This week on Voices of Taos, join producer Laura Martin Baseman as she chats with Scott Overpeck, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the NOAA/National Weather Service in Albuquerque, NM. Scott shares his lifelong fascination with weather and his journey to becoming a meteorologist. The conversation explores winter weather trends, including how La Niña patterns affect Taos and Northern NM, bringing drier conditions to the region. Scott also discusses his role in helping local governments ...
Dec 28, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Join Taos News Editor John Miller and Assistant Editor Geoffrey Plant as they look back on some of the biggest stories in Taos and Northern NM from 2024. John and Geoffrey talk about the Lady Panther's state basketball title, the Tarleton Ranch Eco-Village, the FBI finding two stolen paintings from the Harwood Museum, and much more. For an extended look at the top stories, quotes, blotter entries, and photographs from 2024 be sure to pick up our end-of-year edition on Thursday (Dec. 27th). See o...
Dec 21, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 58
This week on Voices of Taos we are sharing an episode from Conversations Different, a podcast by our sister paper the Santa Fe New Mexican. Picuris Pueblo is among the most rural and smallest tribes in Northern New Mexico. Nestled in the high mountains between Taos and Española, the pueblo of about 300 residents has struggled to find long-term economic development and opportunities to sustain its community. Picuris Pueblo Governor Craig Quanchello and author Daniel Gibson join "Conversations Dif...
Dec 14, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 57
This week on Voices of Taos join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Bryanna Baker, a victim of medical malpractice, and Cid Lopez, Baker's lawyer and a specialist in malpractice claims. During the interview, Baker shares her story of being pregnant and having a heart attack when she was 24 years old in 2006. Sadly she was misdiagnosed at two medical facilities in Northern New Mexico before she received adequate care. By the time doctors figured out what was wrong, she had suffered ...
Dec 07, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 56
This week on Voices of Taos, producer Laura Martin Baseman sits down with Robert Nott who was a reporter with the Santa Fe New Mexican for over 25 years. Although he is currently the communications director for the New Mexico Department of Health, Robert returns to his old stomping grounds to share what he learned researching the Santa Fe New Mexican's history. The daily paper turned 175 years old on November 24th. Robert shares some of the treasures he uncovered, including the murder of a fortu...
Nov 30, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Join Assistant Editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Bernie Ellis, a Peñasco cannabis grower who gave away his crop this year instead of accepting the low price retailers offered him. Ellis believes federal cannabis prohibition is why he and other growers aren't fairly compensated for their pot. A former career public health epidemiologist who helped launch the nation's first state-level substance use disorder research program in New Mexico in the 1990s, Ellis discusses his underground weed-gro...
Nov 23, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Troy Clark, president of the New Mexico Hospital Association. Troy explains how medical malpractice insurance caps have continued to rise since 2001, making it challenging for doctors to get coverage. Caps for individual providers are currently set for at $750,000 per claim. Hospitals caps will rise from $5.5 million in 2025 to $6 million in 2026. But this is just the beginning of what prevents NM from being a destination for medical practiti...
Nov 16, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 53
This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Dr. Colin Nicholls, professor at UNM-Taos. Laura and Colin discuss General Obligation Bond 3, which passed on November 5th and allocates 1.5 million dollars to the UNM-Taos Space STEM Center. This will help pay for the Cielo Centro Observatory that Colin has been actively working on. The observatory will house a thirty-six-inch diameter telescope, making it the largest publicly accessible telescope in the region. Colin tells us ho...
Nov 09, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 52
This week on Voices of Taos, Taos News intern Angelina Burns Diaz interviews Rocket Holmes and Ari Kolman from Taos High on whether or not they plan to vote in the 2024 general election. The three eighteen year-olds discuss how little they know about local political races and their frustration with the presidential candidates not sharing enough about their polices on TikTok and other social media. They also discuss how schools could help educate students about elections and also help them regist...
Nov 02, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 51
This week on Voices of Taos, producer Laura Martin Baseman sits down with Taos News Editor John Miller to talk about the paper's editorial section and why the paper continues to print political endorsements. John and Laura discuss how important it is that newspapers stay as unbiased as possible in their reporting but also how newspapers can use their opinions for good in an editorial section. They discuss the differences between the Taos News editorial board and the editorial board at its sister...
Oct 26, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 50
This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Marilyn Farrow, an organizer of St. James Episcopal's Empty Bowls fundraiser. Marylin shares with Laura how the fundraiser came to be nineteen years ago and how it helps fund the Food Pantry all year long. Currently St. James' Food Pantry donates approximately 1,500 bags of food a week to Taoseños in need. Empty Bowls takes place on Saturday Oct. 19th at St. James from 11am - 2pm. The $25 tickets can be purchased online or at the ...
Oct 19, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 49
This week on Voices of Taos, producer Laura Martin Baseman gives listeners an inside look at the Taos News' biggest event of the year, Tradiciones. This annual event celebrates nine Unsung Heroes in the greater Taos Community and one Citizen of the Year. First Laura chats with Publisher Chris Baker on how the event came to be. The second part of the episode is brief interviews with the honorees of 2024 at the event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 12, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 48
This week on Voices of Taos join Taos News' Tempo editor Lynne Robinson as she chats with Bill Shapiro, former editor-in-chief of LIFE magazine and Moriah Stanton, owner of MoMo. MoMo's Taos location has just opened a photo show titled 'In the Time of Spirits' that was curated by Bill. During the podcast, Moriah and Bill share how they came to collaborate on the show and why they believe Taos is such an excellent venue for these photos. The show features five artist from five different countries...
Oct 05, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 47
This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Joe Barry, owner of Taos Wools and organizer of the Taos Wools Festival. Joe shares with Laura how he discovered a love of yarn dyeing during the pandemic when he was trying to spend as much time with his young daughter as possible. He uses acid dye recipes that he inherited from Weaving Southwest and Rachel Brown. With the move of the Mountain and Valley Wool Festival to Santa Fe, Joe created the Taos Wools Festival which occurs ...
Sep 28, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 46
This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Taos County Extension Agent Will Jaremko-Wright. Will became Taos' extension agent in the summer of 2023 after being an educator at Highlands University in Las Vegas, NM. He shares with Laura how a backpacking trip when he was fifteen to Wheeler Peak inspired him to seek a career outdoors. "On the final assent above the lake I ran into a Forest Service Biologist who was up there above tree line with a butterfly net." Will says in ...
Sep 21, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 45
This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Santero Nicholas Herrera on his upcoming exhibition at the Harwood Museum of Art, 'Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero.' Herrera shares how he discovered as a young boy that he liked to carve and how he taught himself to be a Santero. He was particularly inspired after seeing a photo of a bulto of La Muerte in the Denver Art Museum's collection that was made by his great uncle, José Inéz Herrera. "Right away man I was like now I kno...
Sep 14, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 44
This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Donna Karr, director of Taos Feral Feline and Friends, to discuss their free clinic for Taos pets. The Taos Feral Feline and Friends Spay/Neuter Clinic is approaching its 1000th free spay/neuter surgery since opening in May. Donna discusses her concern with the growing expense of pet care, especially essential procedures like vaccinations and spay/neuter surgeries. The clinic helps Taos county residents access these procedures for...
Sep 07, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Join Taos News Editor John Miller as he talks with Shhor and miles Bonny about their most recent album, "Letters from the Desert". The Music couple share how they met and how having a family together has changed the way they create music. Shhor and Miles also discuss ways the music industry has changed since they began their careers, how it's become more difficult to make a living and how they've focused on the community aspects of the art. "We care about music as life and a broader sense - as t...
Aug 31, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Taos Land Trust's new executive director Darien Fernandez. Geoffrey and Darien talk about conservation easements and the diverse ways they help protect Taos' landscapes. One example Darien uses is how the conservation easement of Rio Fernando Park has helped preserve a riparian area in the center of Taos. "As part of buying that property, a plan was put in place for how agriculture could be brought back and how the acequia running through tha...
Aug 24, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Join Taos News intern Angelina Burns Diaz as she interviews her new principal at Taos High, Emy Martinez-DeHerrera. Emy shares why she decided to apply for the principal job and how coming from a family of Taos educators makes her qualified to lead the high school forward. Angelina asks Emy to talk about how cellphones and vapes can have a negative affect on teen learning environments. Emy also talks about Taos High's second year of Flex Fridays and how its helping students gain skills outside o...
