Daisy and Peter host author, John B. "Jack" Wright, a NMSU professor and author of Fire Scars, an environmental mystery.
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Daisy and Peter speak with CM Burroughs, a poet and educator, who will be at the CMI Theater, Milton Hall, NMSU campus, on February 2.
Peter and Daisy talk to Jamar Cotton, coordinator of the Dona Ana County Martin Luther King Youth Leadership Program for Kids. He's also a deputy sheriff and coaches Las Cruces' professional women's football team.
Representative Joanne Ferrary phones in to discuss legislative happenings up in Santa Fe. Co-hosts Peter Goodman and Daisy Maldonado discuss items in the news, both local and national. Also, in the studio, is Christopher A. Erickson, who will be presenting an ALR series for the Dona Ana Community College's series.
ALR presentation: Financial Crises  Lisa Lucca talks with Canadian author and teacher Beth Kaplan about her work, and her new memoir of essays, Midlife Solo, which comes out on February 15th
Today, we're joined by Mick Harris, son of host, Randy Harris. Born, raised, and educated in New Mexico, Mick now resides in Portland, Oregon, where he works as an attorney. We get to learn a little bit about his history. We explore considerations that include comparative evaluations of our community and Portland as pertaining to the unhoused, crime, drugs, politics, and policies. We also touch on real experience and perception, media, divided community, social constructs, freedom of speech, resource distribution, and optimism vs pessimism. An insightful conversation including Jack Turney, fellow millennial, that shows some of the parallels and distinctions between generations.
Stuart Kelter interviews Roger Berkowitz, a professor of Political Studies and Human Rights, as well as the founder and academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities, both at Bard College. He is the author of The Gift of Science: Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition, an account of how the rise of science led to the divorce of law and justice and the editor of Revenge and Justice, a special issue of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. In October of 2021, the Arendt Center hosted a conference entitled, “Revitalizing Democracy: Sortition, Citizen Power, and Spaces of Freedom,” about a mode of government that originated in ancient Greece with great potential for our own times. The Center has also provided trainings in the large scale use of digital tools for citizens around the world to enhance their involvement in policy-making.
I was driving through Colorado last summer when I encountered a series of electronic highway signs warning me to, “Slow the fast down.”
Being a product of the Colorado school system, I was taken aback by the poor grammar and sentence construction. Then it occurred to me that “fast” was a four-letter word starting with “f” so I was supposed to think … well, you know. Daisy and Peter talk to Maya K van Rossum, founder of Green Amendments For The Generations, about the organization and her work.
Daisy and Peter talk to Kevin Bixby, founder of Wildlife for All, about working to get state officials in charge of parks and wilderness to contemplate preserving the natural world, not merely for the convenience of hunters and fishing-folk. They also discuss the out-sized influence the gun lobby/NRA has had on state game and fish departments.
Peter and Daisy welcome Lucia Carmona, co-founder and Director of Operations and Community Engagement, and Dr. Maria Artiaga, Head Administrator, from the school. They will introduce and discuss this successful indigenous-oriented charter program.
Raices del Saber Xinachtli Community School  Lisa Lucca talks with Gail Warner about reinvention, her journey as a therapist, proprietor of Pine Manor retreat, and becoming a poet in her Third Act.
In this program, Jack Turney (Family Therapist) shares some of his thoughts and experiences on the subject of how our words shape our thoughts and feelings - and how our thoughts and feelings also shape our language. The conversation touches on questions about using accurate or inaccurate language, the context of our language usage and the risks of using language that reflects illusions. He speaks of "strengths based" language in therapeutic settings, and how sweeping generalizations and qualifying language influence the process. A worthwhile peek into how we think, why we think the way we do, and why that matters.
Stuart Kelter interviews Jennifer Michael Hecht, a poet and historian, teacher and public speaker, the author of several intellectually provocative books, translated into many languages. Her bestseller, Doubt: A History, explores religious and philosophical doubt throughout the world and over the centuries. Her book, entitled Stay, focuses on the history of suicide and a secular argument against it. The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology won Phi Beta Kappa’s 2004 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award. The Happiness Myth brings a historical eye to modern wisdom about how to lead a good life. She has published in peer-reviewed journals, written articles for major newspapers and magazines, and appeared in numerous television and radio interviews. Her books of poetry – which include The Next Ancient World, Funny, and Who Said – have won accolades and major awards. Her most recent book, The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives, published in March 2023, is the subject of today’s interview.
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