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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Signup to Generate a PitchFrom 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.
Recent episodes include "Midterm elections, criminal charges against Kalshi, and more on Behind the Headlines" (30 October 2026, 50 minutes), "Nine Mile Canyon lawsuit, Ammon Bundy's arrest, and more on Behind the Headlines" (16 October 2026, 51 minutes), and "Dropping birth rates, Trevor Lee's felony charges, and more on Behind the Headlines" (2 October 2026, 49 minutes).
Behind the Headlines publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 108 episodes.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters join Tom Williams to discuss Amendment B, criminal charges against Kalshi, trick-or-treater declines, and more.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week's top stories, including Salt Lake City's downtown sports district and an environmental lawsuit over hydrocarbon highway plans in the Nine Mile Canyon.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week's news, including dropping birth rates among Latter-day Saints and state Rep. Trevor Lee being charged with four felonies related to fraud.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters join us to discuss the week's top stories, including the possible future of the Sugar House pond and Idaho's Prop 1 abortion vote.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters Robert Gehrke, Megan Banta, and Leia Larsen talk about the fight over whether voters get a say on the Stratos data center, and 16 mining claims filed for Bears Ears.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters discuss the week’s top stories, including a still-pending review of Charlie Kirk's shooting one year later and changes for BYU religion classes.
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The accused killer of Charlie Kirk is going to trial, the Trump Administration is considering repealing the Roadless Rule, and Google wants to power a data center in southwest Utah.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including Salt Lake City creating new rules for its own license plate readers.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters join us to discuss the week's top stories, including ICE arrests quadrupling, the Utah Senate president threatening to sue critics, and more.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters join us today to talk about a super El Niño coming to Utah, a mining CEO buying shares of the Bears Ears monument, and more.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen and Megan Banta and data columnist Andy Larsen talk about the week’s top stories, including Kalshi losing in court to Utah, wildfires, and extreme heat.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen, Brooke Larsen, and Paighten Harkins join us to talk about this week's top stories, including how this dirty soda shop changed the game.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters Addy Baird and Andy Larsen join to talk about the week’s top stories, including if hikers should be worried after a Utah man was killed by lightning, and more.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week's top stories, including a threatening letter from the president to Utah's lieutenant governor, and a possibly wrongly convicted man on death row.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including how Pine Valley's high wildfire risk, a controversial proposed sculpture, and the rebuke of a Davis County commissioner.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters Palak Jayswal and Brooke Larsen join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about some of the stories we’ve missed on the program over the last few weeks, including the return of Glen Canyon’s once...
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters discuss Utah Supreme Court justice expansions, why data center developers are drawn to Utah, and The Other Side Foundation.
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Tribune reporters Tamarra Kemsley, Brooke Larsen, and Courtney Tanner talk about the week’s top stories, including Sen. Mike Lee attaching a repeal of the Roadless Rule to a federal wildfire bill.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including Gov. Spencer Cox's picks to fill new Utah Supreme Court seats and Kevin O'Leary's plans to reduce the Stratos data center size.
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Salt Lake Tribune reporters discuss the LDS church tracking system, the sociology of water use, and potential slowing of data centers in one Utah county.
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