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Richard O. Prum's "The Evolution of Beauty" Darwin's Theory of Mate Choice on Thurday's Access Utah Jun 29, 2017

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In The Evolution of Beauty, Richard O. Prum’s award-winning career as an ornithologist and his lifelong passion for bird-watching come together in a thrilling intellectual adventure. Scientific dogma holds that every detail of an animal’s mating displays—every spot on the peacock’s tail—is an advertisement of its genetic material superiority to potential mates. But thirty years of research and fieldwork around the world led Prum to question this idea. Deep in tropical jungles are birds with dizzying array of plumages, songs, and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, and Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. Many such traits struck Prum as out-landishly unlikely to provide practical information.

The ACA And Utah On Wednesday’s Access Utah Jun 28, 2017

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Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have delayed a vote on their Obamacare repeal bill (the Better Care Reconciliation Act) until after the 4th of the July recess.

Bringing Issues of Civic Engagement Into The Classroom, Margaret Whitt On Tuesday's Access Utah Jun 27, 2017

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The 2017 Bennion Teacher Workshop and Literature of Protest: Civil Rights, Democracy, Social Justice is ongoing at USU. Sponsored by: The Mountain West Center for Regional Studies Utah State University.

"The New Asylums: How Utah Traps The Mentally Ill Behind Bars" On Monday's Access Utah Jun 26, 2017

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Across Utah, nearly 70 mentally ill men and women who are supposed to be receiving mental health treatment are instead trapped in jail cells. They're getting sicker. They're being released without treatment. They're dying.

Talking About Conspiracy Theories with Colin Dickey on Thursday's Access Utah Jun 22, 2017

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According to Colin Dickey, author of the forthcoming book about conspiracy theories called “The Unidentified,” such theories appear and spread at moments of upheaval and cultural anxiety. Dickey, writing recently in The New Republic magazine, examines the rise of conspiracy theories, long thought to be more the province of the right wing, on the left in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election as president. We’ll ask what it means that the president himself has dabbled in conspiracy theories and has applauded such figures as Alex Jones. And we’ll investigate the what, why, where, when, and how of conspiracy theories with Colin Dickey, next time on Access Utah.

Michael Wallis's "The Best Land Under Heaven" a Book on the Donner Party on Wednesday's Access Utah Jun 21, 2017

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The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny.

USU's Year of the Arts with Dr. Craig Jessop on Tuesday's Access Utah Jun 20, 2017

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Craig Jessop, Dean of Utah State University’s Caine College of the Arts, Director of the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, and former Music Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, has led an interesting life in the arts. He’ll join us today to talk about USU’s Year of the Arts which begins this month.

Jazz, Blues and Rock 'n' Roll with Guitarist Cory Christiansen on Wednesday's Access Utah Jun 15, 2017

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Cory Christiansen is a recording artist, writer, educator and performer. He has played and taught around the globe for the last decade alongside the likes of Dr. Lonnie Smith, Vic Juris, Danny Gottlieb, Jeff Coffin, James Moody, Steve Houghton, Jeremy Allen and other jazz greats. His last recording, "Lone Prairie" received critical acclaim for its blending of jazz, rock, blues and music of the American Frontier.

Summer Secrets: The Best of Utah's Summer Fun on Wednesday's Access Utah Jun 14, 2017

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It’s Summertime! The kids are out of school and life slows down for some of us and speeds up for others. Trips to favorite vacation spots and into the backcountry ramp up. Today on Access Utah, we came together as a UPR community to share ideas for summertime trips, activities, traditions and stories.

The Ins and Outs of Zinke's Bears Ears Recommendation on Tuesday's Access Utah Jun 13, 2017

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has released his interim report on Bears Ears National Monument.

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