KJZZ's The Show

The Show on KJZZ

Listen live weekdays at 9 a.m.

Download audio

State lawmakers are considering letting some manufacturers build on-site wastewater treatment plants, bypassing the current systems. We’ll hear who’s backing the bill and who’s opposed. Plus, a new book depicts the lifelong journey of one of the first Sudanese ‘lost boys’ to come to Phoenix. That and more on The Show.

Deng Atem, author of Jumping Over the Ram
Deng Atem was one of the first of the Lost Boys to come to the U.S. after fleeing Sudan. And he made his new home here in Phoenix, where he’s lived for more than 30 years. Now, he’s out with a new memoir, “Jumping Over the Ram.”
Download audio

Violent crime has gone up around the country since the start of 2020 including here in Arizona. Why we’re starting to see those numbers go down — but not to pre-pandemic levels. Plus, a book that helps a parent take an honest look at his own experiences. That and more on The Show. 

Arizona minimum wage poster
Some Arizona lawmakers are looking to help businesses in cities that have a higher minimum wage than the state’s — but they’d do it by potentially hurting those cities’ bottom lines.
Download audio

State leaders are looking for new sources of water as the West’s drought continues. Why one expert thinks water pricing might be a better way to deal with the situation. Plus, from tangelos to sour oranges — how one of Arizona’s top chefs celebrates citrus season. That and more on The Show.

Charleen Badman
James Beard Award-winning chef Charleen Badman is crazy about Arizona citrus — even the kinds you think you can’t eat. The Show went down to her kitchen recently to get a taste of what she’s working with this citrus season.
Listen to more stories from The Show
Download audio

An Arizona inmate was sentenced to death by a jury that was never informed a life sentence for him would come without parole. The U.S. Supreme Court is now ruling in his favor. Plus, a local nonprofit is providing ceremonial feathers for Native American rituals across the country. That and more on The Show.

U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a man on Arizona's death row should be resentenced because jurors in his case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence him to death.
Download audio

Newly released documents show former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich knew claims of election fraud were false — but didn’t say so. Our Friday NewsCap panelists analyze that and the rest of the week’s top stories. Plus, disgust and how Shakespeare used it for dramatic effect. That and more on The Show.

Mark Brnovich
This week, records showed that former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich promoted election fraud claims while withholding reports from his own office that debunked those same allegations.

Pages