Episodes

  • What a new Democratic presidential ticket means for AZ and other swing states

    What a new Democratic presidential ticket means for AZ and other swing states
    Jul 26 2024
    What does President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race means for a swing state like Arizona? And will Arizona Senator Mark Kelly be Kamala Harris' vice-presidential pick?
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    28 mins
  • The damming of the lower Colorado River

    The damming of the lower Colorado River
    Jul 19 2024
    We preview the new season of Tapped, AZPM's podcast about water in the southwest.
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    28 mins
  • From rainwater to food, efforts to reuse finite resources in Southern Arizona

    From rainwater to food, efforts to reuse finite resources in Southern Arizona
    Jul 12 2024
    People go to notable lengths to get as much as they can out of some of the area's limited resources. In the second installment of our three R's series, Reuse, we'll explore ways that Southern Arizona revives what we already have.
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    28 mins
  • Revisiting one of the biggest labor disputes in American history, right here in Arizona

    Revisiting one of the biggest labor disputes in American history, right here in Arizona
    Jul 5 2024
    We look back 107 years at one of the biggest labor disputes in American history, the Bisbee Deportation, following it back to its start in another mining community hundreds of miles to the north.
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    28 mins
  • The coming state budget has its critics

    The coming state budget has its critics
    Jun 28 2024
    We dive into some areas that saw cuts in the state budget. We talk to people who will see those cuts first-hand about how it will affect their work and those they serve. GUESTS: Kris Mayes, (D) Arizona Attorney General, Chelsea McGuire, Assistant Director of External Affairs at WIFA, Beth Lewis, Director of Save our Schools AZ
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    28 mins
  • Efforts to reduce our use of finite resources

    Efforts to reduce our use of finite resources
    Jun 21 2024
    Environmentalists have rallied around the cause of reducing our reliance on finite and polluting resources for decades, but efforts to cut back have picked up in recent years. We look at some of those efforts to reduce the use of plastic, water and fossil fuels.
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    29 mins
  • Coping with Extreme Heat

    Coping with Extreme Heat
    Jun 14 2024
    As summer temperatures get dangerous, we look at efforts to keep people safe.
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    28 mins
  • Arizona's Economy and Water

    Arizona's Economy and Water
    Jun 7 2024
    Arizona's economy has been booming since the COVID-19 pandemic began to slow. Low unemployment, growing wages and increasing population have persisted for years, but so have less positive indicators like inflation and skyrocketing housing prices. With that backdrop, we headed to the University of Arizona's Eller Economic and Business Research Center's Breakfast With the Economists event to talk with the featured speakers about recent economic conditions and what they see in the state's future.
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    28 mins