KSFR's John Shannon speaks with members of the Santa Fe Police Department about the challenges of policing during the pandemic.

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Cara Hoffman is the author of three critically acclaimed novels for adults: Running, Be Safe I Love You and So Much Pretty. Hoffman is also the author of the popular middle grade novel Bernard Pepperlin… and now she’s out with a new book, “The Ballad of Tubs Marshfield.”

KSFR News Director Tom Trowbridge spoke with Hoffman about it:

Wake Up Call's MK Mendoza speaks with Dr. David Edward Walker, a liberation psychologist who looks back at the historical ties between mental hygeine, the eugenics movement and modern day psychology as it specifically relates to the history of the mental health system in Indian Country. From Native Americans housed in asylums as political prisoners at the turn of the century to the modern day link between today's diagnosis of ADHD and what was once called "feeble-mindedness", (a term born directly from the eugenics era) to looking at such actions as forced sterilization.

Wake Up Call MK Mendoza speaks with globally renowned local chile expert Dave DeWitt about his new book  "Chile Peppers: A Global History, Travels with the Fiery Plant That Changed the World".  He shares everything you'd ever want to know about the chile pepper in his new book along with a variety of mouthwatering recipes that stand to spice up not only every meal but every conversation about this curious little plant in all its incredible varieties.

Wake Up Call's MK Mendoza speaks with Cat Talk Radio Host and Cat Behaviorist Molly DeVoss about the things most people don't know about cats before adopting which can make all the difference between how a cat settles into its new home and explains a lot about why cats behave the way they do. 

For more information, see link below: 

https://www.catbehaviorsolutions.org/podcast

New Mexico lawmakers met in a special session Tuesday (November 24, 2020).

After the session adjourned, Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and the state’s legislative leadership: Santa Fe State Senator and Majority Leader Peter Wirth and Santa Fe State Representative and Speaker of the House, Brian Egolf, also Democrats, discussed the session with reporters:

Monday's on KSFR, News Director Tom Trowbridge chats about New Mexico politics with Andy Lyman, a reporter at NMPoliticalReport.dot.com.

Here’s the latest:

Wake Up Call's MK Mendoza speaks with former CEO turned political powerhouse problem solver Katherine Gehl about her new solution to our flawed electoral system that truly stands to revolutionize American politics. She discusses what she terms "Final-Five Voting", a step beyond ranked choice voting that is actually doable. Tune in for a brilliantly inspired interview about a breakthrough approach that stands to have real legs. Alaska has already adopted it.

Unsafe water can bring life and death risks to both livestock and human. Wake Up Call's MK Mendoza speaks with world traveler David Anderson who is also CEO and President of Bar-Bar-A, and inventor of an automatic water fountain for animals. He discusses exactly how and why clean water is so vital to the rancher and their animals. And he's created a  revolutionary solution that has made it possible for not just livestock but all animals and humans in need of clean and safe water. 

Wake Up Call's MK Mendoza speaks with Constitutional Expert and Author Alan Hirsch about where things are likely to go from here when it comes to the legal and constitutional issues facing the 2020 election results.