Is television watching us? "TV's American Dream: U.S. Television after the Great Recession"
Featured on the July 31st, 2025 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- The University of Arizona-backed Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun to reveal its first images of deep space. Tony Perkins tells how scientists are using this new tool to map the heavens, and create “The Legacy Survey of Space and Time”.
- The definition of the phrase “the American dream” has slowly transformed over time, and a new book explores the many ways it has been reflected on television. Mark talks with UA Professor Barbara Selznick about “TV’s American Dream: U.S. Television after the Great Recession”, and the evolution of some of the most popular TV series of the 21st century.
- And, from Archive Tucson, the oral history project of the U of A Libraries Special Collections, listen to some memories of what it was like to grow up in Tucson in the late 1950s, when children were given more time and space to explore the world around them.
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