Tom Williams
UPR Management | Program Director | Access Utah HostTom 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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We check in with Utah State University President Brad Mortensen. We get his reaction to the Utah Legislature’s audit of USU, the university's strategic reinvestment plan, and more. -
Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Leia Larsen, and Peggy Fletcher Stack talk about the week’s top stories, including Utah planning to buy one of the state’s major polluters. -
We're joined by Molly McCully Brown, author of the essay collection "Places I’ve Taken my Body" and the poetry collection "The Virginia State Colony For Epileptics and Feebleminded." -
We talk with USU alum Peter McChesney about his new book "Quinto’s Challenge," which poses the question: What if science and religion collided and resurrection became a present reality? -
Salt Lake Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Jose Davila IV, and Leia Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including the beginning of the Utah Legislature’s 45-day session. -
We broadcast live from the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on the opening day of the 2026 session of the Utah Legislature. -
Salt Lake Tribune reporters Courtney Tanner, Brooke Larsen, and Emily Anderson Stern talk about the week’s top stories, including longtime UVU President Astrid Tuminez stepping down. -
We talk with Utah author Gabriel Tallent. His new novel is called "Crux." Dan and Tamma are two teenagers in their last year of high school in the southern Mojave Desert -
On this year's poetry roundup, we feature conversation with and poetry from Utah Poet Laureate Lisa Bickmore, along with poets Danielle Dubrasky and Olivia Dudding Rodriguez. -
Salt Lake Tribune reporters Carmen Nesbitt, Paighten Harkins, and Leia Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including bestselling authors suing Utah officials over book bans.
