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Project Jupiter, the massive data center under construction in southern New Mexico’s Doña Ana County, is becoming a flashpoint in the national debate over artificial intelligence infrastructure. At issue: water use, energy demand, and whether the promised economic benefits truly materialize for local communities.Opposition to large-scale data centers is growing, cutting across political lines. A recent poll by Quinnipiac University found that 65% of Americans oppose data centers being built in their own communities.This program begins with an interview recorded on April 30 with two attorneys from the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, who are leading legal challenges to Project Jupiter. We then hear from energy journalist Robert Bryce, whose recent short documentary, The Data Center Backlash, examines the real-world impact of a large facility built near a residential neighborhood outside Austin, Texas.The program concludes with insights from Kirk Teske, recently retired executive vice president at the global architecture firm HKS. Teske outlines practical approaches to building data centers more responsibly: reducing water consumption, lowering power demands, and addressing the concerns of the communities they affect.

A gorgeous show today exploring the life and music of the brilliant Henry Mancini. Santa Fe author Stacia Raymond takes us on a journey with The Pink Panther, Peter Gunn and gracefully along Moon River in her delicious biography, Grace Notes, a novel based on the life of Henry Mancini.

Meredith Machen from the League of Women Voters talks about outreach to immigrant community and semi open primaries.

The primary campaign is over. The general election campaign has begun. With just over 150 days until Election Day, New Mexico’s two gubernatorial nominees, Deb Haaland and Gregg Hull, join Jim Falk and Patrick Davis in separate recorded interviews to discuss the road ahead. They reflect on lessons learned during the primary, explain how they hope to win the support of independents and voters beyond their party base, and make their case for why they should become New Mexico’s next governor.

Why are fewer women seeking political leadership today? In this episode of The Forum Plus, journalist and author Linda Robinson examines the growing threats, harassment, and intimidation that are driving many women away from public service both in the United States and around the world.As threats, harassment, and intimidation increasingly target women leaders, and often their families, many are deciding that the personal cost of public service is simply too high. Robinson explores how attacks on democracy and gender equality frequently go hand in hand, particularly under authoritarian movements. Drawing on her extensive interviews with women who have led their countries' defense against authoritarianism, she describes similarities among these inspiring leaders.

Twenty-five years ago, Jane Buyers held a critical banking position with J.P. Morgan Chase in Lower Manhattan and witnessed the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center. Her intimate and gripping memoir, Eight Septembers: A Woman on Wall Street from 9/11 to Lehman, chronicles not only that day’s events but how she and her team-all in shock-helped to secure the worldwide banking system in the subsequent weeks and months. Seven years later, she rode the wave of the banking collapse leading to the biggest recession since the 1930s. A must listen show to understand and honor those who gave their lives and risked their livelihoods in the early part of the new century. janebuyers.com

This week on Our Santa Fe, Andrew brings on Owen and Maggie from Santa Fe Magazine to talk about all that's happening at the Santa Fe Magazine Festival.

Tara was a bright and vibrant actress, with many friends in the community. She is deeply missed by her family and friends. This episode of Cinema Scope honors her and features a past interview from 2020.

(Rebroadcast) Hosts Alexa Bradford and Christine Salem talk with Reese Baker, permaculturist and owner of The RainCatcher about his inspiring vision of ways to harvest, capture and infiltrate rainwater and urban storm water runoff, following patterns of nature to create lush and abundant biodiversity in a desert city.

Part 2 of Somos Founding Board Member Maria Cristina López' reflections on Somos and NM"s immigrant's rights movement.