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Using dryland farming techniques to grow crops in the Southwest
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- Using dryland farming techniques to grow crops in the Southwest
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- 6 months ago
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- Dryland farming has been a staple for indigenous desert communities for centuries. University of Arizona professor Michael Kotutwa Johnson discusses how modern solutions to growing crops during the drought can be developed through traditional farming methods practiced on tribal lands. Michael Kotutwa Johnson spoke with Tim Swindle, professor emeritus of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona.
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- Aug 11, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 7 months ago
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- A Tucson city council race is headed for a recount; Using social prescription to become healthier; an asylum seeker from Africa talks about his experience; and more....
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- Pigs, toads and a Falcon Band | Arizona Illustrated
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- 8 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated…we dedicate our show to stories produced by University of Arizona School of Journalism students including a look at one of the largest pot-bellied pig sanctuaries in the country; a program helps keep your dogs safe from psychedelic toads; the Catalina Foothills Falcon Band is marching toward success and Groundworks is holding space for young Tucsonans to get creative.
Ironwood Pig Sanctuary
Mary Schanz and her team care for 680 pigs in Marana, making Ironwood on of the largest pot-bellied pig sanctuaries in the country. The rescue pigs come from different backgrounds and conditions, and include special needs pigs, injured pigs and frat boys.
Sonoran Desert Toad Awareness Training
The Humane Society of Southern Arizona holds a training program for dog owners to train their dogs to avoid possible future contact with the Sonoran Desert Toad, also known as the Colorado River Toad. What may seem like an average amph...
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- Aug 22, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- Tucson may get a city-supported camp for homeless people; Medicaid cuts dominate a congressional race; Exploring the tradition of dryland farming; and more...
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- Go below decks with "Ship" at Live Theater Workshop, a quirky new play about a young woman charti...
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- 8 months ago
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- Also on Arizona Spotlight: "Weekend Edition Sunday" host Ayesha Rascoe on the current reality facing NPR; and storyteller Sharon Wysocki tells how her art project went viral way back in the '90s.
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- 20 More Years of the RTA? | Pima County mulls a sales tax extension
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- 8 months ago
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- Will Pima County decide to extend a Regional Transportation Authority sales tax? Plus, a Tucson City Council recount is on hold after candidate Sadie Shaw claims that some voters were disenfranchised, alternative sites for Project Blue, and Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes responds to President Trump's social media comments about getting rid of mail-in voting.
Alisa Reznick of KJZZ, Caitlin Schmidt of Tucson Spotlight, Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Sentinel, and Steve Jess of AZPM News discuss these stories and more with host Steve Goldstein.
Plus, we admire Jim Nintzel's incredible new beard.
00:00:42 Our panel joins
00:00:53 Tucson city council primary recount stalled
00:03:22 What stood out with Sadie Shaw?
00:06:46 Will an RTA tax extension go before voters?
00:11:11 Data centers in the desert
00:20:07 Adrian Fontes responds to President Trump on mail-in voting
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- Aug 21, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- Crossing the border? Maybe leave your phone at home; A Tucson council member is sharing his surplus; An NPR reporter talks about her time at the White House; and more...
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- Aug 20, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- Tucson sets limits for high-volume water users; The county wants to talk to a murder suspect in immigration custody; setting guidelines for treating sex offenders; and more...
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- Hollywood at Home: SUPER 8 TRIVIA (2011)
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- 8 months ago
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- During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
Cast: Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler.
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- Aug 19, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The Oak Flat land transfer is off again; Democrats fight the cancellation of a solar-energy program; More border wall is coming soon; and more...
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- Aug 18, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- A mining company is on the verge of taking over a sacred indigenous site; the governor extends downpayment assistance; learning more about our stellar neighborhood; and more...
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- Masterpiece Unforgotten Season 6 PREVIEW
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- This award-winning cold case crime drama follows veteran London detectives who uncover the truth behind tangled, complicated murders from the past. The deeper the truth lies, the bigger the emotional toll for the suspects, the families left behind, and for the detective inspectors themselves
Sunny and Jess are back in action in Season 6, premiering on Sunday, August 24 at 10PM.
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- Student stories, passion & photography | Arizona Illustrated
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- 8 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated…stories produced by University of Arizona School of Journalism students for our show including a photography club free of mansplaining; a food truck that is creating real-world opportunities for people with special needs; Patrick Robles on his life-long passion for politics and meet the man behind one of Tucson’s largest hot dog empires.
Femme Photo Club
Femme Photo Club invites woman and nonbinary photographers of all proficiencies into a safe space to develop their skills whether they’re using a top-of-the-line camera or a cell phone. Through the lens of its original members, see how the group has inspired personal growth and fostered community creativity.
Special Eats
Tamara Varga couldn’t find a job for his 16-yer-old son with autism – so she created one. Alongside with her business partner Bill Harman, she created an inclusive environment and workplace for people with special needs,...
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- Aug 15, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- Arizona's largest wildfire sats a new record; Teachers vow to keep up the push for bigger budgets and paychecks; Ancient footprints in New Mexico have scientists rethinking human history; and more...
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- State of Education | What will public education look like in Arizona after funding cuts?
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- 8 months ago
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- As the school year starts in Southern Arizona, we talk with guests Marisol Garcia, President of the Arizona Education Association, about funding for K-12; Janice Palmer, VP for Government Affairs and Public Policy for the Helios Foundation, about higher education; and Fred DuVal from the Arizona Board of Regents about the economic impact of Arizona's public universities and federal cuts to university research programs.
00:00:46 Marisol Garcia joins the program
00:01:09 The current condition of Arizona public schools
00:03:25 Grading the state budget for education
00:06:20 Pay teachers more
00:07:46 What is Marisol most proud of with AZ's K-12 system?
00:08:57 Janice Palmer joins
00:09:08 Assessing the value of higher education
00:10:04 Is AZ making progress in college graduation numbers?
00:13:43 Chronic absenteeism created by the pandemic
00:16:09 What is the most significant change trend in education over the last few...
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- 'Don’t get cooked' – Beating the heat at Saguaro National Park
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- 8 months ago
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- A sit-down conversation between AZPM and Saguaro National Park to talk about how to stay safe in extreme heat and what kind of symptoms to be on the lookout for once heat illness sets in. This serves as a public safety reminder for locals, tourists and students and their families from out of state, coming to Tucson. @SaguaroNPS
Summer break might be over for students, but high temperatures aren’t going away in Southern Arizona. AZPM’s environmental reporter Katya Mendoza sits down with Saguaro National Park Ranger Jordan Camp to talk about tips on how people and pets can stay safe during Tucson’s summer months.
Producer: Katya Mendoza
Videographer: Diana Cadena
Editor: Diana Cadena
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- Aug 14, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Seniors speak up for social security; From Afghanistan to Arizona -- an asylum seeker's story; a Tucson center keeps up the fight for environmental justice, after Trump funding cuts; and more...
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- Tracking the first human footprints in the Southwest
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- 8 months ago
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- Some of the earliest known evidence of humans living in and around southern Arizona and New Mexico has been traced to around 23,000 years ago. University of Arizona archeologist Vance Holliday discusses his finds near White Sands Missile Range and how they add to the book of human history in the region. Vance Holliday spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph.D. regent's professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.
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- The American Revolution: EXTENDED PREVIEW
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more than two dozen nations and forever change the world.
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- "Music is a healing force." Meet the host of Papa Ray's Vintage Vinyl Roadshow.
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- 8 months ago
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- Also on Arizona Spotlight: How "Say One Thing" is helping to heal the Tucson community; an essay by nature writer, Rebekah Doyle; and behind the scenes at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's Raptor Free Flight Program.
