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Revisit the most popular stories on KJZZ.org this year.

These were the top 5 most-viewed stories from The Show on KJZZ.org in 2025

Laurel Morales/KJZZ, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Barefoot Trail, Maricopa Community Colleges

It's been another busy news year. We’re taking a look back at the stories that captured your attention these last 12 months.

We’re not saying these are the biggest stories out of Arizona this year — just the ones you, our audience, viewed the most.

Revisit the most popular stories from The Show on KJZZ.org in 2025.

Chandi Dayle performs with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders during a game against the New York Giants on Nov. 28, 2024, in Arlington, Texas.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Chandi Dayle dishes on “America's Sweethearts” and her next chapter as assistant cheer coach at the University of Arizona.
Palm trees during the initial construction of the Glendale Community College campus in the 1960s.
Maricopa Community Colleges
As part of the summer series Throwing Shade, The Show wondered — why does metro Phoenix have so many palm trees? And, is it time to plant something else?
Alex Stein at the Unf-ck America Tour in Phoenix in December 2025.
Camryn Sanchez
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KJZZ
The group is called National Ground Game, and they’re calling their event something we can’t say on the radio.
The Barefoot Trail in northern Arizona.
Barefoot Trail
Leah Williams is the founder of the Barefoot Trail. She says it’s the first so-called “grounding” trail in the United States — and it’s located just outside of Flagstaff in Bellemont, Arizona.
vegetables
Laurel Morales/KJZZ
If you live in Arizona, maybe you have a vague sense that many of the state’s fruits and vegetables filling our grocery aisles came from Mexico. But, what you might not realize is just how many of them do.

Mark 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 Capitol.
Sam Dingman is a reporter and host for KJZZ’s The Show. Prior to KJZZ, Dingman was the creator and host of the acclaimed podcast Family Ghosts.
Lauren Gilger, host of KJZZ's The Show, is an award-winning journalist whose work has impacted communities large and small, exposing injustices and giving a voice to the voiceless and marginalized.
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