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The financial cost of uncertainty
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- The financial cost of uncertainty
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- 2 months ago
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- AZPM Radio Program Director Nicole Cox sits down with Linda O'Bryon, founding executive editor of Nightly Business Report, and Tom Hudson, senior economics editor for WLRN Public Radio to discuss financial unpredictability from low consumer confidence, tariffs, and shifting global markets. Plus, the trio answers listener questions on job hunting in a cooling economy, housing supply shortages, Social Security's shrinking buying power, and the safety net of FDIC insurance. Recorded May 7, 2025.
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- Building the next generation of 3-dimensional imaging
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- 6 months ago
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- Scientists are finding ways to improve pictures to better align with the way our eyes see them.
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- The A.R.F.F. Program: How shelter dogs are helping people living with aphasia
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Also on Arizona Spotlight: Sharing memories of "The Twilight Zone" with Joseph Dougherty, author of "Rod Serling at 100".
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- The art of "Kindred Spirits: Honoring Animals in Death"
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Also on Arizona Spotlight: Katrina Kerstetter shares how she brought back things she learned in South Korea to help make Southern Arizona a better place.
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- "Everything You've Got": Sometimes it takes seven billion years to find yourself
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- 9 months ago
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- Also on Arizona Spotlight: The connection between Alcatraz prison and the Hopi tribe of Arizona; The Tucson Pink Pistols make a comeback; and the former owner of Colette's remembers Tucson's queer nightlife in the '80s.
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- Seeing the tiniest objects in the human body
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- 10 months ago
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- Nanotechnology is allowing scientists to go beyond the microscope to see the smallest structures. University of Arizona optical scientist Euan McLeod describes high tech tools that let us observe and analyze objects at the molecular level. Euan McLeod spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph. D. Regent's professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.
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- July 2, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Governor Katie Hobbs called the Senate's version of the Big Beautiful Bill "Deeply partisan and shortsighted"; the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Pima County has dropped by 23 percent over the past three years; a former Tucson psychiatrist is found guilty of sexual assault and fraud; and more...
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- July 1, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- In today's headlines, nurses protest a Republican Congressmans' vote for potential cuts to Medicaid; Arizona Republicans want to block U.S. citizens living abroad from voting in Arizona elections; Tucson celebrates the refugee community; and more...
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- June 30, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 10 months ago
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- In today's headlines, meteorologists say Southern Arizona could see increased monsoon storms toward the end of the week; scientists discover more about how wildfire pollutants impact the water supply for years; and more...
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- CREAM: The Tucson Print Shop With The Most Flavor
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- 10 months ago
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- CREAM is a Tucson business that designs and prints some of the most iconic and memorable logos and T-shirts in town. Think Eegees, Exo Coffee and the Protect The Sonoran Desert Toad T-shirt. Meet the people behind CREAM and hear about how this unique business came to be.
Producers: David Fenster, Danny Sax
Editor: Danny Sax
Videographers: Bob Lindberg , David Fenster
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- Para Swimming Team
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The University of Arizona is home to the only collegiate para swim
team in the United States, where swimmers with various disabilities
unite under the hands of Laura Utsch. Skyler, Libby and Noah each
adapted an overcame – like true champions. @UArizonaAdaptiveAthletics
Producer: Laura Holanszky, Dennis Fitzgerald
Videographer: Nate Huffman, Danny Sax, Laura Holanszky, Dennis
Fitzgerald
Editor: Danny Sax
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- Human Footprint SEASON 2 PREVIEW
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Earth has never experienced anything like us: a single species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the globe to explore our Human Footprint and to discover how the things we do reveal who we truly are.
Premiering June 25th at 9PM.
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- FRESH Project
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- FRESH (Food and Resources Expanded to Support Health) is an innovative project managed by the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness at the University of Arizona to provide medically tailored food boxes and educational support to food insecure individuals who have or are at risk of developing diet-related disease. The project partners with El Rio Health, the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, and Pivot Produce to supply and distribute the boxes to qualified patients. Currently in its second iteration, FRESH2 involves a year-long study to quantify the effectiveness of the program on patients’ long term health and how that might positively impact provider costs.
