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100th Anniversary!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 104:13


100 years ago, an itinerant ox rancher named Mike Smith discovered the Sandia mountains and decided to make a podcast about them. Today, we celebrate that great day with a very self-indulgent ramble session of an episode. We talk City on the Edge history, highs and lows, the Simpsons and whatever else comes to mind over the course of an hour and 40 minutes.

99. Snowheights

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 57:07


Mike takes us on a deep dive into the history, meaning and mystery of his street in the suburbs.

98. DKB Sellers, the Father of Nob Hill

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 43:01


A two time gold rusher, automobile booster and, well, a racist, DKB Sellers was a man with many facets even before he founded one of the most desirable neighborhoods in modern Albuquerque.

97. Goodbye Mannie's, and other thoughts on the ephemeral

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 46:23


RIP Mannie's. 1965-2020. And RIP to the building, 1940ish-2023.We also talk about the Colour Fence and Leisure Bowl.

Madonna of the Trail

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2022 33:42


Our far-flung correspondent Nora Hickey finds a surprising connection to Albuquerque in her new town: a Madonna of the Trail statue.

The Seven Springs of Sandia

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 33:00


Hey, we've come back after a long break! And frankly, we need a refreshing drink of water, preferably from a beautiful, Giardia-free mountain spring. Fortunately, Mike knows where to find them.

94. The History of the Sandia Tram

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 60:27


From 19th century botanists to elite WWII soldiers, the history of the Sandia Tram takes us to some surprising places.

93. Tacos, Cults and Starvation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 51:25


Some people like tacos. I don't get it. Some people like cults. I'm still not sure why. Some people... well, hardly anybody likes starvation. I get that.

92. Albuquerque Pride 1970-1979

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 22:41


Inspired by the Pride Parade last weekend, Ty looks into the beginnings of the Albuquerque LGBTQ rights movement.

91. The Slaver's March

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 25:30


Before the conquistador Juan de Oñate established the first Spanish colonies in New Mexico, another Spaniard attempted to do so. Why did Gaspar Castaño de Sosa fail? And why isn't he remembered today?

90. The Runaway

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 38:25


In 1933, an Iowa boy left his home and family to seek out his pen pal, who lived at the Pueblo of Santo Domingo.

The CCC and Camp F8N

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 29:07


89. In the depths of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps to both provide relief jobs to unemployed men and improve the nation's historic and natural resources. The men of Camp F8N came from all over the country to live and work in our own Sandia Mountains, and their legacy remains visible today.

88. New Mexico's Indian Boarding Schools

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 24:40


An interview with Professor John Gram, author of "Education at the Edge of Empire: Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico's Indian Boarding Schools.

87. The Legend of Elfego Baca

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 39:41


After talking about his less-savory side, we return to Elfego Baca, this time to tell of his legendary gunfight against a legion of drunken Texans.

86. Wicked Albuquerque- an interview with Cody Polston

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 27:27


A look at some of the more colorful characters from Albuquerque's history, including Elfego Baca, and an interview with local author and ghost hunter (!) Cody Polston

85. The New Mexico Mystery Stone

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 12:28


About a half-houri west of Los Lunas, an inscribed stone rests on the side of Hidden Mountain. Could it be evidence that New Mexico was visited by Hebraic tribes in Old Testament times? No. The answer is no.

84. Treasure Hunting with Howard Elam

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 50:50


On February 26, 1986, New Mexico state investigators discovered 150 human skulls in a “hand dug cave” beneath a home in Albuquerque's North East heights.

83. The Furniture Salesman and the Empty Goldmine

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 13:51


A foul-mouthed furniture salesman buys a gold mine in New Mexico. Next thing you know, law enforcement officials are bribed, a man dies under suspicious circumstances and two people mysteriously disappear.

82. Satanic Panic in Albuquerque!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 35:20


Man, the 80s and 90s were weird. Satan seemed to be lurking behind every pop culture controversy, and everybody's were burning their heavy metal records and D&D books. And Albuquerque wasn't immune to the hysteria.

The Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 21:30


New Mexico Cult Season continues with Mike Smith's report on the Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps, a group with a military take on the always-impending End of the World.

80. The Druids of New Mexico

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 29:43


On our first episode of Cult Season 2021, Nora tells us the strange story of New Mexico's druids. .

79. The Instructor's Story

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 37:10


A bit of a departure from our normal, historical fare, this episode focuses on cohost Mike Smith's tenure at the scandal plagued (and ultimately shuttered) Brown Mackie for-profit college.

Talk'n'pop'n'taco

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 35:00


Once upon a time, there was a fast food restaurant with a really weird name.

78. The Secret of Elephant Rock

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 27:15


In 1947, the villainous New Mexico Highway Department knocked a 3 million year old landmark and Route 66 icon off of its pedestal. 73 years later, we're upset about it!

77. The Day Albuquerque (Almost) Got Nuked

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 119:43


We all have bad days, but most of the time they don't involve nuclear weapons. Our guest Roland Pentilla tells about the day Albuquerque came awfully close to nuclear Armageddon, as well as other military aircraft accidents that have been mostly forgotten. This is a long one, but jam packed with fascinating information!

Secrets of the Estufa

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 61:54


Okay, so we won't be able to show you the interior of this infamous UNM landmark, but we'll delve into its origins, the time it was set on fire 4 times in a single year, and how it served as the home base for a racist reign of terror in the 1960s.

Albuquerque Protests part 1: the 1930s

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 72:24


In this first part of our new series, we look back to different protests and periods of activism in Albuquerque's past. This episode features the anti-fascism demonstrations of the 30s and the, uh... anti-gray hat movement at UNM?

