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The Chris & Joe Show — 1000 episodes
Hour 4: Curling controversy
Hour 2: Saying goodbye
The Volley: Chris wants to be a fighter pilot
Hour 1: Commercial free
The Why: Nancy Guthrie missing case
Hour 2: No proof of life
Ashley Holden, ABC 15 News Investigative reporter
The Volley: Money over vacation
Hour 1: Is cash still King?
The Why: Time to vote
Hour 2: Nancy Guthrie missing case
The Volley: Valley events and high temps
Heidi Hommel, KTAR News reporter
Inside the Zion Society Cult
Alex Stone, ABC News correspondent
The Why: Buying a house in Arizona
Hour 1: Buying a house in Arizona
Hour 2: Red light retreat
The Volley: Auto pay and merging brands
The Why: Prescribed by a doctor...or not
Hour 1: Nancy Guthrie missing case
Hour 2: Governing the Grand Canyon State
Hugh Lytle, Arizona Independent Party Candidate for governor
The Volley: Dating on a budget
Hour 1: West Valley Reacts to ICE Warehouse
The Why: Slipping through ICE
Hour 2: School's out for...protest
The Volley: Life insurance and wedding rings
Hour 1: Generation ICE
The Why: ICE raids in the valley
Hour 2: The independent Governor
The Volley: Buyer's regret and class clowns
Hour 1: Armed protests
The Why: ICE and Zipps
Hour 2: Busted by a speed camera
The Volley: Season ticket holders and traffic lights
Hour 1: TikTok has a new home
The Why: Selling TikTok
Hour 2: Paying income taxes
The Volley: Being a hero
Barry Markson, KTAR News legal analyst
The Why: ICE protests
Hour 1: ICE enforcement in Phoenix
The Volley: Best ways to cope
Hour 2: Money Problems
The Why: It will get worse before it gets better
Hour 1: Who's to blame for ICE violence?
Hour 2: Taxes
The Volley: Arizona's biggest issue
The Why: AI is taking jobs
Hour 1: How to tell if it's real or AI
David Rietz , Chief Drone Operator, Rapid Drone
Hour 2: Look up in the sky
The Volley: Water management and moving on
The Why: Protesting ICE
Hour 1: ICE in the desert
Hour 2: Buying a house
The Volley: HOA rates and Fresh air
The Why: Speed cameras
Hour 1: Say Cheese
The Why: Powering up data centers
Hour 1: Feeling electric
Hour 2: The cost of living in Hawaii will shock you
Sarah Grado, CEO of notMYkid
Hour 1: 2026 is the new 2016
Hour 2: Screen time
The Volley: Abandoned shopping carts and college stress
Shira Tanzer, KTAR News education reporter
The Why: 5 or 4 day school week?
HOUR 1: Empty classroom
Hour 2: El Nino
Ian Schwartz, AZ Family Meteorologist/KTAR Host
The Volley: The night watch and going bald
Barry Markson, KTAR legal analyst
Hour 1: Insurrection Act
Hour 2: All about the power
The Volley: Dog chew toys & Sibling support
Hour 1: Reduced Rank
Barry Markson, KTAR legal analyst
Hour 2: Fast food
The Volley: Fast food gone and fighting brothers
Jim Rounds, valley economist with Rounds Consulting
Hour 1: Economy of AI
The Why: Housing predictions
The Volley: Technology and The Arizona promise
Hour 2: The Arizona Promise
Hour 2: Cardinals head coach search
The Volley: Snow chains and marriage pains
The Why: Economic forecast
Hour 1: Guess who's back?
Hour 2: Paying for sports
The Volley: Dream homes and The key to happiness
Hour 1: What's next for ICE
The Why? ICE in Phoenix
Hour 2: Running red lights
The Volley: Food substitutes and fake drinks
The Why: Cheaper gas prices
Hour 1: Oil strike
Hour 2: Pay the teachers
Shira Tanzer, KTAR Education Reporter
The Volley: Becoming a millionaire and kicking the latest trends
Royal Oakes, ABC News Legal Analyst
The Why: Invading Greenland
Hour 1: Oil from Venezuela
Hour 2: The most dreaded day for NFL coaches
The Volley: Entering the portal and best QB names
The Why: Capturing the president of Valenzuela
Hour 1: Venezuela
The Volley: New years traditions, and are books back?
Hour 2: When A.I. is good, and when it is bad
The Why: Fame, Backlash, and the Politics of Attention
Hour 1: Does celebrity influence drive politics?
The Volley: Politics, Christmas Trees, and Seasonal Reality Checks
Hour 2: Patriot Games, favorite children, and Christmas decorations
The Why: Employee retention
Hour 1: What is a ghost job?
The Volley: What we would scrub that we posted online
Hour 2: Christmas music taste has changed
The Why: Why is Christmas a bad indicator of the state of the economy?
Hour 1: How expensive is Christmas now
The Volley: How should we feel about political rallies now?
Ross Teeple, Pinal County Sheriff
Hour 2: Paramount has jumped into the streaming takeover
Matt McClain from Gas Buddy
The Why: Holiday travel predictions
Hour 1: Traveling this holiday is going to break records
The Volley: Christmas Carols and storage rentals
TK Stratton, CEO Kinella Capital
Hour 2: Building homes in Phoenix
Hour 1: Developing Phoenix
The Why: The Valley is growing
Hour 2: Reading books
Hour 1: Gen X
Shira Tanzer, KTAR Education Reporter
The Volley: Touching space and hottest year on record
The Why: Year end layoffs
The Volley: Sport pilgrimage and Christmas scams
Hour 2: Mark Kelly versus the Pentagon
The Why: AI data centers are being rejected
Hour 1: AI Data Centers
The Volley: Scamming is only getting worse
Hour 2: 2025 film review and 2026 preview
Gayle Bass, president of the Phoenix Film Critics Society
The Why: 2026 predictions
Hour 1: Chris & Joe's political predictions for 2026
The Volley: dog DNA and winter days
The Why: Politicians want more money
Hour 2: America's Christmas wish list
Hour 1: Political pay raise
The Volley: Cassette tapes are making a comeback
Hour 2: Shopping local
Hour 1: Help wanted
The Why: Phantom jobs
The Volley: Epstein files and food labels
Hour 2: Arizona is burning up
The Why: Successful social media bans
Hour 1: Banning social media could be good?
Lee Barnes, Central Arizona Fire and Medical chief
The Volley: Shopping local
Hour 2: Are you old enough to be drinking that?
Dr. Scott Menzel, Scottsdale School District Superintendent
The Why: Merging schools
Hour 1: Schools out and it's not for summer
Trevor Halpern, CEO of Phoenix-based Halpern Residential at eXp
The Volley: Wild animals and seasonal jobs
Hour 2: Housing is getting more affordable
The Why: Tucson says not in our town
Hour 1: Project blue
Hour 2: White House is buzzing about Arizona
Hour 1: Who is reviewing your medical bills?
The Why: Medical billing
The Volley: Pre season rankings and a night in the 619
The Volley: Dating apps are getting harder
Hour 2: Let's go shopping!
The Why: Is the back and forth between politicians going to end?
Hour 1: Who are we at war with?
The Volley: Have you ever seen the rain?
Hour 2: Four-Day Fridays
Hour 1: Young home buyers
The Why: Housing predictions
Hour 2: Road raging
The Volley: The flu and political fear
The Why: Majoring in AI
Hour 1: Institutional education
The Volley: Mill avenue re-do
The Why: SCOTUS Vs. Cox Communications
Hour 2: The Mall is making a comeback
HOUR 1: Could the internet go dark?
The Volley: Dogs as soulmates and micro luxuries
Hour 2: Order in chaos
The Why: Holiday purchasing rituals
Hour 1: Holiday spending tips
Hour 2: Are you shopping on Black Friday?
The Volley: Electric vehicles are being hacked
The Why: New election laws
Hour 1: How much was that turkey?
The Volley: Animals that will protect you
Hour 2: Growing pains
Hour 1: America's mental health
The Why: IQ rates in America are declining
The Volley: shopping on Black Friday
Hour 2: Speech under scrutiny
Hour 1: Cut the mic
The Why: Public speaking
The Volley: Acting weird in public could be illegal
Hour 2: Speeding laws
The Why: Duty to disobey
Hour 1: Trump is mad at Mark Kelly
Hour 2: Crypto scams and fake accounts
The Volley: Trading games and road blocks
Hour 1: The nation's birthrate is on the decline
The Why: America's birth rate
The Volley: Love, Bots & Babies
Hour 2: Sinful city
The Why: Can you buy a house if you under the age of 40?
Hour 1: Who killed the American Dream?
The Volley: When the earth swallows up your home
Tom Horne, State Superintendent of Public instruction
Hour 2: Teacher shortage
Hour 1: Will he keep his promise?
The Why: Tariff payback...maybe
The Volley: The future and misplacing an urn
Hour 2: Rangers gone rogue
The Why: Voting on Epstein Files
Hour 1: TSA Bonus
The Volley: Bees and the McRib
Hour 2: Badge & Crash
Jim Rounds, Valley Economist
The Why: Arizona's economy
Hour 1: Swipe fatigue
Ruben Castro, Heart Walk Chair with Abrazo Health
Hour 2: Comet or Alien aircraft
The Volley: Favorite Disney cartoon
Hour 1: What's the bid Deal about the Colorado River?
The Why: Colorado river water agreement
The Volley: Police raids and rude interuptions
Hour 2: They got the power
The Why: Growing pains
Hour 1: From 50 to zero
The Volley: Porch pirates
The Why: Teacher shortage
Hour 1: Teacher shortage in Arizona public schools
Hour 2: DPS has 350 vacancies to fill statewide
Hour 2: Will the Government SNAP out of it?
The Volley: Message in a bottle
The Why: Democrats and Republicans are negotiating
Hour 1: Shutdown is almost over right?
The Volley: Best hype man ever
Hour 2: Halloween costume gone wrong
The Why: How much are you spending on Christmas presents?
Hour 1: Christmas presents cost too much
The Volley: Scary Halloween costumes
The Why: Technology taking your job
Hour 1: College double play
Hour 2: Still Shutdown
The Volley: Hiking trails and flying cars
Hour 2: if you build it...will they come?
The Why: SNAP benefits
Hour 1: SNAP out of it Arizona
The Volley: Look up in the sky
Hour 2: Friday Night Lights
Hour 1: Enrollment options for health care
The Why: Market place health care
Will Humble, Executive Director of Arizona Public Health Association
The Volley: ASU football and selling things
Hour 2: Renaming a bridge
The Why: Putting phones down
Hour 1: Crash test robots
Hour 2: Is there such a thing as too scared?
The Volley: Broke bliss
The Why: Gambling with SNAP
Hour 1: SNAP decisions
Barry Markson, KTAR's legal analyst
The Volley: Can you guess how many acres will burn?
Hour 2: Merge madness is fixed
The Why: Best or worst time to get fired
Hour 1: AI job thieves
The Why: Health insurance open enrollment
The Volley: Halloween costumes and Open enrollment
Hour 1: Ham instead of Turkey for Thanksgiving
Hour 2: Open enrollment
Hour 2: Can you believe what we just saw?
The Why: Should you buy a home?
Hour 1: Is it time to buy or sell?
Hour 2: Adults living in dorms?
The Volley: Stockpiling and the right size of dog
Hour 1: Is Arizona adding a sixth "C"?
The Why: Arizona's road map
Hour 2: What happened to the Zone?
The Volley: Head butts and highways
Hour 1: Paying more for groceries
The Why: Sour economy with Jim Rounds, President of Rounds Consulting
Hour 2: Tipping point
The Volley: Government shutdown and Death Row
Hour 1: Policing with technology
The Why: Local police have a new tool
Hour 2: Speech, Censorship and Violence
The Volley: turning back time and safe cities
Founder and CEO of Arizona Talks Carlos Alfaro
Hour 1: How many foreclosures will we see in Phoenix?
The Why: Why are home foreclosures on the rise?
Paul Johnson, former Mayor of Phoenix and No Labels Arizona
Hour 2: Label swap for the party
The Volley: Stealing the crown jewels and skipping meetings
Hour 1: Going out to eat just got more expensive
The Why: Grocery store prices
Hour 2: Until death do us part
The Volley: AI resurrection and licking batteries
Hour 1: Put it on the card
The Why: How do American's feel about AI?
Hour 2: Dome dreaming
The Volley: Volunteering and bad photos
The Why: The price of a used car
Hour 1: How much is that car worth?
Hour 1: Economy good, shopping list bad
The Why: paycheck to paycheck
The Volley: Biggest life fear
Hour 2: Why are energy prices surging?
Hour 2: Is Arizona family friendly?
The Why: Halloween costumes for pets
Hour 1: The kids these days don't want to work
The Why: Gen Z work burnout
The Volley: Gen-Z haters
Hour 2: Nursing shortages
The Why: Microburst dangers
Hour 1: Storm scares
The Volley: Planning funerals
Hour 2: E-bike laws
The Why: Which cities are most expensive
Hour 1: Lights out, fridge empty
Hour 2: Adult field day
The Volley: Shame and no rules
Michael Klinker, child and family psychologist
The Why: Are Arizona teachers happy?
Hour 2: October rain
The Volley: Dream vacation destination
Hour 1: To buy or to sell
The Why: Selling your home
Garret Archer, ABC15 Data Guru
The Volley: Arachnophobia
The Why: Political strategy
Hour 1: Playing Nice
Hour 2: You Bet, Arizona
The Volley: Minting and label machines
Hour 2: Mercedes Vega murder case update
The Why: Arizona's best small town
Hour 1: Best small town in Arizona
The Right to Disagree: Hour 2
The Right to Disagree: Tech-Tok timebomb
The Right to Disagree: Petty party
The Right to Disagree: Hour 1
The Right to Disagree: The line between passion and provocation
The Right to Disagree: Divided we fall.
The Volley: Skipping school and changing names
Hour 2: TikTok made you buy it
Alex Stone, ABC News Correspondent
The Why: Better title or more money?
Hour 1: Banking on friendship
hour 2: They got him
The Volley: Entry level jobs and shopping carts
Hour 1: More Corruption
The Why: Broke school districts
Hour 2: Road rage
The Volley: Grocery stores or zoo?
Barry Markson, KTAR legal analyst
The Why: Artificial intelligence
Hour 1: AI bubble
Hour 1: Shutdown
Hour 2: Chronic absenteeism
The Volley: For the love of money
The Why: Government shutdown
Hour 2: Shutdown Shutdown
The Volley: Dog bites and Mental health
Dr. Mike O’Neil, President of O’Neil Research
The Why: APS power rate
Hour 1: Power up Arizona
The Volley: Costco tattoos and nesting
ABC15 Senior Investigator Melissa Blasius
Hour 2: Charter schools
The Why: Car buying
Hour 1: How to spot tariffs
The Volley: Inflation and vending machines
Hour 2: The worth of education
The Why: Trouble in the neighborhood
Hour 1: All things ADU
Bunny Davis, Kyrene School Board
Hour 2: School's out for good
The Volley: Naming planets and winning
Hour 1: Power up Arizona
The Why: Partisan Power Struggle
Hour 2: Unsafe schools
Hour 1: Preston Lord Day
The Volley: The Rapture and getting banned from stores
The Why: Teen violence
Nikki Kontz, Chief Clinical Officer at Teen Lifeline
Hour 2: Public education
The Volley: Fantasy sports
Steve Goldstein, Moderator of the Education Solutions in Arizona townhall
Hour 1: Economic happiness
The Why: Does money buy happiness?
Colton Krolak, KTAR News reporter
Balin Overstolz, KTAR News reporter
The Volley: Protest and top movie list
The Why: teen violence
Hour 1: High School Hazing
Hour 2: Dysfunction in DC
The Volley: Favorite books, and
Hour 2: Buying Homes
The Why: Is AI worth the risk?
Hour 1: AI Doomsday
The Volley: More money or learning to swim
Hour 2: Capital Offense
The Why: Why is this not the last rate cut of the year?
Hour 1: Rate Cut
Andrea Mosher, Chief Lending Officer at Desert Financial Credit Union
The Volley: Record temperatures and engagement rings
Hour 2: The files
The Why: Energy rate hikes
Hour 1: Hobbs making an energy task force?
The Volley: Making Bank
Hour 2: Cop Drop
The Why: Why is Gen Z so stressed?
Hour 1: Inner WorkingZ
The Volley: Pumpkin Concierge and TV size
Hour 2: Cutting spending for the holidays
The Why: Everyone is on edge
Hour 1: The algorithm knows you
The Volley: Unemployment and walking out
The Why: Father turns in his son
Hour 1: Blood isn’t thicker than water
Hour 2: No Kids these says
The Volley: Concerts and sports memorabilia
Hour 2: Educating Arizonan's youth
Hour 1: Charlie Kirk assasination
The Why: Why is there so much hate in America?
Hour 1: Political violence
Chuck Coughlin, CEO and President of HighGround, Inc.
Jeff Flake, former US Senator from Arizona
Hour 2: Doom Cycle
The Volley: Jobs and getting away with crimes
Hour 1: Non-partisan elections
The Why: Dark money
The Volley: Legos and miracles
Hour 2: Tempe park drama
The Why: Retirement
Hour 1: Never retire
The Volley: Legos and Nightmares
The Why: Arizona schools need more money
Hour 1: Public education
Hour 2: Arizona DCS
The Volley: Winning numbers
The Why: Losing faith
Hour 1: Emergency fund
Hour 2: Audits, audits and more audits!
The Why: Hazing versus abuse
The Volley: Vibes versus logic
Hour 1: Sports hazing
Hour 2: Homework
The Volley: lottery wish list
The Why: Youth violence in the east valley
Hour 1: Youth violence
Hour 2: Dreaming is free!
The Volley: Life expectancy, gas prices and tipping
The Why: Home prices are falling
Hour 1: Real Estate releif
Hour 2: Lower gas prices
Hour 2: Elected Officials behaving badly
The Volley: Hot days and housework
Hour 1: Trade wars
The Why: Can robots give life advise?
The Volley: Power and Chipotle
Hour 2: Running out of water
The Why: Finding a new job
Hour 1: Entering the workforce
Hour 2: Sneakflation
The Volley: Beer blues and treveling
Hour 1: AI teaching your kids
The Why: 2 hours school
The Volley: Worse seat in the stadium
The Why: Paying more for groceries
Hour 1: Losing weight
Hour 2: Phones in school
The Why: Mail in voting
The Volley: Cheaper products and better items
Hour 1: Mail in Voting
Hour 2: Protecting the Kids
John Nickens, Incoming President and CEO, Phoenix Children’s
The Volley: Crocs, the NFL and civics testing
The Why: AI taking your job
Hour 1: The job market
Hour 2: ESA abuse persists
Hour 1: Today's youth
Hour 2: Arizona's next Governor
The Volley: The one part your body can live without
The Why: Gen Z
The Volley: Weight loss medication and family heirlooms
The Why: Powering data centers
Hour 1: Power data
Hour 2: Goon squad
Hour 2: Tipping scale
The Volley: Russia leader in Alaska and cutting trees
The Why: Parents going in debt for kids
Hour 1: Debt for Mom and Dad
Carine Werner, Arizona State Senator
The Why: Arizona DCS
The Volley: Fast food and places you can't miss
Hour 1: Arizona DCS controversy
Hour 2: The School sees it all
The Volley: Pooch Problems
Arizona State Climatologist, Erinanne Saffell
Hour 2: Valley weather
The Why: Valley Economist Jim Rounds
Hour 1: All things inflation
The Volley: Labubus and politics
Hour 2: AI, is it good or bad?
Hour 1: Housing market shambles
Trevor Halpern, CEO of Halpern Residential at eXp
The Why: Trevor Halpern, CEO of Halpern Residential at eXp
The Volley: Dirty cities and no savings
Hour 2: DUI Duh
Hour 1: ICE alert and Presidential hopefuls
The Volley: Lava tubes and trade secrets
The Why: Tempe city parks
Hour 1: Tempe Parks free or pricey?
Hour 2: Rebekah Baptiste follow up
The Volley: Retirement and animals that will kill you
The Why: 10 year-old dies after multiple reports of abuse
Hour 1: Child Protective Services
Hour 2: "Fair use"
The Volley: Why is one Zoo feeding your pet cat to their animals?
The Why: Grocery store prices
Hour 1: Phoenix's suicide lanes
Hour 2: Stress at the grocery store
The Volley: Dating apps and picking up dog poop
The Why: Retirement
Erika Pillsbury, Mother of Mercedes Vega who was murdered in 2023
Hour 1: Retirement
Hour 2: Pet Peeves
The Volley: The perfect hot dog
Hour 2: Corporate love contracts
The Why: Digital price tags
Hour 1: Dynamic pricing is coming to stores near you
The Volley: Scams and a wall in the way
Hour 2: Life on the Streets
Ford Hatchett ABC 15 Reporter
The Why: Jobs at risk from AI
Hour 1: Is AI coming for you?
The Volley: Horrorobics, adult summer camp, and witches
Hour 2: Scamazona
The Why: You're going to be paying for data center expansion
Hour 1: Data driving
The Volley: Dating apps and raising kids
The Why: Rebate from the Government
Hour 1: Winning the war
Hour 2: Rich people problems
The Volley: Sick foods and end of life
The Why: Charter versus Public schools
Hour 1: Schools suck
Hour 2: Smoking hot
The Volley: Work hard, play hard
Hour 2: Water is gold
Sarah Porter, Director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy
The Why: Epstein is here to stay
Hour 1: How is a dead guy breaking apart the Republican party?
The Volley: Death, dreams and dread
Hour 2: Parenting 101
The Why: Bosses are happy when you quit.
Hour 1: Why is everyone quitting their jobs and are happy about it?
Hour 1: Is it time to buy?
Hour 2: Mesa park rangers
The Volley: Air conditioning settings and online scams
The Why: Homes on the market are not selling
The Volley: Real sugar in Cola
Hour 2: Road raging
Hour 1: Media is changing
The Why: The reason Colbert is cancelled
Garret Archer, ABC15 Data Analyst
The Why: Ranking public education
The Volley: The economy and spending on your pets
Hour 1: Public education
Hour 2: Trapped motorcyclist saved by Phoenix Police
Hour 2: Traditional malls are dead, what's replacing them?
The Volley: Budgeting brides and angry HOA's
Hour 1: Arizona speeding tickets are the third most expensive in the country
The Why: Speeding is still a problem
Heidi Hommel, KTAR News reporter
Stacy Pearson, Democratic strategist and Co Founder Lumen Strategies
The Volley: The cost of breaking up
Hour 2: Arizona Democratic party
Hour 1: Why is the American Dream only for the wealthy?
The Why: Economic American dream
Hour 1: More ESA questions
Hour 2: Waiting for monsoon
The Volley: Kiss Cam and summer vacations
The Why: Back to school shopping
Amber Sullins, Chief Meteorologist for ABC15 News
Hour 2: Preston Lord Trial
The Volley: Banksy and getting your parents traits
Hour 1: Will the robots become self aware?
The Why: AI jobs
The Volley: Burning calories and what is your worth
The Why: Did Epstein have a list?
Hour 1: The list
Hour 2: Tax laws
Hour 1: Home are for sale
Hour 2: Cheap houses
Balin Overstolz, KTAR News reporter
The Volley: Reality TV and shopping regrets
The Why: Buying and selling homes
Hour 2: Where is the ESA money?
The Volley: Leopard dog rescue
Hour 1: Tariff tango
The Why: Tariffs
The Volley: Flying cars and shopping online
The Why: Selling your home
Hour 2: Gig economy
Hour 1: Taxes
Heidi Hommel, KTAR Reporter
The Volley: The Valley's new police chief, and what injuries have YOU had?
Hour 2: Texas flooding
The Why: Teen violence
Hour 1: Valley teens, what's with the violence?
Hour 1: More cameras
Hour 2: Keep your shoes on
The Volley: End of days and kissing in public
The Why: Indecent proposals
Balin Overstolz, KTAR Reporter
The Volley: Crashing out and bee attacks
Hour 2: Who did the colonists declare independence from?
Hour 1: Teen summer jobs may be fading away
The Why: Work/life balance
Hour 2: Arizona Democratic party re-shuffle
The Volley: Novelty popcorn, drivers-ed and teenage unemployment
Hour 1: Independent's day
The Why: Pride in America
Hour 2: A decade under the sun
The Volley: Best meal you ever had
The Why: Defining success
Hour 1: How do you define success?
Hour 2: Elementary school shooting thwarted
Michael Klinker, child and family psychologist
The Volley: Hiking in the heat
Hour 1: On hold with customer service
The Why: Customer service
Hour 2: Watch your wallet
Hour 1: SCOUTS ruling on birthright citizenship
The Volley: Autonomous helicopters and calling 911
The Why: Birthright citizenship
Hour 1: This generation of workers
Hour 2: The kids these days
The Volley: Hitting the highway and your favorite chip flavor
Barry Markson, KTAR legal analyst
The Why: Working smarter not harder
Erika and Tom Pillsbury, parents of murder victim Mercedes Vega
Hour 2: Update on Mercedes Vega murder case
The Volley: Public transportation or drive your self
Hour 1: How much does immigration really cost?
The Why: The economic impact of illegal immigration
Hour 2: Illegal fireworks
The Volley: NBA Finals, Stanley Cup, and Pickleball
The Why: Budget stand off
Hour 1: How passing a bill could improve Chase Field
The Volley: War, holidays and trades - oh my!
Hour 2: The Phoenix Suns traded who?
Vince Marotta, host of Bickley and Marotta on Arizona Sports
Hour 1: Headed into a war or into a peace treaty?
Why is Iran even more interested in pushing for a nuclear weapon after the attacks?
