Thursday, September 2 | Listen Ancient Painters Today on the program we have the Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibit "Ancient Painters on the Colorado Plateau". The exhibition features photographs by Utah State University professor Craig Law. Photographs of world class prehistoric rock art not previously exhibited are available for viewing through September 15th on the USU campus. Kerry Bringhurst talks with photographer Craig Law during the first half or Access Utah. Future of USU Athletics Roughly two weeks ago, BYU was on the brink of joining the Western Athletic Conference, the conference in which USU plays all its sports, in conjunction with its move for football independence. Reports have surfaced that identified USU President Stan Albrecht and USU Athletic Director Scott Barnes as key figures in the negotiations to bring BYU back to the WAC, but the deal fell through. BYU instead will join the West Coast Conference in all but football, where the Y will stay independent. For the second half of Access Utah, Landon Hemsley will be joined by Tony Jones and Kurt Kragthorpe of the Salt Lake Tribune as well as by Scott Garrard of 1320 KFAN in Salt Lake City to discuss BYU's move for independence in football and the effect the decision will have on USU's athletic program. Wednesday, September 1 | Listen In Praise of Adoption NPR's Scott Simon has a new book out called Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption. It's the story of his and his wife Caroline's adoption of two baby girls from China and about the joys and challenges of adoption in general. Scott Simon is Tom Williams' guest in the first part of the program. The State of Native Nations Then, a conversation with Joseph Kalt, co-director of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and faculty chair of the Harvard University Native American Program. He is co-author of What Can Tribes Do? Strategies and Institutions in American Indian Development and The State of the Native Nations. Joseph Kalt is a presenter at the 5th Annual Utah Native American Summit, which is ongoing in Ogden today and tomorrow. New Signal in Vernal Finally a brief talk with Utah Public Radio Chief Engineer, Friend Weller, from Vernal about our new digital signal there. Tuesday, August 31 | Listen Corey Flintoff NPR Correspondent Corey Flintoff has reported from more than 45 countries. Since 2005, he has been part of the NPR team covering Iraq. This summer he has reported from Afghanistan, where he outlined the situation facing new commander General Petraeus, and India, where he reported on efforts to stem the rise in so-called honor killings. His recent news stories have covered the floods in Pakistan and China, upcoming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and potential easing of travel restrictions to Cuba. Corey Flintoff joins us for the hour today. We'll talk about Iraq, including a preview of President Obama's speech to the nation tonight, Afghanistan and as much else as we can fit into the hour. Monday, August 30 | Listen Fruit Perfection Apples are ripening and maybe you're even picking your first fruits of the season. Peaches are also now being picked around the state. Do your pears seem ready on the outside but mushy on the inside? Maybe you're leaving them on the tree too long. So, how do you know just when to pick that fruit for fresh-eating perfection? Today on Access Utah, USU Extension Fruit Specialist, Brent Black, will join us for the entire hour. Friday, August 27 | Listen Science of Diet This morning we are talking about the science of diet and the challenges of getting healthy food on our dinner plates. Joining us is Utah State University food scientist Karin Allen, and physicist Shane Larson, chairman of USU's Science Uwrapped lecture series. Science Questions Science Questions profiles a unique architecture program called Design Build Bluff, where graduate students design and build sustainable homes for families on the Navajo reservation near Bluff, Utah. Click here to listen to only the Science Questions portion of the program. Thursday, August 26 | Listen Education Corridor Today we're in Tooele, broadcasting from the Miller Motorsports Park. In the first segment we'll talk about the role of the university in economic development and plans for an education corridor in Tooele. Our guests include Gary Straquadine, Dean and Executive Director of USU's Tooele Regional Campus, Aleena Desomer, a student at USU Tooele, and Tooele City Councilman, Shawn Milne. Miller Motorsports Park In the second segment we'll learn about one of North America's premier road racing facilities, Miller Motorsports Park, from MMP Marketing Director, Andrew Johnson. Electric Vehicle Racing In the final segment we'll learn about an electric racing car: Electric Blue Streamliner, designed by a BYU team which is seeking the land-speed record for their class of electric car. We'll talk to Perry Carter, BYU Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology, and with some of the students on the team: Robbie Peterborg, Dax Wells and Kelly Hales. Extra Audio A related topic: Tom Williams talks with Wesley Smith, business development director at USU’s Energy Dynamics Laboratory, about EDL’s WAVE project in which electric cars and buses receive power from a power source embedded in the roadway. Listen Wednesday, August 25 | Listen Outcasts United Utah State University's Common Literature Experience for 2010 centers around the book: Outcasts United—An American Town, A Refugee Team, And One Woman's Quest to Make A Difference by New York Times reporter Warren St. John, which tells the story of changes to a small Southern town (Clarkston, Georgia) after receiving an influx of refugees from around the world and three soccer teams (called the Fugees) composed of refugee boys, coached by Luma Mufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman. Luma Mufleh says: "I thought I would coach twice a week and on weekends... [instead] it's 40 or 50 hours a week--coaching, finding jobs, taking people to the hospital. You start off on your own, and you suddenly have a family of 120." Luma Mufleh, founder of Fugees Family--an organization dedicated to helping refugee youth and their families, will be the Connections Convocation speaker August 28 at 9:30 a.m. in the Kent Concert Hall on the USU campus in Logan. Everyone is welcome. Luma Mufleh is Tom Williams' guest for the hour on Access Utah today. Tuesday, August 24 | Listen Life After the Cult Carolyn Jessop was born into the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints community in Colorado City, Arizona. In 2003, then 35 and one of several wives of powerful community member Merrill Jessop, she gathered her eight children in the middle of the night and fled to freedom in Salt Lake City, a story chronicled in her best-selling memoir: Escape. In April 2008 Texas authorities raided the FLDS Yearning for Zion Ranch near El Dorado, run by her ex-husband, and Carolyn Jessop was asked by authorities to help them understand FLDS customs and beliefs. She has testified at several subsequent trials which resulted from the raid, including trials involving two of her step-sons. Her new book is: Triumph: Life After the Cult-A Survivor's Lessons in which she recounts her life after her escape, her involvement in the investigations that followed the Texas raid (and what went right and wrong in the aftermath,) and what she calls "the tools of her transformation:" lessons which can be used by anyone seeking to get out of a bad situation in their life. She says she wrote the book in part to answer the questions: "What made you different? Where did you find the determination to get out with all your children? How did you hold on to your courage?" Carolyn Jessop, who will be at Barnes and Noble at Jordan Landing in West Jordan August 26 at 7:00 p.m., is our guest for the hour. Monday, August 23 | Listen Fall Garden Preparation Saturday set record high temperatures around the state yet this morning there was a slight chill in the air. Fall may officially be less than a month away but there is still plenty to do in the garden including a fall planting of greens and other short season vegetables; also, don't forget to plant your garlic by the end of September. It will be the first thing to pop up in your garden next spring. Mark Anderson from Anderson Seed and Garden is in studio with us for the entire hour. He'll discuss what needs to be done to extend your harvest. Friday, August 20 | Listen Renewable Energy Technologies Today on Access Utah, Sheri Quinn talks to Tom Rand, author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit, Ten Clean Technologies to Save Our World. Fossil fuels are a finite resource and Rand believes it is possible to rely on renewables for one hundred percent of the world's energy needs much sooner than previously thought possible. Science Questions Science Questions profiles two garbage facilities in Utah that are turning garbage into electricity. One facility is turning methane gas emitted from garbage into power for a few thousand homes in Murray City. Another is burning garbage and turning it into electricity for Hill Air Force Base, near Ogden, Utah. Click here to listen to only the Science Questions portion of the program. Thursday, August 19 | Listen South Africa Today we re-visit a program from 2009. Shane Graham writes in his book: South African Literature After the Truth Commission—Mapping Loss that the truth commission's final report "rather than allowing South Africa to close the book on the past... helped make possible the continued writing and re-writing of that book." We'll talk about apartheid, the truth commission and conditions in South Africa today. Shane Graham is associate professor of English at USU and host of UPR's world music program "Radio Cosmopolis" airing Friday evenings at 9:00. Later in the hour we'll talk about what's coming up in the next few weeks on "Radio Cosmopolis." Wednesday, August 18 | Listen Zions Bank is presenting a money-management conference for women on August 19 in Salt Lake City called "Smart Women Smart Money." Today on Access Utah, Tom Williams talks with two of the presenters. Perfectly Imperfect In the first