In their full conversation, Andy Lyman and Cory Murchy talk all about music, including the band Minus the Bear. They also chat about Murchy’s work at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, PFAS and personal responsibility, and mental health.

Trigger warning: Murchy briefly talks about a friend who died by suicide.

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In Episode 2 of the Lesser Known New Mexico Podcast, you heard Tom Swetnam, Professor Emeritus of Dedrochronology at the University of Arizona, talk about wildfire and his hope for the future. In the full conversation, he talks about the history of fire in the Jemez Mountains and his new book, The Jemez Mountains: A Cultural and Natural History. And, he reveals the amazingness that is Soda Dam. If you live in New Mexico, there’s a good chance you’ve driven past Soda Dam on Highway 4 north of Jemez Springs. And if you’re like me, you had no idea how it formed — or that in the 1960s, the Department of Transportation cut it in two to improve the highway.

For more information:

The Jemez Mountains: A Cultural and Natural History, by Thomas W. Swetnam

Episode 2 of the Lesser Known New Mexico Podcast

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On this week’s Lesser Known New Mexico Podcast, we feature Tom Swetnam, Professor Emeritus of Dendrochronology at the University of Arizona, who talks about his hopes for the future when it comes to managing healthy fire in southwestern forests. We also sit down with High Country News correspondent Shaun Griswold (Pueblo of Laguna with Jemez and Zuni ancestry), to discuss his recent essay, “The Cybertruck is all tricks and no truck, a musky Tesla fail.”

For more information:

The Jemez Mountains: A Cultural and Natural History, by Thomas W. Swetnam

Full interview with Swetnam: TK

Trump Officials Ask Court to End Protections for a Strutting, Showy Bird (Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times)

The Cybertruck is all tricks and no truck, a musky Tesla fail (Shaun Griswold, High Country News)

An intimate look at New Mexico’s lowrider culture (Gabriela Campos and Don. J. Usner, High Country News)

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On our first episode of the Lesser Known New Mexico Podcast, Andy Lyman (and Sully) interview New Mexico United midfielder Sergio Rivas. We also talk to New Mexico Source reporter Patrick Lohmann about the federal government’s push to bring uranium mining back to New Mexico. And, we wrap up with our friend Carlos Contreras at The Artist Factory.

For more information:

The Hometown Kid is Back! New Mexico United Announces Return of Sergio Rivas (NM United)

Long-stalled NM uranium mines now ‘priority projects’ at Cibola Forest, leader tells employees (Patrick Lohmann, Source NM)

Uranium transport through Navajo Nation sparks concerns in New Mexico (Patrick Lohmann, Source NM)

Navajo advocates say prez’s approval of uranium transport, Trump coal order feels like a betrayal (Patrick Lohmann, Source NM)

Find The Artist Factory on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theartistfactoryabq/

Hosts: Andy Lyman and Laura Paskus

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Reporters Andy Lyman and Laura Paskus worked together during the first Trump administration — and they know how easy it is for people to lose track of New Mexico news when everyone is overwhelmed by the national scene. They also know it’s easy for people to tune out when everything in the news is crazy or upsetting or scary.

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