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New Mexico in Focus begins a series of one-on-one interviews with candidates competing in November’s general election. In the weeks to come, NMiF will host candidates running for Congress in NM District 1, Secretary of State and Attorney General. This ...

New Mexico in Focus talks with Rebecca Avitia, the first female executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. A native New Mexican, Avitia left a successful law career to take on the challenges facing the center following numerous ...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, an interview with Santa Fe resident and film producer, Paul Barnes, about the upcoming series “The Roosevelts,” which airs Sunday, Sept. 14 on New Mexico PBS. The series examines the lives of Theodore, Eleanor and ...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, a look into the issue of campus sexual assault with members of a new Sexual Violence Taskforce formed at UNM last year in response to an increase in campus rapes and lack of prosecution across the country. The program ...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant talks with Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez, creators of the comedic duo The Pajama Men. The two began their careers at an improvisation class at La Cueva High School before finding worldwide success at various

This week, New Mexico in Focus talks with families whose sons were killed by Albuquerque Police Department officers. They share their journeys to becoming activists, as well as their thoughts on what needs to happen for real reform to take root at ...

This week, New Mexico in Focus concludes its series on the “Water Crisis in the West: Thinking Like a Watershed,” with a discussion on water law and some potentially innovative solutions to the water scarcity issues in the region. The program airs ...

On the next New Mexico in Focus, a conversation with Lyla June Johnston, one of the founders of the Taos Peace and Reconciliation Council that initially proposed the name change of Kit Carson Park to Red Willow as a way to initiate wider discussions ...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Santa Fe resident and author George R.R. Martin of "Game of Thrones” fame talks about his creative process, the pressure from fans to finish the series of books, and how he creates and keeps track of hundreds of ...

This week, New Mexico in Focus features an in-depth discussion on the idea of open primaries, takes a look at homelessness in Albuquerque, and considers the impact of the private medical school to be established at NMSU. The program airs Friday nights ...