Arizona History
One of this year’s selfie entries features Flagstaff’s blue sky and orange foliage. Another was taken on a roller coaster by a woman with wide eyes and a big, open mouthed smile. She looks excited, if not a little nervous about dropping her phone.
Oct. 23, 2023
The Show continues it's Saguaro Land series with a conversation with Jen Urso and maps she creates.
Oct. 19, 2023
The Show spoke with Arizona State University professor and artist alejandro t. acierto about his new exhibition at ArtSpace West focusing on developments on the outskirts of the Valley.
Oct. 18, 2023
The Show went to the Tempe History Museum to check out a collection of signs from historic Tempe.
Oct. 17, 2023
On this episode, Word spotlights horror in numerous ways from banned books to a new novel about a murdered Indigenous woman, as well a murder satire of cozy mysteries. Guests include Carew Papritz, J.A. Jance and Chuck Palahniuk.
Oct. 15, 2023
The American buffalo was almost slaughtered into extinction in the 1800s before one of their biggest hunters turned caretaker and revived the species in Arizona. Hear the story of "Buffalo" Jones.
Oct. 15, 2023
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns discusses his latest PBS project, "The American Buffalo," with KJZZ News in an in-depth conversation about this iconic species and the Indigenous communities that share a traumatically intertwined history spanning hundreds of generations on this continent.
Oct. 15, 2023
A major makeover is planned for a 95-year-old hotel in downtown Phoenix. When Hotel San Carlos opened in 1928, the San Carlos was Phoenix’s first air-cooled, high-rise hotel.
Oct. 12, 2023
This year, the Arizona State Fair runs Sept. 22-Oct. 29, a little more than five weeks. So you might wonder: How do the winning items stay fresh in their cases at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum throughout the event?
Oct. 9, 2023
Years after the Interior Department displaced a traditional garden from a blight-infested site, NATIVE HEALTH of Phoenix hasn't forgotten about its roots.
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Sep. 28, 2023
President Joe Biden was in Phoenix on Thursday to give the fourth speech in a series of addresses warning that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the country's democratic institutions.
Sep. 28, 2023
State fairs certainly didn’t start in Arizona, although the fair and the fairgrounds predates statehood. But if you visit the Arizona State Fair, you might see some things that are uniquely Arizona.
Sep. 28, 2023
Drivers in Phoenix are familiar with streets following a grid like structure. But a few stretches of road break that rule. Through our Q&AZ reporting project, a listener asked why Seventh Avenue is curved between McDowell and Camelback roads.
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Sep. 27, 2023
The Show spoke with Arizona Republic columnist Phil Boas and editorial page editor Elvia Díaz about the support for former Sen. John McCain's legacy coming largely from Democrats over Republicans.
Sep. 25, 2023
Turf Paradise in Phoenix will stop live horse racing at the end of the month. The racetrack at 19th Avenue and Bell Road is for sale, after a prospective buyer backed out.
Sep. 21, 2023
It’s the end of an era at Turf Paradise, the historic horse racing track in north Phoenix. The track’s owner, Jerry Simms, announced he would retire after 23 years running it and there would be no more live racing.
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Sep. 20, 2023
The Show spoke with Tony Ortega, the former editor-in-chief of the Village Voice, about what he makes of the fact that there seems to be a lot of conversations and questions about what the Pentagon knows and what it’s telling us and lawmakers about UFOs.
Sep. 20, 2023
Through KJZZ’s Q&AZ reporting project, a listener asked: “Who owns all those big, beautiful, historic buildings and schools in old downtown Globe? Are they just sitting there empty?"
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→ More Q&AZ questions answered
Sep. 12, 2023
Soundies are the music videos that came decades before MTV -- even before television was widespread. A small subset of these Soundies brought a more diverse reflection of 1940s America to the mainstream–partially contributing to, as some experts claim, the foundation of the Civil Rights movement.
Sep. 7, 2023
The Show spoke with Timothy Sandefur and Beatrice Moore on their opinions on whether or not Arizona should invest more into historic preservation.
Sep. 6, 2023
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