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Poetry As a Way To ‘Build Empathy’

By Myah Wilmarth | December 4, 2024

12.6.24 – For New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp, poetry is a way to “build empathy.” In conversation with Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus,…

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Without Rights, NM’s Rivers Can Come Up Empty

By Myah Wilmarth | December 4, 2024

12.6.24 – In New Mexico, rivers lack rights to their own waters, which means that when dry times strike — or people are unwilling to…

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Living in Shelters and the Streets of ABQ

By Myah Wilmarth | December 4, 2024

12.6.24 – KUNM’s Megan Kamerick speaks with HopeWorks director James Freeman about his experience living on the streets of Albuquerque. Freeman also shares his thoughts…

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Immigrant Rights in NM Under a New Trump Administration

By Myah Wilmarth | December 4, 2024

12.6.24 – Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with Sophia Genovese, an attorney with the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center. Genovese tells us how advocates and…

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The 2024 Native Youth Olympics

By Myah Wilmarth | November 27, 2024

11.29.24 – Courtesy of the Koahnic Broadcasting Corporation, correspondent Antonia Gonzales takes us to the Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage, Alaska, where young athletes are…

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Twenty Years of UNM’s Native American Studies Department

By Myah Wilmarth | November 27, 2024

11.29.24 – Correspondent Antonia Gonzales looks back at 20 years of UNM’s Native American Studies Department with a professor and an alumna. They discuss the…

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Diné Architect Reimagines Columbus

By Myah Wilmarth | November 27, 2024

11.29.24 – Correspondent Antonia Gonzales sits down with the Diné architect leading a project in Ohio to replace colonialist monuments and tributes. Tamarah Begay oversees…

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What a Second Trump Term Means for NM’s Indigenous Communities

By Myah Wilmarth | November 27, 2024

11.29.24 – Senior producer Lou DiVizio and journalist Shaun Griswold consider what’s next for New Mexico’s Indigenous communities as the nation braces for a second…

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Rural Diabetes Care Improves With Project ECHO

By Myah Wilmarth | November 22, 2024

11.22.24 – Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks two doctors how the tele-mentoring program from Project ECHO is improving diabetes care in rural New Mexico.  Correspondent: Jeff…

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Public Safety, First Amendment Concerns for Second Trump Term

By Myah Wilmarth | November 22, 2024

11.22.24 – In the second of a two-part discussion, Jeff asks the legal and policy directors from the ACLU of New Mexico about their specific…

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‘Don’t Agonize. Organize’

By Myah Wilmarth | November 22, 2024

11.22.24 – Earlier this year, Arturo Sandoval, founding director of the Center of Southwest Culture, appeared on the show to talk about his role in…

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Guarding Civil Rights Protections as Trump Returns to White House

By Myah Wilmarth | November 22, 2024

11.22.24 – Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with the legal and policy directors from the ACLU of New Mexico about what a second Trump administration…