Podcast Episodes

Episode 226: Camp Naco

Episode 226

The Buffalo Soldiers left quite a legacy, both in general and in Arizona. Along the border town of Naco, part of that legacy is still standing - and …

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 225: The Cantonese Paymaster

Episode 225

This is the story of how one Chinese man became a legend at Fort Huachuca.

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 224: Camp Huachuca

Episode 224

Before it became the very model of a modern Army installation, Fort Huachuca started out as the temporary Camp Huachuca, a remote, frontier outpost t…

9 months ago

Episode 223: Pluto

Episode 223

In 1930, a young man from Kansas working in Flagstaff noted an object move 3.5 millimeters between two photographic plates. And our understanding of …

10 months ago

Episode 222: Planet X

Episode 222

While you can’t talk about Percival Lowell without mentioning his views on Mars, you also have to discuss his other great obsession - finding the hyp…

10 months, 1 week ago

Episode 221: Science and Speculation

Episode 221

During the first two decades of its existence, Lowell Observatory furthered both one of the great astronomical misconceptions and breakthroughs of th…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 220: Mars Hill

Episode 220

In May 1894, a rich, globetrotting, and brilliant mathematician from Boston came to Flagstaff for a special purpose - finding evidence of life on Mar…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 219: Odds and Ends

Episode 219

The Great Depression is a historical period best told through on-the-ground stories. Here is just a smattering of what it looked like in Arizona.

11 months ago

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 parti…

11 months, 1 week ago

Programming Notice 5

Delays in the present, but plans for the future!

11 months, 2 weeks ago