Podcasts about southwest research

You may have heard of Tom Slick, the man who financed many early expeditions in search of Sasquatch both the in US and internationally. But did you know he was also a scientist, military man, inventor, philanthropist, and much more? Learn the strange, fascinating and tragically short history of Thomas Baker Slick Jr. with Heather Moser, Mark Matzke and guest host Aaron Deese.  Email - Monsteropolis@smalltownmonsters.com   SHOW NOTES Monsteropolis: Tom Slick   Welcome back, you lawless knaves.    READER MAIL - got at least one - HERE IT IS, from our friend Christine! — Hi Guys,   First of all, congratulations on the success of your 10th anniversary Kickstarter!  I can't wait to see your new films, especially The Siege of Ape Canyon and The Kinderhook Creature.   I listened with interest to the Monsteropolis episode where you described the changing nature of the appearance of the Wendigo in popular culture from an emaciated human being to one with antlers and a stag's skull. In the fall last year I became aware of the legend of the Leshy of pagan Slavic culture through an excellent YA novel called "Where the Dark Stands Still" by Polish writer A.B. Poranek. When I googled the Leshy I was astounded to see images of what I recognised as the Wendigo. So this got me thinking - is there a Slavic influence at play here too? Perhaps this is something you could look in to!    I am really looking forward to the book and film regarding the Wendigo which I understand may come out next year. I have been fascinated by the Wendigo since reading Algernon Blackwood's novella and there is one passage in particular that always sticks in my mind:   "And soon after he slept, the change of wind he had divined stirred gently the reflection of the stars within the lake. Rising among the far ridges of the country beyond Fifty Island Water, it came from the direction in which he had stared, and it passed over the sleeping camp with a faint and sighing murmur through the tops of the big trees that was almost too delicate to be audible. With it, down the desert paths of night, though too faint, too high even for the Indian's hair-like nerves, there passed a curious, thin odor, strangely disquieting, an odor of something that seemed unfamiliar—utterly unknown."   Christine   (your biggest Scottish fan who lives in Germany

The Pacific Southwest Research Station is part of the Forest Service's research and development organization. R&D employs more than 500 scientists as well as several hundred technical and support personnel located at 67 sites throughout the U.S. In this episode, we focus on three employees to share who they are and what they do at the station.

In the latest episode of STtalks we sit down with Dr Justin Waggoner, Beef Systems Specialist at Kansas State University's Southwest Research & Extension Center, to discuss from a feeders perspective how Beef on Dairy animals fit into the Beef supply chain and how the sector of this market will continue to develop.

As the rain and snow continue through is chilly spring, it may be hard to remember the dry drought-ridden summer of last year.  But as farmers and gardeners prepare for the growing season, many are wondering about the drought outlook for the coming months.  Jeffrey Strock is a professor at the University of Minnesota's Southwest Research and Outreach Center. He joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the drought outlook as temperatures rise.

Joining host Stephen Spitz this month is Don Hancock, Director of the Nuclear Waste Program for the Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC). We will discuss the proposed expansion of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico. … Continue reading →

In this installment of the Gopher Coffee Shop podcast, Extension educators Ryan Miller and Brad Carlson sit down with Jeff Strock, a professor and soil scientist with the Department of Soil Water and Climate at the University of Minnesota. Jeff is stationed at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center in Lamberton Minnesota and his research has largely been focused on the intersect of nutrient management and agricultural drainage. We sit down with Jeff and chat about what he has been working on.Listen to the podcastThere are many articles related to what we've discussed on the Crop News blog linked below. Minnesota Crop News blog: https://z.umn.edu/cropnewsSign up to receive Minnesota Crop News: https://z.umn.edu/CropNewsSignupThe Gopher Coffee Shop Podcast is available on Stitcher and iTunes. Enjoy!For more information, visit University of Minnesota Extension Crop Production at http://z.umn.edu/crops.

Joni Arends from Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety and Don Hancock from Southwest Research and Information Center join Xubi to discuss proposed new construction at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad New Mexico and a virtual public hearing on the subject which starts Monday May 17th at noon . More information about the issue as well as links to submit testimony or attend the virtual hearing can be found at: http://nuclearactive.org/ 

Uranium mining marks the start of the nuclear fuel chain and the deadly journey that element takes to become atomic weapons, nuclear reactors, and tons of highly radioactive waste that we do not know how to store safely for tens of thousands of years. On July 13 and 14, Nuclear Hotseat attended commemorative events for the 1979 Church Rock uranium tailings pond breach and spill, which dumped more than 94 million gallons of highly acidic radioactive water into the adjacent Puerco River. The contamination reached Sanders, Arizona, and was recorded at least 80 miles away. The spill has never been cleaned up, and even now, while it has been declared a Superfund site, it will take at least two years before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission finishes its review of the EPA’s clean-up plan – and clean-up can’t even begin until and unless the plan is approved.. And even that plan has come in for criticism by activists and community members. This very special Nuclear Hotseat is an audio montage of interviews with community leaders from Navajo Nation – most specifically the Red Water Pond Road Community, located adjacent to the spill site; commemoration event attendees; government officials; and activists from as far away as Japan. We spoke with: Former uranium miner Larry J. King, who was on-site at the United Nuclear Corporation mine the day of the tailings pond spill Redwater Pond Road Community members Jackie Bell, Edith Hood, Terracita Keyanna, Anna Benally, who live next to the spill site. Navajo Nation president Jonathan Nez New Mexico state senator George Muñoz Southwest Research and Information Center Research Director Paul Robinson and Director of the Uranium Impact Assessment Program, Chris Shuey Environmental Protection Agency District 9 (San Francisco) rep Sean Hogan Journalist and Nuclear Nation Film Festival producer Mervyn Tilden

