Voices of Taos

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, Taos News sports editor Blynn Beltran interviews first-year cross country varsity head coach Billy Romero Sr. and his son, junior distance-runner Billy Romero Jr. Beltran, Romero Sr. and Romero Jr. talk about the road to district, state, and their training over the summer. At the time of this recording, Romero Jr....

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Olivia Lewis talks with Ricky Carlini, owner of Daleee KTAOS, about the planned opening of a second location in Taos Ski Valley. Ricky first came to the Taos area in 2011, working as a line cook on a J1 visa. After returning to the mountain many years in a row, he decided to try and open a music venue, and...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, sports editor Blynn Beltran talks toTaos High School's varsity head coach of the volleyball team, Rachel Rael. Beltran and Rael discuss the team’s success last year, which was the program's best since 1987, and how this year's team is topping it. Rael was born and raised in Taos and played a variety of sports...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, publisher Chris Baker speaks with Bill Waugh, a U.S. veteran, member of the Lions Club and one of our nine Unsung Heroes of 2025. Baker and Waugh talk about the Kids Eye Program, which provides free eye exams, glasses fitting and eyewear to school-age children all over Taos County. Chris and Bill also discuss...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates talks with Abby Warman, Programs Manager for the Taos County Economic Development Corporation and Abe Brown, rancher and former mentee of TCEDC's Regenerative Ranching Mentorship Program. Gates, Warman and Brown discuss how the program provides a community for both new and experienced ranch...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates talks with Gillian Joyce, executive director of Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos. Stephanie and Gillian talk about a citizen science initiative started by the Ecdysis Foundation, which help farmers and ranchers training to collect data on soil health, wildlife diversity and crop yields. Taos is...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates talks with Lucas Salazar, Matanza Project Developer for the Taos County Economic Development Corporation. Gates and Salazar talk about the challenges small producers face when trying to have their meat processed locally, as well as how a local processing facility would allow more money to r...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on "Voices of Taos," join reporter Olivia Lewis as she talks with Braylon Quiver of Picuris Pueblo, who at just 16 is a budding archaeologist, a fifth-generation micaceous clay potter, and Picuris Pueblo Museum's assistant museum curator. Lewis and Quiver discuss the Picuris Pueblo Museum and Interpretive Center, which reopened after...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates speaks with Talavi Cook, a Project Associate at Amigos Bravos supporting watershed restoration and quality projects and facilitating the Rio Fernando Revitalization Collaborative. Stephanie and Talavi discuss the venting of tritium at Los Alamos National Laboratories, which was previously s...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Emery Veilleux talks with Jessie Hook, Destination Stewardship Plan Manager. Emery and Jessie talk about what the Destination Stewardship Plan is and how it can help tourism in Taos be sustainable and equitable. Businesses in Taos rely heavily on tourism, but that needs to be balanced with the needs and de...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, magazine editor Ellen Miller-Goins is joined by Fritz Davis — musician, local historian, and longtime owner/editor of the Red River Miner — which, like so many small-town newspapers, is no longer printing. After cutting his teeth as a performer in Kansas, Fritz moved to Red River in 1989 and became a fi...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates talks with founder of TiLT and Taos TimeBank, Todd Wynward. A time bank is a type of mutual aid network where members can exchange skills and services and everyone’s time is of equal value. Members of the Taos TimeBank will be able to earn one hour of time credit for every hour of ser...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Jenny Natelson, founder and owner of 7K Studios, a film production studio set to be housed at the former St. Francis Catholic School in Ranchos de Taos. Natelson and Plant discuss the role of production studios in filmmaking, why St. Francis is a good location for a studio, and what...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, Editor Geoffrey Plant speaks with U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, who visited the Taos News recording studio late in the afternoon Aug. 4 immediately after he attended a roundtable discussion at Holy Cross Medical Center. In this episode, Luján runs down a long list of funding cuts, policy changes and unprec...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, sports editor Blynn Beltran interviews Yavanne Jaramillo, the director and coach of the Special Olympics in Taos. A business owner by day, Jaramillo has led efforts in fundraising and sporting events for the athletes in her spare time. This year, the Taos Special Olympics hosted their first car show in Taos an...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, Tempo editor Lynne Robinson talks with novelist and playwright John Biscello. John talks about his work with the Taos Youth Ensemble and teaching kids about theater. He also talks about his two upcoming novels, "The Last Furies" and "No One Dreams in Color." Learn more at johnbiscello.com Subscribe to the Taos...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, magazine editor Ellen Miller-Goins talks with singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. This year marks 50 years since the release of Murphey’s hit song “Wildfire” and 35 years since the release of his album “Cowboy Songs." Ellen and Michael talk about his his legendary music career, the 202...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, editor Geoffrey Plant speaks with Sam Coffman, who —along with his wife, Suchil — founded the Herbal Medics Academy based in Taos Canyon. Coffman is a former U.S. Army Special Forces Medic, Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a licensed herbalist, and the training director for Taos Search...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, Tempo editor Lynne Robinson speaks with musician Michael Hearne about the Big Barn Dance. Hearne talks about the history of the Big Barn Dance, which is in its 23rd year. This year's festival will be held from Sept. 4-6 at Kit Carson Park. Lynne and Michael also discuss a special preview show being held in Santa Fe...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Anthony Mortillaro, Executive Director of the North Central Regional Transit District. Anthony discusses his history with the NCRTD and the district's new facility here in Taos. Plant and Mortillaro also talk about what it's like to be a Blue Bus driver, the My Blue app and future p...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Luis Reyes, CEO of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative. Plant and Reyes discuss KCEC’s wildfire mitigation program and the challenges of undergrounding power lines. They also talk about the green hydrogen proposal in Questa, grid resiliency and how green hydrogen can help the grea...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Emery Veilleux talks with Lou Schachter, investigative writer of True Crime Road Trip. Schachter was instrumental in locating two paintings that were stolen from the Harwood Museum in 1985 and recently returned to the museum. Lou also talks about what led him to start writing about historical true crime an...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . New episodes of Voices of Taos will now be released on Tuesdays starting June 17. Please enjoy this presentation of our most popular episode from Season 1. Join our Tempo arts magazine editor Lynne Robinson as she interviews Robert Mirabal about his most recent projects. Robert talks about his "agri-cultural" roots from Taos Pueblo, composing...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, sports editor Blynn Beltran talks with local comedian Chad Riden. A Tennessee native, Riden moved to Taos, New Mexico, to pursue an off-the-grid lifestyle and continue his comedy career. Riden founded and hosts Taos Comedy, a non-profit that produces, promotes, and advises local comedians. He hosts comedy shows at...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, Editor Geoffrey Plant speaks with David Elliot and Miles Bonny. David Elliot is a local emergency manager who works with several different organizations in Northern New Mexico and internationally, including volunteer groups active in disasters, the Town of Taos, Holy Cross Medical Center and UNM-Taos. Miles Bonny i...