Podcast
Celebrating Arizona
Hosted by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger · EN
Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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Saguaros to Pines to Red Rocks
6d ago00:32:47Tap to summarizeJared Dillingham travels both Arizona and the world to then share his experiences in absorbing reports with photos on Jared's Detours. A local broadcaster with channels 3 and 5 for twenty years, he is also an appreciator of wine, of Page, Antelope Canyon, Bisbee, and more places prominent and little-known. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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Radio Before Records
2w ago00:33:38Tap to summarizeRay Lindstrom wanted to be a radio deejay so much he worked for free first, and he went from prop boy to record label head in high school, He also created the infomercial, In today's podcast you'll hear two songs his Zoom Records produced of Pete Ronstadt and the Night Beats; one called Night Beats and then Lonesome Road Rock. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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Service to Arizona
3w ago00:26:42Tap to summarizeDawn Wallace has contributed to the state in various roles including government and philanthropy and chose to be an Arizonan. She describes a different upbringing than many of us had, brought to this country by immigrant parents and the challenges and gifts of that experience. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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Powerful Profound Place
4w ago00:33:15Tap to summarizeAndrea Christelle is the most innate Sedona person I've ever met; a philosopher by degree, she and her partner Matt Goodwin took philosophy out of the classroom into the natural world to share with people in and around Sedona's wonders. She believes that philosophy, like yoga, is not memorized facts, but a daily practice. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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Paid to Hike and Eat
Jul 1400:31:37Tap to summarizeTravel writing Rogert Naylor's sentence burst with color; in a short conversation were, "I wasn't a drifter, but a travel writer in training," "Arizona is so diverse there are a dozen states in our borders," and "If the Chiricahuas were in any other state, they would be on the license plate." Hiking and burgers make a perfect day, and he gravitates to many places in Arizona, although Dead Horse Park with the Verde River is his backyard. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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All animals are her kin
Jul 700:30:43Tap to summarizeBrooke laughs describing that as a newborn she seemed to bond with the family dog first; wildlife and animals inhabit her world almost as revered relatives would; her published books and research center around them. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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At 100, fresh as a flower
Jun 3000:26:26Tap to summarizeDolly and Paul Kennedy started The Dolly Steamboat cruises in 1983. At 100 years old, Dolly is still fresh and fragile as a flower, elegant in period costumes and a living advertisement for the steamboat named for her. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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Arizona Has Room for The New
Jun 2300:32:05Tap to summarizeBob Booker led the Arizona Commission on the Arts for decades and now happily retired can range from the spice shop in Tumacácori to Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff and places in between, loving that Arizona has respected the arts and diversity even before statehood. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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To The End of the World
Jun 1600:30:40Tap to summarizeLisa and Mark McMahon grew up in the same neighborhood and both embraced Arizona road trips and hikes, but Mark added some incredible trips in the wide world he talks about in today's show along with great Mexican food, best hikes around Tucson, and letting loved ones go. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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In the Literary Constellations
Jun 900:29:35Tap to summarizeA deep and wide Arizona author himself, Greg McNamee shares a half-dozen of his favorite Arizona works. He describes being in grad school with author Barbara Kingolver, describing spending Saturday nights with beer in the pool and hearing her typewriter clacking away, "which probably explains our positions in the literary constellations," a stellar sentence with many others describing wonderful Arizona writers. He will return for the second half in a future episode, which makes Lisa feel fortunate. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, magazines and books, until now she hosts the podcast Celebrating Arizona. Each of her guest interviewees has their own Arizona, and more.
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