled statewide by 105,000 from about 306,500 since 2000. Latinos now comprise a little over 12% of all Utahns, but experts agree the real number is higher. Guido Arochi was here in Logan to support education initiatives.
  • August 8
    • NPR Correspondent Howard Berks, who is in Beijing, China covering the Olympics, speaks with Tom Williams in an interview recorded by phone the night before the official opening of the Summer Games.
    • Stones in His Pockets is an addition to the 2008 Old Lyric Repertory Company season and features company members Joe Tisa and Richie Call. Kerry Bringhurst is joined in studio by Tisa and Call who talk about the production in which they play fifteen different characters.
  • August 11
    • Utah's NASA Solar System Ambassador Patrick Wiggins joins host Sheri Quinn in the first half to discuss the annual Perseid Meteor Shower, an atmospheric display of burning cosmic debris, taking place August 11 and 12. Patrick Wiggins is retired from Hansen Planetarium where he worked for over 26 years.
    • Lee Austin visits with historian Randy Papadopoulos about his book Pentagon 9/11. The book is a narrative history based on over 1300 oral histories gathered in the aftermath of the attack.
  • August 12
    • Garden specialist Mark Anderson joins Bryan Earl for a discussion on what to plant for the fall garden. Other topics include proper lawn care during the late summer months and how to get rid of grasshoppers and other pesky pests.
    • Lee Austin talks with Bart Weimer, Director of the USU Center for Integrated BioSystems and professor in the USU Nutrition and Food Sciences Department. The center received a grant from the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute to research the sequence of genomes of microbial communities in the Great Salt Lake. The lake may contain microbes with a protein that detoxifies pollutants.
  • August 13
    • Author Shannon Novak joins us for the entire hour for a discussion on her book House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The book offers a sensitive portrait of the victims as individuals, family members, cultural beings, and living bodies. Shannon Novak is assistant professor of Anthropology at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
  • August 14
    • Utah State University hosts the 22nd Annual Small Satellite Conference this week. The annual gathering provides a forum for government, industry, and academia to explore new emerging technologies in small spacecraft development. Sheri Quinn talks with researchers from the USU Space Dynamics Lab and participants in the conference about the expanding business of small satellites.
    • The Utah sex and kidnapping offender registry is expanding to include crimes that do not have a sexual element. The Utah Sentencing Commission questions whether the public needs access to such information. Kerry Bringhurst talks with Representative Paul Ray who is sponsoring the sex offender registry expansion bill and Scott Carver, director of the Utah Sentencing Commission.
  • August 15
    • The National Conventions for the Democratic and Republican parties are coming up in the next couple of weeks. Tom Williams talks politics with political science professors Matthew Burbank from the University of Utah and Michael Lyons from Utah State University. The majority of the conversation will focus on the choosing of the vice-presidential running mates.
    • Utah's new liason between the government and the polygamist community, Pat Merkley, and Anne Wilde from Principle Voices join Kerry Bringhurst in the second half. They discuss efforts to educate government agencies and the public about the FLDS church and polygamy.
  • August 18
    • World News Editor from the Salt Lake Tribune, Michael Nakorvakov, joins Lee Austin in the first half for a discussion on relations between the U.S. and Russia. Nakorvakov began his journalistic career in Moscow.
    • A preview of The Moab Music Festival taking place August 28-September 13. Lee Austin visits with Artist-in-Residence Christopher Layer and Executive Director Andrew Yarosh. Information is at moabmusicfest.com.
  • August 19
    • Kent Evans, USU Extension Plant Pathologist Specialist and professor in the Biology Department at Utah State University, joins us in the first half for garden talk. Professor Evans answers questions and gives advice on effective plant disease control.
    • Montana writer Kira Salak joins Lee Austin in the second half for a discussion on her book The White Mary, a novel about a war reporter named Marika working in Papua New Guinea. Salak patterns her main character Marika after her own experiences traveling the world and reporting in Mozambique and the Congo. Kira Salak is also a travel writer for National Geographic's Adventure Magazine.
  • August 20
    • August 20, 1988, twenty years ago from today the greater Yellowstone area experienced the largest wildfire in recorded history known as "Black Saturday." John Ellsworth, professor in the USU Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, took extensive photographs of the aftermath. Ellsworth returns each year to almost 50 identified sites throughout the park. He joins Lee Austin in the first half.
    • The writers conference "Confluence: A Celebration of Reading and Writing in Moab" takes place October 14-19. The theme this year celebrates the life and work of Edward Abby. The event features keynote speeches and readings by guest authors, panel discussions, gallery art openings, storytelling and more. Executive Director Lori Collins joins Lee Austin for a preview.
  • August 21
    • As the summer Olympic Games draw to a close Tom Williams hosts an entire hour talking with reporters from Utah covering the events about some of their favorite moments, the politics of the IOC, stories of athletes who have triumphed and sacrificed to participate in the games, and more. Joining us by phone from Beijing are Mike Lewis from the Salt Lake Tribune and Scott Taylor from the Deseret Morning News.
  • August 22
    • In the first half managing director of the Utah Office of Tourism, Leigh Von Der Esch, joins Kerry Bringhurst. The Governor's office has allocated $11 million dollars for advertising tourism in Utah. Von Der Esch discusses how the money is being used nationally and internationally and how tourism in the state affects the locals.
    • Tom Williams is joined by Cecilia Wainryb, co-author of the first study on children who grow up in war zones and how it affects their moral development. The researchers studied 96 war-affected Colombian children and adolescents growing up in the midst of armed conflict. Wainryb is a professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Utah. The study was co-authored by Robert Posada, a doctoral student at the University of Utah.
  • August 25
    • The Democratic Convention kicks off today in Denver, Colorado. Tom Williams talks with Bob Springmeyer, candidate for Utah Governor, and delegates Helen Langan, 18 year old Jordan Pazell, and Senator Scott McCoy. They discuss upcoming events at the convention and their expectations for the upcoming days.
    • Utah State University welcomes Daniel Nocera, solar energy researcher and Professor of Chemistry at MIT. Dr. Nocera will be on the USU campus Wednesday, August 27 at 4:00 p.m. in the ESLC building to discuss "Powering the Planet by Artificial Photosynthesis." He is also The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry.
  • August 26
    • Bryan Earl hosts garden talk for the entire hour with USU Extension Entomologist Erin Hodgson and USU Extension Fruit Specialist Brent Black. Topics include insect enigmas and fruit harvesting.
  • August 27
    • Computer specialist Jonathan Choate joins us for an entire hour of computer talk. Topics include internet access issues, cameras and picture storage, spam, cell phones, security issues, and the latest in gadgets and new technology.
  • August 28
    • Marius, the Romanian boy who was severely burned in a fire that also killed both of his parents is now in the U.S. receiving treatment from Shriner's Hospital in Los Angeles. Ten year old Marius and his brother Ionut were in Logan on Tuesday along with Team Marius, the group who made his and his brother’s trip to the United States possible. Kerry Bringhurst talks with Team Marius in the first half recorded from our downtown studio.
    • Sheri Quinn talks with Steve Simms, professor of Anthropology at USU, about his book on Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau.
  • August 29
    • Utah Public Radio General Manager Cathy Ives and Chief Engineer Friend Weller join us to discuss HD radio programming and conversion. Later, we transition to HDTV and Cache Valley being the first in the nation to convert to HD. Joining us in the second half are Ray Child from ComCast Utah, Shermaze Ingram from the National Association of Broadcaster, and UPR Chief Engineer Friend Weller.
  • September 2
    • It's payoff time for all those weeks of watering, weeding, feeding and otherwise taking care of your vegetable garden. But you may still have some questions about late summer gardening, harvesting and storage. The man with the answers, Utah State University Extension Vegetable Specialist Dan Drost joins Bryan Earl for the full hour of today's program.
  • September 3
    • Going back to an act of Congress in 1984 after some activism, States that were penalized that did not enact a drinking age of 21. The Amethyst Initiative, started in July of this year, supports informed and unimpeded debate on the 21 year-old drinking age.
    • The department of English is hosting a speaker series program. Kicking off the event is Keiko Wells, visiting scholar and folklorist from Japan. She will present "What I See in America through the Study of Black Spirituals."
  • September 4
    • Saving Michael Vick's dogs and other abandoned and abused animals is the topic up for discussion in the first half. Tom Williams talks with John Garcia, Assistant Dog Care Manager from Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab which is rehabilitating the dogs along with Hurricane Katrina and Gustav rescued pets.
    • The Republican National Convention concludes today. Kerry Bringhurst hosts a conversation with Utah Republican Chair Stan Lockhart and delegates Steve Lund and David Lazenby. They discuss highlights of the convention including Governor Sarah Palin's speech and what they expect to hear from John McCain's concluding remarks.
  • September 5
    • The Democratic and Republican conventions have come to a close. We feature a full hour of Open Forum for a discussion on highlights at the conventions and what issues the parties will tackle before the elections. In the first half Lee Austin and Tom Williams talk with Deseret News political commentators LaVarr Webb and Frank Pignanelli. Later, two USU students who participated in the conventions join us. Democrat Tabitha Lazenby attended the Democratic Convention and Republican Joseph Irvine attended the Republican Convention.
  • September 8
    • Westminster College in Salt Lake City is hosting a lecture on Race, Class, Gender, and the Elections with educator, filmmaker, and author Dr. John Jackson Jr. Dr. Jackson will join Lee Austin for the entire hour for a discussion on how these issues are playing out during the presidential elections. Dr. Jackson’s presentation is part of the Bastian Foundation Diversity Lecture Series.
  • September 9
    • USU Extension Horticulture Agent, Weber County, Jerry Goodspeed joins Bryan Earl in the first half for garden talk. Topics include fall harvesting, proper care for pansies, dividing perennials, and cover crops.
