KJZZ's Sun Up is a weekday morning podcast giving you the Arizona news you need to start your day.  It is the biggest stories of the day from KJZZ News.

At one point in her life, Kambri Crews wanted nothing to do with her father. He was violent. And he betrayed her. Betrayed the whole family. But, while researching her memoir, Kambri discovered another side to her dad. One that almost brought them back together.

Dustin Swanson didn’t get it. He was only 38 -- healthy, in shape, didn’t smoke or drink, even had low cholesterol. So why did his heart stop?

Mike and Anna have endured great challenges — not the least of which was coming head to head with a grizzly bear.

Casey Merriman comes back from the brink of death three times and the lessons she learns are critical.

Jake Bacon has made it his mission to save wild animals until one puts his life in danger.

In Navajo culture you don’t talk about death. It’s considered taboo. To talk about death is to bring it upon you. But Marquerita Donald can’t help but talk about it.

Hear the stories of people who faced darkness and how those incidents changed the trajectory of their lives. An endurance athlete is someone who can run 50 miles and keep going despite the fact that blood is oozing out of his shoes. They’re really a breed unto themselves. But that’s just the sort of relentlessness you need to survive the ordeal that Tommy Rivers Puzey is going through.