“Great concept. Arizona has an interesting history, and many of its residents did not grow up here.
However, the execution of this show is awful. The narrators sound like seventh graders reading from a script. They also, obviously, know very little about the history of the state. Sometimes the show is carried by someone who is interviewed, sometimes not.
Also, the show is marred by political correctness. As an example, the most recent show talked about the interstate highway act of 1956, which was a seminal law and had a great impact on this country. The first thing these people could say about it? That it might have perpetuated segregation in certain neighborhoods. OK, we got it. You are woke.
Handled by better editors, better narrators, and with an approach geared more toward adults, this could have been pretty good. I guess that, in a microcosm, it is a pretty good representation of where the Arizona Republic stands today. Dumbed down and politically correct.”
MJF 1960 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/04/20