Uranium mining marks the start of the nuclear fuel chain and the deadly journey that element takes to become atomic weapons, nuclear reactors, and tons of highly radioactive waste that we do not know how to store safely for tens of thousands of years. On July 13 and 14, Nuclear Hotseat attended commemorative events for the 1979 Church Rock uranium tailings pond breach and spill, which dumped more than 94 million gallons of highly acidic radioactive water into the adjacent Puerco River. The contamination reached Sanders, Arizona, and was recorded at least 80 miles away. The spill has never been cleaned up, and even now, while it has been declared a Superfund site, it will take at least two years before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission finishes its review of the EPA’s clean-up plan – and clean-up can’t even begin until and unless the plan is approved.. And even that plan has come in for criticism by activists and community members. This very special Nuclear Hotseat is an audio montage of interviews with community leaders from Navajo Nation – most specifically the Red Water Pond Road Community, located adjacent to the spill site; commemoration event attendees; government officials; and activists from as far away as Japan. We spoke with: Former uranium miner Larry J. King, who was on-site at the United Nuclear Corporation mine the day of the tailings pond spill Redwater Pond Road Community members Jackie Bell, Edith Hood, Terracita Keyanna, Anna Benally, who live next to the spill site. Navajo Nation president Jonathan Nez New Mexico state senator George Muñoz Southwest Research and Information Center Research Director Paul Robinson and Director of the Uranium Impact Assessment Program, Chris Shuey Environmental Protection Agency District 9 (San Francisco) rep Sean Hogan Journalist and Nuclear Nation Film Festival producer Mervyn Tilden

Uranium mining marks the start of the nuclear fuel chain and the deadly journey that element takes to become atomic weapons, nuclear reactors, and tons of highly radioactive waste that we do not know how to store safely for tens of thousands of years. On July 13 and 14, Nuclear Hotseat attended commemorative events for the 1979 Church Rock uranium tailings pond breach and spill, which dumped more than 94 million gallons of highly acidic radioactive water into the adjacent Puerco River. The contamination reached Sanders, Arizona, and was recorded at least 80 miles away. The spill has never been cleaned up, and even now, while it has been declared a Superfund site, it will take at least two years before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission finishes its review of the EPA's clean-up plan – and clean-up can't even begin until and unless the plan is approved.. And even that plan has come in for criticism by activists and community members. This very special Nuclear Hotseat is an audio montage of interviews with community leaders from Navajo Nation – most specifically the Red Water Pond Road Community, located adjacent to the spill site; commemoration event attendees; government officials; and activists from as far away as Japan. We spoke with: Former uranium miner Larry J. King, who was on-site at the United Nuclear Corporation mine the day of the tailings pond spill Redwater Pond Road Community members Jackie Bell, Edith Hood, Terracita Keyanna, Anna Benally, who live next to the spill site. Navajo Nation president Jonathan Nez New Mexico state senator George Muñoz Southwest Research and Information Center Research Director Paul Robinson and Director of the Uranium Impact Assessment Program, Chris Shuey Environmental Protection Agency District 9 (San Francisco) rep Sean Hogan Journalist and Nuclear Nation Film Festival producer Mervyn Tilden

Chris Shuey is Director of the Uranium Impact Assessment Program for Southwest Research and Information Service. He has worked with Navajo Nation communities on uranium mining issues for 38 years. Chris has helped document the persistent impact of the 1979 uranium tailings pond disaster, which dumped 94 million gallons of highly acidic radioactive waste into the Puerco River and traveled beyond Sanders, Arizona. In this special extended interview, he goes over the resulting degradation of the water, land, and health on Navajo Nation, as well as cultural issues that make the people unwilling to leave their ancestral lands, no matter how contaminated. We spoke on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 – just before I left for Church Rock, NM to cover the 40th anniversary commemoration events. Navajo Birth Cohort Study – a link to a PDF explanation and some of its findings. NEXT WEEK: Church Rock SPECIAL Pt. 2Voices of the People,Commemoration MarchGo to www.nuclearhotseat.com

Uranium mining disaster site: SRIC’s Chris Shuey on site at Church Rock, explaining the devastation of the 1979 uranium tailings pond spill of 94-million gallons of highly acidic radioactive waste into Puerco River on Navajo Nation land. This Week’s Featured Interview: Chris Shuey is Director of the Uranium Impact Assessment Program for Southwest Research and...

Full-length interview with Chris Shuey, Director of the Uranium Impact Assessment Program for Southwest Research and Information Service (SRIC.org). He has worked with Navajo Nation communities on uranium mining issues for 38 years. Chris has helped document the persistent impact of the 1979 uranium tailings pond disaster, which dumped 94 million gallons of highly acidic radioactive waste into the Puerco River and traveled beyond Sanders, Arizona. In this special extended interview, he goes over the resulting degradation of the water, land, and health on Navajo Nation, as well as cultural issues that make the People unwilling to leave their ancestral lands, no matter how contaminated.

Full-length interview with Chris Shuey, Director of the Uranium Impact Assessment Program for Southwest Research and Information Service (SRIC.org). He has worked with Navajo Nation communities on uranium mining issues for 38 years. Chris has helped document the persistent impact of the 1979 uranium tailings pond disaster, which dumped 94 million gallons of highly acidic radioactive waste into the Puerco River and traveled beyond Sanders, Arizona. In this special extended interview, he goes over the resulting degradation of the water, land, and health on Navajo Nation, as well as cultural issues that make the People unwilling to leave their ancestral lands, no matter how contaminated.

Full-length interview with Chris Shuey, Director of the Uranium Impact Assessment Program for Southwest Research and Information Service (SRIC.org). He has worked with Navajo Nation communities on uranium mining issues for 38 years. Chris has helped document the persistent impact of the 1979 uranium tailings pond disaster, which dumped 94 million gallons of highly acidic radioactive waste into the Puerco River and traveled beyond Sanders, Arizona. In this special extended interview, he goes over the resulting degradation of the water, land, and health on Navajo Nation, as well as cultural issues that make the People unwilling to leave their ancestral lands, no matter how contaminated.

This Week’s Featured Interview:New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) radioactive waste problems examined in Libbe HaLevy’s interview with Don Hancock, Executive Director of the Southwest Research and Information Center, a nuclear watchdog group headquartered in Albuquerque. The group focuses on the goings-on at WIPP, this country’s only deep geological repository for low level nuclear waste. He gives us an update on conditions at WIPP since its 2014 accidents closed it down, along with the intense political wrangling going on right now about changing regulations to allow WIPP to take high level waste it’s not designed to handle. We also go into the battle raging right now over the threat of the world’s largest radioactive waste dump being situated in New Mexico and/or New Mexico-adjacent in West Texas.www.nuclearhotseat.com Facebbok: https://www.facebook.com/NuclearHotseat/Lonnie Clark: The Age of Fission Radio Show YouTube: nutzforart

This Week’s Featured Interview: New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) radioactive waste problems examined in Libbe HaLevy’s interview with Don Hancock, Executive Director of the Southwest Research and Information Center, a nuclear watchdog group headquartered in Albuquerque. The group focuses on the goings-on at WIPP, this country’s only deep geological repository for low level nuclear waste. He gives us an update on conditions at WIPP since its 2014 accidents closed it down, along with the intense political wrangling going on right now about changing regulations to allow WIPP to take high level waste it’s not designed to handle. We also go into the battle raging right now over the threat of the world’s largest radioactive waste dump being situated in New Mexico and/or New Mexico-adjacent in West Texas.

New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad This Week’s Featured Interview: New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) radioactive waste problems examined in Libbe HaLevy’s interview with Don Hancock, Executive Director of the Southwest Research and Information Center, a nuclear watchdog group headquartered in Albuquerque.  The group  focuses on the goings-on at WIPP,...

New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) radioactive waste problems examined in Libbe HaLevy’s interview with Don Hancock, Executive Director of the Southwest Research and Information Center, a nuclear watchdog group headquartered in Albuquerque. The group focuses on the goings-on at WIPP, this country’s only deep geological repository for low level nuclear waste. He gives us an update on conditions at WIPP since its 2014 accidents closed it down, along with the intense political wrangling going on right now about changing regulations to allow WIPP to take high level waste it’s not designed to handle. We also go into the battle raging right now over the threat of the world’s largest radioactive waste dump being situated in New Mexico and/or New Mexico-adjacent in West Texas.

New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) radioactive waste problems examined in Libbe HaLevy’s interview with Don Hancock, Executive Director of the Southwest Research and Information Center, a nuclear watchdog group headquartered in Albuquerque. The group focuses on the goings-on at WIPP, this country’s only deep geological repository for low level nuclear waste. He gives us an update on conditions at WIPP since its 2014 accidents closed it down, along with the intense political wrangling going on right now about changing regulations to allow WIPP to take high level waste it’s not designed to handle. We also go into the battle raging right now over the threat of the world’s largest radioactive waste dump being situated in New Mexico and/or New Mexico-adjacent in West Texas.

New Mexico's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) radioactive waste problems examined in Libbe HaLevy's interview with Don Hancock, Executive Director of the Southwest Research and Information Center, a nuclear watchdog group headquartered in Albuquerque. The group focuses on the goings-on at WIPP, this country's only deep geological repository for low level nuclear waste. He gives us an update on conditions at WIPP since its 2014 accidents closed it down, along with the intense political wrangling going on right now about changing regulations to allow WIPP to take high level waste it's not designed to handle. We also go into the battle raging right now over the threat of the world's largest radioactive waste dump being situated in New Mexico and/or New Mexico-adjacent in West Texas.

A native Arkansan, Dr. Charles Looney spent much of his career working in the cattle reproduction industry outside the state. He recently took advantage of an opportunity to return to Arkansas to fill an animal science position at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture’s Southwest Research and Extension Center. Artificial Insemination, or A.I., has revolutionized cattle breeding, but in this edition of Arkansas Agcast, Dr. Looney says the technology is being under-utilized. He says he intends to meet with Arkansas cattlemen through a series of workshops and educate them on how to use A.I., which he believes will help them raise higher quality cattle and become more profitable.

The Senate has passed a bill to transfer remediation authority over the radioactive waste in the West Lake Landfill from the Environmental Protection Agency to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, putting the site in the Corps’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, known by the acronym FUSRAP. The bipartisan bill was proposed by Missouri's U.S. Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill. To capture this moment of success, we interviewed two activists directly involved in the battle to move the West Lake clean-up from EPA to the Army Corps - and familiar to regular listeners of Nuclear Hotseat: Byron DeLear lives near the West Lake Landfill and has been involved in clean energy issues for many years. He is a columnist with Examiner.com, was founder of Global Peace Solution, and is currently running for state representative. Dawn Chapman is a Mom who lives only two miles from the radioactive landfill and serves as an admin for the West Lake Landfill Facebook page and a genuine grass roots leader of this campaign for environmental justice. This Week's Featured Interview: The explosion, radioactive plutonium and americium release, and closure of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP Site) took place on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014. Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center brings us up to date as WIPP hits its second anniversary.

The Senate has passed a bill to transfer remediation authority over the radioactive waste in the West Lake Landfill from the Environmental Protection Agency to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, putting the site in the Corps' Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, known by the acronym FUSRAP. The bipartisan bill was proposed by Missouri's U.S. Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill. To capture this moment of success, we interviewed two activists directly involved in the battle to move the West Lake clean-up from EPA to the Army Corps - and familiar to regular listeners of Nuclear Hotseat: Byron DeLear lives near the West Lake Landfill and has been involved in clean energy issues for many years. He is a columnist with Examiner.com, was founder of Global Peace Solution, and is currently running for state representative. Dawn Chapman is a Mom who lives only two miles from the radioactive landfill and serves as an admin for the West Lake Landfill Facebook page and a genuine grass roots leader of this campaign for environmental justice. This Week's Featured Interview: The explosion, radioactive plutonium and americium release, and closure of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP Site) took place on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014. Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center brings us up to date as WIPP hits its second anniversary.

