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"The Climbers" With Photographer Jim Herrington On Tuesday's Access Utah Jan 24, 2018

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For nearly 2 decades, professional photographer Jim Herrington has been working on a portrait series of influential rock and mountain climbers. The resulting book, “The Climbers” documents these rugged individualists who, from roughly the 1930s to 1970s, used primitive gear along with their wits, talent, and fortitude to tackle unscaled peaks around the world. Today, these men and women are renowned for their accomplishments and, in many cases, are the last of the remaining practitioners from the so‐called “Golden Age” of 20th century climbing.

Opening Day of Utah Legislature On Monday's Access Utah Jan 22, 2018

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Join us on Monday at 9:00 a.m. for our annual live broadcast from the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on the opening day of the Utah Legislature. Tom Williams will be talking with Governor Gary Herbert and majority and minority leaders from the Utah Senate and House of Representatives. We’ll take questions via email for the governor and legislative leaders. We want to know what’s on your mind as the 2018 Utah Legislature gets down to business. You can email us during the show or right now toupraccess@gmail.com and we’ll get your question or comment on during the program.

Arguing The Death Penalty In Utah On Tuesday's Access Utah Jan 16, 2018

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A majority (55 percent) of Americans support the death penalty, according to the latest Gallup poll on the subject, but support continues to decline. In 1994, 80 percent supported the death penalty.

'Privacy: What Everyone Needs to Know' With Leslie and John Francis on Thursday's Access Utah Jan 11, 2018

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We live more and more of our lives online; we rely on the internet as we work, interact with friends and loved ones, pay bills, stream videos, read the news, and listen to music. We operate with the understanding that data that traces these activities will not be abused now or in the future. But the data tracks we leave through our health information, the internet and social media, financial and credit information, personal relationships, and public lives continuously make us prey to identity theft, hacking and even government surveillance.

Digital Trends of 2017 With Lynne McNeil and Jeannie Thomas On Wednesday's Access Utah Jan 10, 2018

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There was a tie atop the 2017 Digital Trend of the Year survey conducted by theUSU Digital Folklore Project. The top trends were: #MeToo and the phenomenon of fake governmentsocial media accounts like @AltUSNatParkService. Jeannie Thomas, co-director ofthe USU Digital Folklore Project and head of the USU English Department toldthe Logan Herald Journal that when they first started the project, She “thoughtit’d be memes all the time we’d be naming. One of the things this shows me ishow much people engage with political and social justice issues.” We’ll talkwith Jeannie Thomas and Lynne McNeill, the other co-director of the USU DigitalFolklore Project and USU assistant professor of English, about #TakeAKnee(second on this year’s list). We’ll also talk about “covfefe” and much more andwe’ll ask you for your selection for top digital trend of the year.

Nudity In Art And Art Education On Tuesday's Access Utah Jan 09, 2018

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A Cache Valley elementary school art teacher was fired after he had his class pass around prints of classical art from a collection of postcards from the school’s library, which included prints of nude paintings. The teacher, Mateo Rueda said he didn’t know those paintings were part of the set and would not have used them. This story drew international press coverage. Rueda and Cache County School district have reached an agreement in the case. We’ll talk about it on Tuesday’s Access Utah. Our guests will include Mateo Rueda and the mother of one of the students.

"An American (Homeless) In Paris" With Author Chris Ames On Monday's Access Utah Jan 08, 2018

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“I’m not saying become homeless, but do understand it opens many doors, and helps us appreciate the doors we can close.” That’s Utah native Chris Ames, writing in his book, “An American (homeless) in Paris,” out from University of Utah Press.

Tech Matters With Jonathan Choate On Wednesday's Access Utah Jan 03, 2018

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Today we’ll explore all things tech with Jonathan Choate from SD7 Technology Group in Logan.

The Lightwood Duo On This Holiday Edition Of Access Utah Dec 14, 2017

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Recent DACA Protests On Wednesday's Access Utah Dec 13, 2017

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Recently a group called Our Dream organized a sit-in at the Federal Building in Salt Lake City to, as the group puts it, “pressure our representatives to include protection for DACA recipients in the Omnibus Spending Bill or vote against the Spending Bill should protection not be included. And the World Trade Center Utah recently hosted an immigration roundtable with local leaders from agriculture, business, education, tech, and faith as well as political leaders to show support for immigration reforms. The event marked the launch of the iMarch for Immigration Campaign, a national day of action in all 50 states. The World Trade Center Utah thanked Utah’s Congressional Delegation for their efforts and called on them to push forward with action on a solution for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients--the “DREAMers”—quickly.

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