Access Utah

As you know, public media is in a post-rescission world. With the loss of federal funding, public radio and television stations face big new problems and maybe new opportunities.

Jerome Charyn is the award-winning author of more than fifty works of fiction and nonfiction. Today we’ll talk with him about his new book about opera singer Maria Callas titled, "Maria, La Divina."

Our guest today is folklorist Lynne McNeill. Lynne McNeill is an associate professor of folklore at Utah State University, as well as co-founder of and faculty advisor for the USU Folklore Club.

We talk with Jaxon Didericksen, Access to Justice program coordinator with the Transforming Communities Institute at USU, about the recent launch of their community justice advocate program.

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit — especially apples.

Today we revisit our conversation from December 2018 with environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb, talking about his book "Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter."

Laura Tohe is a poet, writer, librettist, scholar of Indigenous American literature, and former Navajo Nation Poet Laureate.

We revisit our conversation from 2019 with writer Michele Anderson about her opinion piece in the New York Times titled, “Go Home to Your ‘Dying’ Hometown.”

"The Gift of Failure" focuses on the critical years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience disappointment and frustration so that they grow into successful, resilient adults.

"In a Rugged Land" examines the history and content of the two photographers' forgotten collaboration "Three Mormon Towns." We revisit our conversation from 2019 with author James Swenson.