    • Lee Austin hosts a conversation with author David Ebershoff about his book The 19th Wife. The book combines historical fiction surrounding the life of Brigham Young’s 19th wife Ann Eliza Young with a modern murder mystery involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah.
  • September 10
    • Global warming and its affect on Alaska is the topic of discussion in the first half. Chris Lueke, USU Watershed Resources Department Head, talks with Tom Williams about his research. Dr. Lueke’s ten years of research have uncovered some troubling trends including fish getting thinner, streams drying up, landslides, and more.
    • Anthony Peacock, professor in the USU Political Science Department talks about his new book Deconstructing the Republic: Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders Republicanism Reconsidered. The book focuses on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which secured the right to vote for black citizens in the Jim Crow south almost 100 years after passage of the 15th Amendment.
  • September 11
    • In the first half Tom Williams visits with Joel Snyder, professor at the University of Chicago. Snyder specializes in the history of photography, theory of photography and film, history, and theory of perspective. He will be a guest on the Utah State University campus next Tuesday, September 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the USU Performance Hall.
    • Today is the 7th anniversary of September 11. History teachers Jason Soffe from Logan High School and Scott Crump from Bingham High in South Jordan join us along with Bingham High student Tony Mickelsen for a discussion on how teachers today are tackling the task of teaching 9/11 to students. They also share their memories and stories about the tragic and historic day.
  • September 12
    • Public and private land managers along with researchers will gather at Utah State University next week for a conference on "Restoring the West and Frontiers in Aspen Restoration." Paul Rogers, director of the Western Aspen Alliance joins Kerry Bringhurst for a discussion on ways to monitor the Aspen ecosystem and the affects climate change may have on Aspen forests.
    • Heber Valley is the 10th fastest growing area in the country. Tom Williams explores the pros and cons of urban growth with guests Bob Wren, Wasatch County Planning Commissioner, and Wasatch County Councilman Steven Farrell.
  • September 15
    • Utah State University's Department of Political Science hosts the Justice Scalia and the Rule of Law Conference September 15-16 on the USU campus. Lee Austin hosts an entire hour with scholars from across the country who are participating and presenting at the conference. Our guests in the first half include Ralph Rossum, Director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College, and Ed Whelan, President of the Ethics and Policy Center. In the second half our guests are Louis Fisher, Specialist in Constitutional Law at the Law Library, Library of Congress, and Joyce Lee Malcom, Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law. Justice Scalia speaks today from noon to 1:00 in the TSC Ballroom.
  • September 16
    • USU Extension Weed Specialist Steven Dewey joins Bryan Earl in the first half for garden talk. Dewey discusses proper herbicide applications to use on select noxious weeds such as Morning Glory and other perennial weeds.
    • Andrew Revkin, Science Reporter from the New York Times joins us in the second half. Revkin will give the keynote address for the Annual Ethics and Public Policy Symposium September 18 on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem. His presentation it entitled "The Hot Seat: Making Sense of Climate Change, from the North Pole to the White House."
  • September 17
    • Wells Fargo Bank Executive Vice President and economist joins Lee Austin in the first half for a look at Utah's economy following the bankruptcies on Wall Street. Today the Dow Jones is down more than 400 points after the $85 Billion bailout by the U.S. government of American International Group Inc. Wall Street fears what other institutions may be next to crumble.
    • We have a preview of Utah State Theater's upcoming production of "Doubt: A Parable" by John Patrick Shanley. Shanley is the recipient numerous awards including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2005 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, and the 2005 New York Drama Critic's Circle Best Play. The production runs September 24-27 and October 1-4 at the Caine Lyric Theater in Logan.
  • September 18
    • Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank and police chiefs from across the country traveled to Israel last week for a conference on terrorism and disasters. Chief Burbank talks with Tom Williams about Israeli anti-terrorism strategies at airports, how to respond to mass casualties, border crossings, and other public area terrorism issues.
    • The Utah State University Department of English Speaker Series welcomes Wyoming writer Mark Spragg reading from his work today. Spragg is author of Where Rivers Change Direction, The Fruit of Stone, and An Unfinished Life. Mark and his wife, Virginia, wrote the screenplay for An Unfinished Life, which was released in 2005 by Miramax Films.
  • September 19
    • Kevin Young, lecturer at Utah State University's Brigham Young campus, talks with Tom Williams about his work with students to create their own wiki textbook using Wikibooks, a companion site to Wikipedia that allows users to create a free library of textbooks anyone can edit. The class was taught remotely through IP broadcast technology to students enrolled in Provo College’s pre-nursing programs. Two of his former students also join us to discuss their participation in the program.
    • Emmy Award winning actress Sally Struthers joins Kerry Bringhurst in the second half to talk about her role as Mother Superior in the 25 Anniversary tour of the musical "Nunsense." The production travels to Logan Saturday, September 20 for two performances at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Struthers is best known for her character, Gloria, in the popular 1970's television series "All in the Family."
