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34 Episodes 2025 - 2026
Episode 1
Fri, Jul 4, 2025
This week is our annual Fourth of July 'State of Local Media' special. We'll meet the new leaders of New Mexico's largest newspaper and public radio station. We ask a publisher for 9 local outlets about the challenges his company has encountered. We meet the 505omatic news collective. Staff from small public radio stations talk about the looming federal funding cuts.
Episode 2
Fri, Jul 11, 2025
This week, we break down a handful of new state laws. Two reporters who have covered the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department break down the new changes for the department. Two advocates and a medical expert talk about the state's medical psilocybin program. Three officials from the Higher Education Department tell us about the new loan forgiveness and scholarship programs.
Episode 3
Fri, Jul 18, 2025
This week, we discuss key changes coming with President Trump's tax and spending bill. A Republican state senator praises the bill and urges state leaders to fill funding gaps. An environmental attorney talks oil and gas deregulation. Downwinders are now covered in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. We visit a local farm to learn about the significance of Indigenous food sovereignty.
Episode 4
Fri, Jul 25, 2025
This week, two local opinion columnists debate federal funding cuts for public broadcasting. We hear from residents and officials in Ruidoso just days after deadly flooding hit the area. We head to the location of the world's first nuclear explosion, as a new sign recognizes the bomb's human toll, 80 years later. Archbishop John C. Wester talks about nuclear proliferation.
Episode 5
Fri, Aug 1, 2025
This week, we look at immigration in New Mexico. A volunteer group meets with asylum seekers locked inside a private prison in Cibola County. A state senator and former DACA recipient tells us how her experience informs her work. An Albuquerque city councilor calls for the city to cooperate with ICE. Community leaders working for and alongside immigrants who live and work here speak out.
Episode 6
Fri, Aug 8, 2025
This week, we focus on two pressing issues in our state: housing and pollution. A state official and the Sierra Club break down recent climate change decisions from Trump's Environmental Protection Agency. An investigative reporter discusses her new book on forever chemicals. Two local nonprofit leaders tell us how a Trump executive order will restrict housing access.
Episode 7
Fri, Aug 15, 2025
This week, we head to Mescalero, where state public education officials got feedback on their failures to educate vulnerable students. NM Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez talks immigration and Trump administration changes. Indigenously Positive highlights a nonprofit that helps Native entrepreneurs. A journalist discusses her new book on Indigenous land rights in Hawai'i.
Episode 8
Fri, Aug 22, 2025
This week, NM Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez talks about President Trump's multi-billion-dollar cuts to Medicaid. A former state senator and an expert on the state's finances dissect how these changes will hurt New Mexico's rural health care system. The state Environment secretary is asked about his department's sudden embrace of expanding the use of oil and gas wastewater.
Episode 9
Fri, Aug 29, 2025
This week, we hear from a state legislator who stepped down from the New Mexico Redistricting Task Force, citing Republican gerrymandering in other states. Three remaining task force members respond to those resignations. We visit the water-starved Rio Grande in Albuquerque and the Elephant Butte Reservoir. Lt. Gov. Howie Morales stops by the studio as his time in Santa Fe winds down.
Episode 10
Fri, Sep 5, 2025
This week, we ask Albuquerque mayoral candidates Daniel Chavez and Eddie Varela about crime, housing and Albuquerque's sanctuary city status. A former city councilor talks about the barriers political candidates like them face in accessing public financing. Also, David Abbey discusses his decades-long work crafting the state's budget and his new book, "Forty Years in the New Mexico Roundhouse."
Episode 11
Fri, Sep 12, 2025
This week, we return to Albuquerque's mayoral election with two interviews: incumbent Tim Keller and former New Mexico U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez. Reporter Cailley Chella takes us to Santa Fe, where she spoke with three of the city's eight candidates vying for the mayor's office in the City Different. County Clerk Katharine Clark explains Santa Fe's ranked-choice voting system.
