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How Los Angeles cleaned up its air on Access Utah Apr 09, 2026

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Los Angeles and smog have been synonymous for decades. But the last smog alert happened in 2003, and lead has virtually disappeared from the air.

Where Western myth meets history and more art on Access Utah Apr 01, 2026

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We check in with USU’s Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art about their exhibits, including Jim Mangan: The Crick, a meditation on religious succession, patriarchal systems, zealotry and fraternity;

Alberto Brizolara on Access Utah Mar 26, 2026

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You've probably heard his name associated with regular listener challenges during our fund drives. Now a chance to meet long-time UPR friend Alberto Brizolara on this fund drive Access Utah special.

Birds and science journalism with former UPR reporters on Access Utah Mar 25, 2026

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Today we talk with former UPR student reporters who have gone on to great things. Our guests will include: Aimee Van Tatenhove, and Clarissa Casper.

A year in the company of trees with Nalini Nadkarni on Access Utah Mar 25, 2026

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National Geographic says that tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni "has spent four decades dangling among the branches to study how forests inform our daily lives.”

Eating the Past on Access Utah Mar 23, 2026

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We talk with several of the hosts of Eating the Past about a variety of food and history topics, including a food quiz.

Storytelling as collaborative worldmaking on Access Utah Mar 20, 2026

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In the 2026 Fife Honor Lecture at USU, professor Katherine Borland of Ohio State University’s Center for Folklore Studies, focused on miracle narratives. She joins us for the hour.

An oral history of songs in the Intermountain West on Access Utah Mar 18, 2026

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Intermountain Song Trails is a new oral history project exploring how songs travel across generations, families, and migration routes, from lullabies to work songs to church or scouting traditions.

Your spring gardening questions, answered on Access Utah Mar 17, 2026

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Gardening expert and UPR friend Dan Drost joins us. Whether you’ve got a large backyard garden, participate in a community garden, or have a small box near your window, Dan can help.

Cache Valley children's book authors on Access Utah Mar 16, 2026

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On this episode we talk with Wil Wood, author of “And It Was Beautiful” and Zack Garner and Rachel Quillen Garner, writer and illustrator, respectively, of “Half Moon on the Moon.”

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