half: Lee Woodruff, co-author of In An Instant, about her family's recovery after her husband Bob Woodruff's roadside bomb injury in Iraq. Lee Woodruff is a contributing editor to ABC's "Good Morning America" and author of a new book: Perfectly Imperfect. The Irrational Investor In the second half: Allan Roth author of How A Second Grader Beats Wall Street and writer of "The Irrational Investor" column on CBS Moneywatch.com Tuesday, August 17 | Listen Soundscape Management Plan Today we re-visit a report from Lee Austin from Zion National Park. A soundscape management plan designed to protect the natural sounds of the Park is being made available to the public for review at the National Park Service site. The public can provide comments on the proposed plan and an environmental assessment until September 3 and open house sessions are set for August 19 in Springdale and August 20 in Kanab. Utah Voter Turn-Out Then, we'll talk with Kirk Jowers, Director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah. Kirk Jowers was Chairman of the Governor's Commission on Strengthening Utah's Democracy from 2008-2009. During his service there he concluded that Utah's voter turn-out is discouraged by our current caucus-and-convention system. He'll give a talk to the Salt Lake League of Women Voters on Thursday titled: "The Utah Electoral Process: Is There Hope?" Monday, August 16 | Listen August Harvest The August harvest is in full swing. Corn is finally ready to shuck; tomatoes are plumping up and are looking to be picked; peppers will soon add spice to your salsa; and zucchini bandits are at work surreptitiously placing boat-sized specimens of the summer fruit in your car, on your doorstep, in your bread. Eat what you can and share what you can't, but don't forget that now is the time to plant for fall harvests. Dan Drost, USU Extension gardening specialist, is in studio today. We'll discuss what can be planted now to extend your bountiful harvest into November and we'll look at how to tell when your vegetables and melons are at their peak ripeness. Friday, August 13 | Listen Humans in Space The use of space for human existence on earth have increased and improved over the past two decades. Today on Access Utah, Victoria Samson, director of the secure world foundation in Washington D.C. discusses the new Obama Administration's space policy, threats to the space environment, and the impact of orbital debris. Science Questions Science Questions explores 3D printing technology for the rapid development of cheaper rockets and small satellites. Click here to listen to only the Science Questions portion of the program. Thursday, August 12 | Listen Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff Our guest for the hour today is Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. With a Utah immigration law possibly to receive its first public hearing next week, we'll talk about immigration. Polygamy will be one of our topics, with the upcoming extradition of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs to Texas to face charges there. We'll also review the life of Dred Scott, the slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in the 1850s leading to the infamous U. S. Supreme Court decision. Mark Shurtleff's historical novel Am I Not A Man? The Dred Scott Story has recently been published. Wednesday, August 11 | Listen Utah Rural Summit Vaughn Grisham, the director of the McLean Institute for Community Development at the University of Mississippi says extraordinary results can happen in ordinary places. Grisham is the keynote speaker at this week's Utah Rural Summit at Southern Utah University in Cedar City. Tom Williams talks with Grisham first thing this morning. Michael Leavitt Then, Kerry Bringhurst speaks with former Secretary of Health and Human Services and three term Utah governor Michael Leavitt about a federal report released last week suggesting Medicare's future financial problems will be solved because congress is expected to reduce Medicare by 500 billion dollars. Tuesday, August 10 | Listen Author Ann Patchett Ann Patchett is the author of several well-received novels including Bel Canto, The Magician's Assistant and most recently Run, a story of political ambition, inherited dreams, family, race and class. Ann Patchett will be at Sundance on Saturday for the Tree Room Author series and she's Tom Williams' guest for the hour today. Ann Patchett says that she is a professional imaginer and that reading is an empathetic act. She has mixed feelings about the role of author as marketer of her works, though she understands the desire of readers to interact with the author, remembering a meeting with one of her favorite writers, Eudora Welty. Ann Patchett tells us about her family growing up and how that affects the themes of her books, shares some fascinating research about Joe Kennedy, Sr. and tells us how she had to decide whether or not she could accept the role of First Lady of Tennessee. Monday, August 9 | Listen Color and Insects Color can be important in the life cycle of many insects and plants. USU Extension Entomologist Diane