Travis Brown of the Southern New Mexico State Fair and Rodeo, previews the annual celebration, which will be held from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 at the fairgrounds.
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Nicole Martinez of the Community of Hope talked about Tents to Rents, a fundraiser that has been taking place each year since 2016 to help people move from tents at Camp Hope to homes or apartments.
Poet Rose Alcala discussed some of the works she will be presenting as part of a local writers series on September 24.
Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Peter Goodman discuss the case of Faviola Rodriguez, or Baby Favi, a 2-year-old who was killed in Sept. 2018. Evidence against her alleged killer was thrown out because of missed deadlines in turning it over to defense attorneys. The case is now before the state Supreme Court.
I remember an old poster from my college days that asked, “What if they gave a war and nobody came?”
That’s kind of what happened Saturday in Washington, D.C. Capitol Police who survived the battle on Jan. 6 were prepared for a second round. But this time nobody came. Most of us probably have no idea of what it means to be a court interpreter, we likely think that just having a mastery of two languages is good enough. A few weeks ago, Nan Rubin had the opportunity to speak with Cynthia Herber, who is relatively new to Las Cruces. She came here to be an official Spanish language Court Interpreter for the Federal courts in the District in New Mexico. Cynthia explained in detail what it means to have this responsibility and how important it is for people who don't speak English to have fair access to our court system.
In today's program, guest Bob Diven opens a dialogue about "Not Knowing". In these times, in our liminal space, we may all be questioning what we thought we knew, what we think we know now, and what we realize that we just simply don't know. The conversation touches on the aspects of "Not Knowing" that influence us as individuals, as a community, as a society.
 Lisa Lucca talks with Jeff Arch, author of Attachments, and screenwriter of many films, including Sleepless in Seattle, one of the top romantic comedies of all time, in a conversation about telling stories, making movies, and believing in magic.
Stuart Kelter interviews Dr. Philip Powell, a research fellow at the University of Sheffield in London, who studies a universal emotion that has only recently become the object of empirical investigation -- disgust -- exploring how it affects on decision-making, psychological functioning, and well being. He is a contributor to and co-editor, with Nathan Consedine, of the Handbook of Disgust Research, the first ever compilation of disgust researchers, to be published in October, 2021. An alternative title for this interview: Disgust Discussed.
Rev. Xolani Kacela is his own guest for this episode of Take On Faith. During the show, he discusses some of the challenges churches faced and still face during the pandemic. Kacela explores the struggles to build on-line community, fear, anxiety, and ways to practice reconciliation in the midst of great divisions facing us all.
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