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A newsmaker interview with Arizona Business Leader of the Year Fletcher McCusker, chairman of the Rio Nuevo District Downtown Tucson’s Revitalization Board. Then we talk with Bill Spurbeck, founder of CPR2U. Plus, Looking for hope and encouragement in very dark times. We talk with Rabbi Tom Louchheim of Tucson’s Congregation Or Chadash.

We talk about the grieving ritual lost to COVID-19. Our guest is Maribel Alvarez, associate research professor in the UA School of Anthropology and the Jim Griffith Chair in Public Folklore in the UA Southwest Center. Also, Financial Commentator/Consultant Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday MoneyMaker Report. Then, Certified Public Accountant Michael C. Flowers on…

We will begin with the Monday Political Face-off featuring Commentators Dr. Don Jorgensen and Bruce Ash. Then we talk with former Arizona State Lawmaker Steve Farley, who recently was named the Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s first CEO since 2015.

Our Friday Focus interview is with Tucson City Councilwoman Nikki Lee (D-Ward 4). What’s the economic recovery plan for the City of Tucson? Joining me in our telephonic conversation is the Arizona Daily Star City Hall Reporter Justin Sayers. Then we visit with Jim Nintzel, executive editor of the Tucson Weekly on our Roundtable…

We talk with Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the University of Arizona based Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. Then we talk with Jeffrey Rothstein, vice president and head of legal for Roche Tissue Diagnostics. Plus, when are our national parks going to reopen? Some answers from Kevin Dahl of the National Parks…

A newsmaker interview with the 22nd president of the University of Arizona Dr. Robert Robbins. Higher education is facing its biggest crisis since the end of World War Two. Also, how coronavirus is impacting Arizona agriculture. We talk with Dr. Jeff Silvertooth, Buckmaster contributor on agriculture. Dr. Silvertooth is associate dean and director for…

How deep will the recession be in Arizona? I talk with Dr. George Hammond, director of the Economic and Business Research Center in the UA Eller College of Management. Then the Tuesday MoneyMaker Report with Financial Consultant/Commentator Shelly Fishman. Also Biologist Dr. John Adams, deputy director of the UA Biosphere 2 previews the 50th…

The Monday Political Face-off features Commentators John Munger and Jeff Rogers. Then, Will Humble, former director of the Arizona Department of Health joins us.

The Friday Focus interview is with Tucson Police Chief Christopher Magnus. Joining me in the conversation is Sarah Garrecht Gassen, editorial page editor and columnist for the Arizona Daily Star. Matt Russell, food and beverage columnist for Inside Tucson Business has Weekend Watch.

Dr. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist and professor of environmental science in the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Then Anthony Gimino of AllSportsTucson on his thoughts of when sports will resume in America. Plus, Historian Ken Scoville on what life was like in Tucson during the Great Pandemic of 1918.