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State of Nevada Summer Series

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How does one become the martini-carrying mayor of Las Vegas? A polarizing former boxer? A leading activist in Southern Nevada? A news station owner in Pahrump?

Over the years, State of Nevada has interviewed an abundance of interesting people on even more fascinating topics. This summer, we’re revisiting some of those, beginning July 28 through Aug. 12. 

Hear about UFOs, long-standing Las Vegas Strip shows, and from celebrities such as Andre Agassi, Carrot Top and Robin Leach.

Join us as we look back on some of the most captivating, sometimes titilating, impassioned or just down-right pleasant interviews we’ve done. If you miss any along the way, find them below.

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Mike Tyson's 'Undisputed Truth' (aired 2012)

Jul 28, 2022

Mike Tyson has been a polarizing figure for the last 25 years.  He was brute force in the boxing ring.

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Being Oscar Goodman, former mayor of Las Vegas (aired 2013)

Jul 29, 2022

Oscar Goodman, former Las Vegas mayor and author of "Being Oscar."

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Chazz Palminteri talks 'A Bronx Tale' on stage (aired 2010)

Jul 29, 2022

In the hit stage play "A Bronx Tale" actor Chazz Palminteri takes the audience into a world of mobsters and the struggle between right and wrong.

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An interview with Ruby Duncan, welfare activist (aired 2012)

Aug 01, 2022

Orphaned by age 4, a school dropout by the 9th grade, and a cotton-picker in rural Louisiana, Ruby Duncan moved to Las Vegas for a better life.  Instead, she found her aunt living with other poor African Americans in a cardboard shack in the desert.

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Robin Leach part 1: On celebrity, his career and more (aired 2015)

Aug 02, 2022

The man famous for bringing us "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" sits down with KNPR's State of Nevada.

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Robin Leach part II: On covering celebrities in Las Vegas (aired 2015)

Aug 02, 2022

Robin Leach made a name for himself with the opulent "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" but when the show went off the air, he transitioned to living and working in Las Vegas.

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Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds: Depression deepest when the band's fame grew (aired 2017)

Aug 03, 2022

From the outside, Reynolds had everything going for him. Inside, he was a mess. Depression, which he’d dealt with for years, had reached the bottom.

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Wait Wait … it's Paula Poundstone on KNPR! (aired 2011)

Aug 04, 2022

Wait, wait..

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Lights, Camera, Pahrump: Meet the HBO 'Small Town News' team (aired 2021)

Aug 05, 2022

Southern Nevadans know Pahrump as the quirky Nye County community in the next valley west of Las Vegas. Now HBO viewers can get an introduction.

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Yacht rock sails back into mainstream, Las Vegas stages

Aug 05, 2022

Originally aired: July 1, 2022

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A new book by George Knapp says the Pentagon takes UFOs (and more) very seriously (aired 2021)

Aug 08, 2022

The government investigation of UFOs that was acknowledged this

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Icing on the Cupcake: Abandoned pig improving, awaits adoption (aired 2021)

Aug 08, 2022

Originally aired: July 22, 2021

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Organization strives to preserve historically Black Reno community, Black Springs

Aug 09, 2022

Black Springs is now a small neighborhood nestled amongst the giant industrial warehouses of Reno’s North Valleys.  

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Court relies on CASA volunteers to have the back of children in foster care (aired 2021)

Aug 09, 2022

Originally aired: Dec. 3, 2021

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Barbara Walters on journalism, Las Vegas and what her memoir revealed (aired 2008)

Aug 10, 2022

Barbara Walters, journalist ... joins us to discuss her new autobiography: Audition: A Memoir.

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Tennis champion Andre Agassi on career, drug use, retirement (aired 2009)

Aug 11, 2022

The tennis legend has co-authored his autobiography. In it, he speaks of drug use, the roller-coaster his career and personal life became in the 1990s and his eventual decision to retire in 2006.

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You know the hair, the wit. After 25 years, Carrot Top is still going strong in Las Vegas

Aug 12, 2022

This interview originally aired July 13, 2022.


At an open mic in Boca Raton, Florida, a college-aged Carrot Top told jokes others had written. But he needed his own act.

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Chapter 8: Chinatown Las Vegas

Feb 09, 2022

If you’re into the food scene here, you know Chinatown Las Vegas is the place to go for some of the best eats in Southern Nevada. 

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UNLV professor explores the 'dubious diagnosis' in book on intersex people (aired 2017)

Nov 13, 2017

Georgiann Davis' book "Contesting Intersex" looks at how the diagnosis of intersex traits has evolved over time from medical emergency to a mild variation.

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COVID testing company in Nevada missed nearly all cases, ProPublica reports

Jul 29, 2022

We may never know exactly how many people in Nevada have truly contracted COVID-19.

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