Finding Arizona Podcast

Finding Arizona Podcast is built around the people behind Arizona businesses, creative projects, service work, and community efforts. The format is direct: a guest sits down, Jose asks warm questions, and the conversation follows the route from backstory to lessons learned. It moves quickly. Still, the show gives guests enough room to explain the emotional and practical parts of their work. Recent episodes show that range clearly. Jasmine Soto talks through social media as a business tool, with attention on goals rather than vanity metrics. Junction Jack brings the conversation into search visibility, SEO, and the anxiety of learning a field in real time. Flagstaff Biking Organization shifts the frame outdoors, connecting cycling culture with trails, commuting, city infrastructure, and the patience needed to move through bureaucracy. Alpers Dentistry turns toward leadership, comparison, family, and helping a team grow. Kathy Rice from TMC Mega Raffle brings in hospital fundraising, raffle prizes, and the way people can feel connected to hospital work through a single ticket. Jessica Wani from Gravis Law gives the show one of its more serious registers, talking about family law, high-conflict cases, children, and what winning can mean when life continues after the legal process. Captain Jim Smith of North Star Halibut adds another kind of founder story, moving from Alaska commercial fishing roots into farmers markets, customers, seafood, and the digital side of running a business. The show is not just founder mythology. It pays attention to fear, stalled momentum, comparison, unclear next steps, and the point where a hobby or side project becomes a real responsibility. The 500th episode celebration adds a sense of continuity, with past guests returning and the archive becoming part of the subject. Dan’s update on IronOak, for example, carries the quieter truth that businesses change pace as life changes around them. Jose’s interviewing style is supportive without being stiff. He reflects back what guests say, follows practical threads, and often circles toward the values underneath a story. That makes the show useful for listeners who want more than promotional small business chatter. It works best as a local map of people trying, adapting, and staying connected to the work in front of them. The Arizona focus gives the series its shape, but the conversations reach broader questions about service, risk, community, and endurance.