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Que Tal? Program Episode Highlights for Mar 26-Apr 1 2023

Want to know what topics hosts and guests will be discussing on your favorite talk shows this week? Or what themes your favorite music hosts will be highlighting? Click on each day for details of show episodes. If you like what you see and hear, go to our Donate page and show your support! A full list of programming may be found on our Schedule page.

Sunday

The First Rock and Roll Song
Sunday 12-3 AM
The first rock and roll song pre-dated Elvis and everyone else credited by commercial interests as "discovering rock and roll." Jamie Dell’Apa says the first rock and roll song was steeped in vocal harmony that predates all of rock and roll instrumentations. Maybe rock and roll just needed a whimsey of songs about drive-in movies and big chiefs.

Making Contact
Sunday 11:30 AM-12 PM, Rebroadcast
Friday 12:30-1 PM
How journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Race Massacre from KalaLea, producer and host of Blindspot: Tulsa Burning, and Carlos Moreno and Bracken Klar of Tulsa’s Tri-City Collective. They discuss current efforts to better understand, not just the tragedy of the event, but also the success of the neighborhood before and after the attack.

The Moth
Sunday 1-2 PM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 5-6 PM
Stories of the power of sound and the newness found through listening and trusting our ears. Storytellers include Stanley Alpert relying on his hearing when he is kidnapped, Faith Ekienabor finding a brand-new way to her college class, T Dixon discovering the power of her own voice and Anna Schuleit building an unconventional instrument.

Strange Currency
Sunday 2-4 PM, Rebroadcast
Thursday 11 PM -1 AM
Join Jedd Beaudoin for selections from Conjured Light, the new LP from Wichita’s Team Tremolo as well as music from the new reissue of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.

Medium Rare
Sunday 5-6 PM, Rebroadcast
Thursday 10-11 PM
Bother B hosts another hour of eclectic mix goodness. Jazz is on tap to start the hour with Billy Cobham, Bob James, Bob Malcach and The Rippingtons. Brother B gets super smooth with Fourplay, then Béla Fleck & The Flecktones add an unusual tune, and The Crusaders cover Jeff Beck. Lee Ritenour and David Benoit round out the Jazz offerings, then a switch to Blues with Kim Simmonds with an all-acoustic guitar original and Richie Havens dares to cover a classic Who tune. Another fast hour of fun will be yours! Be there or be square!

Music They Don't Want You to Hear
Sunday 6-8 PM
Wed 10-12 PM, Rebroadcast
Gems from Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt and Sweet Honey in the Rock just to get things started, then songs for our lovely Spring winds. We also commemorate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 25, 1911, and rev up some boogie-woogie from the Queen of the 88's.

Monday

The New England Journal of Medicine
Monday 9-10 AM
What to expect from COVID-19 vaccines.

Travel With Rick Steves
Monday 11 AM-12 PM
Rick Steves takes an up-close look at some of Paris' most beautiful bridges as well as its most intriguing specialty museums and galleries, where you can escape the crowds and are sure to discover something new in this always-surprising city. Then head south to savor the relaxingly rural, yet assuredly sophisticated charms of Burgundy. Guests include Elaine Sciolino, author of The Seine: The River that Made Paris, Emma Jacobs, author of The Little(r) Museums of Paris: An Illustrated Guide to the City's Hidden Gems, Julie Sonveau and Patrick Vidal, tour guides.

Alternative Radio
Monday 12-1 PM
Concentration of any industry is dangerous, media concentration in particular, because of the vast influence media exert in shaping public opinion. Jeff Cohen, founder of Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), reports that years ago, legendary journalist and media critic Ben Bagdikian warned of the dangers posed by media monopolies. As Bagdikian predicted, corporate business interests would trump journalism, particularly investigative journalism. A vibrant democracy is ill-served by a corporate media that is heavily connected to and reliant on official sources. An informed citizenry is essential for the communications needs of a democratic society. Media monopolies should be broken up.

The Latin Alternative
Monday 2-3 PM, Rebroadcast
Saturday 4-5 PM
Josh Norek and Ernestor Lechner highlight the psychedelic vibes of Glue Trip, Making Movies and Mon Laferte, Kinky and Ximena Sarinana.