Producer: Bryan Nelson
Editor: Nate Huffman
Videographer: Nate Huffman, Dara Sam
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- Arizona Illustrated 1142: Citizenship, Education, Music & Piñatas
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- This week, the Edward R. Murrow Award winning Arizona Illustrated en Español: Pima Community College offers free citizenship classes, helping legal residents prepare for their U.S. citizenship tests. ScholarshipsA-Z provides educational resources for undocumented students. Feel the Latin American beats of Tradicíones as they perform in Tucson. Finally, visit Piñata Factory, where a family crafts piñatas for all to enjoy.
Clases de Ciudadanía
For more than 25 years, Pima Community College has been offering free citizenship classes for adults in our community. The classes are part of the institution’s ABECC (Adult Basic Education for College and Career) Program and have a success rate of more than 90 percent, according to PCC. Students enrolled in the class are legal permanent residents who focus on English writing and speaking, US history, and an ”interview” which is part of the test.
ScholarshipsA-Z
ScholarshipsA-Z is a Tucson-base...
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- Hollywood at Home: Airplane! (1980) TRIVIA
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must land a commercial airplane full of passengers safely.
Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen
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- June 27, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A Utah Senator has revised his plan and decreased the amount of Arizona's public lands that could potentially be for sale, but a deal is still far away; the Navajo Nation expands its housing efforts with a million dollar investment; the Arizona Legislature finally reaches a budget deal; and more...
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- Daniel Hernandez incident in Bisbee, the mysterious Project Blue’s unknown water use | Press Room
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Arizona's Congressional District 7 candidate Daniel Hernandez has an incident in Bisbee, Tucson's mysterious "Project Blue" data center and its unknown water use, chaos at the State Capitol, and are beloved Arizona public lands really for sale? Natalie Robbins of the Tucson Sentinel, Katya Mendoza of AZPM News, AZ Daily Star’s columnist Tim Steller, and Jeremy Duda of Axios Phoenix discuss this week’s top news stories with host Steve Goldstein.
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- June 26, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Budget negotiations continue at the Arizona state capitol, as a potential government shutdown looms; voting by mail in the Congressional District 7 primary will look a little different this year; a legal expert's opinion on the Supreme Court's decision, or lack thereof, over whether migrants can legally be deported to other countries; and more...
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- Exploring the lives of the earliest humans
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Neanderthals existed at the same time as Homo sapiens hundreds of thousands of years ago.
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- A Capitol Fourth 2025 PREVIEW
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- On July Fourth, A Capitol Fourth, America’s National Independence Day celebration, honors our country’s birthday with an all-star salute. For over 40 years, this television event, featuring a parade of superstars — including Frankie Valli, Patti LaBelle, John Williams, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Reba McEntire, Carole King, Neil Diamond, Dolly Parton, Steve Martin, Josh Groban, Gloria Estefan, Huey Lewis and the News, Little Richard, Tony Bennett, Faith Hill, Ray Charles, the Bee Gees, Kenny G, Aaron Neville, Kenny Rogers and the Muppets from Sesame Street — has offered the best in American entertainment and helped set the tone for a spectacular American birthday party.
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- Hollywood at Home: High Noon (1952) INSIDE LOOK WITH VICTORIA LUCAS
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell.
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- June 25, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A Tucson Congressman is sending mixed signals on whether he supports cuts for Medicaid; the Tucson Airport starts a new campaign educating out of state tourists on severe weather; Federal funding cuts continue to threaten Southern Arizona nonprofits; and more...
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- June 24, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Apache Stronghold advocacy group appeals to the US Supreme Court again; school districts in Pima County face potentially steep budget cuts; a county lawmaker was sentenced to ten years in prison for embezzling tens of millions of dollars; and more...
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- Larry Starks talks about Juneteenth in Tucson #juneteenth
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Larry Starks of the Tucson Juneteenth Festival talks about the importance of the holiday, and the ways and places people can learn more about Juneteenth.
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- June 23, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- State lawmakers react to President Trump's strikes on Iranian nuclear sites; how Tucson schools are coping with the loss of pandemic-era funding; the world saw the first images of the Milky Way galaxy from a new telescope with ties to the University of Arizona; and more...
