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On this edition of Speak Up Las Cruces, co-hosts Peter Goodman and Shirley Baca talked to guests:
A few years ago I was scammed by callers claiming to offer a great deal on my satellite TV service. I felt bad about losing the money, but felt worse about being duped.
It’s a human reaction. All of us like to think we’re too savvy to be taken in, and it stings the pride to admit it when we’re not. Guest host Greg Smith talked about the 50th Anniversary Renaissance ArtsFaire with his guests Jim Vorenberg, Linda Moore, and Randy Granger. It will occur on the 6th and 7th of November this year and this year theme is "Bridging Cultures," as it looks at both the Renaissance in Europe and the arts and culture on this side of the Atlantic. It will be back in Young Park again where it has been so many times in the past.
On today's Think Again program, host Randy Harris shares an unscripted, spontaneous conversation with his son Mick Harris - a post-pandemic, millennial professional from residing now in the Pacific Northwest.
The younger Mr. Harris shares candid views on post-pandemic reconnecting with others, how we relate to media/news/politics/religion, our personal and collective relationships to pressing social and environmental issues, and the internal and external responsibilities we face as we move further into the 21st Century - and more. Dr. Matthew Welsh founded the Spiritual Media Blog, which hosts interviews and resources for readers and communities. He joined host Rev. Xolani Kacela for a lively conversation, sharing his story of leaving his law career, earning a Ph.D. in psychology, and going into practice. He also sees patients at the Veteran Affairs Center in Indianapolis. Importantly, the interview covered how mental health and spirituality merge. Surprisingly, Matt Welsh revealed half of his blog’s content is targeted to people seeking resources for a better life. Most of his guests practice non-traditional spirituality. Dr. Welsh shared how writing his novel helped him deal with important life issues and discover his purpose.
Las Cruces Bulletin Publisher Richard Coltharp and journalist Elva Österreich talk about the Virgin Galactic Space Flight that happened at Spaceport America this week in Las Cruces.
On this edition of Speak Up Las Cruces, co-hosts Peter Goodman and Shirley Baca talked to guests:
There are no free lunches. If you don’t work, you don’t eat. Everybody has to pitch in and carry their weight. These aphorisms from my youth, passed on by my parents and others from their generation who survived the Great Depression during their childhood, pop into my mind each time I hear about a new government plan to give people free money.
Stuart Kelter interviews Dr. Ken Hammond, a professor of East Asian and global history at NMSU since 1994, who lived in Beijing from 1982 to 1987 prior to completing his PhD at Harvard in 1994. He subsequently joined the history faculty of NMSU, specializing in East Asian history, particularly 16th century China. From 2007 to 2015 he was co-director of the Confucius Institute at NMSU. Long interested in human rights and protest movements, he was a leader in the Students for a Democratic Society at Kent State University from 1967 to 1970. Today’s interview will focus on the historical context for recent events in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
 Lisa Lucca talks with Story Summit Writer's School directors Amy Ferris and Debra Engle about the programs they offer writers of every genre, the community they have created, and the Her Spirit retreat for women that is coming to New Mexico in October 2021.
Think Again host Randy Harris welcomes Shahid Mustafa, owner operator of Taylorhood Farms and creator of "Rise Ohm Metaphysics". The conversation touches on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), small scale urban farming, the history of black agricultural innovators and farmers in America, and the philosophy and practices of "regenerative agriculture". Regenerative agriculture does more than regenerate and enhance the soil. It also enhances the quality of the foods we eat and regenerates awareness of our capacity to "Do for Self" and recognizes our interdependence in our neighborhoods, our culture, and our society at large.
Dr. Larry Bell practices as an ordained Buddhist teacher and ordained Christian minister. He completed his Buddhist studies with the Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village in France. He authored the book America's Racial Karma, which is published by Parallax Press in 2020. During this Take On Faith episode, Dr. Ward and host Xolani Kacela discussed subjects covered in his book. They explored Ward's experience of race while teaching in China and Africa. Ward discussed the importance of being in the body. He shared what it means to be African American and Buddhist. His research covers the beginning of racism. Also, the show explored his meditative and prayer life and the reflective work covered in the book.
The conversation covered how spiritual practices can heal the racial divide in America. Host and guest explored neuroscience, trauma, embodied spirituality, and how history and truth impact human identity and emotions.  Retired attorney and former ecologist, journal editor, professor, speechwriter, and park ranger Dennis McCarthy chatted with Lynn Moorer about his debut novel about “the most famous outlaw in the world,” The Gospel According to Billy the Kid. McCarthy explains how he chose to divide Billy’s persona into at least two characters—one who is killed by Pat Garrett at the end of the Lincoln County War and one who survives, escapes west, assumes a new identity, and recounts his adventures thirty-three years later in an El Paso bar to a former U.S. Army scout who happens to be the brother of a monk who helped Billy recover from dire illness. In McCarthy’s tale, Billy grows up from being a good-hearted, hot-headed kid to a good-hearted, level-headed adult who eventually looks up Pat Garrett to ask him, among several things, about how he came up with so many untruths in his book, The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, which McCarthy characterizes as “a book of fiction.”
Allen Downs discussed the recent NM Public Regulation Commission ruling in the rate case filed by El Paso Electric.
NM Meteorologist Dave DuBois discussed the summer heat wave, which saw record temperatures in Las Cruces last month and highs of 115 degrees in Portland, Oregon.
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