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- Aug 13, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- Juan Ciscomani takes questions; A domestic violence incident leads to evacuations; Seeking a sense of belonging, after oppression in Iran; and more...
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- Aug 12, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- Health officials worry what the new school year will bring; More cities are dealing with hot streaks; Another installment in our series about belonging; and more...
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- Road trip! Tombstone, Tacos & more | Arizona Illustrated
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- 8 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated…we hit the road and take to you a one-of-a-kind church in the Tombstone; then down to Nogales to a mouthwatering taco stand; then to the Buenos Aires Wildlife Preserve where an extraordinary effort is underway to save an elusive bird and poet Javier Zamora finds happiness in his own back yard.
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A Cornerstone in Tombstone
Tombstone, AZ is known internationally as a cowboy/western community that dubs itself as the "The Town Too Tough to Die" but there is more to this destination if you get off the main tourist drag. St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tombstone occupies the oldest Protestant church building in Arizona (1882) and is also the only one in the world that is constructed of adobe using a Gothic Revival style.
Cocina La Ley
Cocina La Ley has been a Nogales, Arizona staple since German Larios founded the restaurant in 1994. It has been in the family ever since, servin...
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- Aug 8, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- The future of Project Blue; The hunt for potential planet killing asteroids; What does it take to belong; and more...
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- Tucsonans decry proposal for desert data center in public meeting
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- 8 months ago
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- On Monday, Aug. 4, Tucsonans gathered at the Tucson Convention center for a public meeting on Project Blue—the data center proposed for the city’s Ward 4—where they sent a clear and resounding message of opposition to city leaders.
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- August 2025 Highlights and Happenings: A message from Jack Gibson
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- 8 months ago
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- AZPM begins the new fiscal year with a tight budget and federal funding cuts that threaten local programming. Increased community support is needed to sustain Southern Arizona’s news, local content, and educational resources. August highlights include the premiere of Atomic People, new dramas, fundraising specials, and American Railroad: The Podcast.
See what else is coming this month or read about AZPM's most recent Highlights and Happenings here: https://about.azpm.org/p/about-press/2025/8/1/225828-azpm-faces-funding-challenges-as-federal-support-rescinded-community-support-is-vital-for-azpms-future-plus-other-highlights-from-the-ceo/
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- Bye, Bye, Project Blue | Tucson City Council rejects the controversial data center | The Press Room
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- 8 months ago
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- Tucson City Council pulls the plug on Project Blue after a raucous public meeting. What’s next for data centers in the desert? Plus, some results from Tucson City Council primaries.
Joe Ferguson of Tucson Agenda, John Washington of AZ Luminaria, Andrew Brown of AZPM News, and Tucson Sentinel’s Dylan Smith join Host Steve Goldstein to discuss this week’s top news stories.
00:00:42 Introducing our panel
00:00:55 In an unexpected vote, the city council soundly rejects Project Blue
00:05:23 Is it harder for projects to advance when developers disclose who they're for?
00:06:18 Where else are data centers a possibility?
00:06:45 Is there a Plan B for Project Blue?
00:10:08 Scenes from the public meeting
00:13:24 Why does Tucson resist these types of projects?
00:17:26 Is there growing public pressure to reject contract secrecy?
00:21:03 Does the rejection of Prop 414 and Project Blue say something about the fut...
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- Aug 7, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- A footnote about “Project Blue”; A northern Arizona fire continues to be tough work for firefighters; Prescott blocks a major hotel plan; and more...
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- Updating strategies for planetary defense
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- 8 months ago
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- Asteroid trackers are scanning the Earth's neighborhood to find any objects that pose a threat to our planet. University of Arizona planetary scientist Vishnu Reddy discusses a network designed to coordinate efforts worldwide to respond to potential life-threatening asteroid impacts. Vishnu Reddy spoke with Tim Swindle, professor emeritus in Planetary Science at the University of Arizona.
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- 80 years since atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, commemorating the victims and survivors.