Aug 17, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Join us this week as producer Laura Martin Baseman talks with Gemma Ra'Star, organizer of the International Horseback Archery World Cup Qualifier in Taos. Athletes from Canada, Brazil and the U.S. are expected to be at this event, which will feature three sources: Kassai, Serial Shot—3 Targets, and Qabak. The tournament starts 4:30 p.m. Friday (Aug. 9) and ends 8 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 11). Gemma shares with Laura how she got into horseback archery and how healing working with horses can be. "The har...
Aug 10, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Join us this week as producer Laura Martin Baseman talks with Rodeo de Taos Captain Ron Salazar. Ron shares how he fell in love with Rodeo at a young age and why he tries to get young kids excited about the events. "I tell the parents, we'll help you babysit on Saturday and Sunday, just bring your kids!" Ron also talks about all the hard work that goes into Rodeo de Taos, the second biggest New Mexico Rodeo Association event in the state. All the organizers are volunteers who are passionate abou...
Aug 03, 2024•17 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Join Taos News' Tempo editor Lynne Robinson as she chats with Chris Brochu on his recent portrayal of Dennis Hopper in the Apple TV show “The Big Cigar”. Brochu shares how he prepared for the role by reading one of Hopper’s favorite poems, If by Rudyard Kipling. Brochu also tells Lynne how he came to Taos. “It’s the most home I've ever felt anywhere and I’ve moved around a lot,” he says in the interview. Brochu and Lynne also discuss their hopes for the continued revival of Taos’ acting communit...
Jul 27, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Trigger Warning: This episode is about suicide. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, please call or text the free Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Join Taos News Editor John Miller as he talks with teens Angela Burns Diaz and Carlos Miller about suicide and mental health in Taos. Angie is an incoming senior at Taos High School who is working on a film documentary about suicides at the Gorge Bridge. "With the way the bridge is set up now, it's not able to hold people that g...
Jul 20, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Trigger Warning: This episode briefly mentions suicides that have occurred from the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. Join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with local rafting legend, storyteller, and two-stepping champion Francisco "Cisco" Guevara. Cisco shares how a kid from Los Alamos helped found the first rafting company in Northern New Mexico and how much the sport has changed over the years. Cisco is also the president of Amigos Bravos, a local non-profit dedicated to protecting rivers s...
Jul 13, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Join us this week as producer Laura Martin Baseman talks with Harwood Museum of Art's curator of exhibitions and collections, Nicole Dial-Kay about the museum's upcoming exhibition: Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected. Luchita Hurtado began to visit Taos as early as the 1960s, but didn’t settle in the area until she and her family purchased land in Arroyo Seco in the 70s. Nicole explains how Luchita Hurtado made her work privately for much of her life and rarely exhibited it. Her third ...
Jul 06, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Join us this week as producer Laura Martin Baseman sits down with Sandy Campbell, Director of TrueKids1, to explore how this organization is supporting Taos youth. Sandy introduces some of TrueKids1's key programs including: * The Digital Media Lab * Kids sscreens and Phones * TK1 News Highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, Sandy shares: "the more we get cameras in kid's hands, the more we get them editing, the more they have the ability to be intelligent about the media-infused wor...
Jun 29, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Join Taos News reporter Liam Easley as he talks with Taos Municipal Schools new superintendent Dr. Antonio Layton. Dr. Layton had most recently served as executive director of human resources for Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District in Edinburg, Texas. Dr. Layton shares with Liam some creative strategies he has for getting Taos students back in the classroom. "We're going to be doing a comeback tour," he says, "trying to emphasize that being in school is the best place for our kids. And part...
Jun 22, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Join Taos News' Tempo editor Lynne Robinson as she chats with Krystina “Kiki” Shakti Siebenaler about her new documentary, मेरी रामरानी (My RamRani). The documentary focuses on Kiki's mother, Dr. Yvette Claire Rosser and her journey as an academic and spiritual leader. In 1970 while she was in India, Yvette met Maharaj-ji, Guru Neem Karoli Baba who gave her the name RamRani, “God Queen". Lynne and Kiki discuss how that meeting changed her mother's life. Kiki hopes this documentary continues her ...
Jun 15, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as the Taos News revisits the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire two years later in a special series. This week's guest is James Duran, Forest Service Supervisor for the Carson National Forest. James is from Cuba, NM and has spent his career in forestry and land management all over New Mexico and the West. Geoffrey and James talk about "priority landscapes" in the Enchanted Circle.These places require active management to prevent extreme wildfires. They also chat ...
Jun 08, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 30
