Thursday, July 2 | Listen Upcoming Programming Changes Radio Lab is part of some program changes set to go into effect next week on Utah Public Radio. Utah Public Radio General Manager Cathy Ives joins us to talk about program changes, the results of the latest online survey, some upcoming events, and plans for new stations and signals. Swine Flu In the second half Utah health officials say the swine flu outbreak in the state may have reached its peak at least for now. Kerry Bringhurst talks with USU Anti-viral researcher Dr. Donald Smee about efforts to prepare for the spread of the virus which is expected to increase in the fall and winter. Wednesday, July 1 | Listen Utah's Senate Bill 81 Utah’s controversial Senate Bill 81, an attempt to discourage illegal immigration, officially took effect today. We spend the full hour talking about immigration policy and the new Utah law. Our guests are: Eli Cawley-Utah Minutemen Project Leo Bravo-Director, Logan Multicultural Center Victor Rodriguez-Missionaries for Compassion Toward Immigrants Former State Senator Bill Hickman Ignacio Garcia-BYU History Professor Dee Rowland-Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City Tuesday, June 30 | Listen Michael Spooner's Entrapment A conversation with Michael Spooner of Logan, author of the new book: Entrapment: A High School Comedy in Chat published by Simon & Schuster. Utah Shakespearean Festival The Utah Shakespearean Festival opened its summer season this week in Cedar City. We’ll hear from Scott Phillips, since 2007, the festival’s Executive Director. Monday, June 29 | Listen Gardening Questions Mark Anderson, owner of Anderson Seed and Garden in Logan, spent the entire hour with UPR’s Bryan Earl. Items discussed included fertilization of vegetables and flowering containers, and current insect problems and their control, including the safety and effectiveness of the biological control agent, Spinosad. Friday, June 26 | Listen Planet Classification Astronomer Mark Sykes joins host Tom Williams to discuss planet classification. The Supplement Industry This month's nutrition segment includes details about changes to the federal Women, Infants, and Children program. Kerry Bringhurst will also talk with USU Nutrition and Food Science Researcher, Korry Hintze, about dietary supplements and the supplement industry. Thursday, June 25 | Listen Maureen McGovern Our guest in the first half is singer Maureen McGovern. Her hits include The Morning After and Can You Read My Mind. Her latest CD is a collection of classic songs from the 60s and 70s called A Long and Winding Road. Maureen McGovern will appear with Craig Jessop and the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra in concerts in Logan, Idaho Falls and Sun Valley on July 1-3. The River Knows Everything In the second half our guests are James Aton and Brad Miller author and photographer, respectively, of the book: The River Knows Everything—Desolation Canyon and the Green about a canyon that is deeper at its deepest than the Grand Canyon and better preserved than most of the Colorado River system. Wednesday, June 24 | Listen Live From Moab - Day 2 We are coming to you again from Moab hosted by the USU Moab Education Center. May Utahns live in communities or areas remote from the USU campus but still want the benefits of higher education…that’s what they are doing here and they have plans to expand. We’ll talk with the southeast region executive director Steve Hawks at the start of the program. Later, beetles attack…the work to biologically control the invasive Tamarisk along the Colorado River has been very effective and now what comes next. Kara Dohrenwend addresses the issue. Lastly, we’ll wrap up our Moab visit with Mayor Dave Sakrison, also known as "Mayor Dave. Tuesday, June 23 | Listen Live from Moab This program originated from the Utah State University Education Center in Moab. Our first guests are Emily Niehaus, President, and Delite Primus, Board Member, of the group "Community Rebuild." Then a conversation with Grand County Extension Director and Agent Michael Johnson. Lastly, an update on Moab news from the Managing Editor of the Times Independent of Moab, Lisa Church. Monday, June 22 | Listen Master Griller Steve Raichlen First, Master Griller and author of The Barbecue Bible, Steven Raichlen and the ultimate grilling menu. Turfgrass Excessive Moisture Issues With all the rain our lawns have received, it should be doing well, right? Yes, it’s green but other problems come along with the moisture. Kelly Kopp, USU Extension Water Conservation and Turfgrass Specialist discusses turfgrass issues in the 2nd half hour. Friday, June 19 | Listen 2009 Utah Festival Opera Preview From our downtown studios, we preview the 2009 season of Utah Festival Opera in the first half, with Michael Ballam, Vanessa Ballam and Karen Keltner. And we hear music from Camelot, Carmen, The Mikado, Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci. Summerfest