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 Host Lisa Lucca and her guest author/performer Carrie Classon talk about thriving in midlife and beyond! Carrie is the author of Blue Yarn, and her one-woman show I've Waited My Whole Life to Be Middle Aged was recently launched at the Santa Fe playhouse. Her column The Postscript runs in 170 newspapers across the country.
Walt Rubel reviewed the week's top news stories plus he reported on what happened during the latest city council and county commissioner's meetings. His featured interview this week is NM Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte and their main topic is the state's new hemp program.
 Lynn Moorer discussed with retired police detective J. R. “Randy” Lonsway his gripping book of fiction, A Conspiracy of Evil, whose hero, Joe Guerrero, a human trafficking detective, experiences a hellish descent as he searches for his kidnapped daughter in the El Paso-Juarez area. During his search, this anguished father discovers betrayal by a colleague and heroism by a fearless Mexican freelance reporter.
 On the September 25, 2019 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel hosted a forum of the Las Cruces School Board District 4 candidates: Johana Bencomo, Robert Palacio, and Antoinette Reyes.
Nan Rubin visited with Madibuseng "Anna" Ejindo-Wright, who despite apartheid, was able to leave South Africa at 19 to study nursing in London. She retired after a 30-year career as a lecturer in nursing, and used her pension to purchase a plot of land near Cape Town. There she has had success cultivating hot chile peppers, and she stopped in Las Cruces to meet with the Chile Pepper Institute to improve her crop.
Walt Rubel reviewed the week's top news stories plus he reported on what happened during the latest city council, county commissioner's and school board meetings. His featured interview this week is Doña Ana County Commissioner Shannon Reynolds, who responds to some of the criticisms of the PACE program he proposed.
 Lisa Lucca talks with her guest Mark Mathias talk about the benefits of a thriving community.
On the September 18, 2019 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, hosts Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel talked to the candidates for the Las Cruces School Board District 2: Tessa Stuve, Philip VanVeen, Jack L. Valencia, Jr., and Jason D. Estrada.
Stuart Kelter interviews NMSU professor, Jennifer Noonan about the philosophy of religion.
 Join host Lisa Lucca and her guest Felicia from Ruby Sun in Las Cruces as they talk about how we can care for ourselves inside and out to live healthier lives!
Walt Rubel reviewed the week's top news stories plus he reported on what happened during the latest city council, county commissioner's and school board meetings. On this week's featured interview, he talked with Jeff Steinborn about Monuments to Main Street.
 Retired New Mexico State University professor Charles H. Harris, III, returned to the show to chat with Lynn Moorer about his latest book written with Louis R. Sadler, The Texas Rangers in Transition: From Gunfighters to Criminal Investigators 1921-1935, which traces the development of this state investigative and law enforcement agency with broad police powers and possessing a special mystique in Texas. He described Texas during this period: violent and racist; experiencing a stupendous boom in oil production and phenomenal production of booze; where a self-defense claim got most gunslingers off; and where the Democratic Party reigned supreme with a string of governors that included Miriam A. “Ma” Ferguson.
 In the second hour of the September 11, 2019 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, hosts Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel talked to the candidates for the Las Cruces City Council District 1: Kasandra Gandara and Shelly A. Nichols-Shaw.
 In the first hour of the September 11, 2019 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, hosts Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel talked to the candidates for the Las Cruces School Board District 5: Edward Frank, Carol Lynn Cooper, Gloria J. Martinez and Maria G. Pacheco.
It's fall! The Mesilla Valley Maze will be opening soon! Anna Lyles, the maze's owner, was Nan Rubin's guest on the September 10, 2019 edition of Cafe Con Leche to talk about the history of the maze and upcoming activities. The maze design this year is an Apollo astronaut!
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