Alston joins host Bryan Earl on today's Access Utah. Learn the role that color plays in both attracting and repelling insects and their enemies. Friday, August 6 | Listen Doctor-Patient Relationships The human side of medicine can get lost in the heated health care reform debate. Access Utah today explores the importance of doctor-patient relationships with neurologist Dr. Lawrence Leavitt. He is co author of the new book, Uncommon Wisdom, which details the role of love, faith, and healing in medicine. Science Questions Science Questions explores the latest stem cell research for the treatment of heart diseases with University of Utah physician, Dr. Amit Patel. Click here to listen to only the Science Questions portion of the program. Thursday, August 5 | Listen Countdown to Zero Salt Lake City will be the site of an opening night public showing of a film tracing the history of the atomic bomb. During Thursday's Access Utah Producer of "Countdown to Zero" Lawrence Bender and writer and director Lucy Walker discuss the origins and present state of global affairs as outlined in the documentary. Following a world premier at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival the opening of "Countdown to Zero" takes place tomorrow night followed by a public discussion about how the film might serve to make a case for worldwide nuclear disarmament. Web Accessibility During the second half of the program the executive director of WebAIM- Web Accessibility in Mind, Cyndi Rowland, talks about efforts by the U.S. Department of Justice to gather public comment on making the web part of covered regulations within the Americans with Disabilities Act. Rowland, who is also Associate Director of the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University, says it is time for our digital society to include individuals of all abilities. Wednesday, August 4 | Listen Importance of Agriculture The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced this week a public relations campaign designed to advocate the importance of agriculture in preserving self-sufficiency, supporting a healthy economy, and helping wildlife thrive. Department Commissioner Leonard Blackham joins us for the first segment of Access Utah and will discuss how the campaign could lessen the likelihood of this nation becoming dependent on the importation of foreign food. Commissioner Blackham will also discuss the department's position on protecting livestock from predators, including wolves. Wolves in Utah We continue our discussion about wolves in Utah with Suzanne Stone, Northern Rockies Representative with the Defenders of Wildlife. The non-profit organization has established a fund to help advance nonlethal wolf control. She will respond to the recent killing of two wolves in Northern Utah. Tuesday, August 3 | Listen NPR Rural Affairs Correspondent Howard Berkes Our guest for the hour is NPR Rural Affairs Correspondent, Howard Berkes, who has been busy lately reporting on the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia, which killed 29 miners in April. He and his colleagues have been leading the way with investigative reports. Berkes also reported on the Crandall Canyon disaster here in Utah and we'll look at parallels between the two disasters, what has happened in mine safety and where we go from here. Howard Berkes has also been reporting on the Utah Supreme Court ruling overturning polygamous leader Warren Jeffs 2007 conviction of rape as an accomplice. Monday, August 2 | Listen Taking Care of Your Lawn Until recently, it has been a good year for turf. Lawns have had extensive moisture to grow and establish themselves. But the heat of the summer is upon us and the Kentucky bluegrass we usually grow is showing heat stress by going dormant. Even with all of the water it received in the spring, our lawns now need a little over an inch a week to stay green, and even then the heat may keep it from looking its best. Today on Access Utah, USU extension water conservation and turfgrass specialist, Kelly Kopp, is in studio to discuss this and other turf issues. We'll also learn to save on the amount of water we use. With 65% of our water usage going to our lawns, and more than half of that waste, there are a few simple, easy things we can do to conserve water. Friday, July 30 | Listen Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana is one of the fastest growing medical sub-specialties in the U.S. Pain specialist Dr. Jeff Gudin and national health advocate Seth Ginsberg discuss this trend and the importance of educating patients, physicians, and policy makers about medical marijuana and the need for further scientific studies on the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Science Questions A gaggle of gliders flew the northern Utah skies this week in a competition to see who could soar the fastest. Gliders, also known as sailplanes, do not have any engines and pilots rely on air currents and thermals to keep them afloat. Tune in for this profile on the science of soaring and the pilots who dare to fly without power. Click here to listen to only the Science