Global Village
Monday 3-4 PM
In conjunction with the March Women’s History Month feature, Chris Heim devotes the show to great women artists from around the world. Hear legends like Oumou Sangare, rising stars like Rokia Kone, and the latest releases from Kurdish soul artist Meral Polat, South African singer Lorraine Klaasen, Chinese pipa player Gao Hong, the Finnish quartet Enkel, guitarist Roberta Roman, and Franco-Algerian singer-songwriter Souad Massi. Plus a Rai blast from the past from Chaba Fadela, steel drum player Joy Lapps, Polish-Ukranian singers and band leaders DagaDana, Ethiopian singer Miinyeshu, and acclaimed Mauritanian singer and instrumentalist Noura Mint Seymali.

Reveal
Monday 5-6 PM
Members of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation community put pressure on the Catholic Church to share information about the boarding school it ran on the reservation. Indian Country Today reporter Mary Annette Pember visits Red Cloud Indian School, which has launched a truth and healing initiative for former students and their descendants. In its early years, the school tried to strip students of their culture, but these days, it teaches the Lakota language and boasts a high graduation rate and rigorous academics. Pember then discovers that many Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions’ records are redacted or off-limits entirely, but then comes across a nuns’ diary with important information.

Tuesday

Cafe Con Leche
Tuesday 8-9 AM
Friday 2-3 PM, Rebroadcast
Billed as ”More than a Marathon,” The 34th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March was held in person at White Sands Missile Range on Sunday, March 19th, 2023, after a 3-year hiatus. Host Nan Rubin was on hand at the Las Cruces Convention Center to speak with some of the 5,000 participants and the volunteers who make the event happen.

Reporter's Notebook
Tuesday 9-10 AM
Thursday 5-6 PM, Rebroadcast
Damien Willis speaks with Melanie Majors, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (FOG). With New Mexico’s legislative session having just wrapped up, several bills that would have a tremendous impact on transparency and the state’s Inspection of Public Records were winding their way through the legislature. FOG opposes Senate Bill 63 which would shield the names of applicants of high-level government jobs. House Bill 232 would revise New Mexico’s public records law to exempt from release certain cybersecurity records and law enforcement video of death notifications, nudity or certain other images. While FOG was involved in discussions surrounding the bill, the organization did not formally oppose the changes.

Earth Matters
Tuesday 10-11 AM
Co-host and Gila Resources Information Project executive director Allyson Siwik talks to former Interstate Stream Commission director and Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly President Norm Gaume about New Mexico’s 50-year water planning effort. The State of New Mexico has been engaged in a rigorous water planning effort to evaluate the predicted impacts of climate change on water resources and plan for reductions in water supplies over the next 50 years. The predictions are dire. What do we need to be doing today so that we can be prepared for even more limited water supplies in the future?

The Moth
Tuesday 5-6 PM
Sunday 1-2 PM, Rebroadcast
Stories of love—passions, parents, and dating apps. A woman swipes for a second chance, a little girl finds her calling, and fathers find ways to relate to their children.

Monsoon Down the Radio
Tuesday 8-10 PM, Rebroadcast
Friday 5-7 PM
This week’s sequence is called New Music with Lady Poppy: #162. The venerable Lady Poppy returns to help The Tater find and deliver the best music released in the first quarter of 2023. We’ve spent so much time out on the sonic edge few Las Crucens devour — and we’re so excited to share what we have found.

Monsoon Down the Radio

Music They Don't Want You to Hear
Tuesday 10 PM-12 AM, Rebroadcast
Sunday 6-8 PM
This week’s sequence is called New Music with Lady Poppy: #162. The venerable Lady Poppy returns to help The Tater find and deliver the best music released in the first quarter of 2023.

Wednesday

Speak Up Las Cruces
Wednesday 8-10 AM
Wed 2-4 PM, Rebroadcast
8-9:00 AM
Walt Rubel and Peter Goodman discuss current local and national issues. Listeners are invited to Speak Up at 575-526-5825.

9:00-10:00 AM:
All local legislators have been invited to discuss this year’s 60-day legislative session which concluded earlier this month. Tara Jarmillo (Rep-D), Micaela Cadena (Rep-D), Jeff Steinborn (Sen-D), and Bill Soules (Sen-D) are the only legislators who decided to join the discussion.

Radio Ecoshock
Wed 5-6 PM
Space physics expert Professor Thomas W. Murphy warns government and corporate plans are impossible. The growth game is OVER. We are never going back to “normal”. Post Carbon Institute Fellow and author of 14 books Richard Heinberg says “The renewable energy transition is failing.” Is he giving up? Should we give up? Dive into the deep end and find out.

