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Sat. 3/19 9a: Kid Pan Alley is an organization that empowers kids around the United States to write their own songs. We're joined this time on The Children's Hour by Paul and Cheryl Reisler who have written more than 2,500 songs with more than 70,000 children over the last 30 years.We've asked Paul and Cheryl to show us how Kid Pan Alley works, and to share music they've co-written with schools.Together with our Kids Crew, Paul and Cheryl will show us how we can help write the lyrics for a song of theirs that needs a bridge.Exploring the fundamentals of music education through creativity and participation, Kid Pan Alley will leave us all humming along.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Matthew Wilks about his work volunteering with Team Rubicon in Ukraine. And we revisit an interview with journalist Laura Paskus about climate change in New Mexico.

On the next Let’s Talk New Mexico, we’re looking past the day shelters and soup kitchens to ask how chronic homelessness can be solved in the long term. We’ll be tackling the issue with representatives for city governments, non-profit organizations, and folks who offer trauma-informed care to those who have experienced homelessness first-hand.

Sat. 3/26 9a: This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about parasites. What makes a creature a parasite, and how do parasites find their hosts? Parasitologists Dr. Matt Bolek, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University, and Dr. Sarah Bush, Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah join our Kids Crew for a lively discussion.Explore different types of parasites, including the dreaded and dangerous Guinea Fire Worm. Are viruses parasites, and are viruses even living organisms or are they just a collection of chemicals? We plunge into this controversy and more with the Kids Crew.Mixed with great music, you “mite” learn more than you ever knew about parasites with us this week!

A wrap-up of recent news about women

Sat. 4/2 9a: This time on The Children's Hour, we spend the hour with Cristina and Andres from Uno, Dos, Tres Andres, a bilingual indie band up for a Grammy this year for their release, Activate!They have been helping the children's music industry in the United States shift toward focusing on educational songs in Spanish and English.We'll hear some of their collaborations with other artists, and they'll introduce us to Spanish language children's musicians from Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Columbia.This episode requires dancing! Join us for an hour of musical delight with Uno, Dos, Tres Andres!

Sat. 1/8 9a: This week on The Children’s Hour we learn about porcupines from the leading researchers in New Mexico, kids in the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Project.Find out about these elusive giant rodents, and learn how to spot them in trees.Mixed with great music celebrating porcupines.

Carol Boss speaks with Margaret Randall, poet, essayist, social activist and photographer, who has over 150 books of poetry and prose published.

This week on Let's Talk New Mexico we're talking hospital staffing shortages as the omicron variant pushes COVID-19 case numbers to record levels.

Sat. 1/15 9a: This time on The Children’s Hour, we’re learning all about earthquakes and volcanoes with Dr. Mousumi Roy, a University of New Mexico professor of Physics and Astronomy with a specialty in Earth Sciences.Dr. Roy explains to our Kids Crew how scientists study earthquakes and volcanoes, and we explore the connection between earthquakes and volcanoes on our volatile planet.