Behind the Headlines
From its politics to its public lands to polygamy, Utah has always been fertile ground for news. Here on UPR, The Salt Lake Tribune presents a fresh way for Utahns to process the headlines. Behind the Headlines, a live weekly broadcast, examines the week’s top local stories through the eyes of reporters on the beat.
Hosted by UPR's Tom Williams, a rotating panel of the state’s top journalists explain what’s happening in the Beehive State along with the hows and whys.
Listeners can join the discussion by sending questions to @upraccess on Twitter or emailing upraccess@gmail.com.
Behind the Headlines is brought to you through a partnership with Utah Public Radio and The Salt Lake Tribune.
Latest Episodes
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Tribune reporters Carmen Nesbitt, Michael Lee and Tamarra Kemsley, along with news columnist Robert Gehrke join to talk about the week’s top stories, including school districts awaiting a statewide book ban list as Utah plans to retroactively enforce a new law. -
Tribune reporters Palak Jayswal, Emily Anderson Stern and Andy Larsen join this week to talk about the week’s top stories, including Natalie Cline losing her Utah school board seat. -
Tribune reporters Anastasia Hufham, Palak Jayswal and Emily Anderson Stern, along with news columnist Robert Gehrke join to talk about the week’s top stories, including efforts to reduce pressure on a cracked Panguitch dam. -
In a climate setback, Rocky Mountain Power now says it plans to burn coal in Utah until 2042, how health care shortages affect rural Utahns — and what the state is doing to help, and Salt Lake City says the owner must restore the partly demolished Fifth Ward Latter-day Saint meetinghouse. -
On this episode, Utah backs abortion pill restrictions, the Utah Pride Center’s leader is leaving after just 6 months in the job, and while Utah courts Major League Baseball, little leaguers in Salt Lake City face a future without the sport. -
On this episode, BYU will require incoming students to read apostle Jeffrey Holland’s controversial ‘musket speech, Supporters want to build a 300-foot statue at Point of the Mountain, and Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed seven bills from the Utah Legislature at the deadline. -
On this episode, a trans woman harmed herself while in a Utah prison; now the federal Department of Justice may file a lawsuit, and the Utah Legislature passed its coal agenda; what’s next for power plants and your utility bills? -
On this episode, Brighton shotgun confrontation, allegations against a medical worker and BYU-Idaho rescinds an invite. -
On this episode we discuss school safety, abortion politics and an immigrant odyssey. -
On this episode of Behind the Headlines, Natalie Cline’s troubles grow, Cache elections criticized and gravel pit worries resurface.