  • September 22
    • Access Utah is back on the road broadcasting from our downtown studio. In the first half Lee Austin hosts a conversation on main street traffic issues in Logan. Our guests include Vic Saunders, region one spokesman for UDOT, Jeff Gilbert from the Cache Metropolitan Planning Organization, and local businessman Wayne Barlow.
    • We feature a preview of the East Village Opera Company with co-founder and multi-instrumentalist Peter Kiesewalter. The group will perform in Logan at the Ellen Eccles Theatre September 22 and 23.
  • September 23
    • Kelly Kopp, USU Extension Turfgrass and Water Conservation Specialist, joins Bryan Earl in the first half. She addresses questions on proper care for your lawn in the late summer/early fall.
    • Lee Austin visits with Tori Spellman-Diaz, oboist from the five member wind quintet, the Imani Winds. We get a preview of the performance by the Grammy nominated ensemble which takes place this evening at 7:30 p.m. at the USU Performance Hall in Logan.
  • September 24
    • Access Utah is on the road, live from the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts in Jackson Hole, WY. The featured guests are media professionals from around the world speaking about subjects focused on space.
  • September 25
    • Utah Public Radio’s Kerry Bringhurst speaks with Robert Winward and Craig Law, faculty members in the Art Department at Utah State University, about the cultural immersion summer program in Switzerland for graphic design students.
    • Noted independent historian William P. MacKinnon is featured during the second segment. MacKinnon discusses the 2008 Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture he will give about the Utah War and its future study with host Tom Williams.
  • September 26
    • Access Utah is in the road broadcasting live from Escalante, Utah. The town is hosting the annual Escalante Canyons Art Festival September 25-27. Lee Austin visits with the festival's keynote speaker Craig Childs who will talk on "Following the Water Down: A Journey Through Canyon, Flood, and Spring." Other guests include writers Robert Steensma, artist Doug Braithwaite, architectural historian Larry Barnes, and festival organizer Sandy Larsen.
  • September 29
    • Alan Weisman, author of the best-selling book The World Without Us joins Lee Austin. The nonfiction work explores how our planet would respond without the relentless pressure of the human presence. Weisman gives a presentation on the topic Tuesday, September 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall on the University of Utah campus.
    • Author Mameve Medwed talks about her book Of Men and Their Mothers, a novel about mother/son relationships.
  • September 30
    • Lee Austin visits with playwright James Arrington about his play "March of the Salt Soldiers," also written by Mahonri Young. The play centers around the events of the Utah War of 1857-58 presented with historical fact and humorous human conflict. March of the Soldiers plays in Logan Saturday, October 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Caine Lyric Theatre in Logan.
    • Author Richard Francaviglia talks about his new book Over the Range: A History of the Promontory Summit Route of the Pacific Railroad. The book explores the geographical-historical context of the driving of the golden spike in May 1869. Francaviglia is a professor of history and geography and director of the Center for Southwestern Studies and Cartography at the University of Texas Arlington.
  • October 1
    • Julie Staggers, assistant professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, discusses "Learning to Love the Bomb: How Cultural Studies Helps Us Analyze Failures in Technical Culture." Her research on health and environmental risks in company towns informs and is informed by her experiences growing up adjacent to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Staggers gives a presentation on the topic this week as part of the USU Department of English Speaker Series.
    • The Fry Street Quartet members Anne Francis and Rebecca McFaul give us a preview of their upcoming concert featuring the Beethoven Cycle with renowned scholar, pianist, and media author Robert Winter. Performances take place October 2-4 at 7:30 p.m. at the USU Performance Hall in Logan.
  • October 2
    • Access Utah is back on the road broadcasting live from the Utah Botanical Center in Kaysville. Bryan Earl is joined by USU Extension Horticulture Agent Jerry Goodspeed for a full hour discussion on fall gardening and the harvest season.
  • October 3
    • Political commentators LaVarr Webb and Frank Pignanelli join us Tom Williams for a post VP debate discussion. Ella Myers, professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, joins us to discuss gender issues and the upcoming election.
    • Kerry Bringhurst talks with "lost boy" John Bul Dau in the second half. Dau was born in war-torn Sudan and in 1987 his village was attacked by government-sponsored forces. As one of thousands of Lost Boys of Sudan, Dau wondered hundreds of miles and faced disease, starvation, and violence until arriving in Kenya. John Bul Dau was a guest on the USU campus.
  • October 6
    • The first Monday of October is when the Supreme Court opens and a new round of cases are brought before the high court. Kerry Bringhurst will talk about the cases and their Utah connections with law experts Amy Wildermuth from the University of Utah, RonNell Anderson Jones, and Tom Lee from Brigham Young University.
    • Lee Austin visits with Robert Winter, renowned scholar, pianist, and media author. Winters is performing The Beethoven Cycle alongside the Fry Street Quartet at the USU Performance Hall in Logan. Winters is also offering lectures and workshops on campus.
