Spotlight on Climate Radio Show
The Spotlight on Climate Radio Show airs every Friday at 10:00 am on KSZN Radio Sunnyside 101.5 FM. Tune in with host Ross Davis and special guests for insights into the climate crisis and ideas for a brighter future. Find upcoming shows and previous recordings below.
| SHOW DATE | GUEST | TOPIC | 10/2/2026 | Dr. Stefan Sommer | "Climate Change and City Council" | 10/9/2026 | Dr. Zach Brown | "America's Sunniest State should get more Free Energy from the Sun" |
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Show Schedule
Recorded Shows (We appreciate your patience as we link recordings below)
| SHOW DATE | GUEST | TOPIC | 9/25/2026 | Dr. Stefan Sommer | "Climate Change and City Council" | 9/11/2026 | Dr. Jane Marks | "Rivers Restored" | 9/4/2026 | Dr. Emma Lathrop | "Permafrost and the Acceleration of Global Warming" | 8/28/2026 | Dr. Brandon Strange | "Lessons from Tree Rings for Arizona's Climate Future" | 8/14/2026 | Dr. Caelum Mroczek | "Water in the West: How Climate Change Impacts Hydrology" | 7/10/2026 | Peggy Chaikin & Frances Riemer | "STEP: Sedona Tool Lending Library" | 6/26/2026 | Stefan Sommer, PhD. | "CCC needs to spend our bond money responsibly" | 6/12/2026 | Zach Brown, PhD. | "Solar in Arizona, OR The Lack there of it" | 6/5/2026 | Christian Fauser | "Lake Mead ~35% — What It Means for Wildlife, Water, and What’s Working" | 5/22/2026 | Erica Rackley | "Climate in Higher Ed & Climate News Discussion" | 5/15/2026 | Bryan Bates, PhD. | "Our Conflicting Needs for Nature and Technology" | 5/8/2026 | Jacki Lenners | "Mountain Line Climbing High towards Sustainability" | 5/1/2026 | Julian Hattem, Author | "Shelter from the Storm: How Climate Change Is Creating a New Era of Migration" | 4/24/2026 | Deborah Huntzinger, PhD. | "Carbon Accounting" | 4/17/2026 | Emily Melhorn & Tamara Lawless | "Every Day is Earth Day" | 3/27/2026 | Stefan Sommer, PhD. | "Common Misconceptions about Climate Change" | 3/6/2026 | Ross Priehs | "Carbon Accounting and Climate Action" | 2/27/2026 | Noah Baker, FFD | "Wildfire Prepared Flagstaff" | 2/20/2026 | Lucinda Andreani | "Coconino County Flood Mitigation" | 2/13/2026 | Joseph Holway, PhD. | "Springs Across the Colorado Plateau" | 2/6/2026 | Ted Martinez, PhD. | "Climate Science and the Literary Arts" |
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| 1/30/2026 | Steven Thompson | "City of Flagstaff Sustainability: Snow Heroes" |
| 12/5/2025 | Mandy & Kayla | "NAU Green Jacks & the Flagstaff Community" |
| 11/7/2025 | Jacob Raatz | "Home Energy Conversations: Comfort and Community" |
| 10/31/2025 | David Bull | "What's My Climate Action Worth?" |
| 10/24/2025 | Stefan Sommer, PhD | "Renewable Energy and Arizona's Economy" |
| 10/10/2025 | Tyler Denham | "Parking Reform & Climate Change" |
| 10/3/2025 | Stefan Sommer, PhD | "Getting to Net Zero, Mountain Line Sets the New Standard" |
| 9/19/2025 | Bill Manteiga | "What's So Great About EVs?" |
| 9/12/2025 | N. AZ Community Panel | "Personal Footprint vs Corporate Responsibility" |
| 9/5/2025 | Sara Sprague | "Local Initiatives for Food Access and Equity" |
| 8/22/2025 | Greg Caporaso & Jeff Meilander | "Human Excrement Composting" |
| 8/08/2025 | Zenya Ledermann | "One Health: How our Food Choices Shape It" |
| 8/01/2025 | Jolene Bowers & Susan Hansen | "The Importance of Community Food Systems" |
| 7/25/2025 | Stefan Sommer, PhD | "Climate Disasters of 2025" |
| 7/4/2025 | Paul Beier, PhD | “Conserving wildlife corridors to help species escape climate changes in their native habitats” (REPLAY) |
| 6/27/2025 | Stephen Cook, Ret. Professor | “50 Years of Attempting to Live by an Ecosharing Ethic” |
| 6/20/2025 | Stefan Sommer, PhD | “We know what we need to do, but how do we do it?” |
| 6/13/2025 | John Fegyveresi, PhD | “Fundamentals of Climate Science/Change” |
| 5/30/2025 | Zach Brown, PhD | “Where does the Climate Movement go from here?” |
| 5/23/2025 | Bryan Bates, PhD | “Common Climate Issues that Affect all Life on Earth” |
| 5/16/2025 | Kitty Gehring, PhD | “Beneficial fungi and their relationships with trees” |
| 5/9/2025 | David Inouye, PhD | “The Climate is Changing Wildflower Blooms and Affecting Pollinators” |
| 4/25/2025 | Stefan Sommer, PhD | “FUSD Energy Choices” |
| 4/18/2025 | Scott Goetz, PhD | “Fire and Ice in the Artic” |
| 4/11/2025 | Jessica Keetso & Eleanor Smith | “Hydrogen on the Navajo Nation” |
| 4/4/2025 | Emily Melhorn & Tamara Lawless | “Water Conservations” |
| 3/21/2025 | Stefan Sommer, PhD | “Uncovering the Compounding Costs of Climate Change” |
| 2/21/2025 | Tori Wiley & Clarissa Santos | “Transhemispheric Conversation for a Migratory Swallow” |
| 2/7/2025 | Stefan Sommer, PhD | “State of the World Climate 2025 - global, regional & local” |
| 1/31/2025 | Tom Finger, PhD | “Using History to Understand Current Climate Crisis and Offer Solutions” |
| 1/24/2025 | Russell Lowes, PhD | “Community Choice Energy; Moving Away from the Outdated Monopoly Utility Model” |
| 1/10/2025 | David Spence, PhD | “Green Hydrogen for Fuel and Energy Storage” |
| 12/20/2024 | Frances Riemer, PhD | “STEP: Sedona Tool Lending Library” |
| 12/13/2024 | Jolene Bowers, PhD | “How our Food Choices Impact the Environment” |
| 12/06/2024 | John Fegyveresi, PhD | “Fundamentals of Climate Science/Change” |
| 11/22/2024 | Tom Witham, PhD | “Climate Change as an Evolutionary Event and how it Compares with Plague that Greatly Affected Humans 700 years ago” |
| 11/15/2024 | Clare Aslan, PhD | “Pollinators; fire resilience in ecological communities; and disturbance resilience” |
| 11/08/2024 | Bryan Bates | “Our Responsibilty to Future Generations” |
| 11/01/2024 | Paul Beier, PhD | “Conserving wildlife corridors to help species escape climate changes in their native habitats” |
| 10/25/2024 | Zach Brown, PhD | “The fossil fuel industry and a post-carbon future” |
| 10/18/2024 | Tom Acker, PhD | “The Winds of Change: Transitioning to Clean Energy” |
| 10/11/2024 | Stefan Sommer, PhD | “Climate Change: what do we know and how long have we known?” |
