KGLP Podcasts

KGLP's Tom Maxedon interviews University of New Mexico-Gallup Interim Chancellor John Zimmerman about "The College District Bond" ballot question. A shorter version of this interview aired on KGLP 91.7 FM on 10/16/26.   Here is the language of the question discussed: “Shall the Advisory Board of the University of New Mexico Gallup Branch Community College District, be authorized to issue up to $10...

KGLP Station Manager Tom Maxedon interviews Delbert Anderson, Robert Muller and Evan Suiter of the Delbert Anderson Quartet. They, along with bandmate Khalill Brown, will perform a free jazz concert at El Morro Theater in Gallup, NM at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 26, 2026. This is a longer version of an interview that originally aired on KGLP's "Morning Edition."

By Reed Black, KGLP News August 28, 2026   The Octavia Fellin Public Library (OFPL) has been a Gallup institution for most of modern history. Going through several expansions over the years, the library has been overdue for an upgrade for quite some time, and the staff of the OFPL are ready to start a new chapter for the library. A new library, though, is quite an undertaking, explained Tammie Moe...

By Reed Black, KGLP News August 21, 2026   The Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project is a major infrastructure project, and it will bring clean and safe drinking water from the San Juan River to Navajo communities across the eastern reservation and the city of Gallup by a 300-mile pipeline. The massive undertaking is one of the many projects overseen by the Bureau of Reclamation–the federal agency wh...

KGLP Station Manager Tom Maxedon talks to Navajo actor and musician Robert Mirabal about the newly released film, "Road to Everywhere." The film is written and directed by Michael Paradies Shoob and is his 30-year follow-up to "Driven."  The film runs in Gallup until Aug. 13, 2026. https://www.roadtoeverywheremovie.com/   

By Reed Black KGLP News 7/31/26 Heading west on Carbon Coal Road, where the pavement ends and the dirt road begins, is the Gallup Energy Logistics Park. Other than that, not much else. That could change in the near future with the proposed construction of a data center in the area. “We are looking at potentially acquiring 2,400 acres of property through GLP. Of that, we’re going to be building fiv...

Cities like Gallup along famed Route 66 celebrate its history By Reed Black and Tom Maxedon   Route 66, also known as “The Mother Road,” has hosted travelers across the American West over the last 100 years for a variety of pursuits. Some, purely for exploration and adventure. Others to make a living, or even to entertain audiences. The latter was the case for a famous filmmaker.   “W.D. Griffith,...

The Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona will host the Uranium Film Festival on Thursday, November 13th and Friday, November 14, 2025, from 10am until 7pm. KGLP's Calvin Gleason speaks with one of the organizers, Norman Patrick Brown. The event flyer is available at: https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/UraniumFilmFestRevWinRock1113n111425.png/:/cr=t:0%25,l...

    This podcast includes audio recorded on October 23, 2025, of the Gallup Mayoral and City Council Candidate Forum.     Several of the candidates have submitted written introductions and/or full answers to the questions asked that night, since the event answers were limited to 2 minutes.  Those PDFs are at: https://kglp.org/gallup-candidates-details.     Early voting continues until November 1st...

KGLP's Calvin Gleason and Rachel Kaub speak with attendees at the October 18, 2025 No Kings rallies in Window Rock, Arizona and in Gallup, New Mexico.

KGLP's Strider Brown speaks with Ft. Defiance resident Lenny Foster about his activism, recent communications with Leonard Peltier since his release to home confinement, and more, on the July 28, 2025 Deer Tracks show.

KGLP's Calvin Gleason speaks with some of the protesters at July 17, 2025 "Good Trouble" rally in Gallup, one of many U.S. gatherings that honored the late Representative and Civil Rights figure, John Lewis.

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Anna Redsand, Author of Crevice.  In Anna's words: Crevice is a memoir in thirteen related, stand-alone essays, seven of which have been previously published. The stories and reflections tell about the life of a White girl, and later an adult, living within the fissure that lies between Diné (Navajo) and Bilagáana (White) cultures. In that place, I belo...

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Rabbi Jeff Glickman, from South Windsor, Connecticut, who, with his wife, Mindy, has supported Public Radio Stations across the U.S.  Their website is: https://www.turntothewonderful.com/

Gallup, NM - On Monday May 12, 2025 Gallup and surrounding area residents met on the sidewalk in front of the GMCS administration offices to ask the school board and elected leaders for transparency and accountability about our children's education, and to oppose the Trump Administration's assault on education. Trump is proposing to Congress that the federal government pull back billions of dollar...

Audio of a few voices from the April 5, 2025 "Hands Off" rally in Gallup, NM, part of a national day of action. " Indivisibles, It’s Sarah Dohl -- one of Indivisible’s co-founders and Chief Campaigns Officer. It’s been 66 days since Trump was sworn in again. And already, we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than we could have imagined. Federal agencies gutted. Thousands of public servan...

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Anna Rondon, Project Director for the New Mexico Social Justice & Equity Institute, which opened in Gallup's Rio West Mall on April 3, 2025. More information is available at: https://www.nmsocialjustice.org/ and at https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/NM%20Social%20Justice%20Equity%20Tri-Fold%20and%20Flyer%2020.pdf  

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with gallupARTS Executive Director Rose Eason about the coming March 29, 2025 launch of Gallup's Virtual New Deal Art Museum. Celebrate the launch of the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum on Saturday March 29, 2025, from 9:00am – 8:00pm with a full day of drop-in events that will include: -New Deal Tea party -Self guided tours of the New Deal Art in the Lib...

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Ken Collins, Executive Director of Gallup's Hozho Center for Personal Enhancement (https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/HozhoCtrHousing2024wTriFold.pdf) and two clients now living at the new Hozho Recovery Home in Gamerco, the latter holding a Grand Opening on March 3, 2025 - the Flyer is available at: https://img1.wsimg...

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Val Wenglar, Executive Director of Gallup Community Health, about the upcoming December 14, 2024 day of Cervical and Breast cancer screenings, STI and HIV testing, plus COVID and FLU vaccines. PAP-apalooza Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Day, plus testing and vaccines.   Gallup Community Health is partnering with the Navajo Nation Breast & Cerv...

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Dr. Christopher Dyer about plans for a Conference on Climate Change Disaster Resilience and Adaptations for the Indigenous and Rural Southwest. Press Release on November 21 and 22, 2024 Conference on Climate Change Emergency Response planned at UNM-Gallup (New Mexico): https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/Climate%20Rever...

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with representatives of the Santa Fe Recovery Center, which plans to offer walk-in support for patients starting on November 7, 2024. From their press release, now posted at KGLP.org's "PSA's and Events" page, i.e.,  https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/SF%20Crisis%20Ctr%20DropIn%20starts%20110724.pdf Gallup, NM – October 23,...

Selected Audio recorded October 26, 2024 at Window Rock Tribal Park, in Window Rock, Arizona, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, during a Harris/Walz "Early Vote Celebration" themed campaign rally, focusing on the importance of the Native American vote. From a Navajo Nation press release: WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation President welcomes Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the Navajo Nation capital...