Hour 2: Power company rate hikes
Kris Mayes, Arizona Attorney General
The Volley: scary movies and Suns drama
Hour 1: A new budget plan, government shutdown, and the Diamondbacks stadium deal
Warren Peterson, Arizona Senate President
The Why: Government shutdown
Hour 2: The heat is on
The Volley: Wearing airpods, and robbing banks
Justin Hobbs, ABC 15 Meteorologist
Hour 1: AI, new jobs, and how long are we making it?
The Why: AI in the workforce
The Volley: Best bachelorette party spot
The Why: The cost of education
Hour 2: It's the economy
Hour 1: The cost of child care
Hour 1: A murder in Seligman Arizona
Hour 2: Utility rate hike
The Volley: Pickleball and consuming drinks
The Why: Cold case in Seligman Arizona
Hour 2: Ticketmaster fees
The Volley: Are Malls still a cool place to hang out?
Hour 1: Balancing the budget
The Why: State budget deadline
Hour 1: Can you afford to the cost of living?
Hour 2: Father's day gifts
Loic Beabeau, Student ambassador for a non-profit called Good Soles
The Volley: CostCo upgrade and surviving a plane crash
The Why: Living paycheck to paycheck
Hour 2: The law targets some high profile Arizonans
The Volley: How to make your house go kaboom and cursive
The Why: Why isn't ICE going after employers?
Heidi Hommel, KTAR News Reporter
Hour 1: The latest on ICE operations in the Valley
Hour 2: How do you know the economy is bad?
The Volley: Bad eggs and renting out theme parks
Hour 1: ICE protest may be coming to Phoenix
The Why: ICE protests
Hour 1: Paying student athlete's
Hour 2: Buyer's or Seller's market?
The Volley: Food worth dying for and public breakups
Linda Bell, Bankrate Home Lending expert
The Why: Pay for Play
Hour 2: When will AI robots take over the world?
The Volley: Staycations and fear factor
Hour 1: School cuts
The Why: Arizona schools have no funding
Sheriff Jerry Sheridan
Ashley Holden, ABC 15 Reporter
The Volley: Saving strangers and family stories
The Why: Preston Lord case details
Hour 2: Trump and Musk feud
Hour 1: Updates on Preston Lord case
Dave Wells, Founder of New Deal Meal
The Volley: budget friendly foods and cougars
Hour 2: Tempe speeding tickets
The Why: Will schools close over utility costs?
Hour 1: Cooling tricks
Kim Hansen, mom of Rachel Hansen
The Volley: Living without eggs and raising a pet
Hour 2: Possible Change to Democratic Party
The Why: Price increases
Hour 1: Grocery Store Buy Now, Pay Later
Mike Broomhead, Host of The Mike Broomhead Show
The Volley: Childhood heroes and dream rides
Jon Ryder, Executive Director of Resolve To Win
Hour 2: Knight in shining armor
Hour 1: No more State income tax
The Why: State income tax
Hour 2: The latest in the Preston Lord case
The Volley: Sports Championships and to plea or not to plea
Barry Markson, KTAR legal analyst
Hour 1: How good is the economy?
The Why: Will we see a recession?
The Volley: Wedding shows and crying happy tears
Hour 2: Calling 911
The Why: State Treasurer Kimberly Yee is taking on state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne
Hour 1: Battle for Arizona's top teacher
The Volley: Lacking in disaster relief and sleep schedules
Hour 2: The Valley housing market
The Why: Doing nothing might be better
Hour 1: The AZ Senate returns...what now?
The Volley: Babysitting and legal troubles
Hour 2: Construction that disturbs
Hour 1: Blue vs. White collar jobs - Who's next for AI?
The Why: AI advancements
The Volley: Stable economy and wish list
The Why: Tariff reality
Hour 2: AI products are taking someone's job
Hour 1: To buy, or not to buy
Hour 2: Surviving the apocalypse
The Volley: Cartel UFOs and dimensia
Hour 1: DOJ is OUT!
The Why: The DOJ drops its investigation
Hour 2: Can you get a degree in Influencing?
Hour 1: Hitting the road for Memorial day
The Volley: career advise and goodnight wishes
The Why: Memorial day weekend travel
Hour 2: Bucket list
The Volley: Reality TV and haunted dolls
Hour 1: Prison violence
The Why: Breaking out of prison
Hour 2: Can you escape this room?
The Volley: Escape for Dummies
Hour 1: Can you afford to purchase a home?
The Why: House prices keep going up
Hour 2: Paying the power bill
The Volley: Reality shows and Presidential pardons
Hour 1: How much are you paying for subscriptions?
The Why: Subscription rate hike
The Volley: Rim to rim to rim and bikers beware
Ted Whittock, National Weather Service
Hour 2: Monsoon, non-soon, too soon?
The Why: Reverse lanes won't disappear from Phoenix streets
Hour 1: Reverse lanes
The Volley: Being lost in the woods and shoes that make you faster
Hour 2: Helping loved ones get out of an abusive relationship
Hour 1: HB2437, drug-free homeless zones
The Why: Wildfire protection law
Hour 2: The heat is deadly
The Volley: Growing old and who makes the best burgers and fries?
Hour 1: Why is a $1,000 bonus insulting to the American people?
The Why: America needs another baby boom
Outspoken Crossover
The Volley
Hour 2: Sen. Kelly won't be intimidated
Hour 2: An AZ President?
