1. Radio
 / Modified sep 30, 2014 4:21 p.m.

Arizona Spotlight for September 26, 2014

Meet Tucson musician who made some wrong turns before he found his way; local trauma surgeon Dr. Peter Rhee talks new book; a place where every word counts.

shelley and heidi aphasia Shelley and Heidi have become close friends after meeting at the Aphasia Center of Tucson

Featured on the Sept. 26th, 2014 edition of AR15ONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • Meet Billy Sedlmayr, a Tucson musician who made some wrong turns before he found his way out of crisis...

  • Trauma surgeon Dr. Peter Rhee was thrust into the national spotlight in 2011 after the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and 18 others in Tucson. Amanda Le Claire talks with Rhee about his new book Trauma Red, that details his life as a young immigrant to the U.S., and the rising national need for trauma surgeons due to the increase in gun violence...

  • Aphasia is a communication disorder that is most often the result of a stroke or head injury. Mark McLemore visits with group members at the Aphasia Center of Tucson, and finds a supportive atmosphere as adults from all walks of life face the challenge of re-learning how to speak, read, and write...

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.

MORE: Arizona Spotlight
By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona