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Revisiting 'Seven Summers' on Access Utah Nov 24, 2025

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We revisit our conversation with Julia Corbett about her book, "Seven Summers: A Naturalist Homesteads in the Modern West."

Historical insights into the Civil War with Tim McGrath on Access Utah Nov 20, 2025

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We talk with Tim McGrath, author of "Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the Speech That Changed the Nation."

The extraordinary science of the immune system on Access Utah Nov 18, 2025

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A terminal cancer patient rises from the grave. A medical marvel defies HIV. Two women with autoimmunity discover their own bodies have turned against them.

World Philosophy Day on Access Utah Nov 17, 2025

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In honor of World Philosophy Day, which is this week, USU philosophy professors are inviting you to "Ask Us Anything!" The event is at the Logan Library Thursday at 5:00 p.m.

A conversation with new USU President Brad Mortensen on Access Utah Nov 14, 2025

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On this episode of Access Utah, a conversation with new Utah State University President Brad Mortensen, who is in the first week of his administration.

'Devouring Time': A new biography of author Jim Harrison on Access Utah Nov 11, 2025

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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."

How America's past shaped today's most contentious policy debates on Access Utah Nov 11, 2025

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Colin Woodard, a bestselling author, historian, and award-winning journalist, directs the Nationhood Lab at Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy.

'Friends with Words': Martha Barnette on Access Utah Nov 05, 2025

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Martha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of "A Way with Words," lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual treasure house” and “‘Car Talk’ for Lexiphiles.”

Revisiting 'The Feather Thief' With Kirk Wallace Johnson On Access Utah Nov 03, 2025

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We revisit our conversation from April 2019 with Kirk Wallace Johnson about his book, 'The Feather Thief ', the story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice.

Ogden's '25th Street Confidential' with Val Holley on Access Utah Nov 03, 2025

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We revisit our conversation from November 2013 with Val Holley about his book "25th Street Confidential."