Programs

Micheal Pollan Author on Access Utah Monday

Tom Williams — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:14:24 +0000

Tom Williams speaks with Micheal Pollan author of "Cooked" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma," on the program. We discuss how far we have come in distanced ourselves from our food. We also talk about some of the ways we can connect to our food, whether by being more involved in the process or simply knowing more about where it comes from.

Speaking with Doctors on Access Utah Tuesday

Tom Williams — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:59:03 +0000

Almost 20 billion times each year, a person walks into a doctor's office and becomes a patient. Dr. Kevin Jones says that physicians can’t tell you what they don’t know. They can tell you when they don’t know, but they might not. Dr. Jones, in his book "What Doctors Cannot Tell You: Clarity, Confidence, and Uncertainty in Medicine," explores the uncertainty that pervades medicine.

Zesty Garden- April 25

Bryan Earl — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:45:34 +0000

As we warm up this spring and get our gardens ready we need to start thinking about weeds. Today on the program we have USU extension weed specialist Ralph Whitesides with the Plants, Soils and Climate Department. We discus things you can do now that if you ignore, you will regret later.

Zesty Garden- April 18

Bryan Earl — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:33:49 +0000

There is still time to prepare your trees for this years pests. We speak with USU extension entomologist Diane Alston about what you can do to ready your plants with sprays and other solutions now that the season is warming up.

Zesty Garden- May 9

Adison — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:55:00 +0000

The family in the children’s book, "The Carrot warned little brother, “Your carrots won’t come up!” Any kind of small seed, if not taken care of, will have trouble germinating. On The Zesty Garden we have USU Extension vegetable specialist, Dan Drost, will address seed hydration issues along with what to do for a success bed of asparagus.

Chicago's Holocaust Survivors home on Access Utah Wednesday

Tom Williams — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:05:15 +0000

Over the years, the Selfhelp Home in Chicago has brought together more than 1,000 refugees and Holocaust survivors under one roof. A new documentary film, "Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home", features the stories of the eventual residents of Selfhelp, who spent the war years surviving by any means necessary – fleeing to the Jewish ghetto of Shanghai, hiding in the French countryside, taken in by English families as part of the Kindertransport, or as prisoners in Auschwitz and other concentration camps.

Fresh Folk- May 18

Blair Larsen — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:07 +0000

This week on the show, I feature the new release of West Virginia themed songs by Kathy Mattea, and the intelligent and articulate songs of Jesse Terry. I’ll also play songs from new albums by Linda McRae, Cedar Breaks, and Kim and Reggie Harris, to name just a few. Join me this Saturday at 8pm for Fresh Folk on Utah Public Radio.

Zesty Garden- May 16

Bryan Earl — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:31 +0000

One of the best ways to ensure that your cool season lawn gets through the hot summer is using the best watering practices and having a healthy lawn. This includes watering deeply and less often, and mowing high. But there are also other types of cool season grasses that can also help your lawn be more drought tolerant. These include tall and fine fescues. Today on The Zesty Garden, we’ll look at the latest in these and other “best practices” with USU Water Conservation and Turfgrass Specialist, Kelly Kopp. But first on the program, we’ll talk with a dutch bulb expert whose family has been selling bulbs for almost 400 years.

Epigenetics, Our Parents and Our Future

Sheri Quinn — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:47:11 +0000

The once quiet field of epigenetics is now making big waves in the biological sciences. Laboratories across the world are filling up with researchers studying the human epi-genome. It literally means above the genome. On the program, producer Sheri Quinn explores this paradigm shift in biology with German scientist Wolf Riek, recognized as a world leader in the field of epi-genetics.

Meat eaters, vegetarians and vegans discuss their eating habits Thursday on Access Utah

Tom Williams — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:32:30 +0000

A few months ago we explored the culture of hunting with Stephen Rinella author of “Meat Eater.” He asserts, as does Michael Pollan who wrote “The Omnivore’s Dilemma & Cooked,” that Americans are losing their connection with the way their food finds its way to their tables. Hunting, Rinella argues, is intimately connected with our humanity; and assuming responsibility for acquiring the meat that we eat, rather than entrusting it to proxy executioners, processors, packagers and distributors, is one of the most respectful and exhilarating things a meat eater can do. Thursday we explored this idea from the other direction, talking about vegetarian and vegan culture with a panel of vegetarians & vegans and a former vegetarian.