BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events
--New Arizona law bans filming law enforcement from distance of 8 feet or less
--Arizona governor activates National Guard to deal with flash flooding threat in Flagstaff
--Arizona man recovering after being bitten by shark in Long Island
--Arizona worst state to live in according to new poll

s'MACdown
--Bystander tased during Apple Store robbery at Mall of America 

Last Word
--Jerome, Arizona police ask residents to stop yelling at tourists

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events
--Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia
--Derek Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in Federal Court
--Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to 2 Arizonans 
--Mesa Gateway Airport getting federal money for modernization

s'MACdown
--Florida Governor Ron DeSantis 

Last Word
--Animals rescued during drug bust

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Current Events
SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade
The fate of Arizona's SB1164 which allows abortion until up to 15 weeks

sMACdown
St. Paul's guaranteed basic income and college savings program

Last Word
New Jersey man attempts to hid 13 bricks of cocaine in his wheelchair

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Current Events
--Tulsa, Oklahoma shooting
--Texas police did not follow active shooter protocol
--Phoenix police officer makes miraculous recovery
--More low income housing in Maricopa County
--Tour-on gored by bison in Yellowstone

s'MACdown
--People of Washington state failing to yield to law enforcement

Last Word
--Brawling brothers urinate on each other mid-flight from London to Greece

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Current Events -- another mass shooting in Texas elementary school
s'MACdown -- Beta O'Rourke failed attempt to argue for gun control in Texas
Last Word -- Louisiana police find an abandoned house in the middle of the road

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Current Events:
--Tragic shooting in Buffalo NY appears to be racially motivated
--Gas prices hit an all-time high in Arizona
--Cave Creek man leads police on high speed chase
--Water levels in Lake Powell could be replenished by Wyoming

s'MACdown:
--Congress creates more bureaucracy

Last Word:
--90-year-old Wyoming woman ticketed for using buggy whip on son

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Current Events:
-SCOTUS leak foretells Roe v. Wade being overruled
-Maine Senator calls 911 over sidewalk chalk message
-AZ carries out first death penalty execution in over 8 years
-UofA astronomers reveal first black hole pictures from our galaxy
-Serial drive-by shooter arrested in Buckeye

s'MACdown:
-Baby formula shortage

Last Word:
-Arizona wedding crasher caught after crashing 11 weddings

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Current Events
--Allister Adel, former Maricopa Country Attorney, dead at 45
--Canadian doctors prescribing passes to national parks
--Johnny Depp - Amber Heard trial fascinating to watch
--Crazy celebrity law suits

s'MACdown
--Japanese man married computerized pop singer

Last Word
--Correction officer and inmate go missing in Alabama

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Current Events
--AZ Supreme Court gives Ducey a win, but taxpayers will ultimately lose
--Kamala Harris and her 100% Wordle streak
--Old Enough: Japanese reality show

s'MACdown
--Passenger picks a fight with Mike Tyson

Last Word
--Man breaks into car dealership one hour after being released from jail

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Current Events
--Mesa officer's vehicle impaled by luggage rack
--Encounters with scorpions and rattlesnakes increase as weather warms
--South Carolina set to execute inmate by firing squad or electric shock
--Study finds China harvested organs from death row inmates 
s'MACdown
--Will Smith banned from Academy Awards for 10 years
Last Word
--Boston woman finds a live turkey in her house

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