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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Eating the Past hosts join Tom Williams on Access Utah to celebrate Eating the Past's 200 episodes. And they brought a gift for Tom! A food quiz! This week features excerpts from the episode that aired in March. -
Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen, Andy Larsen and Julia Jag join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including a look at why it is so expensive to fly out of SLC. -
We talk with historian Charlotte Brooks about her new book "The Moys of New York and Shanghai." -
Los Angeles and smog have been synonymous for decades. But the last smog alert happened in 2003, and lead has virtually disappeared from the air. -
We talk with Todd Goddard, author of "Devouring Time," a new biography of Jim Harrison — one of America's most beloved writers and author of "Legends of the Fall," "Dalva," and "True North." -
We talk with Nicholas Fox Weber about his new book "The Art of Tennis," which is a celebration of the cultural influence of tennis that paved the way for the sport we love today. -
Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiling changes to its Sunday worship services and more. -
We're joined by Nick and Melanie Herrmann. We tell Nick’s story, including living with a brain injury, neuroplasticity, vocational rehabilitation, low level light therapy, and more. -
This is a special showcase of our UPR Corner Concert Series! Hosted by Tom Williams, we're joined by its creator and showrunners, Emma Karen and Nathan Dahle. -
We check in with USU’s Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art about their exhibits, including Jim Mangan: The Crick, a meditation on religious succession, patriarchal systems, zealotry and fraternity;