Musical Celebrations
Wed 6-7 PM
Friday 9-10 AM, Rebroadcast
Walt Rubel celebrates the Las Cruces Home and Garden Show which takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Convention Center. Songs include “Homeward Bound,” “Feels Like Home” and “Bring It On Home.”

Monsoon Down the Radio
Wed 8-10 PM, Rebroadcast
Friday 5-7 PM
Tater’s sequence is called Hoover Dam On Down: #161. The music has been blessed by the 54-degree waters of the Colorado River, anointed by beaver-heavy sunshine, and held under by the raging pressures of geological happiness — oh, and some Allman Brothers.

Monsoon Down the Radio

Music They Don't Want You to Hear
Wed 10-12 PM, Rebroadcast
Sunday 6-8 PM
Gems from Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt and Sweet Honey in the Rock just to get things started, then songs for our lovely Spring winds. We also commemorate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 25, 1911, and rev up some boogie-woogie from the Queen of the 88's.

Thursday

Big Picture Science
Thursday 11 AM- 12 PM
Scientists are increasingly finding their expertise questioned by non-experts who claim they’ve done their own “research.” Whether advocating Ivermectin to treat Covid, insisting that climate change is a hoax, or asserting that the Earth is flat, doubters are now dismissed by being told to “do your own research!” Guests epidemiologist Yvette Johnson-Walker, philosophy professor Nathan Ballantyne and social psychologist David Dunning ask: Is a Wiki page evidence? What about a YouTube video? And what happens to our quest for truth along the way? Plus, science historian Lee McIntyre goes to a Flat Earth convention to talk reason.

This Way Out
Thursday 12-12:30 PM
Hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle: World Pride brings Asia to Sydney’s Mardi Gras, Florida’s anti-trans fever infects other U.S. states, Milan’s same-gender couples lose parental rights, an Iranian rights activist threatened with death makes bail, Minnesota’s Democratic Governor Tim Walz executive orders protections for the state’s trans citizens, and trailblazing New Zealand trans politician Georgina Beyer passes at 65.

Living Planet
Thursday 12:30-1 PM
From the water shortage in the Western United States to changes in floodplains in the Amazon, how is climate change impacting our water supplies? Deutsche Welle explores solutions to these problems. Also hear what it's like to experience the world through the ears of a whale (yes, whales have ears)! And in France, one town is trying out some natural, glow-in-the-dark lighting.

Reporter's Notebook
Thursday 5-6 PM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 9-10 AM
Damien Willis speaks with Melanie Majors, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (FOG). With New Mexico’s legislative session having just wrapped up, several bills that would have a tremendous impact on transparency and the state’s Inspection of Public Records were winding their way through the legislature. FOG opposes Senate Bill 63 which would shield the names of applicants of high-level government jobs. House Bill 232 would revise New Mexico’s public records law to exempt from release certain cybersecurity records and law enforcement video of death notifications, nudity or certain other images. While FOG was involved in discussions surrounding the bill, the organization did not formally oppose the changes.

Medium Rare
Thursday 10-11 PM
Sunday 5-6 PM, Rebroadcast
Brother B launches another eclectic mix; this time it will be an all Blues and Rock extravaganza. Taj Mahal starts off, then Joe Cocker, Leon Russell and Randy Newman. Alice Cooper, Ursa Major and Black Sabbath follow, then Jethro Tull, Supertramp and T. Rex all appear. Finally, hear from Todd Rundgren, Ten Years After and Stephen Stills. Isn't it about time you heard the Medium Rare mix? Be there or be square!

Strange Currency
Thursday 11 PM-1 AM
Sunday 2-4 PM, Rebroadcast
When Jeff Buckley drowned in Memphis, Tennessee in 1997 he’d been hard at work on a follow-up to his acclaimed album Grace. Buckley didn’t get to finish the record he was working on, but in 1998, a compilation of material from sessions in both Memphis and New York emerged. Titled Sketches for My Sweetheart The Drunk, the collection hints at what might have been with a series of originals and songs originally recorded or popularized by Genesis and Glen Campbell. Also selections from Mike Keneally’s 2001 album Wooden Smoke.

