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52 Episodes 2023 - 2024
Episode 1
Fri, Jul 7, 2023
Jeff Proctor interviews with the new executive editor at the Albuquerque Journal, Patrick Ethridge. A panel of local journalists chats with NMiF Host Gene Grant about the successes, shortcomings and challenges facing small-town news publications. Jeff Proctor talks with Albuquerque City Council President Pat Davis. Gene closes out the show with a final panel with three newsroom leaders.
Episode 2
Fri, Jul 14, 2023
Interview with the new executive editor at the Albuquerque Journal, Patrick Ethridge. Gene Grant sits down with three non-journalists to get their perspective on the news media in our state. Jeff Proctor talks with Albuquerque City Council President Pat Davis. Gene Grant catches up with two prominent Black journalists in New Mexico to learn more about their contributions to the state's news.
Episode 3
Fri, Jul 14, 2023
Gene Grant speaks with Lonna Thompson from America's Public Television Stations about the rollout off a new broadcast format designed to supports 4K, HDR, Dolby Atmos audio, and even interactive apps over the air, without a cable or streaming subscription.
Episode 4
Fri, Jul 21, 2023
Gene Grant discusses the recent $485 million jury award on behalf of an 8-year-old girl. Follow the criminal case against former UNM athletic director Paul Krebs. A recent ruling could set the stage for changes to political redistricting. Filmmakers Karen Coates and Jerry Redfern explain how cluster bombs work and why they're so dangerous.
Episode 5
Fri, Jul 28, 2023
After the release of the film Oppenheimer, Gene Grant asks the panel about the legacies of nuclear testing in New Mexico and whether the film should have included an examination of the devastating impacts of the scientists' work here. Recent acquittal of former University of New Mexico athletic director Paul Krebs. Conversation about the escalation of the ongoing film actors' and writers' strike.
Episode 6
Fri, Aug 4, 2023
New report from the U.S. Forest Service that shows they were responsible for starting last year's Cerro Pelado Fire. Activist groups call to prioritize residential and drinking water. UNM Hospital is one week into a new partnership with the Metropolitan Detention Center. Water attorney Adrian Oglesby helps explain the proposed plan for water allocation between New Mexico, Texas and Colorado.
Episode 7
Fri, Aug 11, 2023
Gene's thoughtful and balanced approach to issues of the day made NMiF go-to watching for a generation of viewers. This week, we look back at the highlights of Gene's career here, while making sure to assess the impact of his nearly two decades of work. To make Gene's final show extra special, we assembled a group of people who've been around the show, and Gene, for years.
Episode 8
Fri, Aug 18, 2023
Learn about a pilot program aimed at reducing student expulsions. Antonia Gonzales speaks with Navajo anti-nuclear activist Leona Morgan to discuss how the state's history of uranium mining and nuclear testing has caused irreparable damage to Indigenous communities across New Mexico. Finally, Jeff Proctor and senior producer Lou DiVizio talk about the future of NMiF as the show moves forward.
Episode 9
Fri, Aug 25, 2023
This year, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 40-year license for a private company, Holtec International, to build a facility between Hobbs and Carlsbad that would store nuclear waste from power plants the company is decommissioning in states from New Jersey to California. We hear from John Heaton, Sen. Jeff Steinborn and Dr. Myrriah Gómez.
Episode 10
Fri, Sep 1, 2023
U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez speaks with correspondent Russell Contreras in his first interview on NMPBS. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with Sophia Genovese from the NM Immigrant Law Center to talk about a new complaint alleging human rights abuses at the Torrance County Detention Facility. The on-going work of correspondents Gwyneth Doland, Russell Contreras and Antonia Gonzales.
Episode 11
Fri, Sep 8, 2023
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we remember Gov. Bill Richardson, who died last week. Our Land's Laura Paskus spoke with New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Director Hannah Riseley-White. Mike Loftin, CEO of Homewise Inc., breaks down a proposal on the ballot for Santa Fe voters this fall that would tax homes over $1M.
Episode 12
Fri, Sep 15, 2023
We address Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's executive order attempting to ban guns in public in Bernalillo County for 30 days. According to a July report from a nonprofit advocacy group, only five of 14 hospitals in New Mexico are compliant with a federal rule regarding price transparency. For more on their study, Lou DiVizio sits down with Patient Rights Advocate CEO Cynthia Fisher.
Episode 13
Fri, Sep 22, 2023
Southwestern Regional Forester Michiko Martin, Santa Fe National Forest Supervisor Shaun Sanchez, and Santa Fe National Forest Fuels Program Manager Dennis Carril talk about the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon and Cerro Pelado fires, prescribed burn protocols, and the future of fire and forest management in a warming world. Educators talk about new expansions in the creative approaches within STEAM.
Episode 14
Fri, Sep 29, 2023
In partnership with New Mexico In Depth, Executive Director Trip Jennings asks Torrez about his intention to take over litigation in the Yazzie-Martinez case. Then, Jennings discusses a recent announcement from the attorney general that his office will investigate reported disproportionately harsh discipline at Gallup-McKinley County Schools.
Episode 15
Fri, Oct 6, 2023
KUNM reporter and first-time In Focus correspondent Nash Jones sits down with a special roundtable to discuss why government agencies continue to struggle with hiring and retaining employees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. New Mexico in Focus correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with two indigenous community leaders about the shooting and the violent history surrounding colonial monuments.
Episode 16
Fri, Oct 13, 2023
Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with two attorneys who are suing the City of Albuquerque on behalf of several unhoused clients. The lawsuit accuses the city of violating the Fourth and Eighth Amendments and due process protections for unhoused people. Learn about Rebecca Clarren's new book about her ancestors lives in America. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 15 into law.
Episode 17
Fri, Oct 20, 2023
Lou DiVizio speaks with Public Education Secretary Dr. Arsenio Romero about the state's position on Attorney General Raúl Torrez's desire to take over litigation in the Yazzie-Martinez case. KUNM's Megan Kamerick hosts a roundtable to talk about what the state is doing for chronic absenteeism. Jeff Proctor speaks with two school counselors about how hurdles have impacted their mental health.
Episode 18
Fri, Oct 27, 2023
Jeff Proctor facilitates an in-depth, two-part conversation about police shootings in NM. Police have shot 357 people statewide over the last 10 years. The Daily Lobo broke a story documenting UNM's violations of a federal transparency law. Our Land's Laura Paskus visited the Gila River, including a stretch that would have been changed forever if New Mexico had built on a controversial diversion.
Episode 19
Fri, Nov 3, 2023
Executive Producer Jeff Proctor interviews ABQ City Council President Pat Davis about delays in council's handling of citizen oversight for APD. President of New Mexico Water Advocates, Norman Gaume, talks about the 2023 Water Security Planning Act. Dr. Timothy Nelson talks about his new book about Blackdom. New 24-hour kiosks in Santa Fe providing access to free menstrual products.
Episode 20
Fri, Nov 10, 2023
Jeff Proctor chats with Santa Fe Reporter Editor and Publisher Julie Ann Grimm about the capital city's 2023 election results. New Mexico is grappling with a shortage of medical professionals, especially nurses. The 1970s were a time of change in New Mexico's newsrooms. We mark this weekend's Veteran's Day with a special segment on the dedication of the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Episode 21
Fri, Nov 17, 2023
Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with Matthew Reisen and Dianne Layden about a recent indictment alleging a multi-state machine gun scheme. Laura Paskus talks with Eric Jantz about bills passed for a South Valley community to protect itself from pollution. Laura also discusses the City of Albuquerque's Zero Fares Pilot Program and transit equality with members of Together for Brothers.
Episode 22
Fri, Nov 24, 2023
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's decides to quietly shut down the state's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force. Antonia Gonzales speaks with Deb Haaland about her work and asks her to respond to activists who say the federal government isn't doing enough to protect the Greater Chaco landscape. Albuquerque libraries are celebrating Native American Heritage Month.
Episode 23
Fri, Dec 1, 2023
New Mexico United CEO and President Peter Trevisani stops by our studio for a one-on-one interview. The state Public Education Department wants to expand school calendars, increasing the number of instructional days required for students statewide. New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp talks about her new book and a project that brings "epic poetry" to communities across the state.
Episode 24
Fri, Dec 8, 2023
Lauren Villagran of USA Today and Omar Ornelas of the El Paso Times, speak about their investigation into a spike in migrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border. The NM Supreme Court handed Republicans a defeat when the justices ruled that the state's redrawn congressional map was constitutional. The lasting impact of a historic mining town and the two mining disasters that made headlines.
Episode 25
Fri, Dec 15, 2023
U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez's first interview on NMPBS. Lou DiVizio speaks with two attorneys who are suing the city of Albuquerque on behalf of several unhoused clients. Michelle Otero talks about the process of writing as an act of healing. Antonia Gonzales visits the director of Free Flow New Mexico. Lastly, we show our appreciation for one of New Mexico's greatest natural gems.
Episode 26
Fri, Dec 22, 2023
We take you back to September and U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez's first interview on NMPBS. Jeff Proctor speaks with school counselors about the unique hurdles students are confronting. "The Legacy Project" is a new archival endeavor from the National Hispanic Cultural Center to preserve a dying Spanish dialect. Consider what lessons the Upper Gila River holds for the future.
Episode 27
Fri, Dec 29, 2023
Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus hosts a three-part roundtable conversation with U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Regional Forester Michiko Martin, Santa Fe National Forest Supervisor Shaun Sanchez, and Santa Fe National Forest Fuels Program Manager Dennis Carril. Our chief correspondents, Gwyneth Doland, Russell Contreras and Antonia Gonzales gathered for a conversation about their work.
Episode 28
Thu, Jan 4, 2024
Discover Rebecca Clarren's new book "The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance." Albuquerque Museum's new temporary exhibit "News for the People." We discuss Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's decision to quietly shut down the state's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force. Laura Paskus explores the legalities of water rights along NM's many rivers.
Episode 29
Fri, Jan 12, 2024
Panelists provide more context about Legislature's decades of failures to address our nation-leading alcohol-related death rate. Neighbors oppose the new stadium for the New Mexico United professional soccer team. New Mexico's Parks Division has missed a series of deadlines and must forfeit millions of dollars in federal funding intended for outdoor recreation projects for the last three years.
Episode 30
Fri, Jan 19, 2024
Correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with two journalists for three discussions as the group previews this year's 30-day session. During the first segment, we examine key moments during the governor's State of the State address, including her reaction to protesters who interrupted her speech. Finally, we wrap up the studio discussions with a look at Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's proposals.
Episode 31
Fri, Jan 26, 2024
This week, we interview BernCo DA Sam Bregman about his decision to dismiss more than 150 DWI cases in the public wake of the FBI investigation of APD. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with Democratic leaders at the Roundhouse. Our Land's Laura Paskus hosts a special roundtable about a lawsuit that claims the state has violated residents' constitutional rights to a clean environment.
Episode 32
Fri, Feb 2, 2024
This week, we speak with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about the ongoing legislative session. The governor, District Attorney Sam Bregman and Sen. Peter Wirth speak on a pretrial detention bill. Reporters Elise Kaplan of City Desk ABQ and the Albuquerque Journal's Matt Reisen update us on the ongoing FBI investigation of APD. Our Land's Laura Paskus previews her environmental coverage for 2024.
Episode 33
Fri, Feb 9, 2024
This week, we speak to Democratic state representatives Andrea Romero, G. Andrés Romero and Sen. Benny Shendo Jr., about alternative energy and school graduation bills. Source New Mexico Editor Shaun Griswold and Republican former state representative Justine Fox-Young discuss the ongoing legislative session. A UNM neurologist tells us how her climate care program helps health care professionals.
Episode 34
Fri, Feb 16, 2024
This week, we recap New Mexico's 2024 legislative session with Shaun Griswold, editor of Source New Mexico, and Trip Jennings, executive director of New Mexico In Depth. Immigration attorney Sophia Genovese tells us why an asylum seekers' detention bill died in the Senate. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks legislators and advocates to grade this year's session in Santa Fe.
Episode 35
Fri, Feb 23, 2024
This week, we hear from an attorney and journalist about the ongoing and upcoming trials of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and actor/producer Alec Baldwin, each charged in the 2021 on-set deadly shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Albuquerque City Councilor Nichole Rogers tells us her District 6 priorities. A representative and a policy advocate speak on their affirmative consent bill.
Episode 36
Fri, Mar 1, 2024
This week, legal malpractice attorney and former state rep Daymon Ely tells us he tipped off federal agents about alleged corruption at the Albuquerque Police Department's DWI unit. New soccer stadium plans were sent back to Albuquerque's Environmental Planning Commission for review. A bill that would amend the state's Land and Conservation Fund is on the governor's desk.
Episode 37
Sun, Mar 3, 2024
This week, U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez speaks on the processes at play in the federal investigation into alleged corruption at the Albuquerque Police Department's DWI unit. We hear from two survivors of the Hermit's Peak/Calf-Canyon Fire who are still waiting on federal assistance. Laura Paskus takes us to Apache Creek for an inside look at the federal government's annual Mexican Wolf count.
Episode 38
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
This week, we speak to an economist and a food bank representative about how rising grocery prices are hurting New Mexicans. We ask U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez how the federal investigation into alleged corruption at the Albuquerque Police Department could impact the ongoing federally mandated reform effort. Two state forestry division heads look ahead to this year's fire season.