Hour 1: Too Broke for Vices
Kelsey Dickerson, spokesperson for AZ Humane Society
What's the Why? Why's the current job market creating uncertainty?
Hour 1: Job Hopping Gen-Z
Hour 2: A case of no so fatherly love
The Volley: Kids screen time and work fears
Hour 1: How close are we to empty shelves in the grocery store?
The Why: Trade talks with China are back on
Hour 2: Arizona's race for Governor
The Volley: Christmas presents and thoroughbred racing
Hour 1: How important is an endorsement from Trump?
The Why: MAGA endorsement
The Why: Maricopa County Record vs. Board of Supervisors clash on mail-in voting
KTAR Legal Analyst, Barry Markson
Licensed Therapist, Michael Klinkner
ABC News Reporter, Alex Stone
The Volley: A new IKEA, and Utah's hockey team
Hour 2: AI Testimony
Hour 1: Mail in mayhem and the Mother's Day Blues
Hour 2: What do you feed to your pet snake?
The Volley: Real ID and snake food
Hour 1: How easy is it for a landlord to evict tenants?
The Why: Arizona landlords want to initiate eviction action against tenants without a conviction, criminal charge or even a crime
Hour 2: Is it a buyer's or seller's market?
The Volley: Parental qualities and lay a way
Hour 1: Should they stay or should they go?
The Why: Negotiations over Chase Field
The Volley: Cheap fast food and buying generic
Hour 2: Trade wars continue
Hour 1: Preston Lord case, the first sentencing
The Why: Paying for public school
Hour 2: Power in the valley
The Volley: Tragic comedy and Movies for you
Hour 1: Chase Field
The Why: The math behind Chase Field
Hour 2: Can a robot teach your kid to read and write?
Michael Goto, Head of School at Unbound Academy
The Volley: Converting kilos to miles and Dad brew
Hour 1: The robots are coming for your job
The Why: AI is taking over Arizona classrooms
Hour 2: Are you camping or living?
The Volley: Locking apps, State budgets and running the mile in under 4
Hour 1: Mesa has a goon squad
The Why: Park rangers in Mesa are in deep trouble
Hour 2: get ready for speed cameras
The Volley: Easy money and bad decisions
Hour 1: The American dream
The Why: What happened to the middle class?
Hour 2: No more camping here
The Volley: Speed boats, Fear factor and Cyber trucks
Hour 1: Will it cost more to make it in America?
The Why: Made in America
Hour 2: How many heat records will Arizona break this year?
The Volley: Artic ice cubes and Fantasy drafts
Hour 1: Luxury imported item cost are rising
The Why: Home sales in Arizona are down
Hour 2: Preventing wildfires
The Volley: Kids fight club and proposed child labor laws
Adrian Fontes, secretary of state of Arizona
Hour 1: Two House members launched bids for U.S. Senate
The Why: Getting involved in politics
Hour 2: Should cops be held to a higher standard?
The Volley: Another baby boom and on line adds
Hour 1: Trump endorses 2 candidates for Arizona Governor
The Why: Arizona candidates get a double endorsement
Hour 2: They are coming back
The Volley: Punishing bad kids and death bed meetings
Hour 1: Summer vacation just got a whole lot more expensive
The Why: Are American's too broke to travel?
Hour 2: To serve and protect
The Volley: campground bans and scary scents
Hour 1: Axon can move forward now
The Why: Governor Hobbs is signing bills
Hour 2: Phones in schools
The Volley: Hobbies and Arizona's own Mowgli
Hour 1: The bad with the good
The Why: Semiconductor Boom
Danny Shapiro, Public relations manager for the State Bar of Arizona
Hour 2: Arizonans with disabilities
The Volley: designer snacks and paying for energy
Hour 1: You might need a permit if you want to do that
The Why: Feeding the homeless
The Volley: Bernie Sanders at Coachella
Hour 2: Scammy Scams
The Why: Why can’t the state or the Valley get ahead of the housing issues?
Hour 1: Thou Shalt Not Dream
Hour 2: To DEI or to not DEI.....
The Volley on the Chris and Joe Show
Carlos Alfaro, Arizona Talks founder
Hour 1: Kids will be kids; can we regulate them through policy?
The Why on Chris and Joe
The Volley: Daylight savings time, and the best steak sauce out there
Hour 2: After one season they gave him the boot
Dave Burns, Host of Burns and Gambo on Arizona Sports
Hour 1: Tech stocks rallied with tariff exemption hopes
The Why: Tariff on Tariff off, which is it?
Jim Barton, Attorney at Barton Mendez Soto
Jim Barton, Attorney at Barton Mendez Soto
The Volley: What is your choice?
Hour 2: Deportation legal or illegal?
Hour 1: Is now the time to buy with tariffs?
Hour 2: The Robot Will See You Now
Michael Klinkner, Clinical Family Therapist
Hour 1: Congressional Tit for Tariff
The Why: Why Congress Likely Won't Do Anything to Curtail the Chaos of Presidential Executive Order Tariffs
Hour 2: You remember the Ladmo bag?
Pat McMahon, KTAR and Phoenix broadcasting legend
The Volley: Waiting on an airplane and NHL mascots
Hour 1: Tariff plans change again
Olivia Rubin, ABC News reporter
Jim Rounds, valley economist with Rounds Consulting
Chuck Coughlin, CEO and President of HighGround, Inc.