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- Arizona Illustrated 1141: 2025 EDWARD R. MURROW Award Winners
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated… a recap of our 2025 regional Edward R. Murrow Award winning stories; meet the storytellers behind the multimedia Atascosa Borderlands project; see how Sister José Women’s Center is help provide a path to housing for women in need, and Borderlands Theatre is proving art is vital to the Tucson community.
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Atascosa Borderlands
Photographer Luke Takata, and naturalist Jack Dash, have collected plants, taken photos and recorded oral histories in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands since 2017. They have worked alongside ecologists, cattle ranchers, humanitarian aid workers, migrants, hunters, ex-border patrol agents, and Indigenous community members to create an archive of, and to better understand this remote 42-mile section of the US-Mexico border known as the Atascosa Borderlands.
Finding Hope at Sister José Women’s Center
Sister José Women’s Center, a Tucson-b...
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- Hollywood at Home: High Noon (1952) TRIVIA
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell.
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- June 20, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Democrats and Republicans continue to fight over the state budget; A suit over water rights in Cochise County; Science digs deeper into the story of neanderthals -- don't call them cavemen; and more...
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- Ban on camping in washes, TEP's proposed 14% rate hike, and local No Kings protests | The Press Room
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Tucson City Council votes to ban camping in washes, a controversial new data center named "Project Blue," TEP's proposed 14% rate hike, southern Arizona's No Kings protests, and border wall construction. Paul Ingram of the Tucson Sentinel, Christopher Conover of AZPM News, and Tucson Spotlight's Caitlin Schmidt discuss this week's top news stories with host Steve Goldstein. Plus, Larry Starks of the Tucson Juneteenth Festival.
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- June 18, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- An electric rate hike is being criticized for its timing; Tucson bans camping in parks and washes; America's pastime returns, with a little help from Mexico; and more...
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- June 17, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A controversial data center gets the nod from Pima County; Some say public land is in jeopardy; We look at the role politics played in the pandemic; and more...
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- Hollywood at Home: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) INSIDE LOOK WITH VICTORIA LUCAS
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming.
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- June 16, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Thousands gather for Tucson's “No Kings” event; A competing group wants to replace the current deputies' union; A new UA telescope shows its work; and more...
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- Arizona Illustrated 1140: Remembering What Once Was
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated…we take a look into our archives to appreciate people and places that are no longer with us, from a feisty corner store owner to the Chicago Music Store’s old location on Congress, to the beloved bar Flycatcher before it was demolished and Katie Lee, a singing and cussing activist in Jerome, Arizona.
The Corner Store
You can walk into any business in Tucson and you never know what stories you might find. Take a trip inside a seemingly nondescript liquor store on South 6th Ave in Tucson and hear the story of the Laos family. They have been running a truly local business in that location since 1956 and there are items from every decade since still be discovered in the shop. When we visited the 85 year old Annie Laos was still holding down the shop with the help of her son Roy and she was as feisty as ever.
The Last Time
The last Piano Lovers Lounge at the Flycatcher, five nights before the 4th Avenue bar closes...
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- Hollywood at Home: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) TRIVIA
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming.
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- June 13, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Local police distance themselves from ICE raids; Arizona students say regents are betraying them; 3D technology takes a step forward; and more...
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- What bet would you place on the CD 7 Primary on July 15?
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- This week, The Press Room discussed the local CD 7 Republican and Democratic debates as well as Immigration & ICE raids in Tucson.
Tune in to the Press Room Fridays at 8:30PM on PBS 6 and NPR 89.1 to hear more.
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- Who won the CD 7 debates? Plus, protests over ICE policies spread and CPB rescission | Jun 13, 2025
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The race to fill Congressional District 7’s open seat is heating up. AZPM hosted Republican and Democratic debates this week and our panel breaks it down. Plus, Tucson’s reaction to ICE protests in LA, and the House passes a bill rescinding money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Yana Kunichoff and John Washington of AZ Luminaria, Paola Rodriguez of AZPM News, and Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Sentinel discuss this week’s news with host Steve Goldstein.
