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New Americans: A Refugee Radio Project

Tanzanian youth interviews a fellow refugee who now helps others with similar experiences

A Romantic Russian Cineaste in Mexico

Sergei Eisenstein's tragic quest to film what became ¡Que viva Mexico!

Expo Showcases Southwest Native Culture

Indian art and performances featured at this weekend's Southwest Indian Art Fair

Bob Weir on Bob Weir

Founding member of The Grateful Dead talks about his recording projects, upcoming solo acoustic stop in Tucson

Radmilla Cody's Link to the Past

Navajo singer uses her traditional reservation upbringing to inform her music and activism

Playing Piazzolla

Actor Robert Beltran talks about his lead role in a new production honoring the life of the renowned tango maestro

At Museum: Natural Elements in Western Art

Linking 'real and physical worlds with envisioned and spiritual worlds'

Inmate Writing Allows Freedom of Expression

Author & UA professor Erec Toso discusses the special writing workshops that he leads at a Tucson prison, and shares some of the truth and beauty that is the result

The Portland Cello Project

Have you ever wondered what multiple cellos and an alternative folk trio performing the music of pop composer Beck would sound like?

Hidden Treasure in Tucson

UA Mineral Museum displays gems from around globe

Three Views of John Dillinger

"Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger made history in Tucson 81 years ago this month. Film writer Chris Dashiell looks back at three different Dillinger-inspired films from three different Hollywood eras

Finding a Voice

Listen to the first in a series of radio stories written and produced by some of Tucson's newest residents, a group of Catalina Magnet students who are all international refugees

"Who Bombed Judi Bari?"

A new documentary asks tough questions about a 1990 car bombing that gravely injured environmental activist Judi Bari and her colleague, filmmaker Darryl Cherney

Indigo Girls Meet The Tucson Symphony

Singer, songwriter, and musician Emily Saliers discusses Indigo Girls' new symphonic tour, and what it takes to re-imagine their music with an orchestral backing

Carol Burnett

Listen to a conversation with the comedy legend about her show, her friends, and the first time she got fired from a job.

Roger Corman

An exclusive interview with the independent film visionary about a few of the almost 500 movies he's made over a six decade career that is still going strong

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