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Also on Arizona Spotlight: Poet Joshua Lillie previews his new collection, "Small Talk Symphony".
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- Aug 6, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- Project Blue is off the table - at least for now; Could tax cuts jeopardise social security?; We look at the role art plays in our emotional well-being; and more...
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- Aug 5, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 8 months ago
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- A Project Blue town hall draws a crowd of opponents; should data center builders keep getting a tax break; a new prison oversight system is ready to go, if it ever gets any money; and more...
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- Aug 4, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 9 months ago
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- If you think “Project Blue” is big, wait til you hear about the data center planned for Eloy; The U of A is an invention powerhouse; We visit with a woman whose husband has spent six months in ICE custody; and more...
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- Psychedelic Toads, Fossils & Bonsai | Arizona Illustrated
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- 9 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated…how demand for a psychedelic substance could spell trouble for the Sonoran Desert Toad population; the art and science of bonsai has strong roots in Southern Arizona; the Desert Laboratory restores it’s fossil collection and poet Raquel Gutiérrez reads ‘On the Crisis of Abandonment.’
Sonoran Desert Toad Psychedelics
The Sonoran Desert Toad is endemic to the Sonoran Desert. It is also the only animal that naturally produces 5-meO-DMT in large quantities. Once plentiful in the region, the herpetological community is worried that it could now be overly exploited for the psychedelic substance it produces.
50 Years of Tucson Bonsai
The Tucson Bonsai Society is celebrating its golden anniversary. Since it was founded in 1972, it has inspired generations of people to delve into this ancient tradition right here in Arizona. In addition to monthly meetings and outreach, the group also holds special events and ...
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- Aug 1, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 9 months ago
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- Tucson has bought new groundwater credits that could be used for economic development, a new study examines the impact of stress on childhood development, and a southside onramp for the I-10 is closing permanently on Monday.
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- Project Blue is one of Southern Arizona’s most heated topics. Check out The Press Room for more.
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Project Blue is one of Southern Arizona’s most heated topics. Check out The Press Room, Fridays on PBS 6 for more.
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- Destigmatizing Mental Illness with Coyote Task Force
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- #mentalhealthawareness #community #southernarizona
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- Annexation Plans? | Project Blue and the city of Tucson | The Press Room
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- 9 months ago
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- Project Blue: Tucson’s secret annexation plans and questions remain about jobs, power and water. Plus, the ACLU sues the Pima County Sheriff's office, an undocumented man in federal custody is charged with murder, and Laura Conover vs. the DOJ.
Yana Kunichoff of AZ Luminaria, Paul Ingram the Tucson Sentinel, The Daily Star’s Tim Steller, and Paola Rodriguez of AZPM join host Steve Goldstein to discuss this week’s top news stories.
00:00:45 Introducing our panel
00:00:58 Tucson files to start the annexation process for Project Blue
00:03:59 Can economic needs be balanced with environmental concerns?
00:08:26 TEP building a new natural gas plant
00:10:09 Will public outcry affect how the city council votes?
00:13:28 The ACLU is suing the Sheriff's Department
00:17:58 A public records request costs *how* much?
00:18:52 An undocumented man in federal custody is charged with murder
00:24:43 What to watch for in...
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- July 31, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 9 months ago
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- New charges in a case that pits Pima County against the federal government; A glimmer of hope in a huge Grand Canyon Wildfire; Catching up with a refugee impacted by The Trump administrations immigration crackdown....
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- Is television watching us? "TV's American Dream: U.S. Television after the Great Recession".
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- 9 months ago
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- Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins to peer through space and time; and memories of growing up unsupervised in the 1950s.
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- The impact of childhood trauma on adult behavior
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- 9 months ago
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- Researchers have found stress and trauma experienced during childhood leads to emotional and cognitive disorders later in life. University of Arizona behavioral neuroscientist Lindsay Halliday discusses how brain development is affected by our early environment. Lindsay Halliday spoke with Leslie Tolbert Ph. D. Regent's professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.
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- Atomic People PREVIEW
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- "Atomic People" explores the human fallout from the atomic bombs used in an act of war.
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- July 30, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Tucson is clearing out one of its biggest homeless camps; a destructive fire near the grand canyon keeps growing; TUSD agrees to reduce the testing burden on students; and more...
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- July 29, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 9 months ago
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- An empty Marana prison may be used for migrants; Another lodge at the grand canyon is threatened by fire; A copper project comes under scrutiny; and more...
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- July 28, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The ACLU sues the Pima County Sheriff over alleged immigration checks after traffic stops; A ballot snafu for Tucson voters; Long COVID, the gift that keeps on giving; and more...
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- Arizona Illustrated1146: Uplifting Stories of Art and Community
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- 9 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated… Toltecalli High School students are building community one meal at a time; artist George Strasburger paints the complexity of the world as he see it; Coyote Task Force is providing opportunities and acceptance for people dealing with serious mental illnesses and Dana Roes’ abstract paintings delve into the essence of human existence.
Toltecalli Feeds Tucson
At Toltecalli High School, students aren’t just learning about their community—they’re actively working to strengthen it. As part of the Community-Based Education (CBE) course, a group of dedicated students will take charge of a food distribution event, providing fresh produce and healthy essentials to local families. More than just an act of service, this initiative gives students hands-on experience in leadership, teamwork, and civic engagement. Through their efforts, they’re not only addressing food insecurity in Tucson but also building a stronger, ...
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- Hollywood at Home: Letters To Juliet (2010) TRIVIA
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- 9 months ago
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- Sophie dreams of becoming a writer and travels to Verona, Italy where she meets the "Secretaries of Juliet".
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave.
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- July 25, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- In today's headlines, the Dragon Bravo Fire prompts federal scrutiny. Governor Katie Hobbs says the Interior Secretary is promising an independent review of the fed's wildfire response. A Congresswoman was blocked from visiting a detained constituent. And Arizona's largest newspaper is moving its printing services to... Las Vegas. When was that a city in Arizona?
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- Data Center Dilemma | Project Blue and its impact on water, power, and jobs | The Press Room
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- 9 months ago
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- The company behind the Project Blue data center in Arizona appears to be Amazon Web Services. We speak to AZ Luminaria's John Washington, who broke the story, and unpack a community meeting about the proposed data center's impact on water, power, and jobs. Pima County Supervisor Jennifer Allen, Ian McDowell of Sundt Construction, and Caitlin Schmidt of the Tucson Spotlight join host Steve Goldstein to discuss the heated issue.
00:00:48 What is Project Blue?
00:01:28 Why might Project Blue be good for Tucson? What impact will it have on the construction sector?
00:02:24 Supervisor Jennifer Allen on her top concerns and why she voted "no"
00:05:47 Talking about the potential environmental impact of Project Blue
00:08:49 Will it create jobs?
00:13:41 Our panel of journalists join us to discuss the project
00:16:26 Why the NDA?
00:24:06 Switching gears to the fate of the Spanish Trails Motel in Tucson
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- Reprieve: Dana Roes
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- 9 months ago
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- Dana Roes, the newly appointed Dean of Arts, held her inaugural exhibition in Arizona at the LC Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College, from January to March 2025. Her abstract paintings delve into the essence of human existence. Much like our journey through life—navigating transitions, embodying resilience, and seeking meaning—Roes’ work explores these themes through introspective layers of color and texture. She strives to capture a sense of energetic tranquility reflecting on the dualities of hope and disappointment. Her paintings are just like our lives. They bear the marks of wounds in in the process of healing, evoking the quiet strength found in persistence and renewal as we continue to live.
After spending her entire career as an abstract painter, Dana Roes finds herself drawn to something new—something ancient, even.
" I've become fascinated by the idea of solid material—matter that existed long before life as we know it," she explains. "There's...
