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Edward Archuleta - Co-Director, Old Santa Fe Association

This week on Our Santa Fe, Andrew interviews Santa Fe's seventh poet laureate, Tommy Archuleta.

In this show, William Hartung, senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, takes a hard, unvarnished look at the extraordinary growth of the U.S. defense budget. Now just under $1 trillion, President Trump is requesting a 50 percent increase for FY 2027—pushing defense spending to $1.5 trillion.Hartung explains how, despite hopes to the contrary, the end of the Cold War led not to a peace dividend but to continued and accelerating military spending. He examines how consolidation within the defense industry, now dominated by five major corporations, has fueled cost overruns, reduced competition, and weakened accountability.

The day of his announcement to withdraw from the Democratic Party’s June 2 primary, Ken Miyagishima joined The Forum Plus to explain why he believes many New Mexicans are looking for an option outside the two-party system. This interview was recorded on Monday, February 2, 2026.In the conversation, Miyagishima outlines where his positions on medical malpractice reform, energy, and education differ from those of the Democratic contenders, Deb Haaland and Sam Bregman.KSFR is committed to offering listeners the opportunity to hear directly from candidates seeking public office. The link to previous Forum interviews with Sam Bregman and Deb Haaland is available in the show notes.

A disturbingly timely 23 minutes with acclaimed author Christopher C. Gorham on his vivid new biography, Matisse at War: Art and Resistance in Nazi-Occupied France. Why timely, you ask, listen to Christopher’s insights during this far-ranging interview that compare the harrowing time in Europe more than 80 years ago and perhaps now. Also like then, art and beauty and the perceptive vision of masters like Matisse reveal and uplift and help to bring balance to an increasingly troubled world.

This week on The Business of art, Nocona interviews painter Brian Taaffe-Cordova.

Kirk Ellis won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, a WGA Award, a Peabody and the Humanitas Prize for his work on the HBO miniseries John Adams. The miniseries won a record-breaking 13 Primetime Emmys in total, as well as four Golden Globe awards.

We return with an interview with John Morello, who has been on stage as an actor and storyteller for over 20 years. At one time a high-school dropout, he now holds degrees in Theatre Arts and Broadcasting. His performances of the one-man show, Dirt have been critically acclaimed by the New York Times and as an author, he has published a graphic novel and a poetry memoir titled, Buckshot Words. A multi-faceted performer John frequently takes roles in stage plays, films, performs as a poet, and recently was featured on PBS' Stories From The Stage. Most recently he performed a groundbreaking theatrical adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, bringing to life the characters of the poem within an immersive multimedia setting. His new show, The Five Remembrances of a Good Boy, is now touring Canada and the US.

This week on Our Santa Fe, Andrew interviews Wise Fool board members Kim Griffis and Jo Christian.