Questions portion of the program. Thursday, July 29 | Listen On the Move in Utah "On the Move in Utah" is an AARP statewide campaign to provide information about health care reform. AARP state director, Laura Polacheck met with community groups in Logan and St. George this week. She is providing health care reform training and is the guest during the first half of the program. The American's Great Outdoors Initiative Will Shafroth is Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Mr. Shafroth will be in Utah next week as part of a public listening session for building a 21st century conservation and recreation agenda. The American's Great Outdoors Initiative will be the topic of the second half of the program. Mr. Sharfroth will be here along with Elaine York of the Utah Nature Conservancy to discuss ways of reconnecting people with the outdoors. Wednesday, July 28 | Listen Dr. Craig Jessop The new Dean of the USU Caine College of the Arts, Dr. Craig Jessop joins Kerry Bringhurst this morning. He talks about the upcoming performance from the "Songs of Solomon Inspirational Ensemble," USU's role in helping the group encourage choir members to further their education, and also about other upcoming performances. Songs of Solomon Inspirational Essemble The Harlem based performing company "Songs of Solomon Inspirational Ensemble" will perform in Logan on Thursday. Kerry Bringhurst introduces us to this award winning choral group whose members range from ages 13 to 21 and talks with their director, Chantel Wright. Tuesday, July 27 | Listen Too Many Hysterectomies? The hysterectomy is the second-most common operation in the U.S. Some advocates say that's too many, that there are serious risks associated with the traditional hysterectomy and that women should at least investigate alternatives and should certainly get a second opinion before proceeding. In the first half today we'll hear a report from Storee Powell and then talk to Kathy Kelley, the founder of Hystersisters.com and GiveMeASecond.com and Dr. Danee Young, a gynecologist with Best Care Med in Logan. We'll talk about alternatives to hysterectomies and being an active, informed patient. Remembering Daniel Schorr In the second half we remember NPR Senior Analyst Daniel Schorr, who died recently, by revisiting an interview from October of 2009, when Daniel Schorr was preparing to come to Utah to give a lecture on "Freedom of the Press: At What Cost?" We talk about the current state of and future of journalism, new media, a memorable interview with Nikita Khrushchev, an unlikely friendship with Frank Zappa, and, of course, Watergate and President Nixon's enemies list (on which Mr. Schorr's name famously appears—which he learned while reading out the names on live television.) Monday, July 26 | Listen Protecting Children on the Internet Protecting children from the growing threat of internet predators, Utah's former first lady, Jacalyn Leavitt, is chair of the national Internet Keep Safe Coalition. Leaping Lulu The Logan based neo-traditional Irish folk band Leaping Lulu has released it's latest recording, "Into the West". Members Don Anderson, Liz Fallis, Sara Gunnell, and Kent Brady perform in the UPR studio. Due to the quality music in this program, provided is a high fidelity version of the program: Listen Friday July 23 No Access Utah Thursday, July 22 | Listen Daniel Skousen and the Mexican Revolution We begin the program with the author of a recently released book about Mormon pioneers who traveled to and settled in Mexico. Daniel Skousen and the Mexican Revolution is one of many publications documenting what life was like for Mormon pioneers who were called to settle the southwest U.S. and northwest Mexico in the mid nineteenth century. Daniel George Johnson spent two years researching the Mexican colonies where his mother was born the twentieth child to Daniel Skousen. Mr. Johnson includes in his writing the implications of US political and military forces he said were used to chase the early Mormons into Mexico. Origins of Mormon Food as a Subculture July 24th marks the date that in the year 1847 Mormon Pioneers celebrated their arrival to the Salt Lake Valley. During Thursday's Access Utah Kate Holbrook is my guest. She is conducting research on the LDS faith and the connections between food, culture, and religion. Her research on the ways Mormon's eat will be included in a book titled "Radical Food" including the studies of three religious groups she says care immensely about how food is produced and the implications for how people eat. Wednesday, July 21 | Listen Marni Nixon You may not think you know Marni Nixon, but if you've seen My Fair Lady, West Side Story, or The King and I, you've heard her. She's the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood, and Deborah Kerr. She also dubbed the singing voices of Margaret O'Brien, Janet Leigh, and Marilyn Monroe. Marni Nixon will be in Logan on Saturday with the Utah Festival Opera for a concert titled Musica Magnifica. Marni Nixon is our guest for the hour today. We'll hear behind-the-scenes stories of the making of some of Hollywood's