Kerry Bringhurst takes Access Utah to downtown Logan where the city's art's celebration, Summerfest, continues through Saturday. Joining her at the Logan Tabernacle site will be Summerfest featured artist and Cache Valley native Sean Wallis. Then she talks with photographer Alan Huestis. Strolling through the sites and sounds of Summerfest during Friday's Access Utah. Thursday, June 18 | Listen The Spies of Warsaw In 1937 Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier is Drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue, in Alan Furst’s latest novel The Spies of Warsaw. Alan Furst is acclaimed as one of the foremost writers of historical espionage fiction and he’s traveling in support of the paperback release of The Spies of Warsaw. He’ll be at The King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City this evening at 1900 and he’s our guest in the first half today. The Elusive Concept of Sustainability Kerry Bringhurst’s guest in the second half is Carlos Licon, assistant professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at USU. He’s giving the HASS hour timepiece today titled: The Elusive Concept of Sustainability: Can we find it along the U.S. Mexico border? Wednesday, June 17 | Listen Live from Craters of the Moon Today we are joining Sheri Quinn live at craters of the moon national monument and preserve in south central Idaho. The park is an ocean of lava flows that first erupted 15,000 years ago and Apollo astronauts trained here in 1969 to prepare for their trip to the moon. Joining us to talk about the park, our relationship to the environment and global climate change from a western and a Native American perspective are geologist Scott Hughs from Idaho State University, Ed Galindo, a scientist from the University of Idaho in Moscow, and James Johnsen, a geoscience graduate from the University of Montana. Tuesday, June 16 | Listen Western Governor's Conference Live from the Stein-Erickson Lodge in Deer Valley where governor's from the western states are gathered for the Western Governor's Conference, this is Access Utah. For the next hour Utah Public Radio provides an overview of issues discussed by western governor's including thier ideas on ways to produce clean and diversified energy. Lt. Governor Gary Herbert and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman's Energy Advisor, Dianne Neilson, join us this morning to outline policy recommendations by Western Govenor's to promote energy effeciency. During the second half, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the U.S. Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Dr. Susan Shirk, is this morning's keynote speaker at the conference. She joins us to discuss ways national governments can foster international cooperation on energy and environment. Access Utah is live in Park City during the Western Governor's Conference. Monday, June 15 | Listen Late Spring Gardening Issues Utah State University Weber County Horticulture Agent Jerry Goodspeed joins Bryan Earl for the entire hour to offer advice on late spring gardening issues. Friday, June 12 | Listen Drug Addiction and the Brain Research at the University of Utah suggests addiction is a disease in the brain and the treatment paradigm is starting to shift. In the program we find out how drug addiction changes the brain. Guests include, Glen Hanson, director of the Utah Addiction Center, Patrick Flemming, director of Salt Lake County Substance Abuse Services, and an addict in the throes of addiction. To find out more information about this program click here. Thursday, June 11 | Listen Curbing Overdose Deaths in Utah State public health officials are reaching out to users of legal drugs in an effort to reduce the number of addictions and prescription overdose deaths. Utah Representative Brad Daw and Erin Johnson of the Utah Health Department join Marjean Searcy of the SLC Police Department to discuss what the state is doing to curb the number of overdose deaths in Utah. USU Board of Trustees Chair Suzanne Pierce-Moore has been named chair of the USU Board of Trustees. Moore and Vice President for University Advancement Ross Peterson discuss fundraising at the university's during the second half of the program. Wednesday, June 10 | Listen New Utah National Parks Study A new study commissioned by the National Parks Conservation Association shows the link between Southern Utah’s Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments, and the economies of Grand and San Juan Counties. Lee Austin discusses the study with the NCPA’s David Nimkin. Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal Writing Traveler Lee Austin speaks with writer and traveler Lavinia Spalding. She combines her passions in the new book: Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal Writing Traveler. Tuesday, June 9 | Listen Eric Westervelt Live in Studio Eric Westervelt, NPR’s European Correspondent, Foreign Desk, live in studio. Eric joins host Lee Austin for the full hour. Westervelt recently wrapped up a multi-year assignment in the Middle East covering Israel and the Palestinian Territories. He took up his new position as a Berlin-based European Correspondent for NPR in May 2009. Read more of Eric's bio here Monday, June 8 | Listen Insect Talk Diane Alston, Extension Entomologist, is in studio for the entire hour. Integrated Pest Management (IPM for short) is the hot topic. Both chemical and natural controls for aphids, ants, coddling moth and raspberry horntail wasps (among other insects) are discussed. Homemade trap for European paper wasps: See this pdf. Friday, June 5 | Listen Creator of Franklin Day Planner The creator of the Franklin Day Planner and member of Northern Utah's Festival Opera Advisory Board, Hyrum W. Smith, talks with Tom Williams. Logan City's Sesquicentennial Logan City Marks One Hundred and Fifty Years with Sesquicentennial Celebration. Local historians Kenneth Godfrey and Darrin Smith join Logan City Councilman Jay Monson during the second half of the program. Thursday, June 4 | Listen New Credit Card Rules New credit card rules soon go into effect. Tom Williams talks about the new rules and credit cards in general with Jan Andersen, Family Resource Management Extension Specialist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Consumer and Human Development at USU. Laser Dermatology Kerry Bringhurst’s guest is Kelly Hubbard. Their subject is laser dermatology. Wednesday, June 3 | Listen Mick Fleetwood A Discussion About Islamic Culture A discussion about Islamic culture and practices with Ghulam Hasnain. Hasnain will give a presentation on the topic this weekend at the Utah State University Museum of Anthropology. Mick Fleetwood Mick Fleetwood, drummer and co-founder of the legendary rock group Fleetwood Mac. He arrived early in Salt Lake City, the day before the groups concert, promoting one of his other businesses: wine. Fleetwood also spoke with Lee Austin. Tuesday, June 2 | Listen Economic Impacts on the Arts in Utah A full hour examining the impacts of the economic downturn on the arts in Utah, including the recently announced request by Utah Festival Opera for an additional 400 thousand dollars in taxpayer support. Guests include Scott Philips and Michael Bar of the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Heather Farrell of the Salt Lake Art Center, Michael Ballam of Utah Festival Opera, Lynette Hiskey of the Utah Arts Council, and George Wanlass of the Katherine Wanlass Foundation. Monday, June 1 | Listen Pest Management and Plant Diseases Marion Murray, project leader for USU Integrated Pest Management, discusses the IPM advisories and plant diseases. Composting Extension Soil Specialist, Grant Cardon, returns to discuss the benefits of backyard composting. For more tips go to garden.usu.edu Friday, May 29 | Listen The Superhero's Universe Science Unwrapped: "The Superhero's Universe: Observing The Cosmos with X-Ray Vision and Beyond" with USU Physics Professor Michelle Larson. Obesity During the second half of the program Dr. David York, Director of the Utah State University Center for Advanced Nutrition discusses obesity. Thursday, May 28 | Listen Live from Tooele During the first half hour, Gary Straquadine, new Dean and Executive Director of Utah State University’s Tooele Regional Campus joins host Kerry Bringhurst as well as Susan Egbert and LaShawn Williams who are faculty members in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology. Storage of Nuclear Waste in Utah In the second half of the program, Colleen Johnson, Tooele County Commissioner, Christopher Thomas of the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah, and State Representative James R. Gowans discuss issues regarding storage of nuclear waste in Utah’s West Dessert. Wednesday, May 27 | Listen Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court University of Utah Law Professor Amy Wildermuth and BYU Associate Professor of Law RonNell Andersen Jones talk about the nomination of federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. Utah BLM Wilderness Debate Salt Lake Tribune reporter Matt Canham talks about his recent story concerning a potential new direction in the contentious debate over BLM wilderness in Utah. Tuesday, May 26 | Listen Lost Boy Brent Jeffs, a nephew of imprisoned FLDS Church leader Warren Jeffs, talks about his new book Lost Boy. Future of the G.O.P. in Utah Two candidates to become the next Utah Republican Party Chair, Dave Dave Hansen and Steve Harmsen, discuss the future of the G.O.P in Utah. Republican delegates will select their next leader at the party’s annual convention June 13 in Layton. Monday, May 25 Memorial Day Friday, May 22 | Listen DesignBuildBluff Graduate students are learning how to design and build a sustainable house, often using scavenged materials for Navajo families on the Navajo Indian reservation near Bluff, Utah. The program is called