Women's Focus

6/12 Alb.---"We Lead, Others Follow" shows women photographers who lead their studios at the turn of the 19th century in Albuquerque. Jillian Hartke tells about photos from the archives of the museum. Photographers located on Gold Street in Albuquerque helped other women get established.

(This program airs Saturday 9/18, but you can stream the interviews now) Sat. 9/18 12p: Carol Boss talks with Diana Gomez with Progress Texas, the first progressive Texas activist Carol has had on Women's Focus. She was on the ground in Austin when the Supreme Court allowed the state's Senate Bill 8 - the most extreme abortion restriction in the U.S.- to go into effect on September 1 at midnight. She describes the scenes in packed abortion clinics all the way up until midnight and speaks about the ban and its immediate impact on millions of Texans who will be losing access to safe abortions, particularly women of color and those who are low income. Later in the show, Carol speaks with Kayla Griffin who is the Ohio Campaign State Director for the organization, All Voting is Local. She talks about wrongful voter purges and rejected ballots in Black communities and the attempts to decrease the number of poll workers in Ohio as well as other voting concerns since the 2020 election and the

Alb,4/25/21--I interviewed Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland, Surviving America in the 21st Century-- the book that inspired the film that just won 3 Oscars. Jessica didn't just interview people who were traveling the country following work opportunities. She spent several years, returning in her own camper, to talk to them and hear about their new adventures and trials. We spoke at the New York office of Jessica's publisher in Sept. 2017.

Alb., 11/21-At Saturday's Senate Democratic Caucus meeting, Mimi Stewart was chosen as the Democratic nominee for Senate President Pro Tem and Linda Lopez was elected Democratic Whip. Stewart, Lopez, and former senator Dede Feldman were interviewed on KUNM Women's Focus.

10/31--The role of the vice president has changed Elaine Kamarck posits in a 2020 book Picking the Vice President. A Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Brookings Center for Effective Public Management, Elaine Kamarck shows that as the way of picking the vice president has changed, so has the job evolved. If Kamala Harris becomes Vice President, she will step into more power and responsibility than in the past.

10/31-SOS Maggie Toulouse Oliver asnwers questions about how ballots will be processed.

Claudia Risner, Jessica Velasquez, and Katy Duhigg are some of the women running for the NM Legislature this year.

10/17--Former District Court judge Shannon Bacon is running to retain her seat on the Supreme Court.

10/17, 10/31--Hear from the women running for New Mexico Court of Appeals:#1 Barbara Johnson, #2 Shammara Henderson v. Gertrude Lee, #3 Jane Yohalem

Alb., 7/18/20--Despite Gallup being then a hotbed of Covid spread, journalist Sherry Robinson felt that she had to go there to tell the story of hospital doctors and nurses who were actively protesting the poor management of the hospital.

Alb., 7/18-Tourism Secretary, Jen Schroer, emphasizes that tourism in New Mexico is an accepted activity even during the pandemic--"we want to protect as many of our cherished tourism assets as we have across the state".

Alb. 7/18/20--Professor at New Mexico Tech and Author of the novel Wild Convictions, Mary Dezember brings us a story grounded in a mystical past but showing the power of women.

9/27, Alb-Ginsburg steered her towards women and the law early on-a New Mexican mourns the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and looks back.

9/19, Alb.--Carol Boss talks to Andrea Hanley, curator of "Feminisms," the new exhibition at 516 Arts and artist Marie Watt.

Sat. 8/29, 12pm: Carol Boss speaks with Laura E. Gomez, a professor of law, sociology, and Chicana/Chicano studies at UCLA. She is the author of the new book, Inventing Latinos: A New Story About American Racism (The New Press) as well as Manifest Destinies , Mapping Race , and Misconceiving Mothers . She also talks with Vietnamese-American Katie Kalvoda who launched Asian Americans Rising as well as super PACS for progressive political causes. In addition, Carol has a conversation with Suzanne S'barge of 516 Arts about their new online exhibition, Radical Reimaginations.

Sat. 7/25, 12pm: On Women's Focus Carol Boss speaks with New Mexico epidemiologist, Dr. Meghan Brett about Covid-19; New York Times bestselling author Heather Lende talks about her decision to run for local office in Haines, Alaska (her new book: "Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics"); and a conversation with Joni Erends (Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety) and Laura Watchempino (Multicultural Alliance, the Laguna-Acoma Coalition For A Safe Environment) concerning the latest developments at WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Project).

6/13, Alb.-Bianca Ortiz Wertheim brings her knowledge of DC and of New Mexico to the job.

6/13, Alb.-Miriam Ortiz y Pino talks about the solitude of the pandemic and how to think about using your found time.

5/23, Alb.--Two Democratic women are running in the June 2 primary race for House District 17.

5/23, Alb.-Marian Matthews jumped into the legislative session to fill an empty seat. Now, she wants to continue her work.

Aired Sat 5/30, 12pm: Carol Boss speaks with top-ranked horse trainer, Ginger Gaffney, whose life-affirming memoir, Half Broke, is a story of how both horses and humans seek relationships to survive.

5/23, Alb.--New Secretary Elizabeth Groginsksy readies the way that has been in the plans for some years. Launch of NM Early Childhood and Care Dept-July 1.