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Feeding plants and animals using solar energy
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- Feeding plants and animals using solar energy
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- 6 months ago
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- Tens of billions of pounds of wasted food ends up in landfills in the United States each year. University of Arizona professor Goggy Davidowitz is leading a team developing a system that collects food waste and dries it in a vertical greenhouse, so it can be used to fertilize fields and feed livestock. Goggy Davidowitz spoke with Tim Swindle, professor emeritus of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona.
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- Hidden Voices
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- 7 months ago
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- Also on Arizona Spotlight: Building bridges through interfaith connections; the documentary "Stripped for Parts" looks at the current state of the news business; and iconic Tucson cafe "The Little One" serves its final dish.
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- Sep 24, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 7 months ago
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- Adelita Grijalva heads to Washington; A major storm could be heading for us; The state clears the way for more COVID vaccinations; and more...
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- Sep 23, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 7 months ago
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- A drug even deadlier than fentanyl is crossing into Arizona; Fontes says no to giving the feds our voting rolls; Honoring a pioneering Tucson business woman; and more...
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- Sep 22, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 7 months ago
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- The new border wall, and what it means for wildlife; Justices object to a plan to fast-track legal education; Meth seizure are back up at the border; and more...
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- Z For Zachariah (2015) TRIVIA | Hollywood at Home:
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- 7 months ago
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- In the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last known survivors.
Cast: Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine.
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- 2025 EDWARD R. MURROW Award Winners | Arizona Illustrated
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- 7 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated… we celebrate our 2025 Edward R. Murrow Award winning stories; a naturalist and photographer take multimedia approach to documenting the Atascosa Borderland; Sister José Women’s Center provides a compassion and services to those in need and Borderlands Theater shows us why art is vital to the Tucson Community.
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-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is committed to ...
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- Sep 19, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 7 months ago
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- Another court loss for Trump’s immigration plans; Our love/hate relationship with data centers; the search for elusive dark matter; and more...
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- City-sanctioned unhoused encampment gets pushback | Plus, is Project Blue going green?
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- 7 months ago
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- Some Tucson residents are pushing back against a city-sanctioned safe sleeping site for unhoused women and nonbinary individuals. We discuss the project details with our weekly panel of journalists. And, the company behind the Project Blue data center is still moving forward on Pima County land. Plus, we discuss the state of the First Amendment following the death of Charlie Kirk.
Paul Ingram of the Tucson Sentinel, Prerana Sannappanavar of the Arizona Daily Star, and John Washington of AZ Luminaria join host Steve Goldstein to discuss these issues and more.
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00:00:42 Our panel joins
00:00:51 Another week, more Project Blue news
00:08:33 UA Provost wants higher graduation and retention
00:13:03 UA salary increases
00:17:51 A STAR village for the unhoused is coming to Tucson
00:19:51 What is the aim of the STAR village?
00:23:42 Social media backlash after the murder of Charlie Kirk
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- Sep 18, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Some Tucson residents don’t want a sleeping camp for the homeless in their neighborhood; Project Blue stays on track despite the city’s attempt to derail it; immigration advocates say some young migrants have been abducted; and more...
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- Investigating dark matter in the universe
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- 7 months ago
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- Researchers know dark matter exists in the universe, but the evidence is hard to find. University of Arizona astronomy professor Dennis Zaritsky explains how scientists are exploring the space between galaxies to resolve this decades-old mystery. Dennis Zaritsky spoke to Tim Swindle, professor emeritus of planetary science at the University of Arizona.
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- How the trauma of living through the Holocaust is felt across generations.
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- 7 months ago
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- Also on Arizona Spotlight: Meet the host of a new podcast dedicated to building a stronger Arizona community; and the story of a beloved dog named Betty that takes a surprising turn.
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- Sep 17, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Border wall construction resumes, after federal regulations are waived; Young conservatives mourn Charlie Kirk; an Arizona congressman wants more mines, and fewer monuments; and more...
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- Sep 16, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- A new solution for some of Tucson’s homeless; Prisoners want a receiver to take over their health care; A Tucson lunch legend prepares to close its doors; and more...
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- Sep 15, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- As the Charlie Kirk assasination has America on edge, a deputy comes under scrutiny for threats on social media; More about Tucson’s troubled water; UA researchers may have found a way to extend eyesight for some; and more...
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- Hollywood at Home: Yours, Mine, And Ours (2005) TRIVIA
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- A widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widowed handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of his 8 and her 10 children.
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Jerry O'Connell
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- Emmy Award Winning Stories | Arizona Illustrated
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated… out team will take look back at some of our 2024 Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy Award winning stories; we learned our producer John DeSoto was colorblind and tried to see how we could help; we profiled a crew looking for dangerous asteroids right here in Arizona and we’ll introduce you to Andy Rush, the 93 year old founder of Tucson’s The Drawing Studio.
John is Colorblind
In this story we learn all about colorblindness and witness five individuals use corrective glasses from EnChroma for the first time that allows them to see colors that they never detected before.
SPACEWATCH
SPACEWATCH is a NASA-funded program at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Lab that was founded in 1980 to keep track of hazardous asteroids and comets in our solar system that might pose an impact threat to Earth. The program, led by Principal Investigator Melissa Brucker, makes observations 24+ nights a month f...
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- Sep 12, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 7 months ago
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- The governor orders health clinics to provide COVID shots; The secretary of state defends voting by mail; Republicans try to take down a controversial dark money law; and more...
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- Coping with federal funding cutbacks for research grants
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- 7 months ago
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- An organization that helps researchers win grants for their work on the University of Arizona campus nearly shut down because of the Trump administration's funding freeze earlier this year. BRISA Center for the Environment director Paloma Beamer discusses how it is continuing its mission despite losing support from the federal government. Paloma Beamer spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph. D Regent's professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.
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- Sep 11, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Is civil discourse dead? Or should we ignore the trolls; Budget cuts threaten our water quality; Celebrating irises, the orchids of the desert; and more...
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- Reactions to the murder of Charlie Kirk | Plus, AZ Secretary of State Adrian Fontes | The Press Room
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Following the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a public appearance, the Press Room discusses social media’s role in the news, and local reactions by students. Plus, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes about President Trump’s statement on eliminating vote-by-mail elections.
Hannah Cree of AZPM News, Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Sentinel, and Yana Kunichoff of Arizona Luminaria join host Steve Goldstein to discuss these issues and more.
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00:00:47 Hannah Cree on reactions to the murder of Charlie Kirk
00:06:28 The panel joins
00:06:35 Yana on Pima County NDAs
00:11:31 Justine Wadsack dismisses her suit
00:15:06 Councilman Kevin Dahl's column
00:17:58 Adrian Fontes joins
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- Sep 10, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Reaction to the shooting death of activist Charlie Kirk; A new trauma center helps victims of gun violence; Arizona’s measles outbreak sets a new record; and more...
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- Sep 9, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- A domestic violence case takes a tragic turn; firefighters push for more cancer coverage; Seeking a solution for Social Security; and more...
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- Navigating Our Financial Times | episode trailer
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- How today's shifting economic landscape affects Arizona families, retirees, workers, and businesses. Hosted by Nicole Cox with expert guests from academia and journalism, each episode offers clarity, context, and conversation on the real-world impacts of inflation, tariffs, labor shifts, housing, and more — all through a local lens.
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- Is insolvency inevitable? A look at Social Security's future
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- 7 months ago
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- The Social Security Administration marked its 90th anniversary in August. Some analysts have predicted that the program could become insolvent and unable to pay benefits as early as 2032. Maya MacGuineas, President of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, joins host Linda O'Bryon and AZPM Radio Director Nicole Cox to discuss the future sustainability of the program.
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- Sep 8, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Is Arizona doing enough to prepare for wildfire? Most people say no; Mapping the next steps in immigration reform; State Democrats look for new leadership; and more...
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- Big Cats 24/7 Season 2 PREVIEW
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- 7 months ago
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- In Botswana’s wild Okavango Delta, the Big Cats 24/7 team of local and international filmmakers follows lions, leopards and cheetahs day and night. Using the latest filming technology they reveal the cats’ lives like never before.
