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Dreams Examined in Widescreen

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The curious history of ostrich farming in Arizona; and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel on letting memory guide he...

0:29:00May 7, 2026

An unexpected visitor spotted in the Tohono O'odham Nation

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Arizona Theatre Company presents "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors"; and the public reaction to the decision to move...

0:30:35Apr 30, 2026

The monsters and myths of Ray Harryhausen visit Tucson!

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Looking back fifty years to the tragic wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald; and a tiny hummingbid who acts like a migh...

0:27:42Apr 23, 2026

Choir! Choir! Choir! promises that they will choir you at the Rialto Theatre

Also on Arizona Spotlight: PCC's "Fairview" offers a Pulitzer-prize winning play like no other; and comedian Omar Tarango tells a story abou...

0:29:26Apr 16, 2026

Colin Hay at Work

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A night of contemporary Indigenous comedy comes to Club Congress, courtesy of The Arizona State Museum.

0:23:46Apr 9, 2026

Arizona Spotlight brings you "A Moment to Cope"

Learners in Tibetan Buddhism at the Bodhisattva Institute in Tucson share stories of overcoming negativity through positive coping skills.

0:26:39Apr 2, 2026

Lucy Darling has Tucson in the palm of their hand

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Bisbee Bikeways is trying to build better communities; and "Truth be Told" asks important questions that won't go...

0:30:43Mar 26, 2026

Fighting Hate With Love: Remembering Bernard Lafayette Jr.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: invisible Theater previews new show "Inside Out: Men Behind Bars"; and storyteller Ana Montanez shares how Bad Bu...

0:27:36Mar 19, 2026

Famed actress and director Marsha Mason returns to Tucson.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Author Jacquelyn L. Jackson talks about "The Female Rouge: A Memoir of Living Fiercely"; and historian Janelle Mo...

0:29:37Mar 12, 2026

The first signs of spring time in the Sonoran Desert

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Jeanine Cummins on her novel "Speak to Me of Home"; Indigenous artist Tim Farris talks about "Tricksters and Trut...

0:31:32Mar 5, 2026

Tucsonans standing up for Iran

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Canelo Project: A Straw Bale Story; Ability Dogs trains canines to help humans in need; and which fictional d...

0:27:21Feb 26, 2026

Legal observers stand ready to bear witness to injustice in our community

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The 2026 NPR Student Podcast Challenge searches for the voices of tomorrow; the Arizona premiere of a new documen...

0:27:40Feb 19, 2026

Dark skies over Tucson

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Find out how friends worked together to rescue the indie music festival called "Fallfest"; and documentary filmma...

0:28:44Feb 12, 2026

"So easy, when you know how."" Ain't Misbehavin' at the Arizona Theatre Company

Also on Spotlight: The Tiny Desk Contest is underway; meet the filmmaker behind the documentary "The Return of Navajo Boy"; and the Tucson G...

0:29:28Feb 5, 2026

Drawing from Memory: A Conversation with Alison Bechdel.

Also on Spotlight: Paula Poundstone fights tyranny with laughter - and cats; and author, publisher and podcaster Zibby Owens on the changing...

0:27:48Jan 29, 2026

"How dangerous ideas can be, when they turn us to hatred." The story of Andrew Schot.

Observing the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance.

0:27:22Jan 22, 2026

Southern Arizona Arts Guild Offers More Space; More Art

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Aviation Pioneer behind Ryan Field; Invisible Theater's follows love across the universe and beyond; and stor...

0:28:31Jan 14, 2026

"Gabrielle Giffords: Won't Back Down" tells the story of a survivor who doesn't look back, but who must still acknowledge the past.

A conversation with Julie Cohen and Betsy West, the directors of the documentary Gabby Giffords: Won't Back Down. Also on Arizona Spotlight:...

0:27:23Jan 8, 2026

Going the Distance, Part Two!

Father and daughter join forces to ride their bicycles across the country. A University of Arizona student uses Kazakhtan as a fascinating c...

0:33:07Dec 18, 2025

A conversation with NPR's best known voice: Terry Gross.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Live Theatre Workshop invites you to spend "A Year with Frog and Toad"; and Saguaro City Music Theatre brings opt...

0:33:07Dec 11, 2025

Frida's Garden at The Tucson Botanical Gardens is a place for inspiration to grow.

Also on Arizona Spotlight:A church in Douglas, rises from the ashes of an arson; visit a place in Tucson honoring Frida Kahlo; hear an essay...

0:27:46Dec 4, 2025

"Listening is an act of love."

A Story Corps mobile recording booth recently visited Tucson, here is just a small sample of what they heard from us.

0:28:00Nov 27, 2025

The best of the greatest hits of the Wobo Show: physical theater meets child's play.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A new book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald; storyteller Curt Beall sha...

0:38:48Nov 20, 2025

What role did the Southwest region play in The American Revolution?

Also on Arizona Spotlight: "We Walk in Beauty: Native American Photographs and Words"; Chris Dashiell on the Mexican film "No Nos Moveran";...

0:30:06Nov 13, 2025

"Stop putting us through this": The Tucson community copes with the food insecurity crisis.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A hit-and-run acident takes the lives of three UA students;William Shatner brings "The Wrath of Khan" to Tucson;...

