Sarah Kearney is passionate about helping people live better lives – both in terms of quality AND quantity. She has found her calling as executive director of Blue Zones Project Scottsdale.

In 2004, a cooperative effort between National Geographic, the National Institute on Aging, and the world's best longevity researchers sought to identify pockets around the world where people lived measurably better, longer. In these five areas, dubbed "blue zones," researchers found that people reach age 100 at a rate that is ten times greater than in the United States and with lower rates of chronic disease.

The next step was to pinpoint lifestyle characteristics to help explain the usual longevity. They came up with nine traits:
Move naturally
Purpose
Down shift
80% rule
Plant slant
Wine @ five
Loved ones first
Belong
Positive pack

Cities around the world are working to apply these traits to their hometowns. See how Sarah is leading the charge in Scottsdale.

Click here to learn more about Blue Zones Project Scottsdale: https://bluezonesprojectscottsdale.com and here to learn about the international movement: https://info.bluezonesproject.com/home

Original air date: October 23, 2025.

Sarah Kearney is passionate about helping people live better lives &ndash; both in terms of quality AND quantity. She has found her calling as executive director of Blue Zones Project Scottsdale.
In 2004, a cooperative effort between National Geographic, the National Institute on Aging, and the world's best longevity researchers sought to identify pockets around the world where people lived measurably better, longer. In these five areas, dubbed "blue zones," researchers found that people reach age 100 at a rate that is ten times greater than in the United States and with lower rates of chronic disease.
The next step was to pinpoint lifestyle characteristics to help explain the usual longevity. They came up with nine traits:
<ul>
<li>Move naturally</li>
<li>Purpose</li>
<li>Down shift</li>
<li>80% rule</li>
<li>Plant slant</li>
<li>Wine @ five</li>
<li>Loved ones first</li>
<li>Belong</li>
<li>Positive pack</li>
</ul>
Cities around the world are working to apply these traits to their hometowns. See how Sarah is leading the charge in Scottsdale.
Click here to learn more about Blue Zones Project Scottsdale: <a href="https://bluezonesprojectscottsdale.com">https://bluezonesprojectscottsdale.com</a> and here to learn about the international movement: <a href="https://info.bluezonesproject.com/home">https://info.bluezonesproject.com/home</a>
Original air date: October 23, 2025.

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world.

Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism.

Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world. Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism. Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/">https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/</a>

Rescuers radio show

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.

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