Podcast Episodes

Episode 218: A New Deal for Arizona

Episode 218

In 1932, FDR pledged to bring his “New Deal” to the American people. You can debate its effectiveness, but in Arizona in general and Phoenix in particular you can see remnants and effects of the New …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Programming Notice 5

Delays in the present, but plans for the future!

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 217: The Oakies

Episode 217

During the 1930s, millions of migrant workers and their families fled from the Dust Bowl. Tens of thousands of them drifted into Arizona, lured by the promise of plenty of work in the cotton fields.…

Published on 6 months ago

Episode 216: Depression and Repatriation

Episode 216

In October 1929, the bottom fell out of the stock market, and three of Arizona’s famous 5 C’s each took massive hits in the ensuing depression. But the downturn didn’t just hit people’s pocketbooks; …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Episode 215: If This Was My Lake

Episode 215

In 1930, thousands of Arizonans came together to celebrate the official dedication of the unique Coolidge Dam. It was the culmination of years of work to get a dam on the Gila River, but its legacy r…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 214: Cajoling Coolidge

Episode 214

After getting through the House and the Senate on unanimous votes, the bill to build the San Carlos Dam had to clear its final obstacle - the potential bill killer known as "Silent Cal."

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 213: S. 966

Episode 213

After more than a decade of trying and only getting a portion of the San Carlos project funded, Hayden and his allies set their sights on one big push to get the San Carlos Dam funded. The first step…

Published on 7 months ago

Episode 212: The Florence-Casa Grande Project

Episode 212

Throughout the 1910s, Carl Hayden and others failed to get their storage dam on the Gila River. However, in the early 1920s they were able get a smaller reclamation project approved. Too bad it would…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Episode 211: Surveying the Pima Reservation

Episode 211

In which someone suggests a radical idea - actually collecting hard data on and documenting the impact of upstream diversions to the O’odham living along the Gila River.

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 210: The Colorado River Compact, Part VI: Arizona's Characteristic Obsession

Episode 210

The end to the decades-long saga of trying to divide the Colorado River.

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago