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Walt Rubel Commentary: Maybe I was wrong about Holtec

11/30/2023

The risk of talking to people who are much more knowledgeable on a particular topic is that it may require a re-evaluation of long-held beliefs.

Dr. James Conca accurately describes himself as one of the 10 experts in the world on nuclear waste disposal. He was director of the Environmental Monitoring and Research Center for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad from 2004 to 2010. WIPP is the nation’s only deep geologic site for nuclear waste storage.

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: KTAL Host Party

11/28/2023

Walt Rubel and Peter Goodman hosts a revolving party of other local KTAL radio show hosts. In connection to KTAL's Open House (3-6 on Sunday, 10 December), they chat with other hosts on KTAL about their shows, what they like about KTAL and about doing their radio shows, how they got here, etc. We hope to introduce some "Speak Up, Las Cruces!" listeners who may not have listened to other shows to the breadth and variety of those shows, which include a variety of types of music, other local discussion shows, poetry, how to maximize your potential by living the life you really mean to life, and hearing from the usually unheard. It's controlled chaos, with some folks on the phone and some in-studio, and discussions ranging from a few minutes to 15-20 minutes.

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: Talk the News (11/29/2023)

11/28/2023

Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Peter Goodman discuss items in the news, both local and national.

Live True: Secrets, Shame, and Adoption in the '60s with Laura Engel

11/27/2023

Lisa Lucca wraps up her National Adoption Month series with author Laura L. Engel about her memoir You'll Forget This Ever Happened based on her story of being forced to give up her son for adoption in 1967.

Think Again: Gill Sorg - Life - What is it?

11/27/2023

Gill Sorg, with a background in science, chemistry, biology, ecology, ranching, teaching, and government, joins us today with a wide array of considerations. The conversation touches on largely science focused questions about human and other biology, evolution, what constitutes "Life", the origins of life on earth, and the potential for life elsewhere. Climate change, microorganisms, antibiotics, pollution, plastics, personal and global equilibrium/homeostasis, history of the geology of the earth, species diversity, fragility, and artificial intelligence, all get a little attention in this exploration about "Life".

DELVING IN: Ecologist Carl Safina on his Relationship with an Owl

11/26/2023

Stuart Kelter interviews Carl Safina, a world-renowned ecologist and conservationist, award-winning writer and professor, political activist and visionary. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the MacArthur Genus Prize and National Science Foundation Fellowships. Audubon magazine named Carl Safina among its “100 Notable Conservationists of the 20th Century” and Utne Reader listed him among “25 Visionaries Changing the World." His lyrically inspirational writing has appeared in major newspapers and magazines and his many books include the NY Times best-seller, Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel. He hosted the PBS series Saving the Ocean and is founding president of the not-for-profit Safina Center. His most recent TED Talk received a million views in its first month. His latest book, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe is the subject of today’s interview.

Walt Rubel Commentary: Ads mocking the elderly aren’t funny

11/23/2023

I’ll be glad when the Medicare open enrollment period ends on Dec. 10, bringing a merciful pause to the flood of ageist television ads that saturate the airways each year at this time.

The worst are produced for a business called Medicare Advantage Advisors, and feature a gray-haired woman with oversized glasses named Martha who, we are told, “is a bit cranky” because she heard that the open enrollment period had started.

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: Paul Gessing - Rio Grande Foundation

11/21/2023

Daisy and Walt speak with Paul Gessing, president of the Rio Grande Foundation and frequent Sun-News columnist, on his group’s opposition to an effort by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to ban the sale of most gas cars in New Mexico by 2032.

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: Dr. James Conca

11/21/2023

Walt and Daisy speak with Dr. James Conca, a trustee at Washington State University and former director of the monitoring and research center for the WIPP, an underground facility near Carlsbad where low-level nuclear waste is stored. He was a recent presenter for the Academy for Learning in Retirement’s October series on “Nuclear New Mexico.”

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: Walt and Daisy Talk the News (11/22/2023)

11/21/2023

Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Daisy Maldonado discuss items in the news, local and national.

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Walt Rubel Commentary: Maybe I was wrong about Holtec

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: KTAL Host Party

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: Talk the News (11/29/2023)

Live True: Secrets, Shame, and Adoption in the '60s with Laura Engel

Think Again: Gill Sorg - Life - What is it?

DELVING IN: Ecologist Carl Safina on his Relationship with an Owl

Walt Rubel Commentary: Ads mocking the elderly aren’t funny

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: Paul Gessing - Rio Grande Foundation

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: Dr. James Conca

Speak Up, Las Cruces!: Walt and Daisy Talk the News (11/22/2023)

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