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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It’s another special Member Drive edition of the program and our guest is folklorist Lynne McNeill.
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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?
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Today we’ll discuss the mysterious and misunderstood lives of cougars with Kristin Engebretsen, and Darren DeBloois.
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We’ll check in with the William A. Burnard Warming Center in Logan, with Lindsey Harrelson, and Jayme Walters, on today's Access Utah.
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Today we’ll revisit our talk with Jennifer Ackerman, the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, about her new book What An Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds, a scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination.
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Presenting a dramatic snapshot of life in Bauer in narrative autobiographical form and more on today's Access Utah.
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Utah lawmakers passed a bill that would prevent Great Salt Lake from qualifying for legal personhood, barring government entities from recognizing that nonhumans--like the lake--have legal standing. Join Tom Williams and panelists for discussion on this topic on this Great Salt Lake special.
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Trump, Biden prevail in Utah; Legislature wraps up session; and LDS Church buys Kirtland Temple on this episode of Behind the Headlines
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In Tyranny of the Gene, James Tabery exposes the origin story of personalized medicine—essentially a marketing idea dreamed up by pharmaceutical executives—and traces its path from the Human Genome Project to the present. James Tabery joins us for this episode.
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We revisit our conversation with Ben Goldfarb to talk wildlife and discuss his upcoming book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.