New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS) Podcast
1) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham: Special Session Postmortem
This week on the podcast, 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 c...Show More
2) Marty Chavez on Possible State Fair Move
NMiF Show Host Nash Jones examines Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s proposal to redevelop the current State Fair site and, potentially, move it from its longtime home. Nash gets an update on that plan fr...Show More
3) Special Session Wrap
This week on New Mexico in Focus, 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 hea...Show More
4) Mayling Armijo: ABQ Mayoral Candidate
This episode of the podcast, we conclude our interviews with Albuquerque mayoral candidates when political newcomer Mayling Armijo speaks with NMiF Show Host Nash Jones. Nash explores some of the big ...Show More
5) Suicides Ticked Up in NM Last Year
At the end of National Suicide Prevention Month, NMiF Show Host Nash Jones sit down with a Health Department official and two staffers from the New Mexico Crisis & Access Line to talk about an uptick ...Show More
6) City Councilor Louie Sanchez: ABQ Mayoral Candidate
We near the end of our interviews with candidates for Albuquerque Mayor with current city councilor Louie Sanchez. NMiF Show Host Nash Jonesexplores some of the big issues facing the city with Sanchez...Show More
7) Santa Fe Mayoral Candidates Montoya, O'Dean, Rodriguez
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. Letitia Montoya, Jeanne O'Dean and Oscar Rod...Show More
8) ABQ Mayoral Candidates Chavez and Varela
We continue our look-ahead to Albuquerque's mayoral election. In an effort to fairly give all seven candidates airtime over the next few weeks, our team set a threshold for who would qualify for a one...Show More
9) Alexander Uballez: ABQ Mayoral Candidate
We return to Albuquerque's upcoming mayoral election with an interview of one of Mayor Tim Keller's progressive challengers, former New Mexico U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez. Host Nash Jones asks whe...Show More
10) ABQ Mayor Tim Keller Running For Third Term
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we zero-in on Albuquerque's upcoming mayoral election a one-on-one interview with incumbent Tim Keller. NMiF Show Host Nash Jones asks Keller why voters should elect ...Show More