Contemporary folklore in a polarized world on Access Utah

By Tom Williams

Published September 30, 2024 at 4:34 PM MDT

Tom Mould is a professor of anthropology and folklore at Butler University.

He came to the UPR studios to talk about the lecture and several of his books, including "Choctaw Tales;" "Still, the Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, and Mormon Folk Tradition;" and "Overthrowing the Queen: Telling Stories of Welfare in America."

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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