Synopsis
Chris DeSimone is waking up the community, shining a light on backroom politics and informing Tucson every morning. Tackling local issues in a no-nonsense manner, while still having a good time.
Episodes
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Jan 24 Hour 3 Movies with Mark Van Buren
24/01/2025 Duration: 38minMark Van Buren's top ten favorite movies! Chris signs off, for now
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Jan 24 Hour 2 Jazz singer and songwriter Caity Gyorgy...Food Friday---Rocco
24/01/2025 Duration: 37minFood Friday! Rocco from Rocco's Little Chicago Pizzeria Canadian Jazz Singer Caity Gyorgy (pronounced "George"), performing at the Tucson Jazz Festival.
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Jan 24 Hour 1 WUT: the AM radio finale'
24/01/2025 Duration: 39minChris's final episode on AM radio Pima County closing asylum seeker facilities. Three days into his Presidency, Donald Trump saves the county a bunch of money. A Top Ten list of Chris's radio truths
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Jan 23 Hour 3 Chris talks favorite food dishes in Tucson!
23/01/2025 Duration: 38minPhoenix Magazine's top dishes in Tucson. What are yours?
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Jan 23 Hour 2 US Representative David Schweikert
23/01/2025 Duration: 39minUS Representative David Schweikert on the inauguration, the agenda going forward, and the release of the Kennedy assassination papers. Migrant funding, the church, and elected leaders.
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Jan 23 Hour 1 Dear Media: is Snoop Dogg in or out of favor
23/01/2025 Duration: 40minIntellectual honesty: three weeks ago Snoop Dogg was celebrated in Tucson...then he performs at Trump Inauguration and he's a bad guy. Please let us know what the playbook says here. Is he in or out of favor? The most news-generating speeding ticket possibly the history of Tucson is finally resolved.
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Jan 22 Hour 3 Why you shouldn't support a sales tax hike
22/01/2025 Duration: 40minResponse to the Mayor's support of a sale tax hike.
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Jan 22 Hour 2 Mayor Romero on her proposed sales tax hike
22/01/2025 Duration: 39minRegina's comments on Prop 414, the sales tax increase, in comments she made on the Buckmaster show
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Jan 22 Hour 1 Plissken Acres scares off Paul Bunyan
22/01/2025 Duration: 40minWhat can we do with iconic signs and landmarks?
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Jan 21 Hour 3 Colin Blunstone, of The Zombies
21/01/2025 Duration: 42minColin Blunstone, lead singer of the Zombies talking about his and the bands journey and the British invasion. Previewing the concert in February where he will be opening for Al Steward at the Rialto Theater.
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Jan 21 Hour 2 Desert Rose Tax & Accounting
21/01/2025 Duration: 41minTim Crawford and Ed Eddington from Desert Rose Tax & Accounting join Chris. A look at current events and a look ahead as we get ready to file taxes.
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Jan 21 Hour 1 President Trump, Act II begins
21/01/2025 Duration: 41minInauguration observations President Trump's agenda outlined in his opening speech.
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Jan 17 Hour 3 Shaun McClusky and Ron Arenas
17/01/2025 Duration: 39minGuests Shaun McClusky and Ron Arenas discuss constables, crime, and local events.
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Jan 17 Hour 2 Ron Arenas, Shaun McClusky...CA Wildfires...Tucson's home sales and rental market
17/01/2025 Duration: 41minRon Arenas, Shaun McClusky on the CA wildfires, insurance companies and mortgages, and impact on Tucson's construction labor force. Shaun also gives a brief status on Tucson's rental and home sales environment.
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Jan 17 Hour 1 School safety officer stops school shooter: quotes from TUSD board members who opposed cops on campus
17/01/2025 Duration: 40minPolice stopped a possible school shooting in Tucson yesterday. A look back at elected leaders who were against police on Tucson school campuses with their exact quotes.
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Jan 16 Hour 3 Humane Society settles with Steve Farley...Alvernon Grant Initiative hears from beleaguered Tucsonans
16/01/2025 Duration: 38minHumane Society of Southern Arizona makes a monetary settlement wtih former President/CEO Steve Farley...they also acknowledged that Farley experienced "significant harassment--even death threats" to himself and his family as a result of HSSA's handling of small animals from the San Diego Humane Society. Alvernon Grant Initiative hears from beleaguered Tucsonans.
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Jan 16 Hour 2 Danny Sawaya, Amy Cubillas, and the powerful story of Hudson
16/01/2025 Duration: 39minDanny Sawaya, Tucson Strength tucsonstrength.com Amy Cubillas, The Sanctuary Project--working to rescue dogs, stop animal abuse, and end shelter killing. Her own story of rescuing Hudson and how Hudson changed her life is powerful. For more information, visit thesanctuaryprojectlove.org Tucson Strength has a fundraiser on Jan 18 for The Sanctuary Project. Check out Sanctuary Project's website for more information.
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Jan 16 Hour 1 GTA Treehugger edition...Stonegarden apparently was missed
16/01/2025 Duration: 40minEnvironmentally conscious GTA in Douglas How does California build back with their radical progressive agenda? Hobbs finds $17M to help local law enforcement interdict fentanyl crossing the border. Anyone remember in 2018-2020 when Tucson and Pima County elected officials that millions to help local law enforcement interdict fentanyl crossing the border was a bad thing (Stonegarden)?
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Jan 15 Hour 3 Brian Bromberg
15/01/2025 Duration: 41minJazz bassist and record producer Brian Bromberg on growing up in Tucson and developing as a bass player, getting his break in the business with Stan Getz, and his career since. He's coming up at the Tucson Jazz Festival. He is also working wtih other musicians to help his colleagues impacted by the Southern California wildfires. Dave Slavin joins Chris for the interview and Barney Brenner also in for the hour!
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Jan 15 Hour 2 Barney Brenner...a Facebook post invites discussion
15/01/2025 Duration: 37minBarney Brenner joins Chris today Jan Lesher's raise. A conversation on Facebook exposes Tucson's leadership apologists...and generates a discussion.