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Que Tal? Program Episode Highlights for Jan 29-Feb 4, 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
Group harmony, one of the most original and foundational identifying sounds of rock and roll, extended from long before the doo wop era and continues into today via backup singers. Songs with honking horns up front and a more minor roll for guitars in the rhythm section had a shorter era during the WWII years. Then guitars began fronting the band in the mid 1950s. Jamie Dell’Apo starts this episode with an 1899 recording with the banjo out front, the predominant plucked string instrument of the time.

Live True
Sunday 7-8 AM, Rebroadcast
Friday 10-11 AM
Host Lisa Lucca talks with Diana Polpa, author, teacher, and Indie Author advocate about her work in publishing, and the upcoming Virtual Winter Book Festival she is producing. Each night in February will feature an hour of interactive shenanigans for the whole family with games, stories, and clues to solve the mystery!

Counterspin
Sunday 11-11:30 AM
Fri 12-12:30 PM, Rebroadcast
Michael Mechanic talks about underfunding the IRS. If repeated messaging about how we “can’t afford” public goods but we should always be “cutting taxes” isn’t discordant enough, corporate media’s guiding, yet unspoken theory, has some corollaries—one of which is that because wealthy people pay large (if not proportionate) amounts of money in taxes, they should get policies that reward them, including those allowing them to keep, and grow, their extreme wealth and its concomitant power. The message: Cheating on taxes is a luxury only the rich can, or should be able to, afford.

Making Contact
Sun 11:30 AM-12 PM, Rebroadcast
Friday 12:30-1 PM
Federal food programs, like WIC, face big changes coming out of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. Meanwhile, a single moms collective in Ohio holds it down for the single, pregnant and parenting people in their community. Motherful’s resource pantry serves their 325-strong membership out of a garage three times a week. Members and founders tell us what it’s like to participate, how it all started and where food justice is headed for them now and in their wildest dreams.

The Moth
Sun 1-2 PM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 5-6 PM
Jay Allison presents four stories of getting another shot. Tales of tenacity, unexpected fortune, and redemption in moments both great and small.

Strange Currency
Sunday 2-4 PM, Rebroadcast
Thursday 11 PM-1 AM
In 1997 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers performed a run of 20 shows at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco. Jed Beaudoin brings us some selections from that gig as well as music from former Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell with his band Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs.

Music They Don't Want You to Hear
Sunday 6-8 PM
Wed 10 PM-12 AM, Rebroadcast
Host Ron Cooke pays tribute to David Crosby (The Byrds and CSNY) who recently passed away and that will inspire us to take a trip to California leading to heavy rains and even hurricanes, but we will finish on the road to Las Cruces with Ian Tyson.

Monday

The New England Journal of Medicine
Monday 9:30-10 AM
Eric J. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., Lindsey R. Baden, M.D., and Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D. discuss oral medications to treat Covid-19, including nirmatrelvir and the new agent VV16.

Travel With Rick Steves
Monday 11 AM-12 PM
Explore two of Europe's less-crowded scenic peninsulas! Rick Steves visits with local tour guides, Mariam Abdelghani from Pula, on Croatia's Istrian Peninsula, and Cathie Ryan from Ireland's Cooley Peninsula, an hour north of Dublin in County Louth. Plus, marine conservationist Jonathon White explains what he's discovered about the power of the tides around the world — and how they affect you, even if you don't live near the shore.

Alternative Radio
Monday 12-1 PM
Liat Ben-Moshe, assistant professor of criminology, law and justice, University of Illinois discusses deinstitutionalization. Lois Curtis was confined and sedated in mental institutions from age 11-27. Atlanta’s Legal Aid Society sued Georgia’s Human Services Commissioner George Olmstead. Lois Curtis won in a Supreme Court decision in 1999. In the case of Olmstead vs L.C., Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg wrote, “Confinement in an institution severely diminishes the everyday life activities of individuals, including family relations, social contacts, work options, economic independence, educational advancement and cultural enrichment.” The case has been called the “Brown vs Board of Education” for disability rights.

The Latin Alternative
Monday 2-3 PM, Rebroadcast
Saturday 4-5 PM
It's a new music spotlight! Josh Norek and Ernesto Lechner highlight new releases, including Black Pumas member Adrian Quesada's Texas soul project, Suenatron, Los Lobos, Bomba Estereo, Elsa y Elmar, El Mató a Un Policia Motorizado and more!

Global Village
Monday 3-4 PM
It’s global saxophones with Chris Heim. Hear music from Femi Kuti, Manu Dibango, Paquito D’Rivera, Maceo Parker, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, and Jorge Pardo. The “nordic free folk band” Optur and a new album from Moroccan oud player Majid Bekkas – both ensembles with saxophone in the lineup - will follow.

