Arizona Originals Podcast

Conversations with inspiring leaders, trail blazers and visionaries who call Arizona home

Our Episodes

S4E18 – Tom Van Dyke – Author and Artist

Our guest this week is Tom Van Dyke. He lives with his wife, Mary, on their ranch in the foothills of Tonto National Forest, Cave Creek, Arizona. He is the author of “A Cowboy Christmas: An American Tale” which received high praise from Elmore...

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S4E17 – Tom Smith – Wrap Technologies

Our guest this week is Tom Smith, President of Wrap Technologies in Tempe, Arizona. A graduate from both the University of Arizona (B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and Northern Arizona University (Masters of Business Administration), Tom co-founded TASER International (now Axon Enterprise, Inc.)...

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S4E16 – George Weisz – Weisz Ventures and Scottsdale Community Bank

Our guest this week is George Weisz, the President of Weisz Ventures and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scottsdale Community Bank. A man of many interests and talents, George is a co-owner of two minor league baseball teams (proud affiliates of the...

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S4E15 – Phil Boas – The Arizona Republic

Our guest this week is Phil Boas, the editor of the editorial pages of The Arizona Republic. Before that, he was editor of The Republic’s Sunday Viewpoints section and editor of its Community editorial pages. He joined The Republic in 1999. Before that, he was metro editor at The East Valley...

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S4E14 – Chris Ronzio – Trainual

Our guest this week is Chris Ronzio, the founder and CEO of Trainual, a leading SaaS company that helps fast-growing businesses automate their onboarding and training by documenting every process, policy, and procedure in one simple, searchable, teachable system. After helping hundreds of entrepreneurs...

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Arizona Originals High School

At the end of every Arizona Originals podcast, we ask guests: “If you could require every high school student to take one class, what would that be?” We had a great time putting the collection together and think this curriculum would prepare students in...

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