The Why: Why are we doing the tariff hokey pokey?
The Volley: Stealing, teaching, and the dog or the spouse
Dr. John Delony, Co-host of the Ramsey show
Hour 2: The impact of betting
The Why: The tariff tango could be coming to an end soon
Hour 1: The tariff tango continues
Hour 2: The shows we watched when we were kids
The Volley: Scents you never forget and the greatest hockey player ever
Hour 1: Are we headed into a recession?
Jim Rounds, valley economist with Rounds Consulting
The Why: Tariffs are changing the economy
The Volley: Bites and Business
Hour 2: Allegedly is the word of the day
Barry Markson, KTAR's legal analyst
Hour 1: Tariffs, Tariffs and more Tariffs
Jim Rounds, President of Rounds Consulting
Hour 2: Is flying the safest form of transportation?
The Volley: What artist is back on tour and fantasy stealing
Hour 1: How would federal medicaid cuts affect Arizona’s economy?
The Why: What do tariffs mean for you?
Hour 2: Arizona Homeowners Insurance is Going Up
The Volley: Influencer Marketing
Colten Krolak, KTAR News Reporter
Jim Rounds, President of Rounds Consulting, Valley Economist
Hour 1: President Trump's Liberation Day
The Why: Why is President Trump calling today Liberation Day?
Hour 2: A.I.’s impact on teachers
The Volley: Speeding lawmakers and the bucket list
Hour 1: Micro retirement is a growing trend
The Why: Scientists have found that being playful is beneficial to your health
Hour 2: Did you ever want to be what your parents are?
The Volley: A heavy story that occurred 20 years ago and a look back is coming up in our Headline Volley
Hour 1: Guess what Trump is putting a tariff on now?
The Why: Trump said his tariffs won't just target nations that contribute most to the U.S.
The Volley: Tesla cars on fire and the latest scam text
Hour 2: Axon versus the City of Scottsdale
Hour 1: Why would the voters go for an obvious attempt to rig the election?
The Why: Arizona voters could prevent lobbyists from serving in statewide office or the Legislature
Hour 2: A day like no other
The Volley: Baby memories and Opening day for the Dbax
Joe Setyon, Senior Communications manager, Goldwater Institute
Hour 1: Should law enforcement be used to bust kids skipping school?
The Why: Arizona's chronic absenteeism rate is declining while its graduation rate is increasing
Hour 2: How confident are American consumers?
The Volley: Expensive clothes and cage free chickens
Hour 1: Ballot-palooza is coming a poll near you
The Why: Next year's midterm elections could bring another historically long ballot for Arizona voters
Hour 2: Arizona's EAS voucher program is getting out of hand
The Volley: White House needs a sponsor for annual egg roll and robots are like firefighters
Tom Horne, State Superintendent of Public instruction
Hour 1: Will the Diamondback's leave town if Chase Field is not repaired?
The Why: Legislation to fund Chase Field repairs moves forward
The Volley: How did you raise your kids?
Brian Kellar, 2025 Phoenix Heart Walk Chair & Liam, Congenital Heart Defect Survivor
Hour 2: Phoenix Rising, Phoenix Heart Walk and Liam's story
Hour 1: Education in Arizona
The Why: Arizona State Department of Education and ESA
Hour 2: The Story of Rachel Hansen
The Volley: Burrito Loans, and eating alone
Kim Hansen, mother of Rachel Hansen
Beth Lewis, Director of Save Our Schools Arizona
Hour 1: Diamondbacks Stadium Funding, and Trump's approach to the DOE
The Why: Changing HB 2704
The Volley: Conspiracies and too many kids?
Hour 2: The Kennedy Assassination
Pat McMahon, KTAR and Phoenix broadcasting legend
Hour 1: America's most unproductive work day
The Why: Most unproductive work day in America
Hour 2: Is US history being scrubbed?
The Volley: Happiest city in the nation, your favorite food and burnout on life
Hour 1: Arizona carried out its first execution since 2022 today
The Why: Arizona's death chamber was used today
Ashley Holden, ABC 15 News reporter
Hour 2: Latest arrest details about the Gilbert Goons
The Volley: A long time home coming and JFK files released
Hour 1: Bringing them home from space
The Why: Chief Justice Roberts rebuked an idea raised by Trump
Hour 2: Can you pass the Crazy AZ test?
The Volley: March Madness brackets and your favorite place to eat in Las Vegas
Hour 1: Life is expensive and we can't afford eggs
The Why: The price of eggs keeps rising
Hour 2: How do you know when you are a Phoenician?
The Volley: Banning brass knuckles and a dark friend request
Hour 1: Tempe wants to keep your neighborhood quiet
The Why: A valley city is cracking down on noisy house parties
Hour 2: Do Arizona lawmakers need a pay raise?
the Volley: Dive bar for sale the best ideas ever
Hour 1: Why would anyone say Jesus is worse than a psychologist in a school?
Donna Kafer, Arizona Legislative Chaplaincy
The Why: Do schools need a psychologist on campus?
Hour 2: Anti-Semitism University
The Volley: Pretty Privilege
Hour 1: Does Arizona need a border security task force?
The Why: Gov Hobbs wants border Sheriff's to join her border security task force
Hour 2: Arizona schools need more money