KUNM's Megan Kamerick interviews Emily Kaltenbach, the state's top official focused on aging, who tells us how officials are preparing financially for an expected boom in our elderly population. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Megan Kamerick Guest: Emily Kaltenbach, Secretary Designate, NM Aging and Long-Term Services Department…

Lou DiVizio opens the podcast with headlines from around the state including the resignation of the Bernalillo County Undersheriff in the ongoing federal DWI corruption investigation. Then, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with state representatives Nathan Small and Cathrynn Brown about the state budget as the 60-day legislative session…

According to the state Health Department, young people in New Mexico are subjected to the highest rates of adverse childhood experiences in the nation. These experiences, known as ACEs, can add up and have devastating effects on children. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio sits down with Dr. Evalyn Plumb, a clinical psychologist with UNM's Project ECHO, t…

Lou DiVizio introduces a conversation between KUNM's Megan Kamerick and Chip Conley, an expert on aging. Conley reframes what it means to grow old and contribute to society and explains what an expected boom in New Mexico's elderly population could mean for our state. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Megan Kamerick Guest: Chip Conley, Founder, Mode…

Lou DiVizio opens the podcast with some headlines from around the state including news of a public safety package passed by the state House of Representatives over the weekend. Then, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland catches us up on several high-profile health care bills introduced at the Roundhouse. She speaks with Fred Nathan from Think New …

KUNM's Megan Kamerick speaks with journalist and author Kyle Paoletta about multiculturalism in New Mexico and his new book, "American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest." Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Megan Kamerick Guest: Kyle Paoletta, Journalist and Author, “American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southw…

This week, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks state Democratic lawmakers about their efforts to protect undocumented immigrants from a Trump administration that's ramping up raids across the country. Then, Lou DiVizio speaks with Archbishop John Wester in response to President Trump's decision to roll back back immigration protections for s…

Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks longtime civil rights lawyer Peter Cubra and Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman where the two find common ground when considering the future of criminal justice in our state. First, Jeff asks what they would like to see accomplished at the Roundhouse during this year's legislative session. Then, Bre…

This week on New Mexico in Focus, politics correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to discuss her top agenda items during this year's legislative session. In the first half of their discussion, the governor is asked how she plans to shield state programs that might be put on the financial chopping block by President …

Source New Mexico's Danielle Prokop sits with Our Land's Laura Paskus to look back at Laura’s time as a reporter and senior producer at New Mexico PBS. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico Guest: Laura Paskus For More Information: Final issue of Our Land Weekly! – Our Land 'Our Land' host Laura Paskus to leave NMPBS –…

Lou DiVizio starts out the podcast with headlines from around New Mexico, including news of a plea deal in the federal investigation of alleged corruption in APD's DWI unit. Politics correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with former state senator Dede Feldman and former state representative Justine Fox-Young about Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s State …

Senior Producer Lou DiVizio interviews educator and Democratic state Rep. Andrés Romero about potential changes to federal education policy. Romero, who chairs the Legislative Education Study Committee, says he’s preparing for the possibility of cuts to Title I funding. Correspondent: Lou DiVizio Guest: G. Andrés Romero, (D) NM State Representative…

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham addresses the Legislature with her State of the State speech from the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. This is the Democratic governor's seventh annual address and her third since reelection.

Joshua Bowling, an investigative reporter at Searchlight New Mexico sits down with state Attorney General Raúl Torrez to talk about the lawsuit over a $1.9 million buyout for Western New Mexico University’s outgoing president, Joseph Shepard. Bowling broke the story of lavish spending and other possible misconduct at the school in 2023. This week, …

Lou DiVizio starts the podcast this week with headlines from around the state, including news New Mexico snowpacks are smaller than usual so far this year. Then, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews three journalists to preview the 2025 legislative session, which begins next week in Santa Fe. Trip Jennings, executive director of New Mex…

Lou DiVizio introduces the first podcast episode of 2025 with headlines from around the state. That includes a ruling from the State Supreme Court prohibiting counties and cities from restricting access to abortion. Then, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor interviews U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez during what will likely be his last days on the job a…

Lou DiVizio introduces an interview from Correspondent Antonia Gonzales as she interviews two New Mexicans about President Joe Biden's recent apology for Native American Boarding School Policies. Dr. Joannie Suina (Pueblo of Cochiti) from the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and Gerilyn Tolino (Diné), a descendent of boarding schoo…

Lou DiVizio introduces an interview between Executive Producer Jeff Proctor and Sophia Genovese, Managing Attorney at the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center. Genovese tells us how advocates and lawmakers are already working on new ways to push back against a second Trump administration and a president-elect who campaigned on the promise of “mass depor…

Lou DiVizio opens the show with headlines from around the state, including a new lawsuit filed against the state's Children Youth and Families Department by a current employee. That employee claims actions by a superior in the department led to the death of a child who had once been under state care. Then, Lou talks to journalist Shaun Griswold abo…

A study published in September shoes Project ECHO's online mentoring model effectively teaches rural healthcare providers how to better care for their patients. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with doctors Matthew Bouchonville and Tamara Singleton about how Project ECHO's new diabetes care courses are already changing the lives of rural New …

Earlier this year, Arturo Sandoval, founding director of the Center of Southwest Culture, appeared on the show to talk about his role in organizing the first Earth Day in 1970. Now he’s back, talking about how to protect the federal environment laws Congress passed in that era. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Laura Paskus Guest: Arturo Sandoval, F…

Lou DiVizio opens the podcast with headlines from around the state including news the city of Las Cruces will pay a $20M settlement in the deadly police shooting of an unarmed woman. After that, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with the legal and policy directors from the ACLU of New Mexico about what a second Trump administration could mean …

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez stops by the NMPBS studio to talk about her first year on the job and the work her agency is doing to increase connectivity across the country, including in New Mexico. Host: Lou DiVizio Guest: Anna Gomez, FCC Commissioner

Lou DiVizio introduces an interview between Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus and Executive Director of Pueblo Action Alliance Julia Bernal. The two talk about the many types of liberation Bernal's organization seeks for Indigenous people and everyone else. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Laura Paskus Guest: Julia Bernal, Executive Director, P…

Lou DiVizio opens up the podcast with headlines from around the state, many of which focus on the upcoming 60-day legislative session. Tonight, Nov. 18, Albuquerque City Council will meet to finalize its priorities heading into the session. You can watch that meeting live or after the fact here. Another topic on the agenda for lawmakers at the roun…

Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver sits down with Executive Producer Jeff Proctor to talk about the state’s first presidential election with same-day registration. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Jeff Proctor Guest: Maggie Toulouse Oliver, New Mexico Secretary of State

This week, a breakdown of this year’s general election results. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio goes over the state’s congressional contests with a special roundtable of politics experts. Then, Lou reviews the state’s many House and Senate races, before asking how New Mexico Democrats plan to provide statewide protections against a potential wave of co…

The republican candidate for Congressional District 3 talks a bit about her background in state politics and shares her perspective on climate change, immigration and in vitro fertilization. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland Guest: Sharon Clahchischilliage, (R) Candidate for U.S. Representative, NM District 3…

U.S. Rep. Gabriel Vasquez shares his vision for New Mexico’s southern-most congressional district. District 2 is the state’s most competitive congressional race with Vasquez taking on republican Yvette Herrell in a rematch from 2022. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Russell Contreras Guest: Gabriel Vasquez, (D) U.S. Representative, NM District 2…

Lou DiVizio introduces NMiF's interviews with each candidate for New Mexico's 1st Congressional District. Democratic incumbent Melanie Stansbury speaks with Gwyneth Doland about her work representing New Mexico’s first congressional district and her plans for another term. Then, republican candidate for Congressional District 1 explains why he thin…

Lou DiVizio introduces another 2024 Candidate Conversation, this week with U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez. Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks the congresswoman how her work in D.C. has addressed the unique economic needs of the communities she represents. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland Guest: Teresa Leger Fernandez, (D) U…

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we begin our 2024 election interviews with U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. Politics correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks about several top concerns for most New Mexico voters: crime in our state, immigration reform and security at our southern border. Gwyneth also asks Heinrich about his stance on abortion, his work…

Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with former New Mexico state senator Eric Griego and journalist Trip Jennings about money’s growing influence in our elections. Griego explains the impact the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as Citizens United has had on funding limits and oversight and the competitive realities of fundraising while running…

Lou DiVizio starts the show with some headlines from around the state including a federal judge's ruling that the federal government violated environmental regulations by approving nuclear pit production at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Then, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with a journalism professor and a criminal defense lawyer to co…