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center provides an update on the latest on the radiologic contamination at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, NM. VOICES FROM JAPAN: Former Mayor of Futuba Idogawa, who is suing the Japanese government for damages following his exposure to radiation in the early days of the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster; and activist Ruiko Muto heads a coalition of over 20,000 people petitioning the government for an apology and compensation for the damage done to their lives by Fukushima. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: Does TEPCO really think a new recreation facility and hot meals will lift the spirits of Fukushima Daiichi workers who will soon be able to be legally exposed to 250 milliSiev

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center provides an update on the latest on the radiologic contamination at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, NM. VOICES FROM JAPAN: Former Mayor of Futuba Idogawa, who is suing the Japanese government for damages following his exposure to radiation in the early days of the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster; and activist Ruiko Muto heads a coalition of over 20,000 people petitioning the government for an apology and compensation for the damage done to their lives by Fukushima. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: Does TEPCO really think a new recreation facility and hot meals will lift the spirits of Fukushima Daiichi workers who will soon be able to be legally exposed to 250 milliSiev

BREAKING: Second death in the USS Reagan/Operation Tomadachi case.  Exclusive interview w/Charles Bonner, attorney for the sailors in the $1 Billion lawsuit against TEPCO, General Electric, EBASCO, Toshiba and Hitachi. INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock, Executive Director of Southwest Research and Information Center, again updates us on the most recent radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot...

BREAKING: Second death in the USS Reagan/Operation Tomadachi case. Exclusive interview w/Charles Bonner, attorney for the sailors in the $1 Billion lawsuit against TEPCO, General Electric, EBASCO, Toshiba and Hitachi. INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock, Executive Director of Southwest Research and Information Center, again updates us on the most recent radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP site, in Carlsbad, NM. Gail Snyder, Board President of Chicago-based Nuclear Energy Information Service, provides the most recent information and analysis of the uranium hexafluoride leak at Honeywell's Metropolis, IL facility. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: US House of Representatives, by voice vote led by Georgia's Rep. Paul Broun, passes bill to authorize Dept. of Energy (DOE) to do research on "WHETHER" low-dose ionizing radiation poses a risk. How is this even a question?!?!? Even worse, it appears to be a set-up to gut BEIR VII (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation), the proof of the risk, as creating an "unnecessary economic burdens" that are "detrimental to the health of Americans." Through the looking glass, Alice!

BREAKING: Second death in the USS Reagan/Operation Tomadachi case. Exclusive interview w/Charles Bonner, attorney for the sailors in the $1 Billion lawsuit against TEPCO, General Electric, EBASCO, Toshiba and Hitachi. INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock, Executive Director of Southwest Research and Information Center, again updates us on the most recent radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP site, in Carlsbad, NM. Gail Snyder, Board President of Chicago-based Nuclear Energy Information Service, provides the most recent information and analysis of the uranium hexafluoride leak at Honeywell's Metropolis, IL facility. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: US House of Representatives, by voice vote led by Georgia's Rep. Paul Broun, passes bill to authorize Dept. of Energy (DOE) to do research on "WHETHER" low-dose ionizing radiation poses a risk. How is this even a question?!?!? Even worse, it appears to be a set-up to gut BEIR VII (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation), the proof of the risk, as creating an "unnecessary economic burdens" that are "detrimental to the health of Americans." Through the looking glass, Alice!

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center provides another sterling update on the fan restart at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site in Carlsbad, NM; and One from the Vault, Nuclear Hotseat #7 from July 26, 2011 - interview w/Jon Solomon, VP of Purchasing for Eden Foods, on the food safety protocol the company put in place in the days immediately after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: Nuclear tourism to New Mexico - take the kids! PLUS: Stunner! NRC's MacFarlane announces retirement from Commission 4 years early; Gundersen says Fukushima surrounded by gamma radiation haze as cesium and strontium 90 levels in the water continue to skyrocket - Japan radiation release now seen to be almost four times worse than Chernobyl; Dr. Caldicott now will be allowed to testify in trial of The Four Grandmothers for trespass while planting protest flowers at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant on Mother's Day; Special report from Frieze Art Show as "Ambivalent?" soup sourced from Fukushima offered free to attendees; and Canada to offer Potassium Iodide tablets to all who live within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor in case of an emergency... but still want to convince us that a nuke waste repository within one mile of Lake Huron is safe? Does no one see the disconnect?

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center provides another sterling update on the fan restart at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site in Carlsbad, NM; and One from the Vault, Nuclear Hotseat #7 from July 26, 2011 - interview w/Jon Solomon, VP of Purchasing for Eden Foods, on the food safety protocol the company put in place in the days immediately after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: Nuclear tourism to New Mexico - take the kids! PLUS: Stunner! NRC's MacFarlane announces retirement from Commission 4 years early; Gundersen says Fukushima surrounded by gamma radiation haze as cesium and strontium 90 levels in the water continue to skyrocket - Japan radiation release now seen to be almost four times worse than Chernobyl; Dr. Caldicott now will be allowed to testify in trial of The Four Grandmothers for trespass while planting protest flowers at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant on Mother's Day; Special report from Frieze Art Show as "Ambivalent?" soup sourced from Fukushima offered free to attendees; and Canada to offer Potassium Iodide tablets to all who live within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor in case of an emergency... but still want to convince us that a nuke waste repository within one mile of Lake Huron is safe? Does no one see the disconnect?

URGENT – THE EPA PLANS TO RAISE “ALLOWABLE” RADIATION LIMITS BY AS MUCH AS A FACTOR OF 350!  ACCEPTING COMMENTS UNTIL AUGUST 3, 2014 – WRITE TO THEM NOW!http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0689-0001 INTERVIEWS: WIPP ACCIDENT – Don Hancock, Director of Southwest Research and Information Center in Albuquerque, NM, brings us up to date again about the February 14...

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center again updates us on the latest problems at the WIPP nuclear waste repository in Carlsbad, NM; Scott Portzline of Three Mile Island Alert helps us understand the flawed nature of the NRC's computer progra to analyze potential nuclear accident consequences; and our Voices from Japan series presents filmmaker Yumiko Hayakawa talking about TEPCO censorship against her film, "A Woman from Fukushima."

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center again updates us on the latest problems at the WIPP nuclear waste repository in Carlsbad, NM; Scott Portzline of Three Mile Island Alert helps us understand the flawed nature of the NRC's computer progra to analyze potential nuclear accident consequences; and our Voices from Japan series presents filmmaker Yumiko Hayakawa talking about TEPCO censorship against her film, "A Woman from Fukushima."

Nuclear Hotseat celebrates three years of weekly production with a brief look back at where it all began. Plus a featured interview w/Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center on the continuing situation at the WIPP site in Carlsbad, NM, site of the February 14 plutonium leak. AND: Fukushima children's thyroid cancer cases increasing, ice wall around reactors refuses to freeze, Pacific Ocean continues ecological catastrophe as more species collapse, Greenpeace say French renewables cheaper than nukes by 2019, and what makes Pakistan smarter than the US? HINT: it's not the cheese...

Nuclear Hotseat celebrates three years of weekly production with a brief look back at where it all began. Plus a featured interview w/Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center on the continuing situation at the WIPP site in Carlsbad, NM, site of the February 14 plutonium leak. AND: Fukushima children's thyroid cancer cases increasing, ice wall around reactors refuses to freeze, Pacific Ocean continues ecological catastrophe as more species collapse, Greenpeace say French renewables cheaper than nukes by 2019, and what makes Pakistan smarter than the US? HINT: it's not the cheese...

FEATURED INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock, Director of Southwest Research and Information Center in Albuquerque, NM, brings us up to date on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site, including his take on the “green kitty litter” now being blamed for the “explosion that was not an ‘explosion'” that caused a radiation leak at the government’s only...

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center again gives us the straight facts about the WIPP problems, including his interpretation of why the "Kitty Litter" solution may not be so; Ray Lutz of Citizen's Oversight Project (COP) tears the CPUC's "untouchable!" corporate bailout of SCE over San Onofre to shreds. PLUS: NRC takes its sweet time about setting earthquake hazard analyses in 21 nuke facilities; Fukushima Prefecture goes nuts over Manga comic that tells the truth about nosebleeds, fatigue through its characters; Worker sues TEPCO for radiation exposure, cites USS Reagan sailors; N America's Fukushima fallout exposure estimate at 400 TRILLION Bequerels of Cesium-137; and TEPCO frozen sea wall - NOT!

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center again gives us the straight facts about the WIPP problems, including his interpretation of why the "Kitty Litter" solution may not be so; Ray Lutz of Citizen's Oversight Project (COP) tears the CPUC's "untouchable!" corporate bailout of SCE over San Onofre to shreds. PLUS: NRC takes its sweet time about setting earthquake hazard analyses in 21 nuke facilities; Fukushima Prefecture goes nuts over Manga comic that tells the truth about nosebleeds, fatigue through its characters; Worker sues TEPCO for radiation exposure, cites USS Reagan sailors; N America's Fukushima fallout exposure estimate at 400 TRILLION Bequerels of Cesium-137; and TEPCO frozen sea wall - NOT!

Nuclear Hotseat #149: WIPP Radiation Leak SPECIAL – Download Here Spotlight on the radiation leak and closure at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad New Mexico with a trio of interviewees: Don Hancock, Director of Southwest Research and Information Center Karen Hadden, Executive Director of the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition Diane...

Spotlight on the radiation leak and closure at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad New Mexico with a trio of interviewees: Don Hancock, Director of Southwest Research and Information Center; Karen Hadden, executive director of the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition, and Diane D'Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director at Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS. PLUS: Chernobyl - collateral damage in Putin/Ukraine clash? Nuclear refugees being forced to return to Fukushima despite radiation levels and deadly health problems. And Obama eats sushi in Tokyo - what's wrong with THIS picture?

Spotlight on the radiation leak and closure at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad New Mexico with a trio of interviewees: Don Hancock, Director of Southwest Research and Information Center; Karen Hadden, executive director of the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition, and Diane D'Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director at Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS. PLUS: Chernobyl - collateral damage in Putin/Ukraine clash? Nuclear refugees being forced to return to Fukushima despite radiation levels and deadly health problems. And Obama eats sushi in Tokyo - what's wrong with THIS picture?

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center provides the latest news on the radiation leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project site in Carlsbad, New Mexico; Kimberly Roberson, founder of the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network, explains about Bequerels are BAD Day on April 10 and info on how to call in to elected representative to demand a lowering of the allowable limit of radiation in our food. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: Evil Numnutz to UNSCEAR for having the NERVE to release a lying piece of shit "report" on how the radiation from Fukushima will not impact health or cancer rates in Japan or elsewhere.

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center provides the latest news on the radiation leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project site in Carlsbad, New Mexico; Kimberly Roberson, founder of the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network, explains about Bequerels are BAD Day on April 10 and info on how to call in to elected representative to demand a lowering of the allowable limit of radiation in our food. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: Evil Numnutz to UNSCEAR for having the NERVE to release a lying piece of shit "report" on how the radiation from Fukushima will not impact health or cancer rates in Japan or elsewhere.

INTERVIEW:  Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center again fills us in on the latest developments at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) in Carlsbad New Mexico following the Valentine’s Day radiation leak.  What exactly happened, how much leaked, how far has it traveled in which direction, what are the radiation levels — we...

INTERVIEW: We revisit Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center to learn the latest developments on the radiation leak at the Carlsbad WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Project) site. PLUS: We introduce a new regular feature on food safety with Certified Diet Counselor and Nutrition Educator Kimberly Roberson, who also founded the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network. NEWS: Fukushima news round-up; radwaste leak in Nova Scotia and fire in Scotland; Fairbanks, AK passes Fukushima radiation monitoring resolution; NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK is (almost) explosive; and of course, RadCast w/Mimi German.

INTERVIEW: We revisit Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center to learn the latest developments on the radiation leak at the Carlsbad WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Project) site. PLUS: We introduce a new regular feature on food safety with Certified Diet Counselor and Nutrition Educator Kimberly Roberson, who also founded the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network. NEWS: Fukushima news round-up; radwaste leak in Nova Scotia and fire in Scotland; Fairbanks, AK passes Fukushima radiation monitoring resolution; NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK is (almost) explosive; and of course, RadCast w/Mimi German.

INTERVIEWS: Dr. Jerry Brown of Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy blows the lid off the presumed safety of "permissible" radiation releases from Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant w/a newly commissioned report on cancer statistics in nearby counties by esteemed epidemiologist Joseph Mangano. We revisit the WIPP radiological accident and radiation release in Carlsbad, NM with Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center. PLUS: Hanford site threatened by cracked dam 40 miles upstream; Hawaiian state senators call for radiation tracking in their local Pacific waters; Babcock and Wilcox can't find buyers for their small modular nuclear reactors, while Exelon threatens to shut down 3 reactor sites in Illinois; "mind boggling" levels of cesium found in Fukushima reservoirs as rockfish caught off the coast found even more radioactive than Japan's permissive permissible levels; and hundreds rally in Tokyo to protest prosecutors letting TEPCO off the hook without a single indictment. It's ALL numnutz!

INTERVIEWS: Dr. Jerry Brown of Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy blows the lid off the presumed safety of "permissible" radiation releases from Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant w/a newly commissioned report on cancer statistics in nearby counties by esteemed epidemiologist Joseph Mangano. We revisit the WIPP radiological accident and radiation release in Carlsbad, NM with Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center. PLUS: Hanford site threatened by cracked dam 40 miles upstream; Hawaiian state senators call for radiation tracking in their local Pacific waters; Babcock and Wilcox can't find buyers for their small modular nuclear reactors, while Exelon threatens to shut down 3 reactor sites in Illinois; "mind boggling" levels of cesium found in Fukushima reservoirs as rockfish caught off the coast found even more radioactive than Japan's permissive permissible levels; and hundreds rally in Tokyo to protest prosecutors letting TEPCO off the hook without a single indictment. It's ALL numnutz!

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock from Southwest Research and Information Center returns to update us on the leak of Plutonium and Americium from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad New Mexico. Dr. Catherine Euler of Mamabears Against Nukes gives us the rundown on how to interpret the WIPP radiation data. Mimi German, Ms. RadCast Herself, offers insight into those pesky "now they work/now they don't" EPA radiation monitors. PLUS: 84-year-old Sister Megan Rice asks the judge to sentence her to life in prison for her non-violent peace demonstration at the supposedly secure Y-12 nuclear facility; Second safety-conscious Hanford manager fired after she spoke out for - wait for it! - safety! Georgia's planned new Vogtle reactors receive $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees; Fukushima Unit 4 cooling system stops for four hours; high levels of cesium found in Fukushima reservoirs used for agriculture; and Ukraine rebels capture Rosnov Nuclear Power Plant... then don't know what to do with it. Oy!

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock from Southwest Research and Information Center returns to update us on the leak of Plutonium and Americium from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad New Mexico. Dr. Catherine Euler of Mamabears Against Nukes gives us the rundown on how to interpret the WIPP radiation data. Mimi German, Ms. RadCast Herself, offers insight into those pesky "now they work/now they don't" EPA radiation monitors. PLUS: 84-year-old Sister Megan Rice asks the judge to sentence her to life in prison for her non-violent peace demonstration at the supposedly secure Y-12 nuclear facility; Second safety-conscious Hanford manager fired after she spoke out for - wait for it! - safety! Georgia's planned new Vogtle reactors receive $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees; Fukushima Unit 4 cooling system stops for four hours; high levels of cesium found in Fukushima reservoirs used for agriculture; and Ukraine rebels capture Rosnov Nuclear Power Plant... then don't know what to do with it. Oy!

Nuclear Hotseat Producer/Host Libbe HaLevy’s Nuclear Memoir is PUBLISHED AS OF FEBRUARY 27, 2014!   Get ebook directly from Amazon at:  http://amzn.to/1euWD8a Nuclear Hotseat #140 THE INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center (www.sric.org) again provides us with on-the-ground information of what’s really going on with the radiation leak at the Waste Isolation...

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock from Southwest Research and Information Center returns to update us on the leak of Plutonium and Americium from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad New Mexico. Dr. Catherine Euler of Mamabears Against Nukes gives us the rundown on how to interpret the WIPP radiation data. Mimi German, Ms. RadCast Herself, offers insight into those pesky "now they work/now they don't" EPA radiation monitors. And Chizo Hamada shares international Fukushima 3 Anniversary events. PLUS: 84-year-old Sister Megan Rice asks the judge to sentence her to life in prison for her non-violent peace demonstration at the supposedly secure Y-12 nuclear facility; Second safety-conscious Hanford manager fired after she spoke out for - wait for it! - safety! Georgia's planned new Vogtle reactors reeive $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees; Fukushima Unit 4 cooling system stops for four hours; high levels of cesium found in Fukushima reservoirs used for agriculture; and Ukraine rebels capture Rosnov Nuclear Power Plant... then don't know what to do with it. Oy!

INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock from Southwest Research and Information Center returns to update us on the leak of Plutonium and Americium from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad New Mexico. Dr. Catherine Euler of Mamabears Against Nukes gives us the rundown on how to interpret the WIPP radiation data. Mimi German, Ms. RadCast Herself, offers insight into those pesky "now they work/now they don't" EPA radiation monitors. And Chizo Hamada shares international Fukushima 3 Anniversary events. PLUS: 84-year-old Sister Megan Rice asks the judge to sentence her to life in prison for her non-violent peace demonstration at the supposedly secure Y-12 nuclear facility; Second safety-conscious Hanford manager fired after she spoke out for - wait for it! - safety! Georgia's planned new Vogtle reactors reeive $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees; Fukushima Unit 4 cooling system stops for four hours; high levels of cesium found in Fukushima reservoirs used for agriculture; and Ukraine rebels capture Rosnov Nuclear Power Plant... then don't know what to do with it. Oy!

BREAKING NEWS:  Sister Megan Rice sentenced to 2 years, 11 months for peaceful protest at the Y-12 nuclear weapons site at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  Co-defendants get 5 yrs. 2 months each.  Details on next week’s Nuclear Hotseat #140.  INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock of the Southwest Research and Information Center on the fire and radiation release at...

BREAKING NEWS: Sister Megan Rice, 84, gets 2 years 11 months in prison for her peaceful protest at the Y-12 National Security complex, a nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, TN. Details next week. For this week's program, focus on the recent fire and radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, NM with Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center. Then the featured interview w/Indian filmmaker Pradeep Indulkar, on tour in the US with his award-winning film, "High Power." PLUS: "Experts" miss possible Hanford implications in Washington state rare birth defect cluster; Massive cracks found at Fukushima near radioactive water storage tanks; Fukushima dental assn. to study radiation in local baby teeth; UK nuclear sites at risk of flooding; later this year the Irish will be able to sue the UK for Sellafield radiation damages; and then there's Numnutz of the Week, the NRC DUCK! and Cover Report, and Radcast w/Mimi German.

BREAKING NEWS: Sister Megan Rice, 84, gets 2 years 11 months in prison for her peaceful protest at the Y-12 National Security complex, a nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, TN. Details next week. For this week's program, focus on the recent fire and radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, NM with Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center. Then the featured interview w/Indian filmmaker Pradeep Indulkar, on tour in the US with his award-winning film, "High Power." PLUS: "Experts" miss possible Hanford implications in Washington state rare birth defect cluster; Massive cracks found at Fukushima near radioactive water storage tanks; Fukushima dental assn. to study radiation in local baby teeth; UK nuclear sites at risk of flooding; later this year the Irish will be able to sue the UK for Sellafield radiation damages; and then there's Numnutz of the Week, the NRC DUCK! and Cover Report, and Radcast w/Mimi German.

Aurore Diehl, the Thomas L. Popejoy Fellow in the Center for Southwest Research discusses “The University Occupied: An Overview of Campus Unrest at UNM in the 1960’s and 70’s.” Diehl is a graduate of UNM’s American Studies program and a second year Master’s student. Her research focus is the use of popular music as a lends through which to view issues of gender, sexuality, ethnicity and class, with a special focus on gender and sexuality in hard rock and heavy metal music. She is working on a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies.

In this talk Natalie Farrell, the Institutional Fellow in the Center for Southwest Research, reflects on her work throughout the academic year as she digitized historic versions of the student newspaper, the Daily Lobo. The title of her talk is “The Changing Political Attitude of UNM Students during the 20th Century.” The complete archives of the Daily Lobo are now available online in the archives of the Lobo Vault. Farrell is a Ph.D. student in anthropology, working in archaeology. She has been working in Southwestern archaeology and Geographic Information Systems since graduating with her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in 2008. She is specializing in the manufacturing style of Southwestern ceramics.

UNM graduate student Sam Markwell explores the political, economic and cultural conditions in which the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) was established. Markwell focuses on how it has affected pueblo and acequia communities and their claims to water rights within the larger context of change shaping the twentieth century. This lecture explores how the “Conservancy Project” became and remained the MGCSD through the long and ongoing processes of negotiation, contestation and incorporation among rural and urban communities, financial institutions, municipalities and state and federal government agencies. Markwell is a graduate of the UNM School of Anthropology and is expanding on work he did during his time as an undergraduate. Currently his studies focus on the cultural politics of water in the South Valley area of Albuquerque with a special interest in environmental justice. The lecture was cosponsored by the Office of the State Historian Scholars Program, the Historical Society of New Mexico and the Center for Southwest Research.

In this lecture 2011 History Scholar Katherine Massoth discusses ways white Americans reacted to the environment, clothing, and foodstuffs of New Mexican people between 1846 and 1866. Cuisine and couture became areas where daily practices were absorbed and traded between the colonizers and the colonized and the colonizers learned from the Mexican and Native Americans, slowly changing their own ideas of appropriate standards for food and clothing. Massoth is a Presidential Fellow and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Iowa where she received her M.A. degree in United States History in 2008. She specializes in the history of gender and race in the American West. The lecture was cosponsored by the Office of the State Historian and the Center for Southwest Research at UNM.

Ashley Sherry was the LaDonna Harris fellow (2009-2010) and a Center for Regional Studies fellow in the Center for Southwest Research (2011). She is also a scholar with the Office of the State Historian. Sherry’s research and the focus of this talk is the discourse and model of Indigenous advocacy put forth by LaDonna Harris as it pertains to the return of Blue Lake to Taos Pueblo. LaDonna Harris’ papers and the records of Americans for Indian Opportunity are housed at the Center for Southwest Research in Zimmerman Library. Sherry is introduced by Beth Silbergleit from CSWR and Dennis Trujillo from the Office of the State Historian. Harris attended the talk and reflects on Sherry’s examination of her life’s work.

Jordan Biro, a Center for Regional Studies George I. Sanchez Fellow at the Center for Southwest Research in University Libraries, gives this talk on her research into the history of the Taos Artists’ Colony and on one member of that colony, writer Myron Brinig. Biro is working toward her Ph.D. on the history of sexual migrations made by gay men and lesbians to the west in the 1940’s – 1970’s. In this talk she discusses Brinig and his insight in to the art colony.

Brianne Stein, Center for Regional Studies Digitization Fellow in the Center for Southwest Research talks about the Basque Independent Movement and how it is reflected in the Sam Slick collection via posters and information. Stein enters the Ph.D. program in Architecture in the fall where she will focus on the built environment in the early 20th century.

Sue Taylor, the Center for Regional Studies Fray Angélico Chávez Fellow in the Center for Southwest Research in University Libraries talks about an effort by the Spanish government to settle California with orphans in the early 1800’s. Taylor explains this was one of several schemes by the Spanish government in Mexico City to settle more people on the west coast of North America to protect the rights of the Spanish crown against other European countries. Taylor has just completed her Ph.D. in history at UNM.

Brian Luna Lucero, the Center for Regional Studies Sophie D. Aberle Fellow at the Center for Southwest Research talks about the 60 year effort for New Mexico to be recognized as a state. His research is part of a larger effort to build a digital portal for the CSWR’s centennial project. He speaks about the political and cultural resistance to admitting New Mexico to the union, and the many failed attempts to have the territory recognized as a state. Lucero is a Ph.D. candidate in History.

Aurore Diehl, the Thomas L. Popejoy Center for Regional Studies Fellow in the Center for Southwest Research in Zimmerman Libraries discusses her research in university archives as she compares two productions done by the Department of Drama at UNM. Diehl is a first year master’s degree student in American Studies. She is interested in the study of gender and sexuality in popular music.

