September 4, 2014 / Modified sep 5, 2014 4:33 p.m.

Arizona Spotlight for September 5, 2014

Camp Born This Way offers support to transgender kids, families; 60th anniversary of the C-130 aircraft; veteran shares how army life changed her values; author Charles Bowden remembered.

Featured on the September 5th, 2014 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

Phoenix, C-130 C-130 named Phoenix spent 17 years in the Antartic ice.
Christopher Conover, AZPM

- Journalist Charles Bowden’s documentation of life on the U.S. / Mexico border made him one of the most important literary voices of the American Southwest. Bowden died in New Mexico last week at age 69. In 2013, Bowden recorded an interview with producer Aengus Anderson, sharing his views on human nature, environmental issues, and the future of life on Earth...

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ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT airs every Friday at 8:30 am and 6:00 pm, and every Saturday at 5:00 pm, on NPR 89.1 FM / 1550 AM.

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