Reveal
Monday 5-6 PM
At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the early ’90s, Dr. Gary Davis, an Ivy League-trained Black physician from Tulsa, Oklahoma, created a serum from goat blood that he believed could help cure HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. He brought his research to the FDA, but it failed to win approval. Davis had powerful critics and ardent supporters. One mother claimed to have stolen the serum from Davis’ office in order to treat her sick daughter. After the little girl’s viral load dropped to undetectable levels, it sparked a national debate about whether the serum played a role.

Tuesday

Cafe Con Leche
Tuesday 8-9 AM
Friday 2-3 PM, Rebroadcast
Honor Flight of Southern New Mexico and El Paso is part of a national network that transports veterans from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War to Washington, DC. The veterans visit the memorials built to honor and remember those who served, and for many it represents a homecoming. Chapter Founder Elaine Prickett and volunteer Guardian Bengy Kossman join host Nan Rubin in the studio to relate moving stories from Las Cruces veterans on their most recent trip.

Reporter's Notebook
Tuesday 9-10 AM
Thursday 5-6 PM, Rebroadcast
Damien Lewis talks to New Mexico Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth about the many big-ticket items being discussed as lawmakers craft an historically large budget — one Wirth described as larger than any New Mexico lawmaker, living or dead, has ever seen. There will be $9.4 billion in recurring spending, as well as the one-time, nonrecurring funds to be doled out this year. Mr. Wirth will also talk about the state’s Land Grant Permanent Fund — sometimes referred to as the “rainy day fund” — which has long been closely guarded by legislators.

The Moth
Tuesday 5-6 PM
Sunday 1-2 PM, Rebroadcast
A special episode, in honor of Black History Month, with stories that celebrate the diversity of the Black experience. Dye jobs, dream jobs, and swimming pools. Harold Cox brings his Texas roots--and speech patterns-- to his first Boston radio gig. Danyel Smith follows the music and finds a place for herself in the world of journalism. CJ Hunt grows up trying to "adjust the thermostat" of his racial identity. While out for a swim, Hasna Muhammad finds a kindred spirit.

Tuesday Night Jazz
Tuesday 6-8 PM, Rebroadcast
Thursday 2-4 PM,
Jazzy Western Swing is one of this week's focal points. The Buzzman pays tribute to John Coltrane as channeled by The Byrds. The brilliant fusion sounds of Jeff Beck, Djabe, Herbie Hancock and John McLaughlin fill out this celebration of America's original art form.

Wednesday

Speak Up Las Cruces
Wednesday 8-10 AM
Wed 2-4 PM, Rebroadcast
8:00-8:30:
Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Peter Goodman discuss local, national and international current events. Listeners are invited to Speak Up by calling in to 575-526-5825.

8:30-9:00:
Rene Walterbos, professor emeritus in the NMSU astronomy department, discusses the need for great observatories, while Chirchill will discuss the role of quasars in understanding the history of the universe.

9:00-9:30:
Hear local resident, John Gilkison, advocate for a city ban on new gas stations.

9:30-10:00:
Juan Garcia and other local conservatives talk about the direction and future of the Republican Party.

Radio Ecoshock
Wed 5-6 PM
Host Alex Smith asks, polycrisis angst: denial or Gaia? Cognitive scientist Philip Fernbach discovers a disturbing mechanism in society and the mind. As the polycrisis becomes permanent, former World Watch Editor Erik Assadourian explains the new Gaian Way. Can this help?

Musical Celebrations
Wed 6-7 PM
Friday 9-10 AM, Rebroadcast
Walt Rubel celebrates Black History Month, which takes place throughout February. The first three songs will feature Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, and Chuck Berry.

Monsoon Down the Radio
Wed 8-10 PM, Rebroadcast
Friday 5-7 PM
Tater’s episode is called HOPE IN A HOPELESS WORLD. Show #254 is a veritable hodgepodge including Pops Staples, Ween and Los Lobos.

Music They Don't Want You to Hear
Wed 10 PM-12 AM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 6-8 PM
Host Ron Cooke pays tribute to David Crosby (The Byrds and CSNY) who recently passed away and that will inspire us to take a trip to California leading to heavy rains and even hurricanes, but we will finish on the road to Las Cruces with Ian Tyson.

Thursday

Big Picture Science
Thursday 11 AM-12 PM
The stone heads on Easter Island are an enduring mystery. The old ideas about cultural collapse are yielding to new ones based on careful investigation on the ground - but also from above. Co-hosts Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley ask what explanations have we found and are we off base to think that ancient societies were, in the end, failures? Can what we learn from these histories help predict which societies will survive? Hear what Sarah Parcak, archaeologist, Egyptologist, remote sensing expert, and professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has to say.

This Way Out
Thursday 12-12:30 PM
This week’s stories include: California marriage equality goes from court to stage and back; White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shares her rainbow flare; a terrorist teen kills two at a Slovakian gay bar, Mexico's Senate bans conversion therapy, Montenegro Pride demands "No More Buts", a U.S. gay man's new visa allows him to stay with his Japanese husband for up to 5 years, and University of Florida students slam anti-queer Senator Sasse's pending presidential appointment.

Living Planet
Thursday 12:30-1 PM
A controversial oil pipeline in Uganda stirs up strong reactions. Deutsche Welle asks what fossil fuels have to do with our beauty routine. And if you've wondered about the environmental and economic trade-offs of getting an electric vehicle, Living Planet has answers.

Reporter's Notebook
Thursday 5-6 PM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 9-10 AM
Damien Lewis talks to New Mexico Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth about the many big-ticket items being discussed as lawmakers craft an historically large budget — one Wirth described as larger than any New Mexico lawmaker, living or dead, has ever seen. There will be $9.4 billion in recurring spending, as well as the one-time, nonrecurring funds to be doled out this year. Mr. Wirth will also talk about the state’s Land Grant Permanent Fund — sometimes referred to as the “rainy day fund” — which has long been closely guarded by legislators.

Medium Rare
Thursday 10-11 PM
The "B" in Brother B stands for Big Bands! Large ensembles kick off with Dave Grusin and a humorous tune honoring Duke Ellington. From NYC comes the Ed Palermo Big Band covering Neil Young. Diane Shuur swings in to join the Maynard Ferguson Big Band. Carla Bley's Big Band pays homage to Charles Mingus. From Europe, Colin Townes & the NDR Big Band plays Frank Zappa, then Hiram Bullock & the WDR Big Band plays a Jimi Hendrix tribute! The Manhattan Jazz Quintet shakes up a standard by Simon and Garfunkle, then Roland Kirk shows you why "his nose can talk about it".

Strange Currency
Thursday 11 PM-1 AM
Jeff Beaudoin features new music from The New Pornographers, Peter Gabriel, and The Hold Steady as well as selections from Elvis Costello’s upcoming box set looking back at his collaborations with legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach, including their late ‘90s album Painted From Memory.

Friday

Musical Celebrations
Friday 9-10 AM, Rebroadcast
Wed 6-7 PM
Walt Rubel celebrates Black History Month, which takes place throughout February. The first three songs will feature Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, and Chuck Berry.

Counterspin
Fri 12-12:30 PM, Rebroadcast
Sunday 11-11:30 AM
Michael Mechanic talks about underfunding the IRS. If repeated messaging about how we “can’t afford” public goods but we should always be “cutting taxes” isn’t discordant enough, corporate media’s guiding, yet unspoken theory, has some corollaries—one of which is that because wealthy people pay large (if not proportionate) amounts of money in taxes, they should get policies that reward them, including those allowing them to keep, and grow, their extreme wealth and its concomitant power. The message: Cheating on taxes is a luxury only the rich can, or should be able to, afford.

Cafe Con Leche
Friday 2-3 PM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 8-9 AM
Honor Flight of Southern New Mexico and El Paso is part of a national network that transports veterans from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War to Washington, DC. The veterans visit the memorials built to honor and remember those who served, and for many it represents a homecoming. Chapter Founder Elaine Prickett and volunteer Guardian Bengy Kossman join host Nan Rubin in the studio to relate moving stories from Las Cruces veterans on their most recent trip.

Monsoon Down the Radio
Friday 5-7 PM
Wed 8-10 PM, Rebroadcast
TATER'S PICKIN' AMERICANA, Show #255, starts in Mississippi and includes new music from Kevn Kinney who resides in Athens, GA.

Upfront Soul
Friday 7-9 PM
Sanguine Fromage features Esther Marrow, Raphael Saadiq, Seun Kuti, the Soul Vibrations, and Dyke and the Blazers.

Saturday

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Be on the Lookout for these QR Codes around Las Cruces

KTAL-LP has partnered up with the City of Las Cruces to highlight public artworks in the month of October. With funds from the Public Art Board, KTAL produced a series of short audio descriptions that highlight nine pieces of public art located throughout the city. Near each piece is a QR Code sign linked to the audio description online. To help find each one, the City has launched a scavenger hunt with a map and is offering prizes!
To join in, make sure to visit: https://www.las-cruces.org/1877/Public-Art.

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