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The Beaded Nun, Haunted Exhibitions, and Other Museum Stories with Nick Waddell and Michelle Rodriguez, Museum of International Folk Art
Episode 49
How many times have you visited the same museum? Whether your answer is "one" or "hundreds" this episode of Encounter Culture invites listeners behind the scenes to hear about the rewards of visiting…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
The Great Debate: How old ARE the Footprints at White Sands? with David Rachal and John Taylor-Montoya
Episode 48
How old are the footprints at White Sands? It depends on who you ask. Scientists are currently divided on this question, but the division is one that is propelling more research with the goal of dete…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Painting Wildstyle Out in the Streets with Graffiti Writer Strike and Art Curator Rebecca Gomez
Episode 47
What is art, and who gets to define it? The Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest exhibition at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque provides an entry point to this …
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Truth and Tragedy: The Timeless Mythology of La Llorona with Irene Vásquez at University of New Mexico
Episode 46
Some stories persist for hundreds of years. La Llorona is one such story. Though there is much speculation about where exactly the original story began, it is clear that La Llorona as a legend and my…
Published on 1 year ago
Curanderismo, Poetry, and How to Heal a Broken Heart with Tommy Archuleta, Santa Fe Poet Laureate
Episode 45
Let's be honest: these are turbulent times for us all. No matter who you are and what your personal circumstances are, it's likely that you may be in need of some remedies or poetry—or both! Santa Fe…
Published on 1 year ago
Investigating Who We Are Across Media and Millennia: Season Preview with Emily Withnall and Andrea Klunder
Episode 44
Dispelling misconceptions about street art, discovering ancient footprints that reconfigure our origin stories, and delving into remedios for a broken heart… A new season of Encounter Culture is comi…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
From Exoplanets to Earthly Technology: Exploring Our Fears and Dreams Through Science Fiction with Ness Brown and Chris Orwoll
Episode 43
What does the space history have to do with science fiction? More than you'd think! Among the many exhibitions the New Mexico Museum of Space History offers is one called Sci Fi & Sci Fact: Two World…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Prison Art as an Assertion of Humanity with Museum of International Folk Art Curators Patricia Sigala and Chloe Accardi
Episode 42
Museum of International Folk Art curators Patricia Sigala and Chloe Accardi are dedicated to co-collaborating exhibitions alongside community members. For the upcoming exhibition, Between the Lines: …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Rolling Into Rural Communities: Bookmobiles and Books by Mail Across New Mexico
Episode 41
For many people who live in New Mexico the nearest library might be three hundred miles away. Luckily, the New Mexico State Library runs two excellent rural library services: Books by Mail and three …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
A History of Genízaro Identity in the Heart of New Mexico with Dr. Gregorio Gonzales
Episode 40
What do we lose when we don't know ALL of our histories? Understanding our great, great, great, great grandparents' lives and how they survived, where they settled or traveled, and what languages the…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago