Celebrating Arizona

Coconino County Sheriff Jim Driscoll has so many amazing stories about his years with the department, including training on the steppes in Russia, rappelling off the South Rim, a car chase his first day on the job, the first DNA case, and the joy of returning a 3-year-old girl lost in the mountains to her parents. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starti...

Orville Wiseman's name is perfect: he's a pilot with tens of thousands flights and is wise enough to do what he loves and monetize it. That involves running the FBO in Flagstaff, one of the highest airports, with lots of time for flying, sometimes to San Diego and his power boats He's seen the world and loves Arizona best. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and even...

Kim Kativi says she sees the best of humanity in. both her clients and volunteers as director of tthe Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County, an organization that's been around for thirty years which is also the only immigration legal service in Norhern Arizona, where 200 volunteers and three part time employees help her tutor adults and children, teach English as a second language, help people ea...

Kathy Farretta is a powerful example of how much of a difference one person can make; her solo 24-hour read-a-thon raises thousands of dollars for The Literacy Center. She has worked in Flagstaff for decades, at museums and for First Things First, so she understands the value of donating to organizations that support early childhood education and young families struggling in today's world. Lisa Sc...

Nate Meyers lived in Arizona from four years to eight and always felt pulled back here.   He planned to teach but discovered museum work, blending history with finding ways to interest people in aspects of it.   As first executive director of Sedona Heritage Museum he's bringing indigenous stories in, expanding how films are explored, and glorying in doing work he loves in a great place. Lisa Schn...

Paul Maynard is joyous Tucson resident who grew up there but didn't return several years ago, because both he and the Old Pueblo have changed so much it's a new relationship of discovery and growth; his steadfast aide de camp Sally the darling dog shares most of his adventures. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley...

Guest Diana Nelson sets the gold standard for how to be retired; she and husband Dan attend many of the Valley's best offerings, hike vigorously statewide, are stewards at the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, and travel Arizona's. beloved and somewhat overlooked treasures. She also volunteers caring for retired racehorses and teaches a class on rattlesnakes. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stor...

One of my favorite Arizona writers Perer Corbett brims with well-told state stories; he loves that you never run out of places to explore in our state, can tell you what town had a police chief who was also the dogcatcher, knows a back way to the Grand Canyon, and says travel writing is the best because "You go wherever you want and share Arizona." Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories...

We did a panoply off interviews with Flagstaff residents about the 150 th birthday of their town; You get to hear from Don August of Campus Coffee, Danien Coy musician and NAU IT, Frank Garcia third generation residents and Flagstaff Schools, and Nikki Lober, longtime Riordan Mansion historian. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter...

Patricia Schnebly Ceballos has lived a life of tremendous, energy, giving, and sharing, from her time to stories of her grandparents. She has traveled the world and all corners of the state to share memories and the valuable things she learned from Grandma Sedona Schnebly, and I marvel that she gets more done before lunch than I think some whole communities do, This much chosen because it's built...

Neil Large is a true Arizona outdoorsman with his perfect job in outdoor recreation. His goal is to connect people to places and introduce them to aspects of the state they may not have thought of, like bass fishing, calling elk, and experiencing bear, but carefully. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than f...

As news director at KTVK-TV3, Phil Alvidrez made magic happen, taking the lowest-rated station to the highest. He credits hiring great people, which he did, but he did a lot more, and tells stories colorfully and well. He used the phrase "four-year overnight success" and said he chose television over radio because "TV is radio plus pictures."   He created Arizona's Family and members still adore h...

Jared Dillingham travels both Arizona and the world to then share his experiences in absorbing reports with photos on Jared's Detours. A local broadcaster with channels 3 and 5 for twenty years, he is also an appreciator of wine, of Page, Antelope Canyon, Bisbee, and more places prominent and little-known. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a...

Ray Lindstrom wanted to be a radio deejay so much he worked for free first, and he went from prop boy to record label head in high school, He also created the infomercial, In today's podcast you'll hear two songs his Zoom Records produced of Pete Ronstadt and the Night Beats; one called Night Beats and then Lonesome Road Rock. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and...

Dawn Wallace has contributed to the state in various roles including government and philanthropy and chose to be an Arizonan.   She describes a different upbringing than many of us had, brought to this country by immigrant parents and the challenges and gifts of that experience. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley...

Andrea Christelle is the most innate Sedona person I've ever met; a philosopher by degree, she and her partner Matt Goodwin took philosophy out of the classroom into the natural world to share with people in and around Sedona's wonders. She believes that philosophy, like yoga, is not memorized facts, but a daily practice. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and event...

Travel writing Rogert Naylor's sentence burst with color; in a short conversation were, "I wasn't a drifter, but a travel writer in training," "Arizona is so diverse there are a dozen states in our borders," and "If the Chiricahuas were in any other state, they would be on the license plate."   Hiking and burgers make a perfect day, and he gravitates to many places in Arizona, although Dead Horse...

Brooke laughs describing that as a newborn she seemed to bond with the family dog first; wildlife and animals inhabit her world almost as revered relatives would; her published books and research center around them. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television,...

Dolly and Paul Kennedy started The Dolly Steamboat cruises in 1983. At 100 years old, Dolly is still fresh and fragile as a flower, elegant in period costumes and a living advertisement for the steamboat named for her. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, televisi...

Bob Booker led the Arizona Commission on the Arts for decades and now happily retired can range from the spice shop in Tumacácori to Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff and places in between, loving that Arizona has respected the arts and diversity even before statehood. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley mor...

Lisa and Mark McMahon grew up in the same neighborhood and both embraced Arizona road trips and hikes, but Mark added some incredible trips in the wide world he talks about in today's show along with great Mexican food, best hikes around Tucson, and letting loved ones go. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more t...

A deep and wide Arizona author himself, Greg McNamee shares a half-dozen of his favorite Arizona works. He describes being in grad school with author Barbara Kingolver, describing spending Saturday nights with beer in the pool and hearing her typewriter clacking away, "which probably explains our positions in the literary constellations," a stellar sentence with many others describing wonderful Ar...

Description: Lisa has known Bob Cika since before she could talk. Her parents made a lifelong friend when they were his head residents in a Flagstaff dorm.   Lisa says he's the only person she knows who has rappelled off the South Rim in training exercises.   He loves the stark scenery and small-town charm of Winslow and will drive hundreds of miles out of his way to stay at La Posada. Lisa Schneb...

An accomplished author and writing teacher, Laurie Schneby lives and breathes for books; since libraries are brimming with abundant choices, and all free, libraries are her happy places. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger has been telling stories of Arizona people and events starting as a cub reporter in Green Valley more than forty years ago. She moved through radio, television, magazines, opinion pieces, m...

         It would be challenging for anyone to run for the Arizona senate, but taking your eight-year-old twin boys knocking on doors shows how much Kristie O'Brien believes in what she is doing. For her, being a good mother also includes hatching butterflies every spring and road trips geared to the interests of young sons. Even living in Australia didn't dim her deep love for her home state. Lis...