This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, editor Geoffrey Plant speaks with Sam Coffman, who —along with his wife, Suchil — founded the Herbal Medics Academy based in Taos Canyon. Coffman is a former U.S. Army Special Forces Medic, Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a licensed herbalist, and the training director for Taos Search and Rescue. Sam and Geoffrey talk about the founding and history of the Herbal Medics Academy, the courses offered an...
Jul 15, 2025•34 min
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, Tempo editor Lynne Robinson speaks with musician Michael Hearne about the Big Barn Dance. Hearne talks about the history of the Big Barn Dance, which is in its 23rd year. This year's festival will be held from Sept. 4-6 at Kit Carson Park. Lynne and Michael also discuss a special preview show being held in Santa Fe July 25, plus the lineup for the Barn Dance in September. For tickets, visit bigbarndance.com or co...
Jul 08, 2025•21 min•Season 2Ep. 29
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Anthony Mortillaro, Executive Director of the North Central Regional Transit District. Anthony discusses his history with the NCRTD and the district's new facility here in Taos. Plant and Mortillaro also talk about what it's like to be a Blue Bus driver, the My Blue app and future plans for increased services. For more information including job openings, visit NCRTD.org Subscribe ...
Jul 01, 2025•30 min•Season 2Ep. 28
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Luis Reyes, CEO of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative. Plant and Reyes discuss KCEC’s wildfire mitigation program and the challenges of undergrounding power lines. They also talk about the green hydrogen proposal in Questa, grid resiliency and how green hydrogen can help the greater community. Learn more about microgrids and green hydrogen from KCEC. Subscribe to the Taos News See om...
Jun 24, 2025•30 min•Season 2Ep. 27
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Emery Veilleux talks with Lou Schachter, investigative writer of True Crime Road Trip. Schachter was instrumental in locating two paintings that were stolen from the Harwood Museum in 1985 and recently returned to the museum. Lou also talks about what led him to start writing about historical true crime and what made him start exploring the intersection of true crime with travel writing. Read more of Sch...
Jun 17, 2025•32 min•Season 2Ep. 26
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . New episodes of Voices of Taos will now be released on Tuesdays starting June 17. Please enjoy this presentation of our most popular episode from Season 1. Join our Tempo arts magazine editor Lynne Robinson as she interviews Robert Mirabal about his most recent projects. Robert talks about his "agri-cultural" roots from Taos Pueblo, composing music for a new Hulu TV series, and staring in the film Road to Everywhere. He also shares about his...
Jun 14, 2025•25 min•Season 2Ep. 25
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, sports editor Blynn Beltran talks with local comedian Chad Riden. A Tennessee native, Riden moved to Taos, New Mexico, to pursue an off-the-grid lifestyle and continue his comedy career. Riden founded and hosts Taos Comedy, a non-profit that produces, promotes, and advises local comedians. He hosts comedy shows at The Burger Stand every Wednesday and is a touring comedian. Learn more at taoscomedy.com Or follow @...
Jun 07, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 24
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, Editor Geoffrey Plant speaks with David Elliot and Miles Bonny. David Elliot is a local emergency manager who works with several different organizations in Northern New Mexico and internationally, including volunteer groups active in disasters, the Town of Taos, Holy Cross Medical Center and UNM-Taos. Miles Bonny is the director of Taos Alive, an outreach program that focuses on youth substance prevention. He als...
May 31, 2025•28 min•Season 2Ep. 23
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on "Voices of Taos," join Editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Martin Jagers, president of the Carson House and Museum board of directors. Jagers discusses frontiersman Kit Carson's legacy in the broader narrative of Western colonization, as well as details about the life he led in Taos with his wife, Josefa. Rather than a collection of artifacts, "History is a story," Jagers said. Carson's story particularly is complex and often...
May 24, 2025•26 min•Season 2Ep. 22
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on "Voices of Taos," join Editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Genevieve Oswald, Taos town councilor and chair of the Kit Carson Park Renaming Committee. Oswald discusses the origins of the initiative to rename Taos' central green space, its progress so far, and its goals to float potential names by the end of the year. Plant and Oswald both discuss the mixed reactions to the initiative from the public, who are concerned alternat...
May 17, 2025•28 min•Season 2Ep. 21
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . On this episode of Voices of Taos, reporter Olivia Lewis speaks with Amy Long, board president of Stray Hearts Animal Shelter. Amy talks about the challenges that the shelter is facing, how they are working with the Town of Taos and what is being done to help Stray Hearts to continue to provide services to the community. She also talks about improvements that are needed at the shelter, as well as her previous work in Texas pairing students w...
May 10, 2025•27 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, sports editor Blynn Beltran talks with Hafid Valencia, former head coach for the THS varsity boys soccer team. Valencia is a Taos native who played soccer for the Taos Youth Soccer League and played all five years of soccer at Taos High. The former Tigers soccer coach talks about his last four seasons and why he left the position. He also discusses his experience as a rising coach in 2021, breaking into the playo...
May 03, 2025•24 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . On this episode of Voices of Taos, Sports Editor Blynn Beltran talks to School of Baseball's Abe Balsamo and Hargis James. School of Baseball is a non-profit organization that teaches local kids and teens the basics of America's favorite pastime. They also discuss their upbringing in Taos, how the organization caters to hundreds of kids a week, and their involvement with the alumni game against the Tigers baseball team. Follow the School of ...
Apr 26, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 18
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, Tempo editor Lynne Robinson talks with Jonathan Slator, former film commissioner and location scout. Slator discusses his background as a location scout in the U.S. and overseas, as well as the history of filmmaking in Taos and the surrounding areas. He also talks about the possibility of reviving a film office in Taos and how it could help boost and diversify the local economy. Read more about the potential film...
Apr 19, 2025•28 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, join reporter Olivia Lewis as she talks with Adam Medina, sous chef at Ranchos Plaza Grill and instructor for the Taos High School Culinary Arts team. The Taos High School Culinary and Management Teams both placed first at this year's New Mexico ProStart Invitational, and will be traveling to the National ProStart Invitational in Baltimore, Maryland, to be held May 2–4. Medina discusses how the students prepare f...
Apr 12, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 16
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, join Editor John Miller as he talks with Rick Romancito, former Tempo editor, fine artist and former actor. Romancito tells stories of his career as a young actor starring alongside John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn in "Rooster Cogburn," as well as both the glamour and difficulties of making it as an actor. Miller discusses the recent growth of the industry in New Mexico, and Romancito shares how New Mexico's diver...
Apr 05, 2025•21 min•Season 2Ep. 15
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, join Copy Editor and Reporter Emery Veilleux as she talks with Nan Fischer, lifelong grower, founder of the Taos Seed Exchange and author of "A Monthly Guide to Growing a Sensational Garden in Northern New Mexico and the Rocky Mountains." Fischer discusses growing food in Northern New Mexico, from difficult environmental conditions to well-suited plants to best practices for conserving water. As Taos comes out of ...
Mar 29, 2025•25 min•Season 2Ep. 14
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, Sports Editor Blynn Beltran talks with Taos Cheer coach Lisa Abeyta-Valerio and Taos Cheer captains Alexis Etzel and Amadea Gallegos. Beltran and Taos Cheer talk about the team's preparations for the 2025 Cheerleading State Championship, which Taos Cheer has won four years in a row. Abeyta-Valerio discusses her training methods as a coach, and Etzel and Gallegos reflect on team dynamics and leadership, and offer a...
Mar 22, 2025•14 min•Season 2Ep. 13
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, Deputy Editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Eric Odell, Wolf Conservation Program Manager at Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Eric and Geoffrey talk about how the program to re-introduce the gray wolf to Colorado came to be. They also discuss details of the plan, including what happens when wolves migrate to other territories. Eric also explains what measures have been taken to minimize conflict between wolves, ranchers a...
Mar 15, 2025•27 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, Tempo editor Lynne Robinson speaks with author, editor and creativity coach Allegra Huston. Allegra co-founded the Imaginative Storm writing method with Jim Navé, as well as the co-author of the book and online course “Write What You Don’t Know.” She discusses the free Writing Prompt of the Week workshops that are held on Thursdays and Saturdays via Zoom. Allegra also talks about how tight time constraints, readin...
