Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Dan Lere discuss current events, both local and national.
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Most of our national holidays are a celebration of people and events that seem far removed. Labor Day is for us; the American worker. Our summers are bookended by three-day weekends. Memorial Day demands that we somberly remember those who died in war. Labor Day makes no demands.
But we should be aware of its history. Along with celebrating workers, the holiday also recognizes the contributions made by labor unions in response to the robber barons of the 19th century who amassed obscene levels of wealth at the expense of workers. Dr. Thorne joins us today with important clarification and information about ketamine. Originally designated as an anesthetic, it's been realized that administered in controlled therapeutic settings, ketamine can have remarkable value in the treatment of anxiety, depression, PTSD, pain, suicidal ideation, and addiction. The use of ketamine in therapeutic settings is legal. As the benefits are more apparent, more fully studied and understood, the use of ketamine in therapeutic settings is growing rapidly. Dr. Thorne gives us basic information about the process and what folks might expect.
 Lisa Lucca talks with social commentator and writer Adam Kaufman about his personal story, men & mental health, his Substack newsletter, and the 2023 summer of girl power.
DELVING IN: Dorothy Hodgson on the Intersection of Culture and Justice for the Maasai of Tanzania8/20/2023
Stuart Kelter interviews Dorothy L. Hodgson, the recently retired Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Previously she served as President of the African Studies Association, Chair and Graduate Director of the Department of Anthropology, and Director of the Institute for Research on Women, all at Rutgers University. She was also President of the Association for Feminist Anthropology and editor-in-chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia on African Women’s History. As a historical anthropologist, she worked in Tanzania, East Africa, for over thirty years on such topics as gender, ethnicity, and cultural politics; colonialism, nationalism, and the missionary encounter; and transnational organizing and the indigenous rights movement. She is the author of several books, and editor of others, about life and social structures in Africa, especially the Maasai in Tanzania. Her most recent book, Gender, Justice and the Problem of Culture: From Customary Law to Human Rights in Tanzania was published in 2017 and is the subject of today’s interview.
My last paying gig was covering the state Legislature for its 2021 session, which was conducted entirely over Zoom to protect lawmakers and staff from the COVID 19 virus. It didn’t go well.
The Roundhouse was closed to the public, and lawmakers were allowed to stay home and phone it in, via Zoom. My favorite moment was when an older legislator from a rural part of the state attempted to participate in a committee meeting from his car in the McDonalds parking lot because it was the only place he could find an Internet connection. He couldn’t figure out how to turn the camera around, so we all got to look at his dashboard as he attempted to make his points.  This week on Live True, I talk with author Melissa Giberson about her new book Late Bloomer: Finding My Authentic Self at Midlife and her journey of coming out after raising her family.
Peter and Daisy talk with Martha Rodriguez (President) and Paul Mach (Treasurer) of Las Esperanzas, Inc., the neighborhood group in the Mesquite Street Historic District. They discuss numerous group activities including Mis Memorias: Oral Histories of the Mesquite Street Historic District, the Weed and Seed Program, safety programs, and shaving a lane off Lohman (and Amador).
We discuss the J. Paul and Mary Daniels New Mexico Historical Monument, which officially opens on August 26, marking the birthday of our beloved J. Paul Taylor, who died earlier this year at 102. Peter and Daisy talk with Mary Helen Riatje, daughter of J. Paul and Mary, and with Alexandra McKinney, the state-employed supervisor and historian of the property. On Saturday, August 26th,10:00am-4:00pm, the public is invited to the Mesilla Plaza for activities and booths highlighting the history and culture of the Mesilla Valley.
Sommer Mitchell, communications coordinator for Success Partnership and Candace Cichuniec, program & operations coordinator for Ngage NM, join us to discuss Success Partnership, a local early childhood education initiative and their upcoming, Foundations 4 Success - Early Childhood Educator Conference and the 11th Annual Celebrity Karaoke Event in which Peter Goodman is guaranteed not to appear.
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