Friday

Between the Lines
Fri 8-8:30 AM
James S. Henry: Recent Bank Failures Demand Tougher Federal Regulation, Medea Benjamin: 20 Years Later, Echoes of U.S. Iraq Invasion Seen in Russia’s Ukraine War, Kendall Hale: Elder Activists Join ‘Stop Cop City’ Protests as Valued Climate Movement Allies and Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary.

Musical Celebrations
Friday 9-10 AM, Rebroadcast
Wednesday 6-7 PM
Walt Rubel celebrates the Las Cruces Home and Garden Show which takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Convention Center. Songs include “Homeward Bound,” “Feels Like Home” and “Bring It On Home.”

Counterspin
Fri 12-12:30 PM, Rebroadcast
Sunday 6-7 PM
What passes for debate about why we must remain at some kind of war—cold, hot, corporate, stealth, acknowledged, denied—with Russia or China or whomever else is designated tomorrow, has roots worth studying in 2003. Author, critic and longtime friend of FAIR Norman Solomon talks about it. In the immediate wake of the September 1, 2001, attacks, a military official told the Washington Post of the newly minted “war on terror.” “This is the most information-intensive war you can imagine. . . . We’re going to lie about things.” If reporters don’t evidence skepticism after a declaration like that, it says more about them than anyone or anything else.

Cafe Con Leche
Friday 2-3 PM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 8-9 AM
Billed as ”More than a Marathon,” The 34th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March was held in person at White Sands Missile Range on Sunday, March 19th, 2023, after a 3-year hiatus. Host Nan Rubin was on hand at the Las Cruces Convention Center to speak with some of the 5,000 participants and the volunteers who make the event happen.

Reelin' In the Years
Friday 3-5 PM
Sat 10 PM-12 AM, Rebroadcast
This week's journey across the rock n' roll timeline and landscape with the Buzzman takes a trip south of the border to Mexico with the likes of the Doobie Brothers, Steve Miller, ZZ Top, Townes Van Zant, James Taylor, the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, Joe King Carrasco, Los Lonely Boys, and many more greats....Join the Tequila Revolution for another shot (or two) of commercial-free rock for your weekend listening pleasure. And who knows? Maybe an April fool will make a guest appearance!

Monsoon Down the Radio
Friday 5-7 PM
Wed 8-10 PM, Rebroadcast
Tater starts off with Barry Manilow and devolves into jam band and classic rock energies with episode #263, JUST AIN’T EASY.

Upfront Soul
Friday 7-9 PM
Sanguine Fromage kicks off with a dance party featuring Blackalicious, Donald Byrd, and Us3, spins a long set of African tunes ranging from Fela Kuti to Hugh Masekela to Ghanaian highlife, and then jumps back with cool cats Dr. Horse and Cab Calloway.

Saturday

The Audacity of Pop
Saturday 8-9 AM
Take a trip with Lorenzo Parra through pop history with songs celebrating the human condition to help save others. From Fontella Bass in 1965 to the Jonas Brothers in 2019, we dance with hope and gratitude. The show is dedicated to the people who go out of their way everyday to save a life and make the world a brighter place.

Reelin' In the Years
Sat 10 PM-12 AM, Rebroadcast
Friday 3-5 PM
This week's journey across the rock n' roll timeline and landscape with the Buzzman takes a trip south of the border to Mexico with the likes of the Doobie Brothers, Steve Miller, ZZ Top, Townes Van Zant, James Taylor, the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, Joe King Carrasco, Los Lonely Boys, and many more greats....Join the Tequila Revolution for another shot (or two) of commercial-free rock for your weekend listening pleasure. And who knows? Maybe an April fool will make a guest appearance!

CHECK BACK NEXT WEEK!!!

New Show Alert: The Audacity of Pop!

KTAL-LP has a brand-new show titled The Audacity of Pop! hosted by Lorenzo Parra that airs 8-9 AM on Saturdays. This show incorporates music from the genre from as early as Elvis Presley in 1956 to Lil Nas in 2022, featuring hits from Pop’s inception to the present day. The show will also include stories of the time when the music was recorded, to partner as a snapshot of social and musical history.

The host will also invite listeners to share their own stories with the music or to suggest a playlist addition. Pop has been with us for seven decades, as we have endured the perils of war, corruption, death, disease, and other maladies. But Pop has also been with us as we have celebrated peace, victory, justice, equality, and hope. That is The Audacity of Pop!

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