KJZZ's The Show

The Show is a stream of curated stories from Phoenix, our region and around the country. With the help of reporters and producers around the region and globe we’ll mix the stories and news to keep you up to date and entertained. Listen live weekdays at 9 a.m.

KJZZ's Sun Up

KJZZ's Sun Up is a weekday morning podcast giving you the Arizona news you need to start your day. It is the biggest stories of the day from KJZZ News.

News

News

KJZZ's Stories You Don't Want to Miss

Can’t find the time to listen to every story on KJZZ? We've got you covered. Get the week’s top stories from the KJZZ newsroom, including highlights from The Show and the latest in Arizona business, education, science and tribal natural resources news.

KJZZ's The Show: Friday NewsCap

The Show's Friday NewsCap is a weekly review of the biggest stories with experts, reporters and commentators to put the news in perspective.

KJZZ's The Recovering Caregiver

KJZZ's The Recovering Caregiver is a four-episode podcast about life after dementia. This podcast is geared towards caregivers who have entered the final phase of caregiving: life without their loved one. Each episode focuses on different aspects of life after dementia, from the dying process to dating and sex. This podcast was inspired by Kathy Richie's own journey.

KJZZ's Exit Interview

A series that takes a critical look at Phoenix and asks why so many influential people have decided to leave.

KJZZ's Lit Squad

There's a lot of talk about the kinds of books students should and should not be reading, and what books kids should have access to in libraries. At the same time, there are more books being published that deal with issues of race, gender and sexual orientation. The Show talks to the authors of some of those books in the series Lit Squad.

KJZZ's The Analogs

Sam Dingman is fascinated by people who make things by hand. Not just what they make, but why. What can this work tell us about the people who do it? The Analogs from KJZZ's The Show is a collection of character profiles of artists that tries to answer those questions. You’ll hear stories about letterpress, typewriters and fountain pens. But also: the relationship between creation and death, faith and science, and reconciling our inner lives with our outer ones.

KJZZ's Period, The End

KJZZ's Kathy Ritchie likes to talk about things that make most people uncomfortable — like menopause.Anyone with ovaries will go through menopause and most will have symptoms. We’re talking hot flashes, anxiety, sleepless nights, vaginal dryness and even abnormal bleeding. In this podcast, Kathy talks to menopause experts, because this chapter of life can be gut-wrenching, exhausting and just plain confusing. Information is power — for you, your partner, your children, your friends and colleagues. Menopause can also be an incredibly isolating time for women, and now — more than ever — we need connection.So, let’s get a little uncomfortable.

KJZZ's Untold Arizona

Arizona is a unique place full of stories, folklore and Wild West chicanery. From KJZZ’s Original Productions, Untold Arizona explores some of the stories you probably haven’t heard about the Grand Canyon State.

KJZZ's Arizona Monsoon Stories

From a break from the intense summer heat to a time to renew and refresh our lives, the monsoon season means so much to so many Arizonans. But, in a climate change world, this distinct time of year is becoming more extreme. In the Arizona Monsoon Stories podcast, KJZZ's The Show looks at how climate change meets the monsoon — and what that could mean for the environment, growth, traditions and identity.

KJZZ's Word

The final episode of KJZZ's Word podcast was released in June 2024.

KJZZ's State of the Arts Arizona

Even when Robrt Pela isn't writing about the arts, they're on his mind. That's what the longtime Phoenix culture critic will be talking about in the newest installment of the State of the Arts Arizona. Learn about a now-defunct ethnic arts organization' the state of cultural criticism, dance, opera and symphony; and why anyone would start a theater company in the early 21st century.

Prickly: A podcast from KJZZ's Politics Desk

Whatever you call politics in Arizona, they're definitely prickly. The on top of what's happening and how it impacts you — from the Arizona Capitol to Washington, D.C. Subscribe to the Prickly podcast, from KJZZ's Politics Desk.

KJZZ's Reefer Growing Madness

Nearly a century after cannabis was criminalized by the United States, most Americans live in a place where local police no longer arrest all marijuana users. Weed has become so abundant in places like metro Phoenix that you have to wonder how it’s even grown. Reefer Growing Madness from KJZZ’s Hear Arizona podcast unit tracks the roughly four-month journey of marijuana plants from tiny clones to ashes and smoke.