  • October 7
    • New York Times reporter Matthew Wald joins Lee Austin broadcasting live from our downtown studio. Wald presents a public lecture entitled "A Low Carb Diet for the Planet" Tuesday, October 7 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Utah State University TSC Ballroom. He will discuss the complexity of getting on the right track to achieve big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
    • The USU English Speaker Series welcomes author and USU Alumnus Brandon Schrand reading from his recent book Enders Hotel: A Memoir Wednesday, October 8 at 10:30 in the USU Family Life Building. Schrand joins Lee Austin in the second portion of the program to talk about his journey from student to successful, published author.
  • October 8
    • Author and former Utah Poet Laureate David Lee joins Lee Austin in the first half to discuss his new works. Utah's first Poet Laureate will deliver the keynote address at the Entrada Institute's Fall Fundraiser. The event takes place Saturday, October 11 at 6:00 p.m. at the Westminster College, Gore School of Business Auditorium in Salt Lake City.
    • Mario Capecchi, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, joins us in the second portion of the program. Capecchi is currently the Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
  • October 9
    • Bryan Earl visits with Rick Hefelbower, USU Extension Horticulture Agent from Washington County, on fall gardening and harvest issues. Topics include proper lawn care during the late fall months, what to plant in northern and southern Utah, and fruit season in the northern part of the state.
    • Dr. Marc Babitz, director of the Division of Health Systems Improvement with the Utah Department of Health, joins us in the second half. Tom Williams hosts a conversation with Dr. Babitz about challenges in the rural healthcare arena for those seeking treatment and for healthcare professionals.
  • October 10
    • Melia Tourangeau, President and CEO of the Utah Opera and Symphony, and Christopher MacBeth, Artistic Opera Director, join Tom Williams in the first half. We feature a preview of Utah Opera's upcoming Fall 2008 season opening with Madame Butterfly.
    • Kerry Bringhurst is joined in studio by Cathy Ferrand Bullock from USU's Journalism and Communication Department and a victim of domestic violence. The discussion focuses on the press and domestic violence, and how victims of domestic violence cope in the aftermath of abuse. Cathy Ferrand Bullock was recently featured as the HASS Hour speaker. Her presentation was titled The Press and Domestic Violence: Should we blame the messenger?
  • October 13
    • Lee Austin visits with author Terry Tempest Williams on her new book Finding Beauty in a Broken World: A Mosaic. Williams, an advocate for a just relationship between the natural world and human kind, searches for a deeper understanding of what it means to be human in an era of physical and spiritual fragmentation. Terry Tempest Williams is participating in this year's Utah Humanities Book Festival taking place October 22-25 at the Salt Lake City Main Library and other locations and times around the state. For a complete schedule go on line at utahhumanities.org.
  • October 14
    • Dan Drost, USU Extension Vegetable Specialist, will join us for the entire hour. Topics include preparing the garden for winter, proper fruit and vegetable storage including carrots, squash, potatoes, onions, and garlic.
  • October 15
    • Author Ed McClanahan joins Lee Austin in the first half. He is reading from his work this week on the Utah State University campus as part of the English Speaker Series. McClanahan is author of The Natural Man, A Congress of Wonders, Famous People I Have Known, My Vita, If You Will, and, most recently, O, The Clear Moment.
    • Author Jared Farmer, originally from Salt Lake City, talks about his new book On Zion's Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape. Farmer is also author of Glenn Canyon Dammed: Inventing Lake Powell and the Canyon Country and is currently a professor of History at the University of New York at Stony Brook. He is participating in this year's Utah Humanities Book Festival. Information is at utahhumanities.org.
  • October 16
    • Tom Williams hosts an entire hour featuring a discussion on the phenomenon of blogging, blog culture and technology. Joining us in studio include computer specialist Jonathan Choate, blogger Loralee Choate, Nancy Williams, assistant professor in the Journalism and Communication department at Utah State University, and "TAMN," creator of the popular blog site "Seriously So Blessed."
  • October 20
    • Lee Austin visits with poet and 2008 May Swenson Award Winner Idris Anderson in the first half. Anderson is a guest on the USU campus and is reading from her work Mrs. Ramsay's Knee as part of the USU English Speaker Series. The reading takes place today at noon in the USU Haight Alumni Center.
    • Tom Williams hosts a discussion on Sevier County's Proposition 1, which if it is passed on November 4th, will give Sevier County citizens the final say over construction of a coal-fired plant in Sigard. Our guests to discuss both sides of the issue are Jeff Owen, attorney representing the Sevier County Right To Vote Committee, and Fred Finlanson, attorney for Sevier Power.
  • October 21
    • Access Utah presents the beginning of a series of political debates taking place throughout the remaining weeks before the November 4th Election. Today, Republican Senator Lyle Hillyard and his opponent, Democratic candidate, Joe Dulin, debate the issues in the first half with moderator Lee Austin.
    • Utah State University President Stan Albrecht joins us in studio to discuss budget issues and how the $6.5 million dollar budget cut by the Utah Legislature will affect the university's faculty, staff, and students. There will be a question and answer Open Forum today to address budget issues from noon to 1:15 in Old Main, room 121.
  • October 22
    • In the first half we continue our coverage of debates with Republican incumbent Jack Draxler and Democratic opponent Tanya Taylor, candidates for Utah House of Representatives Race, Distict 3.
    • Lee Austin visits with Thrity Umrigar, author of the national best seller, The Space Between Us. The novel has been published in over 15 countries and has been optioned to be made into a movie. A seasoned speaker, she inspires and encourages audiences to write and tell their own stories, and lectures on issues of class, gender differences, immigration, cultural differences, and about how to develop and foster community.
  • October 23
    • Lee Austin visits with poet and 2008 May Swenson Award Winner Idris Anderson in the first half. Anderson is a guest on the USU campus and is reading from her work Mrs. Ramsay's Knee as part of the USU English Speaker Series. The reading takes place today at noon in the USU Haight Alumni Center.
    • Tom Williams hosts a discussion on Sevier County's Proposition 1, which if it is passed on November 4th, will give Sevier County citizens the final say over construction of a coal-fired plant in Sigard. Our guests to discuss both sides of the issue are Jeff Owen, attorney representing the Sevier County Right To Vote Committee, and Fred Finlanson, attorney for Sevier Power.
  • October 24
    • Fred Hunsaker and Gilberto Urroz - Utah House of Representatives Race, District 4
    • Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff - Republican Incumbent
  • October 27
    • Curt Webb and Suzanne Marychild - Utah House of Representative Race, District 5
    • Jean Welch Hill - Democratic Candidate for Utah Attorney General
  • October 28
    • Stephen Urquhart and Brooks Pace - Utah State Senate Race, District 29
  • October 29
    • Alan Gardner and Lin Alder - Washington County Commissioner Race
  • October 30
    • Rob Bishop and Morgan Bowen - U.S. Congressional Race, District 1
  • November 3
    • We feature an hour discussion on Open Space issues. In the first half Tom Williams talks about Cache County's Open Space Proposition One with Cache County Executive Lynn Lemon and Dave Rayfield from the Cache County Critical Lands Committee.
    • In the second half conversation on open space issues throughout the state continues with Wendy Fisher from Utah Open Lands and Royce Van Tassell from the Utah Taxpayers Association.
  • November 4
    • Lee Austin hosts an entire hour with American writer Richard Peck about his works A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder, set in the farm town where his father grew up. Peck is known for his contributions to middle-age and young adult novels and has published over 20 works. Peck participated in the Utah Humanities Book Festival in Salt Lake City last month.
  • November 5
    • Republican Party vice-chair Todd Weiler and Democratic Party chair Wayne Holland join us for a post-election discussion in the first half. Lee Austin leads the discussion on local politics and national politics including presidential and congressional results.
    • We transition from politics to poetry with Mark Doty, author of six books of poems and the only American to have won Great Britain's T.S. Eliot Prize. Doty is on the Utah State University campus as part of the English Speaker Series and is participating in a panel discussion at the USU Haight Alumni Center on the USU campus.
  • November 6
    • The National Press Club Centennial Forum on The First Amendment, Freedom of the Press and the Future of Journalism is taking place this week. Tom Williams talks with panelists Ted Pease from USU's Department of Journalism and Communications and Gil Klein, National Press Club Centennial Project Director.
    • Computer specialist, Jonathan Choate, from SD-7 in Logan joins us in studio to answer your computer questions.
  • November 7
    • The Folklore Society of Utah is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and the annual conference is taking place November 7-8 on the Utah State University campus. Tom Williams visits with folklorist David Stanley, keynote speaker for the conference, and Elaine Thatcher from the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies at USU.
    • The University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of State to aid the Iraqi government in establishing an independent judiciary with adequate legislative and constitutional authority. Kerry Bringhurts talks with Hiram Chodosh, Wayne McCormick, and Chibli Mallat from the University of Utah as they return from Bagdad about the Global Justice Project in Iraq.
  • November 10
    • Lee Austin visits with South African poet and scholar Gabeba Baderoon who will read from her work today at the Haight Alumni Center on the USU campus. Baderoon is author of the collections The Dream in the Next Body, The Museum of Ordinary Life, and A Hundred Silences. She teaches at Pennsylvania State University and received the DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Poetry 2005.
    • Dorothee Kocks, Editor in Chief of The Wasatch Journal, joins is in the second half along with fiction writer, Joe Totten, who was featured in the inaugural issue of the outdoor magazine.
  • November 11
    • The Utah State University Intensive English Language Institute is hosting the International Academic Advisors on the USU campus this week. Educational Advisors representing countries throughout the world are in Utah receiving hands-on training on how to assist incoming foreign students.
