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Let's Talk New Mexico

Let's Talk about this summer's news stories

By Ty Bannerman
Published August 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM MDT
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The New York Times on an iPhone. The New Mexico State Library offers free daily digital subscriptions to the newspaper to all state residents.

Let’s Talk New Mexico, 8/27/26: From the possible transfer of Sandia Wilderness land to the oversight of the Sandia pueblo, to a spate of ICE arrests in Santa Fe, we’ve seen some big stories this summer. On this week’s Let’s Talk New Mexico, we’ll be taking a closer look at the news with the journalists who reported the stories, and we’ll also look into some stories that may have slipped beneath the radar.

As always, we’ll be taking your comments and questions! What would you like to know more about when it comes to some of the bigger headline stories? Or, is there a story that you think needs more attention? Email us at LetsTalk@KUNM.org, leave us your thoughts using the recorder below, or call in live at 505-277-5866 during the show, Thursday morning at 9.

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Ty Bannerman
Ty Bannerman has been writing about New Mexico for over a decade. He is the author of the history book Forgotten Albuquerque and his work has appeared in New Mexico Magazine, Atlas Obscura, Eater, and the American Literary Review. While at the Weekly Alibi, Albuquerque’s alternative newspaper, he served as food editor, features editor and managing editor. He co-hosts two podcasts: City on the Edge, which tells Albuquerque stories, and Anytown, USA, which virtually explores a different US county each week. He has two children and way too many dogs and chickens.
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