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- Rick Joy, Tiny Homes & Packrats | Arizona Illustrated
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- 7 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated… explore the personal home and offices of architect Rick Joy and lighting designer Claudia Kappl-Joy; Tucson’s Poet Laureate reads ‘This is What You Are’; a tiny home community provides shelter for trans women of Color and Packrat middens provide an unlikely window into Southern Arizona’s past.
Rick and Claudia
Architect Rick Joy is based in Tucson but has worked on projects around the globe. His minimalist, refined style defies expectations or classification but always seeks to reflect the environment it is situated in. He met lighting designer and now wife, Claudia Kappl-Joy, while working on a luxury hotel in southern Utah. In this story, the talented couple takes us on a tour of their own private offices and home.
This is what you are by TC Tolbert
TC Tolbert is a nationally certified EMT, and often identifies as a trans and genderqueer feminist, collaborator, dancer, and poet. S/he h...
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- Hollywood at Home: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965) TRIVIA
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- 7 months ago
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- Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
Cast: Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom.
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- Sep 5, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- A Tucson based group fights for migrant children targeted for deportation; next-level security at a new port of entry; a new powerful telescope is just getting started; and more...
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- Scanning the skies for a new ninth planet
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- 7 months ago
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- It's been almost 20 years since Pluto lost its status as the ninth planet in our solar system. Now astronomers think they have identified a candidate to take its place. Katherine Volk with the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute discusses a rare object that is orbiting the sun in step with the eighth planet, Neptune. In this extended episode, Katherine Volk spoke with Tim Swindle, professor emeritus in Planetary Science at the University of Arizona.
Visit https://originals.azpm.org/arizonascience to subscribe to our show.
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- An operations update on the new Vera Rubin Observatory
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- 7 months ago
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- Astronomers released the first photographs from the Vera Rubin Observatory two months ago. Operations director Robert Blum describes how the University of Arizona-backed instrument is creating anticipation among scientists for new discoveries about the universe.
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- Feeling Blue about NDAs | New govt. transparency policy after Project Blue | The Press Room
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- 7 months ago
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- The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted to tighten up its policies on non-disclosure agreements and environmental reviews after Project Blue raised a red flag around government transparency. Plus, Republicans in the State Senate claim a democratic lawmaker endangered ICE agents by sharing a post about possible raids on social media—but she says that information was already public knowledge.
Rafael Carranza of AZ Luminaria, Joe Ferguson of the Tucson Agenda, Danyelle Khmara of AZPM News, and Tim Steller from the Arizona Daily Star join host Steve Goldstein to discuss these topics and more.
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00:00:41 The Panel Joins
00:00:55 Joe talks NDA vote after Project Blue
00:03:12 Could Project Blue still happen?
00:08:43 Don't say 'water-positive'
00:09:36 Dem Senator Ortiz being targeted for removal
00:20:06 Are there going to be elections in 2026?
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- Sep 4, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
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- 7 months ago
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- Multiple reports on services affected by Trump administration cuts, including a nutrition program for university students, medical procedures for seniorsl, and programs at Casa de los Niños; and more...
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- Sep 3, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- A chance for more rain, thanks for a tropical storm; The ICE dragnet is sweeping up veterans and their families; assessing the damage from the grand canyon fire; and more...
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- Sep 2, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Not so many secrets: county leaders aim for more openness; Trump wants to erase greenhouse gas rules -- what that could mean for southern Arizona; UA Wildcat football opens its season; and more...
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- Booklovers delight, Painting & Plants | Arizona Illustrated
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- 8 months ago
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- This week on Arizona Illustrated… we join you from the Joel D. Valdez Main Library to talk about Books Invited to the Cookout; Make Way for Books is fostering readers and authors alike; take a trip to the Gilded Age from a Black perspective with seamstress Ivy Wahome; Tucson master painter Jim Waid and his son Paul paint a visceral world and a look at University of Arizona’s unique campus arboretum.