    • Craig Jessop, USU Music Department Head and former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, joins us to discuss the newly formed American Festival Chorus which is hosting its premiere Veterans Day concert this evening at 7:30 p.m. at the USU Kent Concert Hall. The American Festival Chorus also performs Mozart's Requiem November 15 at 7:30 p.m. also at the USU Kent Concert Hall.
  • November 12
    • Patricio Ortiz, Assistant Professor in the College of Education, served various human rights missions in Latin America. Dr. Ortiz will be presenting on his experiences in Haiti during the early 90's and joins us in the first segment of the program.
    • The Utah Senate has appointed new leadership. Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack and Minority Leader Patricia Jones join Lee Austin for a discussion on issues that will be addressed in the coming year.
  • November 13
    • Jean Lown, Professor in the USU Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development, joins us in studio to give advice on how to cope during difficult economic times including tips on preserving your retirement fund.
    • Kerry Bringhurst hosts a conversation with staff from the Utah Climate Center on the USU campus. The Utah Climate Center is partnering with Utah Public Radio to bring you the latest weather information including daily forecasts, storm warnings, and weather tidbits.
  • November 14
    • Tom Williams hosts a conversation with movie critic Sean Means from the Salt Lake Tribune. He discusses the art house culture in Utah and give us a holiday movie preview.
    • PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger joins Kerry Bringhurst in the second half. Paula Kerger joined Public Broadcasting Service in March 2006 as its sixth President and Chief Executive Officer. She is in Salt Lake City as a guest on KUED's Utah NOW with Doug Fabrizio.
  • November 17
    • Ona Siporin, editor of Western Historical Quarterly and returning Access Utah essayist, joins Lee Austin in the first half. Siporin is also an adjunct instructor at Utah State University and helped organize and translate in classes for American students visiting Venice on their summer abroad.
    • Katharine Coles, Utah's Poet Laureate joins us in the second half. Coles has published three collections of poems, The Golden Years of the Fourth Dimension, A History of the Garden, and The One Right Touch, and two novels, Fire Season and The Measurable World; her fourth collection, Fault, an intersection of science and art.
  • November 18
    • Garden specialist Mark Anderson joins us in studio to answer questions on proper care for holiday plants.
    • House Majority Leader Kevin Garn updates on the latest issues to be debated in the upcoming legislative session. Topics include sales tax revenues, education, health, ethics reform, and more.
  • Nevember 19
    • Designer Eileen Jones, National Discipline Leader for Perkins+Will/ Eva Maddox Branded Environments, is on the Utah State University campus giving a presentation at the USU Performance Hall and is our guest in the first half. Jones has been recognized for her design excellence, garnering multiple awards with her project teams, and speaks at many educational and professional venues.
    • Audrey Graham from the Grand County Council, and David Nimkin from the National Parks Conservation Association, join us for a discussion over the controversy of the BLM's oil and gas leases.
  • November 20
    • Tom Williams hosts an entire hour focusing on Aging in Place and Nursing homes. In the first half, our guests include Peter Hebertson, Director of Outreach Services with Salt Lake County Aging Services, and personal care aid Goldie Barron. Sara Sinclair, former CEO of The Sunshine Terrace Foundation in Logan joins us for a discussion on selecting the right nursing home for your loved one.
  • November 21
    • Senator Scott McCoy and Utah Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka talk about their views on California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.
    • Former Logan Mayor Doug Thompson from Cache Community Connections and Jim Bilsky with the Logan Buddhist Sanga give us a preview of the Interfaith Thanksgiving Service taking place Sunday, November 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the Logan Tabernacle.
  • November 24
    • Lee Austin hosts a Pre-Thanksgiving food special with Blake Spalding from Hells Backbone Grill in Boulder, Utah. Spalding gives us a preview of what's on the menu at Hell's Backbone Grill on Thanksgiving Day and gives advice for your holiday cuisine.
    • Heather Tritten, Executive Director of the Utah Community Action Partnership Association, talks about Utah's poverty rate and food insecurity. Tritten discusses the causes and effects of poverty, the current poverty rate in Utah and the nation, the effect of the current economic downturn on low-income Utahns, and ways we can end poverty in our state.
  • November 25
    • Kerry Bringhurst hosts a conversation with Dr. Douglas Lemon, the new director for the USU Space Dynamics Laboratory. The USU alum holds a bachelor's degree and PH.D. in physics from USU and was awarded the university's coveted Robin's Award in 1974. Lemon's career spans nearly 30 years in various roles at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State.
    • Lee Austin hosts a discussion with Utah's House Minority Leader David Litvack about the upcoming legislative session and issues that are on the forefront for debate.
  • December 1
    • We host an entire hour focusing on the issue of hazing on college campuses. Utah State University recently lost a student who died of alcohol poisoning as a result of hazing. Lee Austin explores university policies concerning fraternities and sororities, alcohol poisoning, and hazing with guests Mary Beth Mackin, Assistant Dean of Student Life at UW-Whitewater, Tracey Maxwell, executive director of HazingPrevention.org., and Melanie Carroll from the Gordie Foundation. Later, we take a look at a study conducted on hazing with Mary Madden, associate professor from the University of Maine and Travis Apgar, Associate Dean of Students at Cornell University.