This week Lou DiVizio introduces two segments from Our Land's Laura Paskus. First, Laura sits down with a historian and a Santa Fe County Commissioner who oppose federal plans to build a new transmission line across the Caja del Rio to Los Alamos National Laboratory. Laura asks what harm this transmission line will cause to the area. Then, Laura ta…

Lou DiVizio opens the podcast with headlines from around the state. Then, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus interviews author Dan Flores. Flores is the author of more than a dozen books including Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History and most recently, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America. Flores was in A…

This week, Lou DiVizio explores the history of Labor Day and the state of labor in New Mexico in 2024. Lou sits down with University of New Mexico professor Dr. Jason Scott Smith as he explains the roots of the holiday and considers how Americans should measure economic success in our country. Then, Albuquerque-based labor lawyer Stephen Curtice ta…

In an extra podcast episode from New Mexico in Focus, we're looking ahead to this Friday’s 100th Zozobra in Santa Fe. Every year tens of thousands of New Mexicans gather in Fort Marcy Park to burn away their gloom – in the form of a 50-foot monster names Old Man Gloom. The event is put on each year by the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe led by event chair…

Lou DiVizio kicks off the podcast with headlines from around the state, including news New Mexico is failing to leverage Medicaid dollars for home visiting programs. Then, Whitney Holland, president of New Mexico's chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, is one of 45 delegates who attended this month's Democratic National Convention in Chic…

This week on the podcast, Lou DiVizio updates you on some statewide headlines including news Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will be speaking at the DNC in Chicago Tuesday night. Then, two advocates examine a recording that captures APD officers using racial slurs and violent language, taken moments after police shot and killed a 30-year-old man. Danie…

Lou DiVizio returns to the podcast with headlines from around the state, including news that 1-in-3 New Mexico counties is considered a "maternity care desert." Then, Lou speaks with three experts about the City of Albuquerque’s approach when dealing with a growing number of homeless people. Attorney Peter Cubra, Rachel Biggs from Health Care for t…

For seven years on NMPBS, “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present, and Future” has covered so many aspects of climate change: from the oil and gas industry’s greenhouse gas emissions to how human-caused warming affects our rivers, forests, and public health. In an all-new special, “Loving Our Changing Homelands,” Our Land Senior Produce…

Across the Navajo Nation, contaminated uranium mines have been polluting the air and water and making people sick for generations. As part of a plan to finally clean up more than a million cubic yards of contaminated uranium and radium waste at just one of those sites, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed relocating the waste to pr…

Lou DiVizio opens the podcast this week with headlines from around the state including how a Supreme Court decision on homeless encampments might impact New Mexico. Then, we look ahead to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's special session in July. You’ll hear from the Governor’s public safety advisor as we ask about the specific problems the administrat…

Lou opens the podcast with an update on the South Fork and Salt Wildfires burning in the Ruidoso area. For More Information: NM Fire Info National Interagency Fire Center Cooler temps and rain over weekend mean ‘minimal fire activity’ for teams battling NM fires - Source NM U.S. Supreme Court rejects NM and Texas deal on Rio Grande - Source NM Our …

Lou DiVizio opens the podcast this week with headlines from across the state, including news Santa Ana Pueblo is taking back 60,000 acres of ancestral lands. Then, Lou sits down with a group of leaders in New Mexico's Black community to ask about the importance of celebrating Juneteenth. In the first of three conversations, Senior Producer Lou DiVi…

This week on the podcast, Lou DiVizio updates the status of the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act which came to an end late last week. Then, Source New Mexico reporter Danielle Prokop asks U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., about his efforts to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to cover New Mexico. For context on the efforts to…

Lou DiVizio returns to the podcast with a breakdown of Tuesday's primary election in New Mexico. Then, Source New Mexico Editor Shaun Griswold speaks with state Indian Affairs Secretary Josett Monette about the cap removal at Farmington High that sparked local and national outrage. Monette shares her reaction to the viral video, the sacred signific…

On the podcast this week, Source New Mexico Editor Shaun Griswold hosts a two-part roundtable discussion on the pro-Palestine protests taking place at the University of New Mexico and college campuses around the nation. In the first half of their conversation, Shaun asks what legal rights students have to protest at the Duck Pond and at the Student…

On this week's podcast, KUNM News Director Megan Kamerick sits down for a two-part discussion on Daymon Ely’s proposed plan to address homelessness in Albuquerque. Then, James Freeman, a person who once lived on the streets of Albuquerque and is now a director at HopeWorks, gives his thoughts on the proposal. Plus, homeless advocate and attorney Pe…