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Kurt has always been a fan of most music genres. Wherever he has lived, he has always been surrounded by the music of the blues. He grew up with R&B music when he lived just outside Detroit in the 60’s and 70’s. After he moved to Chicago and then to Kansas City, he frequented many of the blues clubs in those areas.

Shawn is a natural conversationalist and story-teller. Before becoming the host of Native America Calling he was a frequent guest on the show, starting with his first appearance in 2011. Shawn’s professional background includes financial education and community development expertise, building successful consulting career as a nationally recognized financial capability specialist. In 2021 he won the FINRA Investor Education Foundation’s prestigious Ketchum Prize, for longstanding and dedicated commitment to the financial education needs of Native American and Alaska Native communities.

Samantha Daitz is a summer intern at KSFR and is soon to begin her senior year at New Mexico State University where she is pursuing a BA in Journalism and Media Studies with a minor in International Relations. She developed a strong interest for broadcast journalism at NMSU where she reports for the live, award-winning, student-produced news broadcast, News22.

Howard Houghton is a retired newspaperman who worked as a reporter and editor for both the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Albuquerque Journal.

2016-present - Orkand Chair, Professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education, University of Maryland University College.

Eric has a diverse background in radio and entertainment marketing. His radio experience began in Philadelphia, where he grew up, and includes: Program Director for Temple University's radio station, WTDR in the 80's, show host on WRTI, and later working at Philadelphia commercial stations, WYSP, WMGK, WPEN, and WEGX. Eric was air talent in Santa Fe for almost 12 years, with shows on KBAC - 98.1 Radio Free Santa Fe; 107.5 Outlaw Country; KVSF, 101.5 The Voice of Santa Fe; and here at KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe Public Radio. He has a BA in Communications - Radio/TV/Film from Temple University and an MFA in Fine Arts - Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts.

"My interest in free-form radio began during my high school years here in Santa Fe. I had the opportunity to co-host a monthly show, "Terror Through the Wall", with a couple of friends, thanks to KSFR's collaboration with Warehouse 21. While studying visual art at Bennington College in Vermont, I was exposed to a wider range of music and creative influences, which greatly expanded my musical tastes. After college, I moved to Baltimore, Maryland and worked as a shipping manager at a rare book store. While cataloging and packing books, I streamed Jersey City's WFMU free-form radio every day, solidifying my love for eclectic, listener-supported radio. Today, I am proud to host Outer Heaven, alternating every other Thursday from 9-10pm with DJ Theo. My show spans many genres and time periods, featuring free-jazz, psyche-rock, folk music from around the globe, lesser-known indie music, and more. Please join me with an open mind and curious ears for an inspiring hour of music every other week!"

Justin H Brierley began his radio journey at a college radio station on the east coast. From 1998-2001 he produced a number of jazz and free form shows, and in 2009 he returned to the same station to produce a classical show. He quickly became curious about what was happening in the world of contemporary classical, and soon a passion was born. He is excited to bring his love of New Music to New Mexico!

Deborah Begel began her audio career as a reporter for WBAI-FM in New York City covering Central American issues. She later became a News Anchor and produced documentaries, features, and news reports for nationally distributed shows and radio networks in Australia and Europe. She edited interviews at Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and produced a season of Selected Shorts. In commercial audio, she edited narration recordings for Random House Audio and Simon & Schuster Audiobooks, where she also did quality control of master tapes before duplication.

Nikki Bedi is a Television and Radio Presenter, born Nikki Moolgaoker in Aylesbury on 9 September 1966 to an Indian father of Marathi origin and an English mother. She is proud of both her Indian and English roots and refers to herself as Indo-Anglian, although Indo-Anglian is a term used to denote English literature by Indian authors. Both a stage and television actress, she began her career in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) working with some of India's finest directors; spotted by the UK's Channel 4, Nikki hosted Bombay Chat, an on-location celebrity talk show and Star TV gave her a primetime slot for Nikki Tonight which quickly proved to be Asia's most widely viewed and controversial talk show, although it was subsequently cancelled by Star TV after a guest made a derogatory remark about Mahatma Gandhi. After the show ended Bedi lived and worked for a time in Los Angeles. Returning to the UK in 2000, she was the face of Universal's film channel The Studio for over two years and had her own live film show on NOW. In 2003, while continuing her television work, Nikki began developing a career in radio, appearing on LBC and BBC Radio 4. On the BBC Asian Network, she became a regular stand-in presenter, most notably for the Sonia Deol show and in 2004 became the presenter of a new weekend morning programme called Hot Breakfast before taking over as presenter of the weekday afternoon show, Drive in 2005. In May 2006 as part of wide-ranging schedule changes put in place, she was given her own show called Nikki Bedi on the BBC Asian Network and continues to present this programme. The show, which airs from 12:30 to 16:00 every weekday, features reports on music, films and the arts, and includes interviews with prominent figures in the British and international arts world. Bedi has not abandoned television and has recently appeared as a presenter on BBC2's Desi DNA.