On this week's show, the Las Cruces City Council talks trash, Dona County Sheriff Kim Stewart talks about her start in her new job and her thinking on marijuana legalization plus Walt Rubel’s run-down of the week’s top news stories.
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On the February 12, 2020 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel spoke with Raymond Bernstein, a representative of opponents to a planned development off Boutz Road. The City Council is due to make a final determination next week at its regular meeting. (Developers were also invited, but declined to appear.)
 Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel talked with Vice-Admiral Lee Gunn (ret.), an expert on global security who discussed the impact of climate-change on our military and on international security issues.
On the February 12, 2020 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel talked to Brenda Wenzel, a self-described wanderer with whom they discussed . . . wandering.
Nan Rubin's guests Kay Brillant and Londa Seifert, Girl's Can! Conference coordinators, highlight the Girl's Can! program for 6th grade girls. This year's event will be held March 7th at 8am at Dona Ana Community College (DACC), East Campus. The program is open to all 6th grade girls, and their parents or guardians, to learn about career opportunities. Area women professionals, college students, and other community volunteers, will present 19 different career sessions during the morning event. Preregistration through counselors at area schools are encouraged, but walk-in's are welcome the morning of the event.
Hosts Randy Harris and Keith Whelpley interview Jon Williams, an instructor and PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of New Mexico to explore the issue of Nationalism, and how it's created, how we think about it, and why it matters.
Stuart Kelter interviews Norm Osborne on the structure and function of the local legal system, from his perspective as a lifelong attorney and, most recently, as a magistrate judge.
 Lisa Lucca talks with the new owners of The Mandrake Fine Art & Botanica, herbalist Trisha McCaul and artist Michael Ponce, about their journey to creating a space in downtown Las Cruces that combines both their passions, and the joy in practicing what you love to do.
On this week's show, Walt Rubel reported what happened during this week's city council meeting and takes an in-depth look on what's been happening during this year's legislative session in Santa Fe. As always, he began the show with a run-down of the week's top news stories from the Las Cruces Sun-News and Las Cruces Bulletin.
On the February 5, 2020 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel's guest in the second hour was Dr. Brian Dott, to discuss China and chiles. Among the topics: How chiles got from the New World to China and became such a huge part of Chinese cuisine.
On the February 5, 2020 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel talked to former DASO Deputy and Anthony Police Chief Steve Foldy about gun issues, primarily with regard to the proposed "Red Flag" law under consideration this legislative session.
Nan Rubin's interview with New Mexico State University Museum Director Marisa Sage explores all that will be taking place as the new art building and Museum open on Feb. 28th. Ms. Sage discusses the opening exhibit, the new permanent galleries and all the the upcoming events including the ribbon cutting at 6:30pm on the 28th, and open house the following day.
Hosts Randy Harris and Keith Whelpley discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) with David Ostby, Chief Science Officer, and co-founder, of Savant X Inc. How intelligent can, or will, computers become? How does the growth of automation benefit and hurt us?
Stuart Kelter interviews Marieka Brown, College Associate Professor at NMSU, about her experiences teaching English as a second language, including in El Salvador in the 1990s.
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