Arizona Spotlight

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Marquez Price talks "The Backcourt: Basketball's Best Kept Secret"; storyteller Susanne Lasseter shares the story of her family's arrival in Arizona; and a poem by Liza Porter.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Arizona Theater Board Chair Mike Seiden previews the upcoming season; And "Speaking Personally" with pubic broadcasting pioneer Linda O'Bryon.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Scott Simon's latest book offers his appreciation of animal companionship; and how the spiritual combines with pop culture at The Last Supper Museum.

Also on Arizona Spotlight, national monuments under fire by the Trump administration; Julieta ASMR explains the basics of her art; and the Zachary family story of survival and love against the odds.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: What to expect from the first ever Meza Festival, bringing global music to the local community; and storyteller Zach Gordon reflects on the importance of coffee and connection.

In part 2, more highlights from the event, including an essay from nature writer Rebekah Doyle, a poem fromindigenous creative Mariana Rivera, and an interview with acclaimed fiction author Linda D. Addison.

Highlights from Arizona Spotlight Live, recorded with an audience at The Baker Center for Public Media.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: StoryCorps launches a new initiative that anyone may participate in; what some AZPM fas think about America's 250th birtday; and how the Reid Park Zoo is conserving water in the heat.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Remembering Buddhist scholar and "Tibetan Book of the Dead " translator Robert Thurman; and Rebekah Doyle reflects on the common social media meme "Touch Grass".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A preview of the 56th Annual Tucson Juneteenth; living with aphasia offers a chance to laugh and share good times; and the actors playing Gomez and Morticia Addams reflect on what it means to be in a great marriage.