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20/02/2025

Rogue Theatre's "Marjorie Prime" creates a conversation about what it means to be human in the age of AI.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Understanding canyons on the moon; and more voices from The Class of 2024.

20/02/2025

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27 min
21 Feb

Feb 20, 2026

Reaction to the Supreme Court's decision on tariffs; Tucsonans discuss new rules for data centers; The U of A closes down culture-based student communities; and more...

21 Feb

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11 min
09/10/2024

Broken Promises, Contaminated Waters: Uranium mining on the Navajo Nation

An investigation reveals the deadly health toll of uranium mining on Navajo land, where contaminated water and broken promises have left generations fighting for survival.

09/10/2024

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31 min
29 Jan

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 book industry.

29 Jan

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28 min
07/08/2024

A Crisis Fraught with Possibility: How a massive canal set Arizona up for growth

In the 1960s, Arizona was facing a crisis. Its aquifers were depleting and its ground was sinking. That issue prompted a major infrastructure project that would forever change what was possible in the state, a 336 mile system of canals that take a big part of the state's Colorado River water allocation and diverts it to Phoenix and Tucson, as well as farmland in Central Arizona. This week, we look at how the Central Arizona Project came to be, and what it means to the state.

07/08/2024

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23 min
09/01/2025

January 9, 2025

A controversial case comes to a sudden end; Arizona sends help to fire-scarred California; from the toilet to the tap-Tucson reaches a new level in recycling; and more...

09/01/2025

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9 min
06/04/2018

Our Lengthening Life Span is Outpacing the Biology of our Eyes' Lenses

Can we reverse vision loss with artificial lenses?

06/04/2018

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5 min
03/01/2025

January 3, 2025

A nationwide investigation has a new Arizona angle; a low-income housing project is filling up fast; the city has a use for your old Christmas tree; and more...

03/01/2025

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9 min
22/08/2025

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 tells how her art project went viral way back in the '90s.

22/08/2025

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30 min
13/12/2024

Continuing research into the source of COVID-19

The fight against COVID-19 became part of our lives four years ago. Researchers are still working to find out how to it started. University of Arizona immunobiologist Michael Worobey discusses the latest findings and considers the possibilities of new pandemics brewing around the globe.

13/12/2024

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5 min

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