  • December 2
    • Alta ski resort is celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year. KUED presents "The Alta Experience", a documentary exploring the history and culture of the ski area. Lee Austin talks with KUED producer Joe Prokop and Alan Engan, Director of Skiing at Alta and the son of the founder Alta’s ski school and ski legend Alf Engan.
    • Photographer Rosalie Winard is featuring her traveling exhibit "Wild Birds of the American Wetlands" at the Utah Musuem of Natural History on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City. She will give us a preview of the exhibit in the second half.
  • December 3
    • The Utah legislature will be proposing new restrictions on lobbyist give in the upcoming January session. Representative Sheryl Allen and Senator Karen Morgan join us to discuss the possible changes that will be made in ethics reforms bills.
    • Utah Health Policy Project, Medicaid Policy Director, Lincoln Nehring joins us in the second half. He talks about the controversy over Medicaid services being cut in Utah while enrollment is increasing.
  • December 4
    • Utah Public Radio General Manager, Cathy Ives, celebrates her two-year anniversary at the station. She discusses goals for the future and examines accomplishments within the last two years. Topics include digital radio, the new USU student station, Fusion HD3, programming, listener surveys and more.
    • Tom Williams talks about the increasing problem of childhood obesity in Utah and throughout the nation. Our guests Dr. Daniel Jackson and parent, Tony Peckson talk about ways to combat childhood obesity and how to encourage children to be physically active and eat right.
  • December 5
    • We feature a full hour of maintenance and repair advice for home appliances and cars. Gene Thomson from Thomson Premiere Lighting and Appliance Center in Logan gives advice on how to make your appliances last longer. Later, we continue the topic of maintenance and repair for cars with mechanics James Porter and Ron Stagg from Import Auto in Logan.
  • December 8
    • Mary Lou Finlay, former co-host of the Canadian based As It Happens news program, joins Lee Austin in the first half. In celebration of the programs 40th year anniversary, Finlay talks about her newly released book "The As It Happens Files: Radio that May Contain Nuts."
    • Author Nancy Horan talks about her recently released historical fiction novel "Loving Frank" which explores the life of designer Frank Lloyd Wright.
  • December 9
    • Craig Aston, Senior Lecturer in the Plants, Soils, and Climate Department at Utah State University, joins Bryan Earl in studio to give advice on indoor plant care including poinsettias and Christmas trees.
    • Gary Lawrence from Lawrence Research in California talks about his new work "How Americans View Mormonism." Lawrence recently gave a presentation for the HInkley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
  • December 10
    • Kendall Oliphant, Senior VP for Thredgold Economic Associates, gives us an update on the small business index and addresses financial issues during this difficult economic times.
    • Wyoming writer Craig Johnson talks about his fiction novel "Another Man's Moccasins."
  • December 11
    • Utah Senator Lyle Hillyard joins Tom Williams for a look at the Governor's Budget and other issues that will be addressed in the 2009 Legislative session in beginning in January.
    • State Epidemiologist Robert Rolfs talks with Kerry Bringhurst about prescription pain medications and how to combat addiction.
  • December 12
    • Utah State University President Stan Albrecht joins us in studio to discuss the $6.5 million dollar budget cut by the Utah Legislature. Tom Williams discusses with Albrecht the units on campus that will be impacted the most by the budget cuts.
    • Composer Kurt Bestor joins us live to give us a preview of his Christmas concerts taking place across the state and discusses his inspiration behind his music including his well known "Prayer for the Children."
  • December 15
    • Access Utah is on the road broadcasting live from the State Capitol. In the first half Lee Austin talks with Governor Jon Huntsman and his budget director John Nixon about the new budget proposal and economic stimulus plan which would require borrowing money.
    • In the second half we feature our annual book recommendations for Christmas with independent book seller Betsy Burton and Jean Cheney with the Utah Humanities Council.
  • December 16
    • Craig Aston from the USU Plants, Soils, and Climate Department is back in studio this week to continue the discussion on holiday plants and proper indoor plant care.
    • Utah writer and filmmaker William Kerig talks about his newly published book "The Edge of Never: A Skiers Story of Life, Death and Dreams in the World's Most Dangerous Mountains."
  • December 17
    • Kerry Bringhurst talks with Toby Weed, Logan Area Forcaster from the Utah Avalanche Center, about avalanche safety, skiing in the back country, and other winter safety issues.
    • Joe Sehee from the Green Burial Council talks about a new way to go green. Lakeview Memorial Cemetery is the first in Utah to offer green burial options which include an eco-friendly burial with a biodegradable casket.
  • December 18
    • Utah Public Radio and Access Utah celebrate the season with Pickleville Playhouse in a presentation with Santa and his little helpers as they take you on a Christmas musical journey to the North Pole. Later, folk string band Sassafras brings us holiday joy with a live performance featuring folk Christmas music.

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