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The COVID-19 Conversation Continued: Transitioning To Moderate Risk Phase On Tuesday's Access Utah May 05, 2020

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A couple of weeks ago, UPR presented a special program called COVID-19 CONVERSATION, answering your questions about the pandemic. We’re going to resume our conversation on the next Access Utah. As the state moves from Red to Orange level, we’ll ask what that means and how it affects you.

Revisiting The State Of Sexual Harassment In Utah On Monday's Access Utah May 04, 2020

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Today, as a part of our series: Stopping Sexual Harassment, we’ll talk with Susan Madsen and Robbyn Scribner of the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah Valley University. We’ll talk about sexual harassment and sexual assault. We’ll also talk about voting, leadership, body image and other topics.

Mapping Literary Utah With Paisley Rekdal On Thursday's Access Utah Apr 30, 2020

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Several years ago, writer Paisley Rekdal created a digital community project that mapped the people, places, buildings and events that defined Salt Lake City. When she became Utah’s poet laureate, she decided to build on this idea and create a literary map for the entire state.

'Chris Terry, On Sabbatical': NEHMA's Newest Exhibition On Wednesday's Access Utah Apr 29, 2020

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While artist Chris Terry is known for his contemplative interior landscapes, a new exhibition at the USU Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA) features the experimental work he was able to create during four sabbaticals throughout his tenure at USU.

'Nature's Best Hope' With Douglas Tallamy On Tuesday's Access Utah Apr 28, 2020

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Douglas Tallamy’s first book, “Bringing Nature Home,” awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation. “Nature’s Best Hope” shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. Talllamy says that because this approach relies on the initiatives of private individuals, it is immune from the whims of government policy. Even more important, it’s practical, effective, and easy.

Revisiting Photography Of The Union Pacific Railroad With Daniel Davis On Monday's Access Utah Apr 27, 2020

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Andrew J. Russell is primarily known as the man who photographed the famous “East and West Shaking Hands” image of the Golden Spike ceremony on May 10, 1869. He also took nearly one thousand other images that document almost every aspect of the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Religion, The West, & Coronavirus: Betsy Gaines Quammen & David Quammen On Thursday's Access Utah Apr 23, 2020

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Conservationist and historian Betsy Gaines Quammen and journalist David Quammen have been on a virtual book tour, conducted from their home in Bozeman and including special guest Boots the Python.

Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of Earth Day On Wednesday's Access Utah Apr 22, 2020

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Every year for Earth Day, we check in with writer and photographer Stephen Trimble, author of “Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America,” and many other books. This time, Stephen Trimble suggested we also reach out to his friend, ecologist, ethnobotanist and writer, Gary Paul Nabhan.

Utah Legislators On Tuesday's Access Utah: New Economic & Public Health Commission & Vote-By-Mail Apr 21, 2020

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On Tuesday's Access Utah, we check in with Utah legislators about the historic special session that began last week in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Revisiting Corey Flintoff's Journey From Alaska To NPR Foreign Correspondent On Monday's Access Utah Apr 21, 2020

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Corey Flintoff is a former NPR foreign correspondent whose assignments included Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Haiti, Ukraine and Russia.

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