Desert Air
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Desert Air is the best of Desert Companion magazine for your ears — arts and culture coverage, thoughtful commentary, and creative nonfiction. This podcast provides a space for interviews and storytelling unlike any other, connecting Southern Nevadans with each other and their home.
It’s brought to you by the talented folks at Nevada Public Radio: Christopher Alvarez, sound design; Rachel Christiansen, editor; Anne Davis, host; Briana Joseph, narration; Heidi Kyser, managing editor. Our theme music is by Blue Dot sessions.
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Rick Arevalo
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Nevada Public Radio
The Vegas-based poet on the power of poetry as communication
Ryan Vellinga
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Nevada Public Radio
Isle McElroy is one of Black Mountain Institute’s 2025-26 Shearing Fellows. They're the author of two fictional novels — The Atmospherians and People Collide — the latter of which was named one of the best books of the year 2025 by NPR, Vulture, and The New York Times
Ones to Watch 2024
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Writer in Residence: Desert Drift -
More conversations, interviews and narrations
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The Vegas-based architect on how he works with, not against, AI design -
Ten years after Yunior Lopez founded it, the Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas continues to be a launchpad for aspiring musicians -
Two Vegas music-lovers riff on their favorite local love songs -
Are medical mushrooms the next frontier in anxiety and depression treatment? Advocates for legalization in this year's legislative session think so -
Two Vegas music lovers riff on their favorite local acts and albums of the moment
