
Art by Rachel Ivanyi
August 22, 2024

Featured on the August 22, 2024 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Less than 10 miles from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the Pinyon Plain Mine, from which truckloads of uranium was shipped earlier this summer. The mine's owners say this process is imperative to eliminate fossil fuel usage, it also has sparked protests among conservationists and indigenous communities connected to the land. Ryan Heinsius from KNAU reports on this story. Further reporting on this topic will occur this September as part of AZPM's podcast Tapped.

Ryan Heinsius/KNAU
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Ryan Heinsius/KNAU
- Nature writer and outdoors adventurer Rebekah Doyle shares an essay about her perspective on “Monsoon Magic”. The monsoon recordings featured in Rebekah's piece were courtesy of Alex! Jimenez and Logan Phillips.

Courtesy of Rebekah Doyle

Courtesy of Rebekah Doyle

Courtesy of Rebekah Doyle
- And, the premiere of Concussion: The Play, a new “Ten-Minute Drama” from author Alejandro Canelos. It is about woodpecker parents dealing with their son's "failure to launch", and the teen himself who is plagued by headaches that keep him from living up to his hard-headed father’s expectations.

Art by Rachel Ivanyi

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