January 14, 2016 / Modified jan 15, 2016 3:55 p.m.

Arizona Spotlight for January 15, 2016

StoryCorps in Tucson preents a grandfather's tale of adventure during World War II; new biography tells the story of the first American woman to become a doctor; Tucson unemployed look for work "Under the Sun".

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Featured on the January 15, 2016 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • From StoryCorps in Tucson, avid NPR listener Amber Merchant interviews her 92-year old grandfather E. Dale Parris about his 1944 visit to an island in the Philippines as an amateur "goodwill ambassador", and getting lost at sea on the way back...

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"Elizabeth Blackwell brought about a major social change in the United States and Europe, yet her only goal was to become a physician. In that pursuit, she unwittingly became a pioneer. Where there was once only one, today their are many", Nordmeyer says.

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Listen to an excerpt from the book, read by and with an introduction from author Robert Nordmeyer:

  • And, in the first installment of the new radio series Under the Sun, Andrew Brown spends time with unemployed and homeless Tucsonans as they wait in a church parking lot, hoping to be offered a chance at a day's work...

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AZPM presents the first-ever live recording of Arizona Spotlight, on Sunday, January 24th at 5 PM at the El Casino Ballroom in Tucson. Guests will include author Lydia R. Otero, storyteller and 3-time winner of The Moth story competition in NYC, Molly McCloy, poet Logan Phillips and film essayist Chris Dashiell, plus the debut of the new community micro-storytelling project Dimelo and music from Vox Urbana. The event is free and open to the public!

ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT airs every Friday at 8:30 am and 6:00 pm, and every Saturday at 5:00 pm, on NPR 89.1 FM / 1550 AM.

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