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Wake up, check your phone, catch up with the news. Rinse. Repeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news cycle in 2025 has been a firehose of broken glass \u2014 even more so than in years past. So, for this week\u2019s episode of New Mexico in Focus, we decided to catch our breath and take a step away from the torrent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We did that by revisiting some previously aired stories that remain important today: a pharmacy desert in Albuquerque’s international district that still sits dry; a University of New Mexico study on microplastics in the human brain that\u2019s getting more eyeballs since we first told viewers about it, thanks to the New York Times;<\/em><\/a> a conversation we had marking four years since the Covid-19 pandemic began in New Mexico about the lasting impacts the virus has had on our physical and mental health \u2014 as the state passes the five-year anniversary; and an effort to save a rare Spanish dialect in Northern New Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to make sure we kept the show at least a little bit newsy, we began this episode with a review of the recently signed state budget a handful of bills that made it through the Legislature, but not into state law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll be back next week with some new interviews and analysis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Jeff Proctor, Executive Producer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n