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Arizona Spotlight
Hosted by AZPM · EN
Rich in the fundamental elements of creativity and freedom, Southern Arizona is home to an arts scene that defies expectation. Each week, Arizona Spotlight explores the local creative community, including interviews with visiting performers and people around the country who are making important connections through art. The goal is to seek out and celebrate our shared humanity. Produced and hosted by Emmy award-winner Mark McLemore.
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"Tucson is listening..." Part 2
4w ago00:26:23Tap to summarizeIn part 2, more highlights from the event, including an essay from nature writer Rebekah Doyle, a poem fromindigenous creative Mariana Rivera, and an interview with acclaimed fiction author Linda D. Addison.
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"Tucson is listening..."
Jul 900:26:40Tap to summarizeHighlights from Arizona Spotlight Live, recorded with an audience at The Baker Center for Public Media.
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Meet a marine biologist who explores our desert's ocean
Jul 200:27:41Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: StoryCorps launches a new initiative that anyone may participate in; what some AZPM fas think about America's 250th birtday; and how the Reid Park Zoo is conserving water in the heat.
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A New Ten Minute Drama, "Welcome to Vesuvius"
Jun 2500:27:24Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: Remembering Buddhist scholar and "Tibetan Book of the Dead " translator Robert Thurman; and Rebekah Doyle reflects on the common social media meme "Touch Grass".
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"Let's talk it out at the barbershop." The living legacy at "2032 South Park Avenue".
Jun 1800:30:20Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: A preview of the 56th Annual Tucson Juneteenth; living with aphasia offers a chance to laugh and share good times; and the actors playing Gomez and Morticia Addams reflect on what it means to be in a great marriage.
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"Antiques Roadshow" producer Marsha Bemko talks about 25 years of making people's dreams come true.
Jun 1100:23:17Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: An Alaskan adventure 40 years ago that transformed from an epic wilderness experience to become a humbling story of the true power of friendship.
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"Generation Gilmore Girls" celebrates 25 years in Stars Hollow.
Jun 400:27:33Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: Spotlight Community Theater's new production of "The Unusual Subjevts" for Father's Day; and why women should consider documenting their wedding story to help them in the event of a divorce.
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The Last Supper Museum, An annual pilgrimage, Second Chances and a University of Arizona student talent show contest
May 2200:28:37Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: Explore the purpose of the annual global pilgrimage for the devout called Hajj,Storyteller Susan Smith shares about her second chance at life, following a heart attack and an audio postcard from a University of Arizona student talent show contest.
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Composer Marc Shaiman shares stories from his charmed life in showbiz
May 1400:27:23Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: NPR's Scott Simon new book shows love for pets of all make and model; and an audio postcard from the Autism Society of Southern Arizona's largest annual event.
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Dreams Examined in Widescreen
May 700:29:00Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: The curious history of ostrich farming in Arizona; and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel on letting memory guide her art.
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