City on the Edge Podcast

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.

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?

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.

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 in...

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

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?

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

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

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 Mulhou...

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. :( :( :(

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

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.)

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 printe...

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.

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 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.

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!

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

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.

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