Episodes
The State of Local Media in 2025
This week is our annual Fourth of July ‘State of Local Media’ special. Late last year, Jay Newton-Small stepped in to lead the Albuquerque Journal…
Read More...An ‘Indigenously Positive’ Special
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Indigenously Positive takes the spotlight with stories and perspectives from Native people and communities across the state. The…
Read More...New Head of ACLU of NM; No Kings Protest
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we sit down with Leon Howard, the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico to discuss…
Read More...Juneteenth and Pride in NM; IAIA Funds Threatened
This week on New Mexico in Focus, questions remain for Santa Fe’s Institute of the American Indian Arts as the school’s federal funding is threatened…
Read More...Fire Season in NM; Planting Seeds in a Burn Scar
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we dig into this year’s ongoing fire season. In 2022, the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burned more than…
Read More...Looking Ahead to a Post-DOJ APD
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we explore the future for the Albuquerque Police Department, now that an 11-year, federally mandated reform effort has…
Read More...Looking Back at APD Reform as Consent Decree Ends
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we explore what the end of federal oversight at the Albuquerque Police Department means for the city. …
Read More...AmeriCorps Axed; Shooting Survivor Sues Rio Arriba
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we turn our attention to federal cuts made to AmeriCorps, the government agency that’s trained generations of Americans…
Read More...Shaky NM Water Infrastructure; Power in Powwows
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews NMPBS General Manager Franz Joachim, who lays out the facts on what President Trump’s…
Read More...Civil Rights, Immigration in Trump’s Second Term
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Nash Jones makes their debut as host, and we examine civil rights and immigration in New Mexico during…
Read More...How Trump’s Cuts Hit NM; Remembering Pope Francis
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales sits down with three advocates from the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women about…
Read More...Gov. Signs State Budget; COVID Five Years Later
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we examine the state budget and some of the bills Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed. Most of this…
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