DesignBuildBluff. Founder Hank Lewis believes exposure to the Navajo people and their culture provides one of the most valuable lessons of the program, compassion. Guests in this show include Hank Lewis, Professor of Architecture at the University of Utah, Brenda Sheer, Dean of the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Utah, Ella Daizey, Director of the Indian Walk-In Center in Salt Lake City, and Michael Dietz, Assistant Professor in the College of Natural Resources, Utah State University. Thursday, May 21 | Listen BLM Protest in Kane County Civil Disobedience as an act of opposition to federal land issues during the first half of the program with USU Philosophy Professor Richard Sherlock and Shawna Cox who organized a group of ATV riders in Kane County. She, along with Representative Mike Noel, will discuss why they chose to ride in protest on BLM land they say should be accessible to the public. Human Trafficking Victims The federal government has awarded the state of Utah with nine hundred thousand dollars for programs to help law enforcement officers better identify and support human trafficking victims. U.S. Attorney for Utah, Brett Tolman and Susan Ritter and Jeana Bellazatin of the Utah Health and Human Rights Project during the second half of Access Utah. Wednesday, May 20 | Listen Role of Blogs in American Politics Richard Davis, a Professor of Political Science at BYU talks about his new book: Typing Politics, the Role of Blogs in American Politics. The Future of the College of Eastern Utah Host Lee Austin speaks with three guests about the future of the College of Eastern Utah: CEU President Mike King, Utah Commissioner of Higher Education William Sederburg, and former CEU President Mike Petersen. Tuesday, May 19 | Listen Governor Huntsman to Become Ambassador to China Deseret News political columnists La Varr Webb and Frank Pignanelli discuss the weekend announcement that Governor Huntsman is leaving Utah to become ambassador to China. Celebration for Z-Arts Nick Wilkes, Larry McKown and Rebecca Heal talk about the 30th anniversary celebration for Z-Arts, one of the state's oldest community arts organizations, in Springdale. Monday, May 18 | Listen Plant Diseases and Pathogens Two guests join host Bryan Earl for the entire hour. USU Extension Plant Pathologist Kent Evans and Extension Soils Specialist Grant Cardon will discuss the diseases and pathogens, both air and soilborne, that can attack vegetables, fruits, and landscaping plants. Friday, May 15 | Listen Of A Feather:A Brief History of American Birding During the first half of the program Tom Williams talks with Pennsylvania Author and Naturalist Scott Weidensaul about his most recent book Of A Feather:A Brief History of American Birding. Plans for Cache Valley During the second half of the program, Land Use, Transportation, and Economic Development plans for Cache Valley will be presented during a series of community workshops sponsored by Envision Utah. Thursday, May 14 | Listen Wednesday, May 13 | Listen Tuesday, May 12 | Listen Guitar Viruoso Dan Crary Lee Austin speaks first with guitar virtuoso Dan Crary, a veteran recording artist, musical collaborator and educator. Crary will be performing in Logan this weekend. Deportation and Immigration Law A conversation with Salt Lake City lawyer Aaron Tarin, who specializes in immigration law. He's representing several people who helped a criminal investigation and now face deportation. Monday, May 11 | Listen Fruit Questions How do you prune raspberries? How and when should you thin the fruit on your trees? Can you really grow boysenberries in Utah? These and other questions will be answered by USU Extension Fruit Specialist Brent Black joins host Bryan Earl for the entire hour. Friday, May 8 | Listen Senator Bob Bennett U.S. Senator Bob Bennett is the guest during the first half of Access Utah. Then, during the second half of the program Fair Boundaries Coalition member and former state representative Merrill Nelson talks about his group's petition to establish an independent redistricting commission. Utah House Speaker David Clark joins us to defend the legislature's right to redistrict. Thursday, May 7 | Listen The Face of America’s Homeless Lynn Blodgett is a Utah native and CEO of Affiliated Computer Systems, a Fortune 500 company, and an avid photographer. For three years, in his travels around the United States, he took photographs of homeless people. In the process he became an advocate for the homeless. His recent book of photographs is: Finding Grace—The Face of America’s Homeless. He tells some stories of the people he’s met, gives us an idea of who is homeless in America, and tells us what we can do to help (http://findinggracehomeless.org). At the end of the hour we talk with Lloyd Pendleton, Director of Utah’s Homeless Task Force. Wednesday, May 6 | Listen Swine Flu Out Break We start out with an insider's view of the current Swine Flu out break. Tom Williams will