Voices of Taos

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on "Voices of Taos," join Editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Martin Jagers, president of the Carson House and Museum board of directors. Jagers discusses frontiersman Kit Carson's legacy in the broader narrative of Western colonization, as well as details about the life he led in Taos with his wife, Josefa. Rather than a collecti...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on "Voices of Taos," join Editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Genevieve Oswald, Taos town councilor and chair of the Kit Carson Park Renaming Committee. Oswald discusses the origins of the initiative to rename Taos' central green space, its progress so far, and its goals to float potential names by the end of the year. Plant and O...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . On this episode of Voices of Taos, reporter Olivia Lewis speaks with Amy Long, board president of Stray Hearts Animal Shelter. Amy talks about the challenges that the shelter is facing, how they are working with the Town of Taos and what is being done to help Stray Hearts to continue to provide services to the community. She also talks about i...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, sports editor Blynn Beltran talks with Hafid Valencia, former head coach for the THS varsity boys soccer team. Valencia is a Taos native who played soccer for the Taos Youth Soccer League and played all five years of soccer at Taos High. The former Tigers soccer coach talks about his last four seasons and why he le...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus . On this episode of Voices of Taos, Sports Editor Blynn Beltran talks to School of Baseball's Abe Balsamo and Hargis James. School of Baseball is a non-profit organization that teaches local kids and teens the basics of America's favorite pastime. They also discuss their upbringing in Taos, how the organization caters to hundreds of kids...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos, Tempo editor Lynne Robinson talks with Jonathan Slator, former film commissioner and location scout. Slator discusses his background as a location scout in the U.S. and overseas, as well as the history of filmmaking in Taos and the surrounding areas. He also talks about the possibility of reviving a film office in...

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 Adam Medina, sous chef at Ranchos Plaza Grill and instructor for the Taos High School Culinary Arts team. The Taos High School Culinary and Management Teams both placed first at this year's New Mexico ProStart Invitational, and will be traveling to the National ProStart...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, join Editor John Miller as he talks with Rick Romancito, former Tempo editor, fine artist and former actor. Romancito tells stories of his career as a young actor starring alongside John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn in  "Rooster Cogburn," as well as both the glamour and difficulties of making it as an acto...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, join Copy Editor and Reporter Emery Veilleux as she talks with Nan Fischer, lifelong grower, founder of the Taos Seed Exchange and author of "A Monthly Guide to Growing a Sensational Garden in Northern New Mexico and the Rocky Mountains." Fischer discusses growing food in Northern New Mexico, from difficult en...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, Sports Editor Blynn Beltran talks with Taos Cheer coach Lisa Abeyta-Valerio and Taos Cheer captains Alexis Etzel and Amadea Gallegos. Beltran and Taos Cheer talk about the team's preparations for the 2025 Cheerleading State Championship, which Taos Cheer has won four years in a row. Abeyta-Valerio discusses he...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, Deputy Editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Eric Odell, Wolf Conservation Program Manager at Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Eric and Geoffrey talk about how the program to re-introduce the gray wolf to Colorado came to be. They also discuss details of the plan, including what happens when wolves migrate to other ter...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, Tempo editor Lynne Robinson speaks with author, editor and creativity coach Allegra Huston. Allegra co-founded the Imaginative Storm writing method with Jim Navé, as well as the co-author of the book and online course “Write What You Don’t Know.” She discusses the free Writing Prompt o...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos join Sports Editor Blynn Beltran as he talks with Taos High School boys basketball head coach Hernando Chavez. Coach Chavez sits down with Beltran before the Tiger's first game for the 4A state basketball tournament. Taos has to beat Pojoaque High School on Saturday, March 8th, or they won’t make it to th...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos join producer Laura Martin Baseman as she talks with J.R. Logan, Taos County Forest and Watershed Health Program Manager. Logan shares how his experience at the Taos News and the LOR Foundation laid the groundwork for his current role managing natural resources through contracts with Taos Soil and Water Conserv...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, join Copy Editor and Reporter Emery Veilleux as she talks with Keith King, mortgage broker and president of King Mortgage and board member for Taos Municipal Schools. King discusses the founding of Black History Month and his experience as an African-American in Taos. Veilleux and King also discuss the importa...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on Voices of Taos, join Deputy Editor Geoffrey Plant as we talks with Jonah Reynolds, founder of Pangea Biotecture. Reynolds shares a proposal for a new development on the 330-acre Tarleton Ranch called the 'Pangea Community.' Unlike the TREV development, which failed to get approved by the Taos County Commission in 2024, Reynol...

This episode is brought to you by the  NCRTD Blue Bus. Trigger warning: This episode mentions suicide. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, please call or text the free Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.  This week on "Voices of Taos," join Editor John Miller as he talks with Taos County Sheriff Steve Miera. Miera discusses his journey into law enforcement and his co...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on Voices of Taos join Sports Editor Blynn Beltran as he talks with Taos High's Athletic Director and Football Coach, Johnny Olguin. Olguin says not much has changed in the 30 years since he left Taos but he's glad to be back and to help Taos athletes train to be their best selves. Olguin talks about his experience working at Califor...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . This week on "Voices of Taos," join copy editor and reporter Emery Veilleux as she talks with Galen Gisler, a member of the New Mexico DarkSky State Council. New Mexico DarkSky, which is a chapter of DarkSky International, will advocate during the 2025 legislative session to revamp the 1999 Night Sky Protection Act. Gisler shares with Veilleux...

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus . "Passive solar is the technology of the history of all life forms. But its not sexy these days." - Steve Kenin This week on Voices of Taos join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with solar pioneer Steve Kenin. Kenin shares how he became interested in solar energy in the 1970s when he moved to New Mexico from Philadelphia. During this...

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 Delinda VanneBrightyn, president and K9 unit leader of Taos Search and Rescue (SAR-Taos). Delinda has been involved with SAR-Taos for twenty-years. She shares with Olivia how her love of dogs and the outdoors made the organization the perfect fit for her. Delinda speaks t...

Join Taos News' Tempo editor Lynne Robinson as she chats with Taos Pueblo artist Jonathan Warm Day Coming. Jonathan talks about his upcoming exhibition of new and old work at the Fechin House. Recently Jonathan has been enjoying drawing on ledger paper, a new medium for him. Lynne and Jonathan also talk about his mother, artist Eva Mirabal, and how she influenced his artistic interests. Jonathan t...

This week on Voices of Taos, join producer Laura Martin Baseman as she chats with Scott Overpeck, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the NOAA/National Weather Service in Albuquerque, NM. Scott shares his lifelong fascination with weather and his journey to becoming a meteorologist. The conversation explores winter weather trends, including how La Niña patterns affect Taos and Northe...

Join Taos News Editor John Miller and Assistant Editor Geoffrey Plant as they look back on some of the biggest stories in Taos and Northern NM from 2024. John and Geoffrey talk about the Lady Panther's state basketball title, the Tarleton Ranch Eco-Village, the FBI finding two stolen paintings from the Harwood Museum, and much more. For an extended look at the top stories, quotes, blotter entries,...

This week on Voices of Taos we are sharing an episode from Conversations Different, a podcast by our sister paper the Santa Fe New Mexican. Picuris Pueblo is among the most rural and smallest tribes in Northern New Mexico. Nestled in the high mountains between Taos and Española, the pueblo of about 300 residents has struggled to find long-term economic development and opportunities to susta...