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Episode 1021

Ayudantes en la Frontera (The Border Helpers)

Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonado Escobar found a new community and a new purpose helping vulnerable migrants at the border.

How Tucson Families Advocated for Better Mental Health Services

The Schorr’s Dining Table is where the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Southern Arizona (NAMISA) was born.

Santa Cruz River Cleanup

Picking up trash and sowing wildflowers with The Sonoran Institute

Desert Plants: The Desert Hackberry

The Desert Hackberry, Celtis pallida, is ideal for creating habitat for wildlife while helping pollinators.

Bobcats Among Us

Bobcats are thriving in metropolitan Tucson in spite of the community's growth in the Sonoran Desert.

Meet the 93 Year-old Founder of Tucson's Drawing Studio

As a teaching artist, Andy Rush explores how to broaden each person’s notion of what drawing can be.

Tiny Homes: Wholistic Transformation

From a Border Wall to a Brighter Future: Tucson Nonprofit Transforms Shipping Containers into Tiny Homes for Foster Youth

Edward Goodman on Saxophone

In this riveting performance, the Associate Professor of Saxophone at the University of Arizona’s Fred Fox School of Music discusses the life lessons that can be gleaned while playing the sax.

Dolan Ellis, Arizona’s State Balladeer

There’s probably no person alive who knows the songs, history, and myths of Arizona better than Dolan Ellis.

Desert Plants: The Mexican Sunflower Tree

The Mexican Sunflower Tree (Tithonia Fruticosa) is a giant in this family, that can get to several feet tall and wide

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