Scott Thybony Commentary

In northern Arizona a dry spell can last for weeks, even months, before the monsoon arrives. During a severe drought a Navajo medicine man invited commentator Scott Thybony to join a rain-bringing ceremony below the San Francisco Peaks.

Commentator Scott Thybony has conducted a lot of interviews in his decades-long writing career. And he’s come to believe that expectation and reality rarely line up; there is always an element of the unexpected. On one particular assignment for National Geographic, Scott found himself slipping back in time to visit some old ghosts.

Much of the country is sheltering in place as best they can right now while the coronavirus continues to spread. For commentator Scott Thybony, this is a…

Just below Point Sublime in the Grand Canyon, a rock cairn marks the site where a small plane and a helicopter collided in 1986, killing everyone onboard.…

Driving on Highway 89 across the Navajo Nation, you're likely to see the giant art installations of Chip Thomas painted on abandoned water tanks and…

This week, the nation is honoring military veterans with a federal holiday and countless stories of courage and bravery. Commentator Scott Thybony has his…

Some years back, KNAU commentator Scott Thybony took an assignment for a magazine article about Native American POWs from tribes of the Colorado Plateau.…

Commentator Scott Thybony was in northern Canada in 1972 when he realized he’d had enough of the freezing-cold and wanted to come home to the Southwest.…

Flagstaff astrogeologist Eugene Shoemaker played a key role in the early days of lunar exploration as a world-renowned expert on impact craters. But he…

The dramatic rescue of a youth soccer team in Thailand conjured up some memories for KNAU commentator Scott Thybony. In 1965, when he was just 16 years…