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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Today we revisit our conversation with the editors of the book 'A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation.' Our guests are editors Timothy Hemmis and David Head.
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Revisiting the topic of civil discourse in politics with Patrick Belmont and Dan Johnson, followed by StoryCorps.
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On this episode we’ll revisit our conversation with novelist, feminist, and philanthropist Isabel Allende about her latest book, The Wind Knows My Name.
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On this episode, BYU will require incoming students to read apostle Jeffrey Holland’s controversial ‘musket speech, Supporters want to build a 300-foot statue at Point of the Mountain, and Gov. Spencer Cox announces that he is set to veto ‘several’ bills from the Utah Legislature at the deadline — but won’t say which ones.
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On this member drive edition of the program we’ll get gardening advice from Dan Drost.
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We talk with Wayne Wurtsbaugh, professor emeritus in the Watershed Sciences Department at USU and Jack Greene, nature educator and regular contributor to UPR’s Wild About Utah.
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A conversation on building communities and bridging divides with Janice Brooks.
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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.