Make Way for Books
Make Way for Books has had a tremendous impact over the past 25 years promoting literacy in our community. Now they are finding creative ways to development a new app that will encourage a younger generation of readers.
Since 2016, every fall semester Professor Stephanie Pearmain’s ENGL 389 class (Intro to Publishing in the Children's and YA market) partners with the Make Way for Books app team for 8-weeks. Here students have the opportunity to not only learn aspects of writing for children and publishing, but the value in community...
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- Hollywood at Home: Proof (2005) TRIVIA
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- 8 months ago
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- The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students, who wants to search through his papers, and her estranged sister, who shows up to help settle his affairs.
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis.
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- Hollywood at Home: Proof (2005) INSIDE LOOK WITH VICTORIA LUCAS
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- 8 months ago
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- The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students, who wants to search through his papers, and her estranged sister, who shows up to help settle his affairs.
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis.
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- Aug 29, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Final results in a disputed primary race; Benson residents want more say in a proposed aluminum plant; something is out there -- a new ninth planet may join the solar system; and more...
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- PBS KIDS After School - 1st Tuesdays at Quincie Douglas Library
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- 8 months ago
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- Join AZPM afterschool at the Quincie Douglas Library to enjoy free screenings of popular PBS KIDS shows plus some fun activities & crafts! Held every 1st Tuesday of the month, from 4–5pm!
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- Project Blue is Not Going Away | TEP files a request to provide energy | The Press Room
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- 8 months ago
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- Is Project Blue moving forward despite Tucson City Council's resounding 'no' vote? A request by Tucson Electric Power to provide energy to the potential project is raising questions. Plus, the Congressional District 7 candidates Daniel Butierez (R) and Adelita Grijalva (D) met on the debate stage this week to talk immigration, water, foreign policy and more. And Tucson's Ward 3 recount is a go after a judge's ruling this week.
Eric Fink of KVOA, Paul Ingram of the Tucson Sentinel, and John Washington of AZ Luminaria join host Steve Goldstein to discuss these topics and more.
00:00:36 The panel joins
00:00:55 is Project Blue moving forward?
00:09:22 Would TEP customers see a rate hike?
00:10:27 CD7 Debate discussion
00:22:57 Sadie Shaw's disenfranchised voters claim rejected
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- A Live Town Hall on the Future of AZPM
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- 8 months ago
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- Join CEO Jack Gibson, Chief Operations Officer Gene Robinson, and Radio Program Director Nicole Cox live on YouTube as they answer your questions about the future of AZPM in the aftermath of federal funding cuts and the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Plus, they will discuss what these changes mean for public media, and how AZPM is working to ensure that defunded does not mean defeated.
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- Aug 28, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Arizona’s attorney general cracks down on a local landlord; The public objects as developers push ahead with a data center; the feds try to block drones near the border; and more...
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- Hollywood at Home: SUPER 8 (2011) INSIDE LOOK WITH VICTORIA LUCAS
- Date posted
- 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 27, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Candidates square off in the race for congress; Project Blue planners aren’t taking no for an answer; A local landmark gets a makeover; and more...
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- DEBATE: Arizona's 7th Congressional District - Grijalva vs. Butierez
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- 8 months ago
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- Republican Daniel Butierez and Democrat Adelita Grijalva will debate LIVE from the AZPM studios on August 26, 2025. The candidates are running for Arizona's Congressional District 7 seat, formerly held by the late Raúl Grijalva. The seat 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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- Aug 26, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- A recount, but not a revote, in a contested city council race; New Border Military Zones have been established, just don’t try to find them on your GPS; Measles continues to spread in one Arizona County; and more...
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- Aug 25, 2025 | AZPM News Daily
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- A new transportation plan inches forward; How disadvantaged communities held together amid the pandemic; Digging deeper into the secrets of Bennu; and more...
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- Masterpiece: The Marlow Murder Club Season 2 PREVIEW
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Join Judith, Suzie, and Becks in investigating a brutal murder. Along with Detective Tanika Malik, they must piece together clues, grill suspects, and face down real danger as they work against the clock to stop a killer in their tracks.
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