Episode 39
Fri, Mar 22, 2024
This week, we speak with a public health expert and one of the first New Mexicans diagnosed with COVID-19 as we break down how our handling of the coronavirus shaped the state's last four years. Reporter Danielle Prokop updates us on a decade-old Rio Grande water rights case now before the U.S. Supreme Court. And we dive into a UNM report examining working conditions for oil and gas workers.
Episode 40
Fri, Mar 29, 2024
This week, State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard stops by the studio and tells us why she chose to hold off on selling the state's most valuable oil and gas leases until officials lock in a higher royalty rate than the office is charging now. Former state senator Dede Feldman walks us through this fall's legislative elections as 19 seats in the Roundhouse are up for grabs.
Episode 41
Fri, Apr 5, 2024
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham tells Lou DiVizio why she wants to call a special session centered on public safety. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks UNM political science professor Timothy Krebs and ACLU-NM policy advocate Daniel Williams about the gov's plan and the politics of public safety in NM. Albuquerque Journal sportswriter Geoff Grammer looks back at the Lobo Men's basketball season.
Episode 42
Fri, Apr 12, 2024
This week, Our Land's Laura Paskus sits down with a special roundtable to discuss all things food - why it costs so much, why so much of it gets thrown away and the social justice issues associated with access. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with a museum curator and a photographer about their work on an oral history project that aims to gather memories from attendees of Woodstock.
Episode 43
Fri, Apr 19, 2024
This week, Our Land's Laura Paskus sits down with Arturo Sandoval, one of the organizers of the first Earth Day in 1970, to discuss the event and how it has since changed. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor talks to Melanie Majors, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, about new allegations of state transparency law violations against Bernalillo County commissioners.
Episode 44
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
This week, two journalists tell us how voters could reshape the state's Democratic party this summer. Both chairwomen of Albuquerque's Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Commission discuss the group's first year. UNM's Native American Studies Department celebrates 20 years. The new executive director of New Mexico Voices for Children tells us how she fights child poverty.
Episode 45
Fri, May 3, 2024
This week, KUNM News Director Megan Kamerick sits down for a two-part discussion on Daymon Ely's proposed plan to address homelessness in Albuquerque. 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. Homeless advocate and attorney Peter Cubra walks us through the constitutional rights of the unhoused.
Episode 46
Fri, May 10, 2024
Episode 47
Fri, May 17, 2024
Two Source New Mexico journalists dig into the loophole they found in a transparency law that leaves voters with more information about one candidate than the other in the big-money race for Bernalillo County district attorney. St. John's College-affiliated authors talk about the value of a liberal arts education. And Las Cruces-based Sarah Silva discusses her work as a community organizer.
Episode 48
Fri, May 24, 2024
If we treat landscapes and rivers with a sense of respect and reciprocity, what do we learn? And how do we then treat ecosystems and human communities differently? That's what we consider on this special episode of Our Land. Guests include Julia Bernal, Executive Director, Pueblo Action Alliance. Martha Cooper, Freshwater Director, The Nature Conservation. Joe Saenz, Chihe'ne (Warm Springs Apache). Lawrence A. Montoya, Former Governor, Pueblo of Santa Ana.
Episode 49
Fri, May 31, 2024
This week, 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. The widow of a smokejumper describes the challenges wildland firefighters and their families face. The Paper.'s Andy Lyman speaks with Don Schrader about his life and his hopes for the future of Albuquerque.
Episode 50
Fri, Jun 7, 2024
This week, we break down the numbers from this week's primary with Dr. Timothy Krebs, chair of UNM's Political Science Department. We ask U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján about his work trying to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to cover New Mexico. Documentarian Doug Fine talks about his film, "American Hemp Farmer" and tells us why New Mexico is uniquely positioned to benefit hemp farmers.
Episode 51
Fri, Jun 14, 2024
This week, a group of New Mexico Black community leaders and elders tell us about the importance of celebrating Juneteenth. City Councilor Nichole Rogers talks about the International District being labeled a "pharmacy desert" - and how she plans to address residents' pharmaceutical needs.
Episode 52
Fri, Jun 21, 2024
This week, Marshall Martinez of Equality New Mexico talks about celebrating Pride month and the current state of LGBTQ rights in the Southwest. Former superintendent Dr. Karen Sanchez-Griego speaks on improving public education. A UNM neurologist tells us how her climate care program helps health care professionals. We head to the annual Native Youth Olympics in Alaska.