Arizona History
On this Season 10 opener, it’s all about anecdotes. We feature conversations about minor league baseball; the only Latino governor of Arizona, Raúl Héctor Castro, affectionately known as Raúlito; plus tales of the legendary troubadour Bob Dylan.
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Sep. 5, 2023
The ninth annual Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival opens Thursday. Entertainment will continue to be offered in a variety of unique venues, according to Jason Ryan, managing director of the festival, who spoke about it recently on PBS’s “Arizona Horizon.”
Sep. 3, 2023
The life and legacy of one famous Hopi Olympic athlete is being honored on Sunday. Up to 300 runners will dash in his memory, competing in 5k and 10k races through Hopi homelands, including the village of Shungopavi where he grew up.
Sep. 1, 2023
Next year, the Nile Theater in Mesa will turn 100 years old. Now, city officials are moving forward with an ordinance to designate the theater a historic landmark.
Aug. 25, 2023
Arizona’s boundary history is shared with its neighbors, particularly the states of New Mexico and Nevada. At one point, Arizona had lobbied to have part of Baja California so there would be ports, but the Mexican government rejected the proposal, Riddle said.
Aug. 22, 2023
It’s clear our climate is getting hotter — but just how different was it a generation or two ago? For that, The Show turned to you, our listeners. Hear four stories: Life before AC, summer sleeping porches, wearing bathing suits to bed and chilly Halloweens.
Aug. 18, 2023
A 1,700-acre ranch is now the most expensive property for sale in southern Arizona with an asking price of nearly $30 million.
Aug. 17, 2023
In mythology, the phoenix is a bird that famously rose from the ashes, and it has endured as a modern-day symbol of rebirth and revitalization. A listener wanted to know if this same bird inspired the name for the city of Phoenix.
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Aug. 15, 2023
Monday was Navajo Code Talkers Day, and celebrations were scattered across the state of Arizona to commemorate the state and federal holiday.
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Aug. 14, 2023
The Arizona State Library’s “Center for the Book” has chosen a young-adult biography to represent the state at Saturday’s National Book Festival of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Aug. 11, 2023
The Show spoke more about Arizona's historic route with Helen Erickson, Heritage Conservation Program project director at the University of Arizona.
Aug. 8, 2023
The Show kicks off a new series called Back Story with Hank Stephenson covering all the highs and lows of Arizona politics.
Jul. 26, 2023
The Show spoke with Peter Boag, a queer historian of the American West as well as a history professor at Washington State University, about the untold history of the Wild West.
Jul. 26, 2023
Hundreds gathered on the lawns of the Yavapai County Courthouse on Friday afternoon to memorialize the legacies of the 19 elite Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives in the violent, sudden firestorm that fell on them a decade ago.
Jun. 30, 2023
The Show spoke with Frances Lechner, president of the Yarnell Area Resource Group, about the 10-year anniversary of the Yarnell Hill Fire and what the day means.
Jun. 30, 2023
Millions in federal grant money will go to help revitalize historic neighborhoods west of Sky Harbor that were hurt by airport expansion. The grant for more than $10.2 million will pay to add miles of sidewalk that is compliant with federal disability law.
Jun. 23, 2023
Less than a decade after Disneyland opened in California, Phoenix got its own magic kingdom of sorts: Legend City. Through our Q&AZ project, a listener asked what was Legend City like, and why did it shut down?
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Jun. 21, 2023
In Tempe, the Arizona Historical Society hosted its annual Juneteenth Community Celebration on Sunday to honor African American history and culture.
Jun. 18, 2023
A man accused of causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage to the historic Tovrea Castle was arrested by Phoenix police last week, officials said Friday. Police say 46-year-old Matthew Anderson broke into the castle near 50th and Van Buren streets in May.
Jun. 5, 2023
Last month, Architectural Digest published a list of the world’s 11 most beautiful post offices. The list included what one might expect — ornate buildings found in international cities like Algiers and Mexico City — but it also included a post office one might not expect.
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Jun. 5, 2023
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