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Arizona Spotlight for September 19, 2014

Chiricahua Mountains assist fire ecology research; The Aquabats! lead singer talks fun and inspiration; exploring history of time-telling in China; traditional Chinese trio performs.

AQUABATS spot The Aquabats! from left to right, Ricky Fitness, Eaglebones Falconhawk, The MC Bat Commander, Crash McLarson, and Jimmy the Robot

Featured on the September 19th, 2014 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • Aengus Anderson talks with researchers who are using Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains to look centuries into the future of climate change and ask "what kind of forest is normal?"

  • Meet Christian Jacobs, better known as The MC Bat Commander of the surf / ska band The Aquabats!, and creator of the children's TV show Yo Gabba Gabba. Jacobs talks with Mark McLemore about finding success by doing things that he loved as a child...

  • Does the way time is measured change a person's perception of its meaning? Mark McLemore talks with University of Arizona anthropology professor Hai Ren about the ways that time is kept and understood in China, from ancient history to the contemporary obsession with "countdown clocks"...

  • Hear a Chinese composition performed by a virtuoso trio playing traditional instruments. The musicians are guests of the University of Arizona Confucius Institute's 3rd. Annual Chinese Culture Festival, with public events being held Sept. 20th - 28th.

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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