Episode 12
Fri, Sep 19, 2025
This week, we conclude our series of interviews with candidates for Albuquerque mayor with political newcomer Mayling Armijo and City Councilor Louie Sanchez. Then, Host Nash Jones chats with New Mexico State Fair patrons and vendors about Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's idea to move the fair from its longtime home and gets an update on that proposal. And our Indigenously Positive series returns.
Episode 13
Fri, Sep 26, 2025
This week, we speak with the state Health Department's chief medical officer to clear up confusion around COVID vaccine access after changes from federal health agencies. Two Albuquerque Journal reporters explain the massive artificial intelligence data center coming to Southern New Mexico. We explore the statewide uptick in suicides last year - and lift up suggestions for community care.
Episode 14
Fri, Oct 3, 2025
This week, we report from the special legislative session at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, where lawmakers quickly passed a series of funding and other bills meant to shore up health care, public media and COVID vaccine access in the wake of massive cuts from the Trump administration. We also sit down with a Santa Fe mayoral candidate to hear her pitch for the job.
Episode 15
Fri, Oct 10, 2025
This week, we feature an exclusive interview with Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who reflects on what state government accomplished - and what it didn't - during the recently concluded special legislative session. Lujan Grisham also looks ahead to the 30-day, regular session that begins in January. Plus, we sit down with two top-tier candidates in the Santa Fe mayor's race.
Episode 16
Fri, Oct 17, 2025
This week, we conclude our coverage of the race for Santa Fe mayor. As early voting ramps up, Host Nash Jones gets to know two of the top-tier candidates running to replace outgoing two-term Mayor Alan Webber: City Councilor Michael Garcia and County Commissioner Justin Greene. Plus, we revisit a 2022 fatal police shooting that could help shape police accountability in the state going forward.
Episode 17
Fri, Oct 24, 2025
This week, Host Nash Jones sits down with a journalism icon they've long admired: Amy Goodman. The longtime host and executive producer of Democracy Now. was in Santa Fe for an event and spoke with Nash about the possibilities for journalism as a force for positive change. Plus, we spotlight the New Mexico Sexual Assault Helpline's first anniversary, and Indigenously Positive returns to the show.
Episode 18
Fri, Oct 31, 2025
This week, we head to the Cibola National Forest to show you how the almost entirely volunteer-driven New Mexico Search and Rescue shifts from the frenetic hours of looking for a live subject to the search for clues months later. Reporter Cailley Chella digs into how an online rumor about McCall's Pumpkin Farm got started, then spread. And we conclude our Albuquerque mayoral election coverage.
Episode 19
Fri, Nov 7, 2025
This week, we tackle the results from a jam-packed local Election Day - with a primary focus on Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Host Nash Jones assembles a team of journalists from KUNM, the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Daily Lobo to join longtime political analyst Eric Griego in breaking down who won, who lost and what comes next. Plus, Nash chats with former NMiF host Gene Grant about his new job.
Episode 20
Fri, Nov 14, 2025
This week, U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., talks about the end of the nation's longest-ever government shutdown. State lawmakers race to the Roundhouse for a just-in-case special session to preserve SNAP benefits for New Mexicans. We catch up with the latest plans to redevelop the state fairgrounds, and we hear from the state engineer about the 50-year water plan.
Episode 23
Fri, Dec 5, 2025
This week, we look ahead to next week's runoff elections in Albuquerque. We break down some key policy differences between Mayor Tim Keller and his opponent, Darren White. Reporter Mary Hudetz reveals how the federal Indian Health Service is censoring doctors on vaccine messaging. The state broadband director describes internet expansion efforts.
Episode 24
Fri, Dec 12, 2025
This week, we sit down with two former city councilors to explore Tim Keller's successful run for an unprecedented third consecutive term as Albuquerque mayor. We'll also hear from Bernalillo County Assessor Damian Lara about his changing approach to property valuations. And reporter Cailley Chella takes us to Chaco Canyon, where long-sought protections for the sacred site are hanging by a thread.
