Podcast
Behind the Headlines
Hosted by Tom Williams · EN
From its politics to its public lands to polygamy, Utah has always been fertile ground for news. Here on UPR, The Salt Lake Tribune presents a fresh way for Utahns to process the headlines.
Behind the Headlines, a live weekly broadcast, examines the week’s top local stories through the eyes of reporters on the beat.Hosted by UPR's Tom Williams, a rotating panel of the state’s top journalists explain what’s happening in the Beehive State along with the hows and whys.
Listeners can join the discussion by sending questions to @upraccess on Twitter or emailing upraccess@gmail.com.
Behind the Headlines is brought to you through a partnership with Utah Public Radio and The Salt Lake Tribune.
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Contentious Box Elder data center meeting and more on Behind the Headlines
2w ago00:49:33Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune reporters Samantha Moilanen and Tamarra Kemsley and data columnist Andy Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including the meeting for the Box Elder County data center project.
Transcribe →Box Elder data center, Blake Moore's defeat, and more on Behind the Headlines
2w ago00:49:57Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune editor Sean Means and reporter Addy Baird talk about the week’s top stories, including Box Elder County delaying a vote on a hyperscale data center, and more.
Transcribe →Inflation, Utah's measles outbreak, and more on Behind the Headlines
4w ago00:52:45Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Paighten Harkins, Addy Baird, and Jessica Schreifels, along with visual journalist Trent Nelson, talk about the week’s top stories.
Transcribe →SLC flight prices, balcony solar, and more on Behind the Headlines
Apr 1000:51:45Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen, Andy Larsen and Julia Jag join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including a look at why it is so expensive to fly out of SLC.
Transcribe →Sunday service shakeup, Ted Bundy case, and more on Behind the Headlines
Apr 300:51:44Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiling changes to its Sunday worship services and more.
Transcribe →Fuel and fertilizer inflation hits Utah farmers and more on Behind the Headlines
Mar 2700:49:01Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune reporters Megan Banta, Tamarra Kemsley, and Courtney Tanner talk about the week’s top stories, including soaring fuel and fertilizer prices hitting Utah farmers.
Transcribe →ICE detention center protests and more on Behind the Headlines
Mar 2000:52:28Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gerhke, Sam Moilanen, and Brooke Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including a protest against an ICE detention center planned for Salt Lake City.
Transcribe →Legislative recap, selling part of Great Salt Lake, and more on Behind the Headlines
Mar 1300:50:57Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Leia Larsen, and Brock Marchant talk about the week’s top stories, including a recap of the Utah Legislature's 2026 session.
Transcribe →Nuclear waste, farmers protesting a new highway, and more on Behind the Headlines
Mar 600:50:48Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen, Robert Gehrke, and Samantha Moilanen join Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories, including a proposal to for Utah to take on nuclear waste.
Transcribe →Prop 4 signatures, Winter Olympics, and more on Behind the Headlines
Feb 2300:52:57Tap to summarizeSalt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Tony Semerad, and Julie Jag share the week’s top stories, including the Utah Republican Party claiming enough signatures to send a Prop 4 repeal initiative.
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