Peter O'Dowd
Host-correspondent, Here & Now
Peter O'Dowd is Here & Now’s host-correspondent. When the full-time hosts are off air, Peter steps in to cover the day’s most important stories.
Otherwise, from his base in Arizona, Peter is out covering issues critical to the Southwestern United States. His environmental reporting includes the ongoing drought on the Colorado River and the impact of rising temperatures in the region. He also covers the battle over immigration and the changing political dynamics of the Western U.S. As the former news director of KJZZ in Phoenix, he helped establish news bureaus that spanned much of the southern border.
Peter got his start in broadcasting at Wyoming Public Radio. He's a graduate of Georgetown and Columbia universities.
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‘It’s going to be chaos’: On rural Navajo Nation, tribal leaders slam voter-ID bill
The SAVE America Act would require people to bring ID to the polls and to prove their citizenship in person when registering to vote. Many Navajo Nation elders don’t have...
A ‘desperate cry’ for housing in Las Vegas
Wages in a state known for its hospitality industry aren’t rising fast enough to keep up with soaring home prices.
Call a boomer or zoomer: Magic phone booth bridges the generational divide
There’s a loneliness epidemic in America that’s hitting two generations especially hard: boomers and zoomers.
On Nevada’s frontier, a historic mining town is ready for another boom
A century ago, miners in Tonopah risked their lives to pull a fortune of silver and gold from the nearby mountains. Though the mines went quiet years ago, the town...
How to become an 'Everyday Genius'
Six-time USA Memory champion Nelson Dellis has memorized hundreds of digits of pi. He has tips for how to improve your memory.
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Home to the only lithium mine in the U.S., Nevada is ready for more
The only lithium mine operating in the United States is in Nevada. But there are plans to open more to meet the demand for lithium-battery storage.
Dodgers aim for 3rd straight World Series win
The LA Dodgers open spring training trying to win their third World Series championship in a row. No team has done that since the New York Yankees 26 years ago.
Endangered squirrel clings to life high atop Arizona mountain
Mt. Graham is known as a sky island, a mountain ecosystem surrounded by a “sea of desert.”
Nearly 30 years later, Muhammad Ali's courageous Olympic torch lighting still resonates
Muhammad Ali held a torch and lit a cauldron to kick off the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Clones of endangered ferrets offer path to recovery, scientists say
Scientists believe there are only a few hundred black-footed ferrets still living in the Western United States.