Greg is pleased to welcome Jim Rodgers and welcome back Mary Diesel to talk about projects they’ve been working on and to share about the photography exhibition, “Evocations, Stories and Dreams,” coming up in December. Jim is one of the three photographers in the exhibition which will also include Barbara Houghton and Alicia Savery. Dori McKay and Mary also have ceramics to be seen in the gallery.
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Prolific poet and retired English Professor, Joseph Somoza, joins us for a conversation about how our choices of words and language shape our perceptions of reality. We get to hear Joseph read some of his works aloud and explore the internal and external influence and impact of our word choices. We touch on the effects of applying meaning to words, with or without precision and accuracy. We look at how our individual ideas and feelings about reality sometimes reflect a common understanding, and sometimes a conflict, often driven largely by our word choices. Always a delight to speak with Joseph Somoza.
Stuart Kelter interviews author and environmental activist, Richard Munson, who has served as senior director of the Environmental Defense Fund, and senior vice president at Recycled Energy Development. He has been a coordinator for the Northeast-Midwest Institute and Congressional and Senate Coalitions and several other environmental organizations, including bipartisan caucuses that conduct policy research and draft legislation on issues pertaining to agriculture, economic development, energy, the environment, and manufacturing. Munson has received numerous public-service awards and, has served on several boards of environmental organizations and a Public Library. His has written biographies of scientists, including Tesla: Inventor of the Modern and Cousteau: The Captain and His World. He has also written Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food, From Edison to Enron, and Cardinals of Capitol Hill, which traces the machinations of congressional appropriators who control government spending. We’ll be talking about his most recent book, Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist.
Walt and Nancy speak with Bill Wight, public affairs manager for the Bureau of Land Management, about a proposed land swap with the state and other activities of the local BLM.
Walt and Nancy speak with investigative reporter Noah Raess of Searchlight New Mexico about his recent series of stories alleging corruption and conflicts of interest by the board that regulates horse racing in New Mexico.
Walt and Nancy speak with Norm Guam, a former director of the Interstate Stream Commission, about his opposition to the governor’s plan to desalinate water from the Permian Basin.
Greg’s guest were Martha Rodriguez and Paul Mach of Las Esperanzas. Las Esperanzas recently celebrated milestones for the organization and for Las Cruces. Other Topics will include historic preservation in the original town site of Las Cruces and activities happening with Klein Park.
 Today's guest, John Cullen, explores elements of the body, mind, and spirit that affect people with Parkinson's Disease. His book Unbreakable: Surviving Adversity chronicles John's personal experience with Parkinson's. In his very moving documentary entitled It's Just Parkinson's (IJP) we get an up close and personal view of John's life and his battle with this disease.
The phrase and attitude "It's Just Parkinson's" is Mr. Cullen's way of putting Parkinson's into perspective as he diligently works to maximize quality of life for himself and others. We hear from John's good friend Ivan Suarez, and from John Mylius, (Cullen's uncle) who's an advocate for our own local Parkinson's groups. Cullen's informative, inspiring and motivating conversation can serve each of us in dealing with adversity of all kinds. Gamblers who sit down at a casino blackjack table know the odds are slightly tilted against them, but expect the game to be fair. Gamblers who bet on horse races can’t have that same expectation.
While other sports have been touched by gambling scandals (the Black Sox of 1919 or an NBA referee caught betting on games in 2007), in horse racing gambling scandals are endemic. |
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