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 / Modified nov 14, 2014 10:46 a.m.

Arizona Spotlight for November 7, 2014.

A look of results of this year's elections; UA professor is responsible for translating the works of acclaimed Japanese author; is there a health benefit to laying flat on your back for a few minutes?; Greenland musician sprouts roots in Tucson.

Nive Nielsen in AZPM studios. Nive Nielsen during a visit to the AZPM studios a few months ago.
Maria Inés Taracena, AZPM

Featured on the Nov. 7th, 2014 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • A look at the results of this week's election, and how voter decision will shape the next phase of Arizona politics....

  • Meet Philip Gabriel, a professor at the University of Arizona, who is responsible for translating the novels and short stories of acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami into English. Gabriel tells Vanessa Barchfield about some of the many delicate decisions he must make to keep the spirit of the writer's work intact...

  • Is there a health benefit to something as simple as lying flat on your back for a few minutes, three times a day? Tony Paniagua talks with the Tucson authors of a new book called Repose - The Potent Pause about how this technique could help in reducing stress, insomnia and grief...

  • And, hear the unique melodies of Nive Nielsen, a native Greenlander with musical connections to Tucson. Nielsen took a break from her full-time band The Deerchildren to record some exclusive music with Howe Gelb for an acoustic Spotlight Session...

Listen:

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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