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.
The Latest
Melissa Rios
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Courtesy Yunior Lopez
Ten years after Yunior Lopez founded it, the Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas continues to be a launchpad for aspiring musicians
Photo: Courtesy Black Mountain Institute
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Illustration: Ryan Vellinga
Photo: Courtesy BMI
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Illustration: Ryan Vellinga
Photo: Courtesy BMI
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Illustration: Ryan Vellinga
Ones to Watch 2024
Writer in Residence: The Warmth of Home
Can Las Vegas weather the stresses of climate change?
Writer in Residence: When the Rain Comes
Relishing monsoon season in a land of persistent drought
Writer in Residence: Breathe Out
The warming planet and human disturbance whip up the danger lurking in the dust
Writer in Residence: Looking Down
What the wildflower superbloom can teach us about the world at our feet
Writer in Residence: Desert Drift
Rafting the Colorado River in search of what we’d lose if it ran dry
Writer in Residence: Refuge on Fire
Where do we turn when disaster destroys places that were supposed to be sanctuaries?
More conversations, interviews and narrations
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The local medical community says there's an anesthesiologist shortage. What's the solution? -
A reporter rides the monorail in search of how far it’s come in 20 years -
Rafting the Colorado River in search of what we’d lose if it ran dry -
The Colorado River was once home to a six-foot-long pikeminnow. Where did it go? -
Two Vegas music-lovers riff on their favorite local acts and albums of the moment
