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Cultures and KUNM
KUNM has an incredibly diverse array of cultural programming. From news and information on Native American issues in Indian Country, to the music and noticias of the Raices Collective, KUNM offers what only public radio can successfully achieve -- the voices of the community for the community.
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State of the Division Address
(If W spoke his mind) - For Carol Boss's Afternoon Freeform of Wednesday, January 21, 2004, Poet and KUNM staff member Mary Oishi quickly wrote a satire of Bush's State of the Union Speech, as follows:)
Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, distinguished guests, my fellow Americans: never have the rich been richer or more coddled, and never have the poor been poorer or more neglected.
In this great divisible nation, we who never saw a day of combat deeply appreciate the sacrifice of the poor, the brown, the uneducated, to enrich us and our wealthy contributors. (9-11). We pledge to continue to applaud their sacrifice until we can secure all of Iraq’s resources. (9-11).
We are proud of the advancements in medical technologies, and pledge to ensure that all who can afford to pay will continue to have access to the best medical care in the world, and those who can’t will continue to access our crowded emergency rooms when they absolutely need it. We can always send them to a collection agency later, increasing jobs in the challenging, competitive, creative, and fulfilling collection industry. (9-11).
We further support the division between our heterosexual and homosexual citizens. We defy any judge who rules that those in long, committed relationships deserve the same benefits of marriage as Brittany Spears. We will amend the Constitution, if necessary, to protect her right to marry and annul within 24 hours, for even a heterosexual joke wedding is sacred; but granting equal rights to those hated by the radical right is profane and un-American. (9-11).
Never fear, my fellow Americans, for Lady Justice—on our watch—will have her breasts covered, her eyes blinded, and her scales tipped toward our whims. We will wiretap, intercept emails, secretly confiscate financial, medical, and library records, fingerprint, photograph, arrest, and detain-without-counsel whomever we deem fit, and I urge the Congress tonight to extend their consent for this patriotic act forever, (9-11), keeping in mind that terrible day of 9-11.
We will continue our prohibition of all drugs except alcohol and tobacco, introducing drug testing in our schools, to divide—as early as possible—as many poor and brown people as possible into prison compounds, well away from the rest of us, while demanding that sports teams stop the use of steroids right now, before chemically-enhanced athletes get aspirations to become Governor of California or some other great state. (9-11).
We will not re-institute the draft, which last time brought us to the brink of revolution. We will, rather, export manufacturing jobs, continue to raise college tuitions, do away with affirmative action, make financial aid ever more difficult to obtain, so that sons and daughters of working families have no choice but to join our volunteer Army, while C-student sons of the rich and powerful will continue to get into Yale and Harvard and move into positions where we can deploy that military wherever we wish—to protect our way of life. (9-11).
We will never seek permission from the rest of humanity to attack whomever we will, to use strong-arm diplomacy wherever we will, to pollute as much as we like, to violate human rights and international law when it is in our best interest; and evoke it against others when that is in our interest, to sell arms (such as landmines) when it is in our interest, and I repeat, we don’t need anyone’s permission. (9-11).
Yes, we not only espouse division within our own country, my fellow Americans, but also division from the rest of the world. (9-11). Because might makes right. (9-11). Because God is on our side, (9-11), and He, after all, is the “United” in United States of America. Goodnight and may God continue to bless America—and only my America.
(Mary Oishi, parodying the State of the Union address of 20 January 2004 Written 21 January 2004)
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Listen to "Saving the Mimbres"
Producer Linda Rodeck travelled to New Mexico's Gila National Wilderness to document a volunteer effort to restore ancient Indian burial sites which had been desecrated by commercial looters. For hundreds of years, the Mimbres people lived in the narrow valley that now carries their name. During this time, they made some of the most beautiful and sought-after pottery in the world. Find out more about their culture, pottery, and current efforts being made to control the looting of their graves. Join volunteers and arcaeologists from the New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Cultura, as they work to restore this important part of our national heritage. (This program first aired on Friday, August 22nd, 2003 at 8:30 a.m.).
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Cultural Programs
"Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing?" Parts 1 & 2: Sat 5/2, 10am-Noon; Part 3: Sun 5/3, 11am-Noon
runs:5/2/2009-5/2/2009
Saturdays
10am-12pm
independent culture
On January 20th, 2009, folk-singing icon, Pete Seeger, along with his grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, and Bruce Springsteen performed before a worldwide audience of millions as part of the inaugural festivities for President Barack Obama. Many saw him, but few know the real story of this rail-thin man with the 5-string banjo. Seeger has been called "a saint" by Bob Dylan. Joan Baez said "We all owe our careers to him." His performances touched millions, but his considerable musical achievements were overshadowed by political controversy when he became the most blacklisted performer in American history. In celebration of Seeger's 90th birthday on May 3rd, we will re-air the award winning documentary "Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing?" from producer, Seeger biographer and KUNM volunteer David Dunaway. Based on Dunaway's thirty years of research, this award-winning documentary is packed full of rare recordings and never before heard interviews with folk music legends like Arlo Guthrie, John McCutcheon, Si Kahn, Holly Near, and more.
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"Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing?" Parts 1 & 2: Sat 5/2, 10am-Noon; Part 3: Sun 5/3, 11am-Noon
runs:5/3/2009-5/3/2009
Sundays
11am-12pm
independent culture
This documentary reveals an inside history of American folk music's most famous and controversial performer in three, one-hour programs. On January 20th, 2009, folk-singing icon, Pete Seeger, along with his grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, and Bruce Springsteen performed before a worldwide audience of millions as part of the inaugural festivities for President Barack Obama. Many saw him, but few know the real story of this rail-thin man with the 5-string banjo. Seeger has been called "a saint" by Bob Dylan. Joan Baez said "We all owe our careers to him." His performances touched millions, but his considerable musical achievements were overshadowed by political controversy when he became the most blacklisted performer in American history. In celebration of Seeger's 90th birthday on May 3rd, we will re-air the award winning documentary "Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing?" from producer, Seeger biographer and KUNM volunteer David Dunaway. Based on Dunaway's thirty years of research, this award-winning documentary is packed full of rare recordings and never before heard interviews with folk music legends like Arlo Guthrie, John McCutcheon, Si Kahn, Holly Near, and more.
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Back Roads Radio
Fridays
8am-8:30am
syndicated culture
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Coffee Express, The
Fridays
1am-2:59am
culture
Hosted by: Quither McGnarlImprovised, participatory radio. Collage, soundscape, spoken word, musical performance. Call 505-277-5615 to insert your programming into the mix.
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KUNM Sunday Specials
Sundays
11am-12pm
local culture
News, public affairs and culture. Regularly rotating programming.
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Latino USA
Mondays
8:30am-9am
NPR culture
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Living on Earth
Wednesdays
8am-9am
PRI educational
Environmental news and reporting from NPR.
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New Dimensions
Saturdays
6am-7am
syndicated culture
Explores the landscape of possibilities of a more just, sustainable and compassionate world.
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New Mexico People Places and Ideas
Fridays
8am-8:30am
local culture
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Performance New Mexico
Mondays-Fridays
9:01am-9:06am
local culture
Performance New Mexico features interviews with local musicians, performers and arts administrators, as well as with national and international artists passing through the...
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Performance New Mexico
Mondays-Fridays
10:01am-10:06am
local culture
Performance New Mexico features interviews with local musicians, performers and arts administrators, as well as with national and international artists passing through the...
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Radio Theatre
Sundays
6:05pm-7pm
local culture
Radio Theatre -- from the old to the new, from the experimental to the traditional.
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Raíces
Saturdays
2pm-5pm
local culture
News, culture and music from a Latino perspective.
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Spoken Word Hour
Sundays
8pm-9pm
local culture
Spoken word, poetry and performance with a focus on local and visiting talent.
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Stardate
Mondays-Fridays
7pm-7:05pm
syndicated educational
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Stardate (Weekends)
Sundays, Saturdays
6pm-6:05pm
syndicated educational
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The Children's Radio Hour
Saturdays
9am-10am
local culture
Hosted by: Katie Stone, with help from Danny Solis, Jonathan Wolfe, Evan Moulson, Jena Ritchey, Luna Natoli, Meridian Cole, Avery Fontana, Eli Glickman, Eli Stone, Noah Silver and Emma StoneLocal kids, great music and super stories!
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The Human Experience
Sundays
10:38am-10:40am
local culture
A two-minute anthropological slice-of-life.
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This American Life
Sundays
4pm-5pm
PRI culture
Stories, fables, myths from This American Life. From WBEZ, Chicago and PRI.
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Voces Feministas
Saturdays
12pm-2pm
local culture
Programming for Latinas.
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Voices of the Southwest
runs:9/6/2008-10/1/2008
Wednesdays
7pm-8pm
independent culture
KUNM partners with The University of New Mexico Press to bring you the Voices of the Southwest Writers Series, recorded live at the National Hispanic Cultural...
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Women's Focus
Saturdays
12pm-2pm
local culture
Hosted by: Carol Boss, SusanLoubetWomen's issues, news and politics.
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Youth Radio
Sundays
7pm-8pm
local culture
Our locally produced Youth Radio program. Please send your comments to kunm@kunm.org.
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