Clare Daniel, the Center for Regional Studies Pictorial Collections Fellow in the Center for Southwest Research discusses the Wayne Lambert Collection. Lambert began donating his photographs to the Center in 2006 and has committed to continue to donate his work in the future. In this talk she discusses the themes of Lambert’s work and the way in which it fits into the CSWR collections.

Jessica Gardener, the Center for Regional Studies Beatrice Chauvenet Fellow at the Center for Southwest Research in Zimmerman Library talks about the collection of J.B. Jackson, the Father of Cultural Landscape Studies. Gardener, a Master’s student in Landscape Architecture at UNM curated the collection during her fellowship. Her own research is in the area of upland, dry land restoration and water in the urban environment.

Graduate Student Matt Harris, the Fine Arts Fellow at the Center for Southwest Research has spent the academic year working with “The New Mexico Composers Archive. He is working toward his Master of Musical Performance degree. In this talk he explores the challenges that archivists face in digitizing information so it will be accessible in the future and the opportunity the archive offers scholars who are interested in composers who have strong ties with the university and with New Mexico. Harris says the NM Composers archive is interesting because it contains original baroque materials, and some audio archives. Work from 30 composers is available in the archive.

The Center for Southwest Research at Zimmerman Libraries has just opened a new collection to research. Albuquerque Singles Magazine was published from 1977 to the late 1990’s. It was the first magazine in the country directed to single people who wanted to explore the community, do new things and meet other people. In this short excerpt of a longer interview, publisher Marilyn Stutt talks about how she put together a sales team for the magazine: For more about the collection, visit the University Libraries Finding Guide.

Robin Walden, master’s candidate in history, brings to life some of the tumult in New Mexico as the U.S. government worked to assimilate pueblo Indians into the general population in the years before the Great Depression. In this audio lecture, “The All Pueblo Council and Political Sovereignty in the 1920’s,”he describes how the pueblos resisted government attempts to reorganize their political structure and explores the political battle as the pueblo leaders organized around the All Pueblo Council. Walden is studying the history of the U.S. West. His focus is Native American history in the 20th century. His thesis project concerns the All Indian Pueblo Council. Walden is introduced by Dennis Trujillo of the Office of the State Historian. Walden’s research was partially funded by the Office of the State Historian. His research was conducted in the collections at the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at UNM.

Jacobo Baca, UNM history graduate student, discusses attempts by the U.S. government to handle the problem of encroachment on Pueblo Indian reservations as Hispano and white settlers began to move into lands adjacent to reservations. The 1922 “Bursum Bill” notoriously tried to recognize more than 1,200 land claims with little investigation into their legitimacy and no recompense to pueblos for the expropriation for their lands and resources. A torrent of national protest eventually defeated the bill and resulted in the 1924 Pueblo Lands Act, creating a commission to examine the legitimacy of non-Indian title on pueblo lands and making recommendations on the titles in district court. Baca’s research is partially supported by the Office of the State Historian. He used resources of the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections for some of his research. He is introduced by Dennis Trujillo from the Office of the State Historian.

Bryan Turo, doctoral candidate in history, has a concentration in U.S. history, the history of the American West, Southwestern history and Borderland States. In this audio talk, “New Mexico on Display: Politics and Image at the Territorial Fairs, 1881-1912,” he explores how the fairs were used to promote statehood, host political discussion and exhibit the territory of New Mexico as a modern American place. Turo’s research interests include the territorial period (1850-1912) and state formation in the Southwest. He is introduced by Dennis Trujillo of the Office of the State Historian. Turo’s research is funded in part by the Office of the State Historian. His research was conducted in the collections in the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections on the UNM campus.

Laura York is the 2009 Pictorial Archives fellow for the Center for Regional Studies and the Center for Southwest Research. She is a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology. Kari Schleher is the 2009 N.M. Digital Education fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology. Their talk is on “Meandering through Time: Preserving History through Digitization of the CWSR Pictorial Collections.”

Max Fitzpatrick is the 2009 Dennis Chavez fellow in the Center for Regional Studies and the Center for Southwest Research. He is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology, and the name of his talk is “Principled Republican Legislators in New Mexico: The Steve Schiff and Ken Kamerman Collections.” He is introduced by Beth Silbergleit, University Libraries archivist. Marilee Dannemann, widow of Ken Kamerman shares memories of Kamerman and his legislative and personal interests.

Eric Castillo is a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies and the 2009 George R. Sanchez fellow in the Center for Regional Studies and the Center for Southwest Research. His talk is on “La Academia de le Nueva Raza: A Quest for Social and Psychic Change.” He is introduced by Beth Sibergleit, archivist at University Libraries.

Char Peery is a 2009 Center for Regional Studies and Center for Southwest Research candidate fellow. She is a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology. Her talk is “Is All Publicity Good Publicity? Public Services at the CWSR.” She is introduced by Ann Massmann, associate professor with University Libraries.

Katie Galuska, a master’s student in art education and Center for Regional Studies and Center for Southwest Research Preservation fellow discusses “Artists’ Books and Preservation.” She is introduced by Claire-Lise Benaud, associate director of the Center for Southwest Research.

Jane Sinclair is the 2009 Beatrice Chauvinex Fellow in the Center for Regional Studies and the Center for Southwest Research. She is a graduate student in American Studies. Her talk is “Then and Now: The Many Faces of the Santa Fe Post Office, The Wool Factory and The Montezuma Hotel.” She is introduced by Audra Bellmore, curator of the Meem Architectural Archives.

Brian King holds a Fellowship with the Center for Regional Studies and the Center for Southwest Research. He is a graduate student in history, and talks about his research into New Mexico’s battle for statehood. His talk is titled “A Long and Winding Road: Discovering, Deciphering, and Digitizing New Mexico’s Struggle for Statehood 1848-1912 and Beyond.” He is introduced by Kathleen Ferris, manager of Digital Programs at University Libraries.

Sarah Wentzel-Fisher, Center for Southwest Research fellow and graduate student in community and regional planning, gives a talk on “Moving Media-The Challenges of Digitizing Audio and Video Tape.” In it, she discusses her exploration of ways for UNM Libraries to digitize audio and video in the collections.