Mar 08, 2025•24 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos join Sports Editor Blynn Beltran as he talks with Taos High School boys basketball head coach Hernando Chavez. Coach Chavez sits down with Beltran before the Tiger's first game for the 4A state basketball tournament. Taos has to beat Pojoaque High School on Saturday, March 8th, or they won’t make it to the quarter finals at The Pit in Albuquerque. Chavez speaks to his team’s strengths and their strategy for this fi...
Mar 07, 2025•22 min•Season 2Ep. 10
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos join producer Laura Martin Baseman as she talks with J.R. Logan, Taos County Forest and Watershed Health Program Manager. Logan shares how his experience at the Taos News and the LOR Foundation laid the groundwork for his current role managing natural resources through contracts with Taos Soil and Water Conservation District and Taos County. One of the projects Logan helps coordinate is the Forest Mayordomo Program...
Mar 01, 2025•43 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, join Copy Editor and Reporter Emery Veilleux as she talks with Keith King, mortgage broker and president of King Mortgage and board member for Taos Municipal Schools. King discusses the founding of Black History Month and his experience as an African-American in Taos. Veilleux and King also discuss the importance of engaging with varied perspectives, as well as the complexity of celebrating Black History Month as ...
Feb 22, 2025•21 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, join Deputy Editor Geoffrey Plant as we talks with Jonah Reynolds, founder of Pangea Biotecture. Reynolds shares a proposal for a new development on the 330-acre Tarleton Ranch called the 'Pangea Community.' Unlike the TREV development, which failed to get approved by the Taos County Commission in 2024, Reynolds believes his project is a better fit for Taos' environment and values. Reynolds lays out the developmen...
Feb 15, 2025•30 min•Season 2Ep. 7
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. Trigger warning: This episode mentions suicide. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, please call or text the free Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. This week on "Voices of Taos," join Editor John Miller as he talks with Taos County Sheriff Steve Miera. Miera discusses his journey into law enforcement and his commitment to serving the Taos community, regardless of immigration status and despite recent developments in fede...
Feb 08, 2025•24 min•Season 2Ep. 6
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos join Sports Editor Blynn Beltran as he talks with Taos High's Athletic Director and Football Coach, Johnny Olguin. Olguin says not much has changed in the 30 years since he left Taos but he's glad to be back and to help Taos athletes train to be their best selves. Olguin talks about his experience working at California State University, Fresno, and Texas Southern University and how that has prepared him to be the ...
Feb 01, 2025•26 min•Season 2Ep. 5
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on "Voices of Taos," join copy editor and reporter Emery Veilleux as she talks with Galen Gisler, a member of the New Mexico DarkSky State Council. New Mexico DarkSky, which is a chapter of DarkSky International, will advocate during the 2025 legislative session to revamp the 1999 Night Sky Protection Act. Gisler shares with Veilleux why updating the act is essential for preserving NM’s night skies, especially because the older law...
Jan 25, 2025•27 min•Season 2Ep. 4
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . "Passive solar is the technology of the history of all life forms. But its not sexy these days." - Steve Kenin This week on Voices of Taos join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with solar pioneer Steve Kenin. Kenin shares how he became interested in solar energy in the 1970s when he moved to New Mexico from Philadelphia. During this time he started a passive solar company, Solar Resources Inc. The company created kits for homeowne...
Jan 18, 2025•27 min•Season 2Ep. 3
This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos join reporter Olivia Lewis as she talks with Delinda VanneBrightyn, president and K9 unit leader of Taos Search and Rescue (SAR-Taos). Delinda has been involved with SAR-Taos for twenty-years. She shares with Olivia how her love of dogs and the outdoors made the organization the perfect fit for her. Delinda speaks to how search and rescue dogs' training differs from regular pet training. She even brought in her SA...
Jan 11, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Join Taos News' Tempo editor Lynne Robinson as she chats with Taos Pueblo artist Jonathan Warm Day Coming. Jonathan talks about his upcoming exhibition of new and old work at the Fechin House. Recently Jonathan has been enjoying drawing on ledger paper, a new medium for him. Lynne and Jonathan also talk about his mother, artist Eva Mirabal, and how she influenced his artistic interests. Jonathan talks about some of the books he has worked on, including a biography of his mother that he co-wrote ...
Jan 04, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 1
