Stuart Kelter interviews Karen Valby, a culture writer whose work has appeared in Vanity Fair, the New York Times, O Magazine, Glamour, Fast Company, and EW. She is also the author of two books. The first, Welcome to Utopia: Notes from a Small Town, was published in 2010. Her soon-to-be-released book, The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History, is the subject of today’s interview.
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A film festival is a little bit like a film itself, in that the first thing to get our attention is usually the stars.
Ron Pearlman, who I remember for his role as the crusty but wiley leader of an outlaw biker gang in the series “Sons of Anarchy,” will be the star of the Las Cruces International Film Festival this year. He will be screening his movie “Hellboy.” Carol Edmunds, a homeowner near the proposed county park on Shalem Colony Trail north of Las Cruces, discusses her opposition to those plans.
Dylan McDonald of the NMSU Library and former Sun-News cartoonist Bob Diven discuss this year’s event for Sunshine Week, which will focus on newspaper opinion pages. Walt will also be part of that panel discussion set for Thursday afternoon.
Las Cruces City Council member Cassie McClure will discuss the search for a new city manager and other issues from her first months in office.
During "Women's History Month" and "Holy Week" we explore with Jack Turney - the story of the female Christian and Catholic Saints. From the martyred North African saints, St's. Felicity and Perpetua, to St. Joan of Arc, to early American female Saints like St. Frances Cabrini, St. Elizabeth Ann Sexton, St. Katharine Drexel, and modern-day saints like Mother Theresa of Calcutta, the conversation addresses questions of the roles of women, martyrs, and saints in the Catholic Church. We touch on the requirements and the process for achieving sainthood; who's a saint and why. We talk about those who were martyred, those who were of astounding selfless service to others, the women saints who were "Doctors of The Church" and more. Naturally the conversation also peeks into the gender-fixed roles in the Catholic Church. A rich and fascinating study.
 Lisa Lucca talks with teacher and author Bridey Thelen-Heidel about her journey from traumatic childhood to successful teacher, speaker, and the author of her upcoming memoir, Bright Eyes.
Stuart Kelter interviews Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware, coauthors of the recently published, God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America. Dr. Hoffman is a professor at Georgetown University, professor emeritus of terrorism studies at the University of St Andrews, Fellow at the U.S. Military Academy’s Combating Terrorism Center, and a Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Dr. Ware is a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and at DeSales University. He serves on the editorial boards for the academic journal, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, and the Irregular Warfare Initiative at the Modern War Institute at West Point. The geographic political divisions in New Mexico have become so entrenched that both parties have just stopped trying in areas of the state where the other side has the advantage.
Of the 42 seats up for re-election in the state Senate this year, only 15 will be decided in the general election. Democrats will claim 17 seats, and Republicans will win 10 without posting a yard sign, shaking a hand, making a campaign promise or kissing a baby. Ramon Padilla, board chairman of the NM Environmental Law Center, discusses their upcoming open house and the issues the center has been working on.
Ross Marks, local filmmaker and executive director of the Las Cruces International Film Festival and Andrew Jara, film liaison for Film Las Cruces discuss the upcoming festival and local filmmaking.
Jozee Zuniga, Jonathan Juarez and Tim Davis discuss their upcoming presentation as part of the NMSU Cambios Climate Change Series.
Today, Peter Goodman joins us for a conversation with Brian Lottman, a self-described wandering monk. Brian shares his personal experience deciding in 2012 to wander and search for the soul. Brian speaks of letting go of everything he once committed to, and how his focus on spreading spiritual energy for the past 10 years has influenced his life. He addresses his disciplined practices of breathing, meditation, and recitation of mantras. He suggests that everything is pure consciousness. The exploration touches on Christ Consciousness, God, and the distinctions between "doing" and "being". He gives attention to some of the parallels and differences between religions that seem to share common intentions of spirituality.
Brian Lottman www.stirtheheart.com www.facebook.com/satsangwithbrianlottman www.youtube.com/@brianlottman |
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