greatest musicals and hear some wonderful music as well. Tuesday, July 20 | Listen Immigration Reform in Utah The heat has risen considerably in the immigration reform debate in Utah with the release of a list of 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants. Two men, who are on opposite sides of the debate, recently held a joint press conference to urge Utahns to be civil as the debate goes forward. Tony Yapias is director of Proyecto Latino, and Alex Segura is a founder of the Utah Minutemen Project. They are our guests in the first half today. We'll talk about the tone of the debate and ask them to respond to ideas that have been floated by several Utah lawmakers in the run up to Governor Herbert's summit on immigration reform today, including a Utah guest-worker card. We'll talk about an e-verify law that recently took effect in Utah. We'll also talk about Arizona's immigration law and whether Utah should adopt a similar law. Public Access to Utah Waterways Utah's Waterways-Public Access through Private Lands: A state funded program to pay some property owners for public access to rivers and streams located near private property could be expanded. Utah Governor Gary Herbert has asked members of the Utah Waterways Tasks Force to find a way for private landowners and recreationists to work together. Representative Melvin Brown (R- Coalville)is co-chair of the twelve member Utah Waterways Task Force. Representative Brown and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Assistant Director Alan Clark discuss public access through private lands. Monday, July 19 | Listen Unwelcome Guests in Our Gardens The Squash Bug, Corn Earworm and Aphid are unwelcome guests in our gardens and orchards. How do you get rid of, or prevent them? USU Extension Entomologist Diane Alston has the answers and she'll talk with Tom Williams in the first half. Also, with a CDC investigation ongoing after reports of the possibility of Lyme Disease in Utah, they'll also talk about the right way to remove ticks if you find them on you after a hike. Stories from the Life of Porter Rockwell Then Friend Weller talks with the authors of Stories from the Life of Porter Rockwell, one of the most fascinating figures from Mormon history. His guests include John Rockwell and Jerry Borrowman as well as Richard Purdy, who portrays Rockwell in the accompanying DVD. Friday, July 16 | Listen Farmland in Decline Farmland used for the production of food in the U.S. and around the world is in decline. Urban expansion and over development are a leading cause. Julia Freedgood, Director of Farmland and Communities at the American Farmland Trust in Washington D.C. details the need for more fruit and vegetable farmland. Science Questions Astronomer Tyler Nordgren, author of Stars Above, Earth Below, A Guide To Astronomy In The National Parks, talks about his new book, the diminishing night skies, and how objects in outer space transform landscapes in the national parks. Click here to listen to only the Science Questions portion of the program. Thursday, July 15 | Listen Professor Maria Cordero USU Associate Professor Maria Cordero is giving the HASS Hour lecture this afternoon titled "Art on the Haitian/Dominican Border: A Journey to Rio Limpio and Batey Libertad." She'll be our guest in the first half today. She says that her trip to the Haitian/Dominican border (the small agricultural town of Rio Limpio and the immigrant work camp of Batey Libertad) a couple of years ago helped her "to internalize the fact that artistic expression is not a luxury but a basic need of the human spirit; it is an important outlet for the disenfranchised." We'll also talk with Ana de la Cruz, a USU student from the Dominican Republic. We'll talk about how relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti often mirror the U.S./Mexico relationship in economic disparity, immigration issues, border tensions and other ways. Technology for Health Kerry Bringhurst talks with Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the second half. They'll talk about a program which provides funding to communities to build and strengthen their health information technology infrastructure and about setting standards for electronic health records. Wednesday, July 14 | Listen Health of Military Veterans A recent study by The Gallup Organization shows that military veterans fare worse than the general work force when it comes to emotional and physical health, work environment and access to necessities. In the first half today Tom Williams talks Salt Lake Tribune reporter Matthew LaPlante, who covers military issues for the paper, and with a veteran of several tours of duty with the U. S. Marines, Anthony Pike, a student at Westminster College in Salt Lake City who is working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in New York City this summer. Helping Victims of Violence In the second half, Tom Williams' guest is Anna Marjavi, Program Manager with The Family Violence Prevention Fund. A 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that 39% of native women reported that they were victims of intimate partner violence at some time in their lives, which is a rate higher than any other race or ethnicity studied. FVPF and other organizations have released the promising results of a recent project which has shown progress in helping victims of domestic, sexual violence among American Indians. They will also discuss domestic violence in the general population and what to do to help anyone you suspect is a potential victim of domestic violence. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE Tuesday, July 13 | Listen Crusade for the Homeless A foundation to help Utah's homeless is asking residents to donate one percent of their income as part of a national program to find homes for the chronically homeless. Vaughn McDonald is co-director of Crusade for the Homeless Foundation. For more information go to www.crusadeforthehomeless.org. Arts in Crisis A Kennedy Center Initiative 50 State Tour with Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser. This fall Michael Kaiser will complete a 50 state tour to support arts organizations. He presents his Arts in Crisis symposium in Salt Lake City, Thursday, July 15th. For more information go to www.artsincrisis.org. Monday, July 12 | Listen What's Left To Do in the Garden The beans are reaching the top of the trellis, the cantaloupe is setting fruit, and your corn is as high as an elephant's... ankle. There is still a lot to do in your garden including thinning, fertilizing, and water, water, water. Dan Drost, Extension Vegetable Specialist is in today on Access Utah. Friday, July 9 | Listen Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the book Guns, Germs, and Steel - The Fates of Human Societies, details why history took such dissimilar evolutionary courses for humans on different continents. On Access Utah, Diamond discusses his work and the potential effects of global climate change on human societies now and in the future. Science Questions On Science questions we hear how NASA scientist Dr. Ed Galindo is combining traditional Native American ideas with western science and in the process is taking science education to surprising new heights. Click here to listen to only the Science Questions portion of the program. Thursday, July 8 | Listen Heritage Through DNA Kerry Bringhurst talks with University of Utah anthropology professor Dennis O'Rourke, who talks about tracing heritage through DNA. Rachael Sage Musician Rachael Sage joins us from England where she is meeting with audiences in the UK before coming to Utah where she will be performing. Wednesday, July 7 | Listen Senate Judiciary Hearing Today in the first half we have commentary on the Elena Kagan senate judiciary hearings with Tom Williams and guest commentators Amy Wildermuth, professor of law at University of Utah; and RonNell Andersen Jones, associate professor of law at BYU. Highway 89 Then, Kerry Bringhurst talks with Ann Torrence the author and photographer who has documented the American West and written the book "Highway 89." Tuesday, July 6 | Listen Education in Utah U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, joins Kerry Bringhurst to talk about the on the jobs bill and protecting teacher jobs. Also, Kerry talks with Utah Education Association President Kim Campbell who attends the NEA convention this week. New Director of Human Services Kerry talks with Palmer Depaulis, who begins as Utah's Director of Human Services. Monday July 5 No Access Utah Friday, July 2 | Listen Black Bears Utah has one of the lowest black bear populations in the nation and the majority of them are in the central Utah forests. In the last decade black bears around the U.S. have started to come out of the forests more frequently. Today on the show ecologist Sharon Baruch-Mordo details black bear behavior and their increasing interactions with humans. Science Questions Tortoises are edging closer towards a mass extinction. In today's show, Craig Stanford author of The Last Tortoise, A Tale of Extinction in Our Lifetime details the plight of these ancient shelled creatures and spotlights the detrimental impact North American pet stores and Asian markets have on tortoise and turtle populations. Click here to listen to only the Science Questions portion of the program. Thursday, July 1 | Listen Medication and Suicide Among the Military University of Utah's Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Dr. David Rudd, testified before a congressional committee about the relationship between medication and suicide among military employees. Now Utah's Hill Air Force Base's top officer has ordered an investigation into whether prescription drug abuse may be a factor in the number of suicides among base employees there. Dr. Rudd says the connection between medication and suicide can be confusing. Battling Illegal Immigration Three Utah lawmakers traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona to observe immigration patrol efforts. House Speaker David Clark says the one day trip gave him further insight into some of the challenges states face in battling illegal immigration.

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