Episode 25
Fri, Dec 19, 2025
This week, two environmental experts tell us why they are pushing state officials to invest more heavily in river restoration. The University of New Mexico's football coach, Jason Eck, has secured a lucrative contract extension. A first-of-its-kind mapping project tracks where local news outlets are and are not in New Mexico. A group of student documentarians explore veganism in Mexican cuisine.
Episode 26
Fri, Dec 26, 2025
This week, we take you out of the studio for a look at our favorite field pieces of the year. We head back to the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar to witness replanting efforts, to meet survivors of the floods in Ruidoso, to learn about search and rescue missions in the Cibola National Forest, to hear calls for educational equity in Mescalero and to the creation of a medical mushroom program.
Episode 27
Fri, Jan 2, 2026
This week, we revisit big headlines from 2025. We break down the mayoral elections in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Federal oversight of the Albuquerque Police Department ends. A volunteer group meets with asylum seekers locked inside a private prison. Federal funding is cut for public broadcasting. A new sign placed at the site of the world's first nuclear explosion recognizes the bomb's human toll.
Episode 28
Fri, Jan 9, 2026
This week, we check in on newly enacted state and federal laws and spending. State House Speaker Javier Martínez previews the upcoming legislative session. Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller begins his third consecutive term. New Mexicans reflect on the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6. A reporter and a blogger discuss our state's brewery scene following the closure of Bosque Brewing.
Episode 29
Fri, Jan 16, 2026
This week, three seasoned statehouse reporters look ahead to the upcoming legislative session. Oil and gas reporter Jerry Redfern previews his coverage of the fossil fuel industry at the Roundhouse. House Speaker Javier Martinez updates a few bills lawmakers passed last year and how they're faring today. We lay out the long list of candidates who have filed to run for governor.
Episode 30
Fri, Jan 23, 2026
This week, we head to Santa Fe for the start of this year's 30-day legislative session. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham gave her final State of the State address. Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth and Republican Sen. Nicole Tobiassen share their legislative priorities. Reporter Jerry Redfern interviews the head of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association.
Episode 31
Fri, Jan 30, 2026
Episode 32
Fri, Feb 6, 2026
This week, we hear from supporters, including Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, and opponents of a proposed change to the state's medical malpractice laws. A payout to a FEMA director is questioned. A district attorney threatens to arrest federal immigration officers. An elected official and education specialist describe the state's "structured literacy" program. Activists take pilgrimage to Santa Fe.
Episode 33
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
This week, Senate Finance Committee members talk to us about the state budget. Two experts let us know about a grant program that helps improve soil conditions across the state. State officials work to take charge of water quality as the Trump administration guts the Clean Water Act. The local Sierra Club director talks about the failed Clear Horizons Act.
Episode 34
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
This week, we head to Santa Fe as the regular 30-day legislative session comes to a close. A panel of experts breaks down what did and didn't happen at the Roundhouse. Democratic and Republican House leaders talk partisan politics in New Mexico. We see a day in the life of a young mother, highlighting what the state's newly funded universal child care program could mean for parents like her.
Episode 35
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
This week, state Sen. Mimi Stewart reflects on why her climate bill failed. A new study finds a disproportionate number of Black women are victims of homicide. City Councilor Nichole Rogers speaks about the National Guard's Albuquerque assignment. Indigenously Positive returns with a look at a school science program that teaches through Native practices and traditions.
Episode 36
Fri, Mar 6, 2026
This week, Albuquerque City Council President Klarissa Peña and Bernalillo County Commission Chair Adriann Barboa discuss key issues affecting the state's largest metro, and what city-county collaboration could look like. State Rep. Andrea Romero, chair of the newly created Epstein Truth Commission, explains her goals - and now to accomplish them.