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

Current Events
--Is this it for Donald Trump?
--Faux political signs popping up across Phoenix
--New temporary home of the Coyotes to be named Mullett Arena
--Anheuser-Busch being sued for false advertising for Ritas beer
--No jail time for double-dipping Phoenix police officer

s'Macdown
--Stuff used to be free

Last Word
--Missing woman survives on tap water for 4 days, found trapped in her own bathroom 

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

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

Current Events
--Thousands without power after monsoon storms
--Police arrest 3 parents after El Mirage school on lockdown
--Arizona using shipping containers to build on border wall following inaction by Feds
--FBI executes unprecedented raid on Trump for missing classified documents

s'MACdown
--President Biden and the Inflation Reduction Act

Last Word
--Dodging porta potties on the highway

Program note: We are on vacation next week!

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

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

Current Events
--Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russia
--Senator Sinema supports Inflation Reduction Act
--Dick Cheney calls Donald Trump a coward and a threat
--Kari Lake wins GOP nomination in Arizona primary; now faces Katie Hobbs in November
--Vabbing: TikTok's DIY perfume

s'MACdown
--Stupid climbers may result in huge climbing fees

Last Word
--Driver attempts to surrender in Ralph's parking lot in LA

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

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

Current Events
--Monsoon madness at Circle K
--Tucson has the worst commute times in Arizona
--Biden has Paxlovid rebound

s'MACdown
--Father Time wearing away at 85 year old Pope

Last Word
--Logan, Utah company breaks world record for largest bowl of mac and cheese

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

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

Current Events
--UPS driver in Scottsdale collapses in heat during delivery
--Heat related deaths in Maricopa County higher this year than last
--Pence and Trump stump for rival gubernatorial candidates in Arizona
--Race for Arizona governor
--Newborn baby abandoned in East Mesa

s'MACdown
--State of Colorado's magic mushroom initiative

Last Word
--Man pinned under forklift in Arizona saved by would-be murderer

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

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 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

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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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

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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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

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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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

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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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll