Mark Brodie
Host - The ShowMark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Arizona Capitol. He was also the local host of Weekend Edition Saturday for more than a decade.
Before deciding to ditch his snow shovel for good, Brodie worked at public radio stations in Albany, New York, and Syracuse, New York. He’s an alum of Syracuse University, where he majored in broadcast journalism and political science. He’s originally from Manchester, Connecticut, and still harbors dreams of the Hartford Whalers coming back.
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The Show hosts try different Halloween ice cream flavors from across the Valley. -
To talk about the presidential and vice presidential candidates campaigning in Arizona this week, the first and only debate between U.S. Senate hopefuls Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake and more are former state lawmaker Regina Cobb and Mike Haener of Lumen Strategies. -
This year’s ballot is a long one. But there are also races in which there is just one candidate — and some elections where nobody has stepped forward to run. -
Graham Rossini has taken over as athletic director at ASU at an interesting time. In May, he replaced Ray Anderson, who was fired after a recruiting scandal. It also comes as ASU is in its first season in the Big 12 Conference. -
Arizona school districts are implementing new rules trying to make sure students aren’t using their cellphones during the school day. But some parents want to make sure their kids do have access to their phones, at least in some circumstances. -
The world’s oceans are full of life and interesting species. But they’re also threatened and, in some ways, misunderstood. Andy Mann, an ocean conservationist and a photographer and filmmaker for National Geographic Magazine, is trying to bridge that gap between understanding what’s happening under the water and making sure it can continue. -
Twenty-five years ago, filmmaker Wim Wenders released an Oscar-nominated documentary called “Buena Vista Social Club.” Now, the Buena Vista Orchestra is on tour playing music from the documentary, as well as original compositions inspired by its legacy. -
Arizona is among a handful of swing states in this fall’s election and Democrats have had more electoral success here in recent years than they’ve had in the past. Is Arizona really becoming more purple, or is something else going on? -
A number of elected officials have decided to call it quits in recent years — some citing gridlock as a reason for their departures, others said they thought they could be more effective pursuing particular policies outside of government. -
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the cross-border attack by Hamas militants into Israel.
