Lisa Lucca talks with author and filmmaker Susan Hunter about her passionate work honoring Vietnam Vets - "The Bravest Generation" - in her book and documentary series.
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Nan Rubin invited Diego Medina to be her return guest in the studio to continue their conversation on the history of Las Cruces and the various waves of diverse settlers who have moved into the region. Diego is a member of the Piro-Manso-Tiwa tribe, an artist, poet, historian, and educator whose family is one of the original Native families from the historic Mesquite district in downtown Las Cruces. As an artist, Diego’s work illustrates intricate metaphors that combine cultural knowledge and ancestral wisdom with fantasy and poetics. Diego also has a deep passion for archival research and borderlands Indigenous history.
Today, we welcome the always delightful Keith Whelpley, for a conversation about "Cognitive Dissonance". The term "Cognitive Dissonance" is used to describe the mental and/or emotional discomfort resulting from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. We explore how cognitive dissonance arises, how to recognize it, and how it influences our thinking, our feelings, our lives.
 Lisa Lucca speaks with author, teacher, and memoir guru Marion Roach Smith about her work as a writer at the New York Times, as a writing teacher, and The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life, her go-to manual for memoir writers.
Karen V. Johnson is the author of Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss, which was published by Hay House. She wrote the book following her 27-year-old son’s death due to a heroin overdose. She joins us on Take On Faith on KTAL-LP to discuss her book and the journey of resurrection that originates in loss and grief.
Las Cruces Bulletin publisher Richard Coltharp and writer Mike Cook recap the week's news and preview some upcoming events as they highlight some of the articles in the latest edition of the newspaper. Also they talk about The Gun Show, a one-woman, 60-minute show, with actor Casi Galban and director Josh Taulbee. (Tickets can be purchased here.)
State Sen. Bill O’Neil of Albuquerque discussed a political play he has written titled “Save the Bees,” as well as other poems and stories he’s had published.
Dr. Catherine Jonet and Dr. Laura Anh Williams of the NMSU Gender and Sexuality Studies Department discussed a media kit they have developed for Women’s History Month, and the work being done by their department.
Ellen Dowling, past president of the Irish-American Society of New Mexico, discussed the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day holiday.
Peter and Shirley discussed items in the news, including the latest legislative session in Santa Fe and NMSU basketball.
Can the United States avoid war with Russia?
Should we avoid war with Russia? Does a nation that spends so much on weaponry that it has built the strongest military force in the history of mankind have a moral obligation to act when lesser armies are slaughtering innocent people in another nation? Our guest today is multi-talented, multi-dimensional Deidra Schaub, sharing some of her experience and considerations in the realms of "Liminal Space". Liminal space - the space, place and/or time of transition from the known and familiar, to a situation or circumstance that may be unfamiliar, unknown, or uncertain. A fun and insightful exploration of curiosity, creativity, and certainty - as well as humility, expectations, and assumptions. The conversation touches on being comfortable with the discomfort of liminal space and constant change as inherent elements of our lives and our universe.
 Lisa Lucca talks with journalist David-Elijah Nahmod about writing, monster movies, and his interviews with fascinating people..
Today’s guest is my cousin, Karen Berger, an award-winning editor of graphic novels. At DC Comics for 34 years, she ultimately became executive editor for DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint, where she helped expand the genre of mainstream comics, diverging from tales of super heroes in favor of complex, challenging stories, from gonzo journalism to positive depictions of gay characters, from fairy tales to global pandemics. Berger also pushed for creators to keep the rights to their work instead of surrendering their characters and ideas to the publisher. Berger won the Comic Buyer’s Guide Award for best editor every year from 1997–2005 and the prestigious Eisner Award three times in the early 1990s. Since 2019, Berger has been the founder and editor of Berger Books, an imprint of creator-owned comics, published by Dark Horse Comics.
Dana Lord Lewis, a leading authority on the Intelligence of Energy joins us today. Lewis is also the Founder of Energy Think, a wisdom and science-based modality that guides individuals to experience their infinite potential. Dana joins Rev. Xolani Kacela on Take On Faith, one of KTAL-LP’s flagship programs, broadcast from Las Cruces, NM.
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