Lou DiVizio sits down with a UNM researcher to discuss a study that found high levels of microplastics in the human brain. 

Host: Lou DiVizio

Guest: Dr. Marcus Garcia, University of New Mexico Health Sciences 

For More Information:

UNM Researchers Find Alarmuing Levels of Microplastics in the Human Brain - UNM

Lou DiVizio chats with the policy director from Common Cause New Mexico, Mason Graham, about several measures moving through the Roundhouse that would modernize our state legislature. Graham explains Common Cause's mission and how changes like paying lawmakers could help them craft better policy.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Guest: Mason Graham, Policy Director, Common Cause New Mexico

Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks two students and a law professor how their proposal to create a task force to analyze desegregating gendered acting categories at the Oscars reached the doorsteps of Hollywood.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Guests:

Abigail McCoy, UNM Constitutional Law Student, Proposal Contributor

Devrah Fung, UNM Constitutional Law Student, Proposal Contributor

Lawrence Jones, UNM Adjunct Professor, Former NJ Superior Court Judge 

Lou DiVizio opens the show with updates on several items in the state legislature, including concern from democrats over federal budget plans that threaten to cut Medicaid funding.

Then, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks two former lawmakers how this year’s legislative session is shaping up. Former state senators Mark Moores and Eric Griego discuss the state's budget and a package of crime bills that have hit the governor's desk. Then, the pair consider how lobbyist dollars are tipping the scales at the Roundhouse as legislators debate environmental and health-care-system reform bills.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland

Guests:

Republican Former NM Sen. Mark Moores 

Dr. Eric Griego, Ph.D., Former Democratic NM State Senator, UNM Adjunct Professor 

For More Information:

House Budget Gives Big Boost to Tribal Education - New Mexico In Depth

House endorses changing session lengths, ending “pocket vetoes” - New Mexico In Depth

KUNM's Megan Kamerick interviews Emily Kaltenbach, the state's top official focused on aging, who tells us how officials are preparing financially for an expected boom in our elderly population.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Megan Kamerick

Guest: Emily Kaltenbach, Secretary Designate, NM Aging and Long-Term Services Department 

Lou DiVizio opens the podcast with headlines from around the state including the resignation of the Bernalillo County Undersheriff in the ongoing federal DWI corruption investigation.

Then, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with state representatives Nathan Small and Cathrynn Brown about the state budget as the 60-day legislative session passes the midway point. Gwyneth also talks with state Rep. Linda Serrato about competing proposals to create trust funds for New Mexico babies.

House Bill 417, a proposed tax hike on alcohol, passed its first hurdle in Santa Fe this week. Gwyneth speaks to Democratic Rep. Cristina Parajón, one of the bill's sponsors, and Sindy Bolaños-Sacoman, co-founder of the New Mexico Tribal Behavioral Health Providers Association, to discuss how the bill's proposed extra revenue would be spent — and why. 

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland

Guests:

NM Rep. Nathan Small, D-Las Cruces

NM Rep. Cathrynn Brown, R-Carlsbad

NM Rep. Linda Serrato, D-Santa Fe

NM Rep. Cristina Parajón, D-Albuquerque

Sindy Bolaños-Sacoman, Co-Founder, New Mexico Tribal Behavioral Health Providers Association 

NM Rep. Matthew McQueen, D-Galisteo

According to the state Health Department, young people in New Mexico are subjected to the highest rates of adverse childhood experiences in the nation. These experiences, known as ACEs, can add up and have devastating effects on children. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio sits down with Dr. Evelyn Plumb, a clinical psychologist with UNM's Project ECHO, to talk about a program focused on counteracting the impacts of ACEs in an effort to head off several chronic conditions in childhood. Lou also asks about the program's early results.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Guest: Dr. Evelyn Plumb, Clinical Psychologist  

Lou DiVizio introduces a conversation between KUNM's Megan Kamerick and Chip Conley, an expert on aging. Conley reframes what it means to grow old and contribute to society and explains what an expected boom in New Mexico's elderly population could mean for our state.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Megan Kamerick

Guest: Chip Conley, Founder, Modern Elder Academy 

Lou DiVizio opens the podcast with some headlines from around the state including news of a public safety package passed by the state House of Representatives over the weekend.

Then, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland catches us up on several high-profile health care bills introduced at the Roundhouse. She speaks with Fred Nathan from Think New Mexico about a bipartisan bill aimed at changing our state's medical malpractice law. Gwyneth also chatted with state Sen. Nicole Tobiassen and Rep. Marianna Anaya about other health care bills on their radar.

And state Rep. Sarah Silva talks with Gwyneth about a proposed bill that would update our state's journalism shield law. The bill would prohibit state agencies from compelling reporters to cough up confidential sources or information — with a few limited exceptions.

Segments:

2025 Health Care Reform Bills Hit the Roundhouse 

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland

Guests:

NM Sen. Nicole Tobiassen, R-Albuquerque

NM Rep. Marianna Anaya, D-Albuquerque

Fred Nathan, Founder and Executive Director, Think New Mexico

Bill Updates Journalism Shield Law for Digital Age

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland

Guests:

NM Rep. Sarah Silva, D-Las Cruces

Bill Church, Executive Editor, Santa Fe New Mexican

For More Information:

New Mexico Department of Health declares measles outbreak in Lea County - KRQE

New Mexico Department of Health Vaccinations

Council proposes fix to perpetually empty board and commissions - City Desk ABQ

NM House passes public safety package - Source NM

KUNM's Megan Kamerick speaks with journalist and author Kyle Paoletta about multiculturalism in New Mexico and his new book, "American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest."

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Megan Kamerick

Guest: Kyle Paoletta, Journalist and Author, “American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest”