Episodes

  • The Point Being, Mini-sode 8: This Is Tucson Food & Beverage Reporter Andi Berlin

    The Point Being, Mini-sode 8: This Is Tucson Food & Beverage Reporter Andi Berlin
    May 20 2020
    Continuing the recent theme of restaurant industry news, This Is Tucson's very own Andi Berlin stops by Zoom to chat with host/producer Edward Celaya about her Quarantine Cookbook series, why restaurants are taking different approaches to opening and what Tucson's future might hold.

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    28 mins
  • The Point Being, Mini-sode 7: Daily Star Reporter Cathalena Burch

    The Point Being, Mini-sode 7: Daily Star Reporter Cathalena Burch
    May 15 2020
    After a week of furlough, host and producer Edward Celaya is back and joined by the Daily Star's do-everything food and entertainment reporter Cathalena Burch. Join them for a discussion about the recent opening of restaurants and bars in the face of the on-going global pandemic, and how she expects the industry to rebound.

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    19 mins
  • The Point Being, Mini-sode 6: Star Repoter Caitlin Schmidt talks 'Spring Stars' series

    The Point Being, Mini-sode 6: Star Repoter Caitlin Schmidt talks 'Spring Stars' series
    May 5 2020
    It's another week, that means another mini-sode! Host and producer Edward Celaya chats with Caitlin Schmidt, the Daily Star's sports reporter, to talk about her latest series on high school spring sport athletes, and how golf and fishing, two "essential" industries in the state, have dealt with the ongoing pandemic.

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    14 mins
  • The Point Being Podcast, S3E7: Mayor Regina Romero joins the crew

    The Point Being Podcast, S3E7: Mayor Regina Romero joins the crew
    Apr 28 2020
    The entire Opinions/Editorial Page crew is back! And they're joined by special guest, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero. Our conversation touches on what she is hearing from Tucson residents and the business community, how CARES Act funds can be used and why she is advocating for Gov. Doug Ducey to extend his stay-at-home order until May 15.

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    30 mins
  • The Point Being, Mini-sode 5: Local business woman Theresa Delaney

    The Point Being, Mini-sode 5: Local business woman Theresa Delaney
    Apr 22 2020
    In an effort to hear from Tucson's business community and how it's been handling these tumultuous times, our producer Edward Celaya reached out to Theresa Delaney, the co-owner and founder of Creative Kind, "a place for people to gather, connect over creativity, and make or discover something beautiful," according to the shops' website.

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    18 mins
  • The Point Being, Mini-sode 4: Daily Star Reporter Jasmine Demers

    The Point Being, Mini-sode 4: Daily Star Reporter Jasmine Demers
    Apr 16 2020
    Our latest mini-sode, brought to you by social distancing and made possibly by the now-ubiquitous Zoom app, features host Edward Celaya chatting with Daily Star reporter Jasmine Demers about Pima County's attempt at contact tracing COVID-19 patients, who is lining up to fill the substantial shoes of former Pima County Board Chair Richard Elias and the hope inherent in Demers' story on COVID-19 survivor, Glen Reed.

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    20 mins
  • The Point Being, Mini-sode 3: Reporter Stephanie Casanova

    The Point Being, Mini-sode 3: Reporter Stephanie Casanova
    Apr 14 2020
    The mini-sode's keep coming, this time with Arizona Daily Star Reporter Stephanie Casanova sitting down over Zoom and chatting with host, Opinion Writer Edward Celaya. The discussion touches on Casanova's work with the Star's coronavirus updates stories, how law enforcement and Pima County jails are handling the pandemic and why domestic violence awareness advocates are worried about conditions that could bring an uptick in cases.

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    19 mins
  • The Point Being, Mini-sode 2: Politics Reporter Justin Sayers

    The Point Being, Mini-sode 2: Politics Reporter Justin Sayers
    Apr 9 2020
    For the second of our Zoom-aided podcasts, host Edward Celaya is joined by Daily Star reporter Justin Sayers to talk about how the City of Tucson and Mayor Regina Romero have influenced public health policy at the state-wide level, how local Chinese restaurants are doing and why, exactly, all the toilet paper and hand sanitizer are gone!

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    19 mins