Composer Raven Chacon relives his epic Albuquerque composition
On September 27, 2025, a large-scale musical composition unfurled over the course of a day across Albuquerque. On this episode, composer Raven Chacon relives the day and discusses the compositions that made up "Tiguex: Dawn to Dusk."
19 February 2026, 10:48 pm
29 minutes 20 seconds
New Mexico Chicano art finds new life through exhibit and research
Two UNM professors are recovering the legacy of art by Chicano and Chicana artists in New Mexico, which has been overlooked in the history of the Chicano movement, through a museum show and a catalog with academic essays.
16 September 2025, 2:39 pm
28 minutes 32 seconds
Brain researchers host a teach-in to Stand Up For Science
On this month’s program we’ll hear from a local coordinator with Stand Up For Science and three University of New Mexico neuroscience researchers about their work and what they will discuss at a public event on August 23rd.
20 August 2025, 12:18 am
26 minutes 45 seconds
Professor warns about microplastics in beverage containers
Assistant Professor Claudia Pratesi says microplastics are everywhere, including food and beverage containers.
23 July 2025, 8:40 pm
26 minutes 27 seconds
Exhibit immerses viewers in the bomb's history and ongoing threat
21 May 2025, 4:18 pm
27 minutes 41 seconds
New details emerge of Coronado incursion and pueblo battles
Archeologist Matthew Schmader uncovers new details of the first Spanish incursion into the territory that became New Mexico, led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and the battles that ensued with the Tiwa inhabitants.
16 April 2025, 11:32 pm
28 minutes 6 seconds
Immigrant women find their voices through this peer support group
A research project at the University of New Mexico recruited 252 Mexican immigrant women facing severe isolation and has demonstrated that the power of connection can be transformative.
22 January 2025, 12:13 am
28 minutes 51 seconds
Photographer uses her images to normalize infertility and IVF
Photographer Rachel Cox went through infertility and IVF and uses images of her own experience to try and normalize IVF – and to empower those experiencing infertility. The show "Notes On Care" is at the UNM Art Museum.
15 October 2024, 3:29 pm
27 minutes 46 seconds
UNM researchers are studying psychedelics to treat depression and meth addiction
University Showcase, 8/13, 8a: On this episode we get an update on new studies around psychedelic-assisted therapy at the University of New Mexico.
4 September 2024, 4:14 pm
29 minutes 1 second
Curbing consumption and clutter helps personal and global well-being professor finds
On this episode, University of New Mexico Professor Catherine Roster talks about her research on consumption, clutter, and why de-cluttering can be so challenging.
21 July 2024, 7:17 pm
28 minutes 12 seconds
'Nothing Left For Me' focuses on the trauma brought by the Navajo Livestock Reduction Program
In this encore episode, we hear from the curators of the exhibit “Nothing Left For Me: Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah,” which looks at the brutal impact of the Navajo Livestock Reduction imposed upon Diné communities and homelands by U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier starting in the 1930s.