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- June 12, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Protests erupt in Tucson; The UA president says the school is out of the woods financially; Monsoon Madness returns; and more...
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- Masterpiece Grantchester Season 10 PREVIEW
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- There’s no shortage of murder and mayhem in the seemingly quiet 1950s Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester, where a vicar turned amateur sleuth helps the local Detective Inspector.
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- Patience PREVIEW
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Patience works in the Police Criminal Records Office and Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf notices that Patience makes connections in cases that other people don’t. Bea wants Patience on her team, not realizing that a change in routine could be destabilizing.
As Bea learns more about Patience’s traumatic upbringing and how autism affects her life, the two women form an unlikely friendship and a formidable crimefighting partnership.
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- Hollywood at Home: Kate and Leopold (2001) INSIDE LOOK WITH VICTORIA LUCAS
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- An English Duke from 1876 is inadvertently dragged to modern day New York where he falls for a plucky advertising executive.
Cast: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber
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- June 11, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Immigration raids led to riots in LA - could it happen here; Democrats democrats respond to the ice crackdown; Republicans say the state needs to burn more coal; and more...
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- DEBATE: Arizona's 7th Congressional District Primary - Democratic candidates
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- 10 months ago
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- Democratic candidates for Arizona's 7th Congressional District Deja Foxx, Adelita Grijalva, Patrick Harris Sr., Daniel Hernandez Jr., and Jose Malvido Jr. will debate LIVE from the AZPM studios on Tuesday, June 10 at 6pm. The CD7 seat was formerly held by the late Raúl Grijalva and will be filled in a special election on September 23, 2025.
The debates are produced by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission (azcleanelections.gov) and the Arizona Media Association. See more on this special election at news.azpm.org.
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- June 10, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Meet the Republicans running for Tucson's open seat in congress; Measles has appeared in Arizona; the pandemic's lasting effect in Tucson, free bus rides; and more...
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- June 2025 Highlights and Happenings: A message from Jack Gibson
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- 10 months ago
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- In this month's message from the CEO, AZPM is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Classical 90.5 FM. One of the country’s few remaining 24/7 classical music stations, KUAT-FM launched in 1975 on a brand-new frequency at a time when most local radio stations could only be found on the AM dial. AZPM Music Director James Reel, who started working at KUAT-FM as a student in 1976, recalls how much has changed in the decades since.
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/2025/6/1/225011-june-highlights-and-happenings/
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- DEBATE: Arizona's 7th Congressional District Primary - Republican candidates
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- 10 months ago
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- Republican candidates for Arizona's 7th Congressional District Daniel Butierez, Jorge Rivas, and Jimmy Rodriguez will debate LIVE from the AZPM studios on Monday, June 9 at 6pm. The CD7 seat was formerly held by the late Raúl Grijalva and will be filled in a special election on September 23, 2025.
The debates are produced by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission (azcleanelections.gov) and the Arizona Media Association. See more on this special election at news.azpm.org.
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- June 9, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Arizona lawmakers react to protests in LA; Drama in the Democratic Party; celebrating Ironwood National Monument; and more...
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- Hollywood at Home: Kate and Leopold (2001) TRIVIA
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- An English Duke from 1876 is inadvertently dragged to modern day New York where he falls for a plucky advertising executive.
Cast: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber
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- Arizona Illustrated 1139: The many wonders of Mt. Lemmon
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- 10 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated…we explore many of the wonders of Mount Lemmon including Rose Canyon Lake, the Old Mount Lemmon Highway and more; plus, a ride through Nogales with painter, sculptor and mountain biker Karla Osete and Steve Kozachik’s days of running for reelection are over but that hasn’t stopped him from hitting the pavement every morning.
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Favorite Places: Mount Lemmon
Our series featuring southern Arizonan architects speaking thoughtfully and personally about a special building, place, or space in southern Arizona returns! Michael Nervik, member of the Southern Arizona Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, describes Mount Lemmon.
Rose Canyon Lake
The six-acre Rose Canyon Lake on Mt Lemmon provides an oasis surrounded by trees, and it is a favorite place for human and animal visitors. The man-made body of water is in the Santa Catalina Ranger District of the Coronado National Fo...