host a conversation with retired Utah State University Professor Robert Sidwell, who founded USU's Institute for Antiviral Research. Christopher McDougal We speak with Christopher McDougal, author of the new book Born to Run, A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen. Tuesday, May 5 | Listen Garden and Insects Diane Alston, USU Extension Entomologist, is in studio to talk about insects, both beneficial and harmful, are what are the best control methods, including the latest organic controls. Monday, May 4 | Listen Financial Future Status update of the State's financial future with Well Fargo Chief Economist, Kelly Matthews, and Kendell Oliphant of Zions First National Bank. We Shall Remain KUED 7 Producer, Nancy Green, and Northwestern Shoshone Band Chairman, Bruce Parry, discuss the documentary We Shall Remain: The Northwestern Shoshone. Friday, May 1 | Listen Thursday, April 30 | Listen Wednesday, April 29 | Listen Rev. France Davis The Rev. France Davis of the Salt Lake City Calvary Baptist Church has served Utah for the last 35 years. Access Utah host Tom Williams talks with Mr. Davis during the first half of the program. USDA Kerry Bringhurst hosts the second half of Access Utah. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is surveying Utah farmers and ranchers as part of a nationwide assessment of those who grow and market organic products. Kerry McBride is with the Utah Office of the U.S.D.A. Agriculture Statistics Services. His office is conducting the survey to be used by agencies, including the Utah Department of Agriculture, to help with the monitoring and promoting of organic products (www.agcensus.usda.gov). Clair Allen oversees aspects of the state's organic certification program. David Bell is owner/operator of Bell Organic Farms in Draper, Utah. He explains the production and marketing of his organic food products. Tuesday, April 28 | Listen Monday, April 27 | Listen Friday, April 24 | Listen Tuesday, April 21 | Listen Friday, April 17 | Listen USU Student Station One Year Anniversary Utah State University Student Station HD3 marks the one year anniversary with guest Don Quayle, USU Alum and first president of NPR. Tom williams interviews Mr. Quayle during the first half of Access Utah. USU Center of Advanced Nutrition Sheryl Aguilar of the USU Center for Advanced Nutrition discusses the center's role in a national children's health research project. Thursday, April 16 | Listen Kristine Miller Out guest today is USU Associate Professor of English, Kristine Miller, talks about her new book British Literature of the Blitz: Fighting the People's War. Sexting Sexting is a current phenomenon among some teenagers, in which nude or sexual images are sent via cell phone to friends and acquaintances. We talk about what parents, school administrators, and prosecutors' response to this and other uses and misuses of new technology. Wednesday, April 15 | Listen Tuesday, April 14 | Listen Monday, April 13 | Listen Friday, April 10 | Listen Thursday, April 9 | Listen International Year of Astronomy 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy and we talk about astronomy in the first half of today's Access Utah with Tyler Allred, President of Allred Restoration and an avid astronomer and astrophotographer, Shane Larson, Assistant Professor of Physics at USU and avid astronomer, and with Mike Murry, Programs Manager at Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City. Polly Walker Our guest is folklorist Polly Walker, who is giving the 28th Annual USU Fife Folklore Honor Lecture today titled "Urban Pioneers: Utah's Homegrown Fold Music Revival of the 1960's." Wednesday, April 8 | Listen Tuesday, April 7 | Listen Monday, April 6 | Listen Friday, April 3 | Listen Thursday, April 2 | Listen Federal Air Quality Standards Box Elder County has been classified as non-attainment when it comes to Federal Air Quality Standards after being included with the Wasatch Front for the monitoring of particulate matter. During the legislative session a resolution asking that Box Elder and Tooele Counties be removed from the Wasatch Front Air Quality monitoring district was approved. Joining me to discuss Federal Air Quality Standards will be Cheryl Heying, Director of the Utah Division of Air Quality and Grant Koford, Bear River Health Department Health Scientist. Charles Moseley Tom Williams talks with Cambridge University Professor Charles Moseley, visiting St. George this week to discuss humanities education. During Thursday's Access Utah. Wednesday, April 1 | Listen Howard Berkes A lot has changed at National Public Radio since Howard Berkes was hired as a Salt Lake City based Regional Correspondent in 1981. Berkes Provides us with an insider's view of NPR. Fred Child Fred Child joins us in Studio to reflect on the state of classical music. Child will be part of a chamber music performance tonight at Utah State University.

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