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For years, alt-weekly newspapers like the Phoenix New Times were able to pay their bills thanks to lax content policies when it came to their ads, which ran the gamut from used boats to escort services.Many Phoenicians know how that story ended — with New Times owner Mike Lacey spinning off the ad business into a separate company called Backpage.com, for which he was later

April marks the 50th anniversary of Stephen King’s “Carrie,” the classic horror novel that inspired the also classic film."Carrie” is just one of King’s many best sellers over a decades-long career — but Arizona State University professor Jenny Irish doesn’t think he gets enough credit.Irish teaches courses on popular fiction and literary horror, and she told The Show’s Sam

The Show’s Sam Dingman recently toured Taliesin West, the desert home and design studio of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Well, it’s a beautiful, serene place. And in talking to the folks that work there, there was this unmistakable tone of reverence — a sort of quasi-spiritual energy in terms of how they talk about Frank and his work," Sam Dingman said. "And as I learned when

Not long ago, Arizona State University professor Dr. Neal Lester, Ph.D., was sitting in his office, when one of his grad students came in. As they talked, Lester noticed that the student seemed distressed. "And that student actually broke down in tears because they were overwhelmed by all the things that they had to do," said Lester.Lester did his best to comfort the student.

Wondery, the Amazon-owned podcast company, is releasing several new sports-focused podcasts in the near future.

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the reasons for and consequences of MLB's lack of compelling record chases (à la Alex Ovechkin's in the NHL…

Since its September 2018 beginnings, Blue Wire has grown to more than 160 podcasts. Kevin Jones and Peter Moses spoke to AA on what's next.