Troy Clark, President of the New Mexico Hospital Association, on why medical professionals are not coming to NM

Join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Troy Clark, president of the New Mexico Hospital Association. Troy explains how medical malpractice insurance caps have continued to rise since 2001, making it challenging for doctors to get coverage. Caps for individual providers are currently …

Dr. Colin Nicholls on how he fell in love with the night sky and his hopes for the new UNM-Taos Cielo Centro Observatory

This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Dr. Colin Nicholls, professor at UNM-Taos. Laura and Colin discuss General Obligation Bond 3, which passed on November 5th and allocates 1.5 million dollars to the UNM-Taos Space STEM Center. This will help pay for the Cielo Centro O…

Are Taos Teens Voting? A conversation with teen reporter Angelina Burns Diaz, Rocket Holmes, and Ari Kolman.

This week on Voices of Taos, Taos News intern Angelina Burns Diaz interviews Rocket Holmes and Ari Kolman from Taos High on whether or not they plan to vote in the 2024 general election. The three eighteen year-olds discuss how little they know about local political races and their frustration with…

Why does the Taos News still print political endorsements? A conversation with Editor John Miller.

This week on Voices of Taos, producer Laura Martin Baseman sits down with Taos News Editor John Miller to talk about the paper's editorial section and why the paper continues to print political endorsements. John and Laura discuss how important it is that newspapers stay as unbiased as possible in …

Marilyn Farrow on how the Empty Bowls fundraiser came to be and how St. James' Food Pantry fights hunger in Taos

This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Marilyn Farrow, an organizer of St. James Episcopal's Empty Bowls fundraiser. Marylin shares with Laura how the fundraiser came to be nineteen years ago and how it helps fund the Food Pantry all year long. Currently St. James' Food P…

Introducing the Taos News' 2024 Unsung Heroes and Citizen of the Year

This week on Voices of Taos, producer Laura Martin Baseman gives listeners an inside look at the Taos News' biggest event of the year, Tradiciones. This annual event celebrates nine Unsung Heroes in the greater Taos Community and one Citizen of the Year. First Laura chats with Publisher Chris Baker…

Bill Shapiro, former editor-in-chief of LIFE magazine and Moriah Stanton, owner of MoMo on their new photo show.

This week on Voices of Taos join Taos News' Tempo editor Lynne Robinson as she chats with Bill Shapiro, former editor-in-chief of LIFE magazine and Moriah Stanton, owner of MoMo. MoMo's Taos location has just opened a photo show titled 'In the Time of Spirits' that was curated by Bill. During the p…

Joe Barry of Taos Wools on how he became a yarn dyer and the upcoming 2nd annual Taos Wools Festival at Revolt Gallery

This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Joe Barry, owner of Taos Wools and organizer of the Taos Wools Festival. Joe shares with Laura how he discovered a love of yarn dyeing during the pandemic when he was trying to spend as much time with his young daughter as possible. …

County Extension Agent Will Jaremko-Wright on how he came to Taos and his love of New Mexico

This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Taos County Extension Agent Will Jaremko-Wright. Will became Taos' extension agent in the summer of 2023 after being an educator at Highlands University in Las Vegas, NM. He shares with Laura how a backpacking trip when he was fiftee…

Nicholas Herrera on his new exhibition at the Harwood Museum of Art titled "El Rito Santero"

This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Santero Nicholas Herrera on his upcoming exhibition at the Harwood Museum of Art, 'Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero.' Herrera shares how he discovered as a young boy that he liked to carve and how he taught himself to be a Santero.…