Secret Albuquerque: Interview with Ashley M. Biggers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 25:37


I was lucky enough to have a chance to chat with local journalist and author Ashley M. Biggers about her new book, Secret Albuquerque, which details 90 "weird, wonderful and obscure" Albuquerque sites and stories.

73. The Mesa

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 28:32


We’ve never covered the Westside mass grave in detail at City on the Edge, mainly out of a desire to give it the time and attention it deserves and to do so in a way that doesn’t minimize the victims. In February of this year, however, local journalist Tierna Unruh-Enos launched The Mesa podcast, a series that focuses on the West Side crime site in a way that we never could, with interviews and investigations featuring family members of the victims, police officers who worked on (and are still working on) the case, as well as Tierna’s own experiences as a member of the media during in the time period covering the mass grave’s discovery. I recently spoke to Tierna about the podcast, as well as what drew her to covering the case in the first place, and how her investigations have changed her view of Albuquerque’s most notorious crime scene.

72. Albuquerque in the Time of COVID-19

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 41:34


Hey! It's a global pandemic! City on the Edge checks in.

Episode 71: The 1918 Quarantine

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 42:02


Well, we're all stuck inside due to coronavirus, so why not take a look back at the 1918 flu and how it affected Albuquerque and New Mexico?

Episode 70: La Madera Road

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 34:34


We take a trip down one of the most beautiful and historic roads near Albuquerque.

Episode 69: Hagan

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 33:57


One of the most well-preserved ghost towns near Albuquerque is the coal-mining village of Hagan.

Episode 68: City of Dust

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 25:49


One of the most iconic images of the American west is the ghost town, and New Mexico has more than it's fair share of these collections of abandoned buildings and dusty reminders of lives long gone. If you do any research on New Mexico ghost towns, you're bound to find yourself checking out the City of Dust blog (at cityofdust.blogspot.com)--and facebook page, where explorer and author John Mulhouse chronicles his many expeditions to these mostly forgotten sites. I spoke with John by phone recently, and delved into where his love for ghost towns comes from, strange encounters he's had while exploring them, and his upcoming book, Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture and Hidden History, due to be released in June of this year.

Goodbye Nora

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 40:54


Nora is leaving! Why? Because of football, dammit. So we hang out with her for a while and reminiscence about her favorite episodes and how much we're going to miss her. :( :( :(

Episode 66: You can't go there

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 50:34


New Mexico is filled with places you can't go. Our pal, Regis Lacher, talks about a few of them.

Luminarias or... uh... Farolitos?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 43:27


It's a very merry City on the Edgemas as we talk about luminarias and whether or not they are actually farolitos. Also, the Bugg Lights and biscochitos (which ARE interesting, MIKE.)

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Cedar Crest

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2019 46:51


In an Anytown, USA/City on the Edge mashup, we check out Cedar Crest New Mexico with Ty Bannerman, Courtney FitzGerald and Mike Smith.

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Joe Hayes

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 54:07


CoE talks to storyteller Joe Hayes, whose retelling of New Mexico legends and folktales has delighted audiences for nearly four decades.

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Albuquerque Today, 110 years ago

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2019 62:20


We travel back in time to the Albuquerque of 110 years ago and find a world of mail scams, abortion pills and quack treatment for hemorrhoids.

Sierra Ladrones

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 44:37


Visible from Albuquerque, but a world away, Sierra Ladrones is home to the ghosts of bandits, mysterious spirits and rumors of buried treasure.

Talking chile with Dave DeWitt, the Pope of Peppers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 66:11


Hey, this episode is available on our brand new youtube channel at bit.ly/cityontheedge! We chat with chile historian and author Dave DeWitt about the history and biology of green chile. Also, we find out a bit about Home Movie Day from our friends at Modern Albuquerque and Basement Films.

Historic Houses of Albuquerque

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2019 33:22


We talk to Albuquerque the Magazine assistant editor Taylor Hood about his research into various historic homes in Albuquerque, from a bed & breakfast where spies passed secrets to the Soviet government, to a home built for the New Mexico governor when residents were sure that Albuquerque would be the state capital. We also delve into what happens when a persistent legend is false, but gets printed as fact.

Women of El Camino Real

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 34:22


We follow the lives of several women who traveled on El Camino Real, the royal road that ran from Mexico City to Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico.

Al Capone in New Mexico

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2019 47:32


Did infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone spend time in the mountains of New Mexico? If he did, was he "hiding out?" We look into the persistent legends and try to find the truth.

We Are Neighbors, featuring Hakim Bellamy and Justin Thor Simenson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019 44:16


We chat with Albuquerque poet Hakim Bellamy and photographer Justin Thor Simenson about their new book, We Are Neighbors, which explores an Albuquerque neighborhood through image and fiction.

Ernie Pyle

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 84:43


We talk about the most famous WWII correspondent you've never heard of: Ernie Pyle. A beloved journalist who wrote about America's everyday stories before he went to war, Ernie Pyle's fame skyrocketed when he began covering the Western Front. So what's the Albuquerque connection? Listen and find out!

Poetry of Place with Amaris Ketcham

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 33:34


We talk to poet and artist Amaris Ketcham about her interactive map of Albuquerque's literary landscape (poeticroutes.com).

Skyline Drive

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 20:12


This episode, we look into Skyline Drive, an almost-was paved road that would have run down the face of Sandia if it hadn’t been stopped by environmentalists.

Water Issues with Laura Paskus

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 27:38


CoE talks to New Mexico Political Report Environmental Correspondent Laura Paskus about the water issues affecting our city and state.

Graves

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2018 45:20


It's Halloween, so we visit some Albuquerque graveyards and tell stories from cemeteries. Spooky!

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