0:27:25Nov 6, 2025

Tucson Roller Derby might not be the safest sport, but it is a safe space

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Rogue Theatre defies expectations with "Cloud Nine"; and remembering Tucson artist and Holocaust survivor Chr...

0:28:20Oct 31, 2025

"Si Pudiera Quedarme" (If I Can Stay) tells the story of two women seeking asylum from deportation

Also on Arizona Spotlight: "Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue" brings a new spin to beloved characters; understanding the needs of native pl...

0:32:23Oct 24, 2025

The Steinfeld Gallery and Studios presents "A Gorgeous Excitement"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Poet and author Tracy K. Smith to visit the Tucson Humanities Festival; Owl and Panther celebrates 30 years of ho...

0:27:47Oct 16, 2025

The myths and monsters of Ray Harryhausen arrive in Tucson

Visit a traveling exhibition at the Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures that celebrates the groundbreaking special effects created by a f...

0:30:50Oct 9, 2025

Arizona Theatre Company's "Deceived" takes gaslighting to a whole new level

Also on Arizona Spotlight: For 60 years, The Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter has offered hope to felines and humans in need; and a gold medal...

0:35:17Oct 2, 2025

Hidden Voices

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Building bridges through interfaith connections; the documentary "Stripped for Parts" looks at the current state...

0:27:37Sep 25, 2025

How the trauma of living through the Holocaust is felt across generations.

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...

0:27:37Sep 18, 2025

Go below decks with "Ship" at Live Theater Workshop, a quirky new play about a young woman charting a course to adulthood.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: "Weekend Edition Sunday" host Ayesha Rascoe on the current reality facing NPR; and storyteller Sharon Wysocki tel...

0:29:33Aug 22, 2025

"Music is a healing force." Meet the host of Papa Ray's Vintage Vinyl Roadshow.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How "Say One Thing" is helping to heal the Tucson community; an essay by nature writer, Rebekah Doyle; and behind...

0:32:43Aug 14, 2025

80 years since atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, commemorating the victims and survivors.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Poet Joshua Lillie previews his new collection, "Small Talk Symphony".

0:30:32Aug 7, 2025

Is television watching us? "TV's American Dream: U.S. Television after the Great Recession".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins to peer through space and time; and memories of growing up unsupervised in t...

0:29:54Jul 31, 2025

"Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats"--Why Courtney Gustafson's book is resonating with more than just cat lovers.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Set sail for NPR's podcast, "Sea Camp"; and a new book makes native plant gardening in the Southwest accessible t...

0:32:46Jul 24, 2025

Exploring "Observational Ecology" with Alan Ruiz Berman

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Local grassroots theater group debuts a new comedy/mystery; and how a local middle school teacher reclaimed her l...

0:31:24Jul 17, 2025

"Hidden Voices" reveals empathy and compassion on the streets of Tucson

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Building bridges through interfaith connections; and the spiritual creations of artist, Quinton Antone.

0:26:45Jul 10, 2025

The documentary "Final Vows" looks at a way of life that is disappearing

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Retired Tucson architect Paula Holmes celebrates 100 years; and "Stories that Soar!" shares an amphibious love st...

0:25:17Jul 3, 2025

The A.R.F.F. Program: How shelter dogs are helping people living with aphasia

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Sharing memories of "The Twilight Zone" with Joseph Dougherty, author of "Rod Serling at 100".

0:40:17Jun 26, 2025

The art of "Kindred Spirits: Honoring Animals in Death"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Katrina Kerstetter shares how she brought back things she learned in South Korea to help make Southern Arizona a...

0:29:00Jun 19, 2025

"It's the New Zoo Revue, comin' right at you!": A conversation with the hosts of the beloved 1970s kids' show

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Mike Stark shares the natural history "Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird"; and "Stories that So...

0:27:21Jun 12, 2025

"Everything You've Got": Sometimes it takes seven billion years to find yourself

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The connection between Alcatraz prison and the Hopi tribe of Arizona; The Tucson Pink Pistols make a comeback; an...

0:29:33Jun 12, 2025

Ending the silence about mental health in Southern Arizona

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Tucson youth explores emotion and expectations in his book "The Weight of Tomorrow"; and how Ability Dogs of Ariz...

0:26:41May 29, 2025

Meet Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson

Get a behind the scenes view at what it is like to win on Jeopardy, and a new 10 minute drama that explores what stepping on a crack in the...

0:26:42May 22, 2025

Stories of Hope and Renewal

Poet and author Liza Porter, storyteller Carmelene Siani and artist Tim H. Murphy share how they're able to look to the future without despa...

0:22:52May 15, 2025

How the The Master - Apprentice Program is helping preserve women in mariachi

Explore how the Master-Apprentice program offered by the Southwest Folklife Alliance is preserving not just mariachi music, but the involvem...

0:27:02May 8, 2025

Student filmmakers confess "I Dream in Widescreen"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Film essayist Chris Dashiell; remembering James Mercer, a Pima County Ranger killed in action in 1914; and "Stori...

0:27:00May 1, 2025

Journeys in space and mind

On Arizona Spotlight: Join Pati Jinich as she explores "Panamericana"; and Tibetan Buddhist Lama Lodu Rinpoche visits Tucson to share ancien...

0:26:52Apr 24, 2025