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This week on the podcast, Lou DiVizio updates the status of the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act which came to an end late last week.





Then, Source New Mexico reporter Danielle Prokop asks U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., about his efforts to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to cover New Mexico.  





For context on the efforts to extend and expand RECA, we included a 2021 interview between Russell Contreras and Tina Cordova from the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium. Cordova has been fighting for compensation for New Mexicans for decades.





Finally on the show, we break down last week's primary elections with Dr. Timothy Krebs, chair of UNM's Political Science Department. Lou DiVizio asks Krebs to consider why two high-profile district attorney races went well for the incumbents, and whether big wins for progressive Democrats will shape the governor's approach to her policy agenda. 





Host: Lou DiVizio 

 

Segments: 



Sen. Ben Ray Luján on Expanding RECA 



Correspondent: Danielle Prokop



Guest: Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-NM





Tularosa Downwinders Try Again (2021) 



Correspondent: Russell Contreras 



Guest: Tina Cordova, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium 





NM Primary 2024 Election Results 



Correspondent: Lou DiVizio



Guest: Dr. Timothy Krebs, Chair, UNM Department of Political Science 





For More Information:



Time’s run out for the Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act - Source NM





RECA faces sunset June 10 while its future remains in limbo – Source New Mexico 





New Mexican voters pick new blood to represent them in Santa Fe – Source New Mexico 






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Lou DiVizio returns to the podcast with a breakdown of Tuesday's primary election in New Mexico.





Then, 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. Monette shares her reaction to the viral video, the sacred significance of the student's hat and what the state's Indian Affairs Department can do to help prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.





And The Paper.'s Andy Lyman speaks with Albuquerque icon Don Schrader about his life, why he forgives the person who struck him in a hit-and-run last summer, and his hopes for the future of his city. 





Host: Lou DiVizio





Segments:





Farmington High School Cap Removal Sparks Controversy 



Correspondent: Shaun Griswold 



Guest: Josett Monette, Secretary, New Mexico Indian Affairs Department





The World According to Don Schrader 



Correspondent: Andy Lyman 



Guest: Don Schrader





For More Information:





Analyzing the State Legislature Seats Up for Grabs this Fall - New Mexico in Focus (March 29)





Navajo leaders outraged after a Lakota student’s tribal regalia was removed at graduation – Source New Mexico





Don de Albuquerque – The Paper. 








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On the podcast this week, Source New Mexico Editor Shaun Griswold hosts a two-part roundtable discussion on the pro-Palestine protests taking place at the University of New Mexico and college campuses around the nation. In the first half of their conversation, Shaun asks what legal rights students have to protest at the Duck Pond and at the Student Union Building. Later, the table considers why younger people have rallied around this issue. Then, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with Sophie Leah of Jewish Voice for Peace and asks why her organization wants UNM to divest from Israel. 






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On this week's podcast, KUNM News Director Megan Kamerick sits down for a two-part discussion on Daymon Ely’s proposed plan to address homelessness in Albuquerque. Then, 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. Plus, homeless advocate and attorney Peter Cubra walks us through the constitutional rights of unhoused people and breaks down how a pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling could change the way New Mexico polices them. 


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Executive Producer Jeff Proctor talks to Source New Mexico Editor Shaun Griswold and freelance reporter Justin Horwath about how voters could reshape the state's Democratic Party during this summer's primary elections. Plus, Gabrielle Uballez, the new executive director of New Mexico Voices for Children, talks to correspondent Russell Contreras about her work searching for new solutions to child poverty and why she wanted to take the issue on. 





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On the podcast this week, Our Land’s Laura Paskus sits down for a two-part discussion with Arturo Sandoval, one of the organizers of the first Earth Day in 1970. In the first half of their conversation, Sandoval tells us about his role in putting together the first event and takes a step back to look at how it has since changed. Later, the two talk broadly about the concept of colonization, how it has defined the world around us and observe how it is intertwined within capitalism.


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