On July 16, 1945, the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated at the Trinity Site near Socorro, New Mexico. Although the US government claimed the area was uninhabited, census records show that more than 40,000 people lived near-by. No warning

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller On ART

Apr 6th, 2018 31m 40s

New Mexico People, Places and Ideas Fri. 4/6 8a : Albuquerque’s newly elected Mayor Tim Keller has pronounced Albuquerque’s Rapid Transit bus system built to run down the middle of Central a “bit of a lemon.” Why? Well, the electric buses leak,

REBROADCAST: How Trauma Affects Child Brain Development

Jan 9th, 2018 28m 23s

Fri. 1/5 8a: New Mexico has one of the highest rates of child abuse and neglect in the Nation. But Children are resilient, aren’t they? No, says Dr. Bruce Perry, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, who recently headlineda child welfare forum in

NM Archbishop John Wester On The Role Of The Church

Jun 2nd, 2017 28m 53s

Fri. 6/2, 8a: What’s the proper role of the Church in Politics? We put this question to Archbishop John Wester, who became the 12th archbishop of New Mexico in June 2015. In Wester, New Mexico Catholics have seen an archbishop who is highly eng

Finding Funds For Early Childhood Development Programs

Dec 4th, 2015 28m 47s

Fri. 12/4 8a From reducing crime to increasing educational and economic outcomes, the go-to answer seems to be “early childhood education”. But why, what is the need for outside, early intervention with our young children and is there evidence

Historic Republican Win In New Mexico's 2014 Election

Nov 10th, 2014 28m 30s

Fri. 11/07 8a : What explains the Republican success in the US Senate races and their historic victories in the New Mexico House and Governor’s contests? We couldn’t have a better analyst to answer these questions than Dr. Gabriel Sanchez. Dr.

An Interview with Max Evans

Sep 26th, 2014 28m 52s

Fri. 10/3 8a: Join host Stephen Spitz for what promises to be a very entertaining half-hour with one of New Mexico's premier writers. New Mexico author Max Evans is best known for The Rounders, which along with a later book, Hi Lo Country, were

Dede Feldman: Inside The New Mexico Senate

Jun 6th, 2014 29m 32s

Fri. 6/6 8a: Politics and process inside New Mexico’s “Roundhouse” are notoriously complex with legislative success dependent on personal connections, the power of lobbyists, and basic deal making. Our guest, former progressive Senator Dede Fel

Can we turn Albuquerque’s economy around?

May 2nd, 2014 29m 53s

F ri. 5/2 8a : The city’s post-recession recovery remains one of the worst in the nation with employment continuing to decline. The cause appears to be major cutbacks in Federal and State spending. There are, however, two rays of hope: 1) Innov

Quiet Job Creators: Business Incubators

Apr 4th, 2014 28m 29s

Fri. 4/4 8a: Our guests run two successful business incubators in New Mexico. Tony Gallegos is CEO of the South Valley Economic Development Center and Marie Longserre is president and CEO of the Santa Fe Business Incub ator. These organizations

How To Change And Manage Challenging Relationships

Feb 5th, 2014 28m 30s

Fri. 2/7 8a: Our guest this month is Santa Fe resident Marilyn Mason . Dr. Mason is an internationally recognized consultant and speaker on leadership and coaching.

Will the poor always be with us?

Oct 30th, 2013 27m 30s

Fri. 11/1 8a: Albuquerque based Scott Miller, of Circles USA (formerly, “Move the Mountain”), says no, and believes we can totally end poverty by simply focusing on one family at a time. Absurd, you might say, but Miller counters that this stan

A Talk With Comedian Jack Handey

Oct 4th, 2013 28m 22s

Our guest is the most famous comedian you have never seen and didnt even believe existed. His name is Jack Handey (yes thats his real name), and the name is undoubtedly familiar to fans of Saturday Night Live. Jack Handey , a long time resident

One Million Bones And Genocide

Sep 9th, 2013 27m 43s

In June of this year, the National Mall in Washington D.C. was the site of a huge art installation. One million bones , crafted by students, educators, artists and activists from around the world, were laid out across this iconic space in the n

Our Growing Water Crisis

Jul 3rd, 2013 28m 30s

Fri. 7/5 8a: Our water supply is shrinking, we are in the midst of a seemingly endless drought and our groundwater buffer is gone. In the shadow of global climate change and under constant pressure from population growth, agriculture and a stru

The Brain Scan of a Psychopath. Can We Use it to Predict Crime?

Jun 3rd, 2013 28m 30s

Fri. 6/7 8a . :What is going on in the mind of a school shooter, a mass murderer, or a serial rapist? Is that mind different from a mass fraudster like Bernie Madoff ? We summarily dismiss these criminals as pure “evil” but are they? Often they

"Trampling Out the Vintage" Cesar Chavez and the UFW.

Apr 5th, 2013 28m 30s

Fri. 4/5 8a: Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union are American icons, and the UFW is a prime example of a union that fought for higher wages and better working conditions against impossible odds.

Education Reform in New Mexico

Feb 26th, 2013 28m 30s

Fri. 3/1 8a: Can anything really be done to improve K – 12 Education in New Mexico? Improve education is the answer you usually get to New Mexico’s seemingly intractable problems. But, how do you do that?

Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher - The Life of Photographer Edward Curtis

Feb 1st, 2013 28m 30s

This month’s guest is New York Times writer and Pulitzer Prize winner author Timothy Egan whose latest work is a biography, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher . Shadow catcher was the name given to acclaimed photographer Edward Curtis by Americ

Prenatal Health and Early Child Development

Jan 3rd, 2013 28m 33s

Last month we talked with Paul Tough, the author of "How Children Succeed", about scientific studies showing that a baby’s early “attachment” to a parent promotes long term character skills such as perseverance, curiosity, and self-control. The

Desert America : Northern New Mexico Through the Eyes of Author Ruben Martinez

Oct 1st, 2012 27m 25s

Fri. 10/5 8 am: Ruben Martinez is a journalist, author, musician, and professor of literature and writing at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In Desert America he writes of his time in Northern New Mexico - a world of "outrageous wea

Creativity and the Brain, Making the Connection

Mar 8th, 2012 29m

Fri. 3/09 8a: Our guest is Dr. Rex Jung, MD and Ph.D. Dr. Jung is a Professor of Neurosurgery at UNMH, a Research Scientist at Albuquerques Mind Research Network, and a practicing clinical neuropsychologist.

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