Lisa Lucca talks with Verna, the owner of the Las Cruces mystical shop Indigo Mermaid, about all things mystical and the opening of her new second location in Mesilla.
 Lisa Lucca talks with Las Cruces, NM artist, Paul Maxwell, about shifting from engineering to art, capturing the beauty of New Mexico, Europe, and Asia in different mediums.
While mental illness isn’t a crime, it’s also not a permission slip to excuse crimes.
Yet that’s what happens in New Mexico once a defendant has been found by the court to be mentally incompetent to stand trial. It’s a “Get Out of Jail Free” card for future crimes. That freedom from accountability has allowed a small number of offenders to act with increasing brazenness against both property owners and police. Longtime local journalist Mike Cook will discuss his lengthy career covering the people and events of Las Cruces.
Gabrielle Uballez, the new executive director for New Mexico Voices for Children, will discuss their efforts to improve the lives of youth and families in New Mexico.
Las Cruces Schools Superintendent, Ignacio Ruiz, will discuss his first year leading LCPS. He began on Aug. 1, 2023. This will be a continuation of a discussion on education started last week that included School Board member Ed Frank and local school advocates.
Randy Harris and Jack Turney explore some aspects of poetry. From considerations of the power of words carefully chosen, to how language is so integral to our communications, our emotions, our thinking, and the shaping of our ideas of reality. The conversation touches on different types of poetry, different authors, and different cultural ideas about poetry across time.
No piece of legislation in the last decade has had as much impact on the New Mexico Legislature as House Bill 51 in 2019, cosponsored by Rep. Joanne Ferrary of Las Cruces. It would have removed an old law still on the books criminalizing abortion that dated back to 1969, and was made unenforceable by the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
HB 51 passed 40-29 in the House, but was defeated 18-24 in the Senate, which at that time was much older and more conservative. Democrats Mary Kay Papen, John Arthur Smith, Pete Campos, Carlos Cisneros, Richard Martinez, Gabriel Ramos, George Munoz and Clemente Sanchez all voted against it. We discuss New Mexico early education with the following local educators:
The show is broken into segments, in each of which we ask one guest to summarize his or her view of how to improve New Mexico education, after which the others may comment or ask questions regarding that summary. Lisa Margonelli, author of national bestseller, Oil on the Brain: Petroleum’s Long Strange Trip to Your Tank, and Senior Editor at Issues in Science and Technology, will discuss her work with us ahead of a reading at Milton Hall on NMSU’s campus, Friday the 19th. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Wired, Slate’s Future Tense, Pacific Standard, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications.
Today we delight in the company of Joseph Somoza, retired NMSU English Professor and local poet. Joseph tells us a little bit about himself, his writing processes, language, and his thoughts and feelings about life, death, and gratitude. He treats us to readings of multi-dimensional and thought-provoking selections from his newest book of poetry "The Moment of Your Life". His books are available at COAS Books in downtown Las Cruces NM, Mesilla Book Center in Mesilla NM, and from online booksellers. Grandma Moses Press will be hosting a reading/book release celebration for "The Moment of Your Life" at The Center For Spiritual Living - Downtown Las Cruces - Sunday, April 28th - 3:00 to 5:00 pm.   Lisa Lucca talks with Chicago artist, Rosemary Fanti, about her path to becoming an artist, and her work painting live at events, elegantly capturing the beauty of a first dance - like this one at Pat & Tatiana Zaleski's wedding - along with other special occasions, pets, and families.
Stuart Kelter interviews Olivia Campbell, a journalist, essayist, and author focusing on the intersections of medicine, women, history, and nature. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, and many other major publications. She is the author of the 2021 NY Times bestseller, Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine, which is the subject of today’s interview.
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