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Acequia Radio: Episode 3, here.

Gabino Atencio and San Francisco Acequias, Acequia Tales Episode 2, 2009.1.) A truck guide of local acequia-fed vara land parcels with Larry Mondragon, an acequia farmer from San Francisco, Costilla County (Colo). Issues facing acequia systems, including impacts of logging and local sub-developments. Mondragon compares his childhood in the village of San Francisco to the community today. Explaination of the historic water rotation methods of irrigating San Francisco lands and changes made to the rotation due to lack of snowfall. Commentary on local rural economy and changing population and demographics. 2.) Commentary from San Francisco Creek on the massive willow growth that makes much of the stream inaccessible except by “willow surfing.” 3.) Irrigating on the Gabino Atencio acequia with parciante Joseph Lobato in Chama Canyon, Costilla County (Colo). 27:22. Features music by Desirae (courtesy of Blank-Tape Records).

PROGRAM 27:22 // ACEQUIA TALES EPISODE TWO
PROMO :30 // TAG BEGINNING

A typical check and turnout diversion structure on the San Francisco acequia.

A Portion of the southernmost diversion of the San Francisco Acequia, Costilla County, Colo.

San Pedro Acequia Radio, 2009. San Pedro Acequia Mayordomo David Pacheco (San Pablo, Colo.) talks about the importance of the Culebra River in the acequia-shed, prior appropriation doctrine of water law in association with acequias, and the importance of the local agrarian society base, including the history of the Culebra River villages as they pertain to the building of acequias, a history of acequia infrastructure, and historic preservation of crops. Pacheco reflects on almost thirty years of mayordomo-dom and a lifetime of working on the acequia, as his father was mayordomo for about fifty years prior to his own term. Pacheco expresses concern over impending water battles that he fears will occur because of the increasing commodification of water and discusses how external ideals of capitalism and welfare have impacted local culture. Produced by Kate Perdoni, music by Luther Cole . 30:00 minutes.
Listen or Download: 30:00 San Pedro Acequia // :30 Promo One // 1:00 Promo Two

PAULA GARCIA of the New Mexico Acequia Association on acequia culture, land grants, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, The Mexican-American War, water doctrines, clashes among state and local systems of managing water and resulting threats to acequias, private property rights, and the relationships between land, water and culture. Includes 20:00 segment on the 7th Annual Congreso de las Acequias held in Taos, New Mexico, with lawmakers from the region discussing legislation affecting acequias.
Listen or Download 52:09 - January 2007

ACEQUIA MAYORDOMO AND MAINTENANCE in the mountains near the Village of Las Trampas in northern New Mexico. Includes explanation of acequia system and interviews with local parciantes, and the future of acequias with Paula Garcia.
Listen or Download Part I - Acequias: Ancient Waterways - 28:17 - 2007

ACEQUIA ANNUAL CLEANING of mother ditch in northern New Mexico. Includes interviews with day laborers.
Listen or Download Part II - Acequias: Ancient Waterways - 27:32 - 2007

MIGUEL SANTISTEVAN of the New Mexico Acequia Association talks about Sembrandos Semillas, the acequia youth program dedicated to directing students on methods of agriculture, and about the function and legalities of acequias in New Mexico, including the affects of over-appropriation of water and the importance of self-sufficiency concerning seed supply and food production, and the importance of welcoming in a new generation of land owners and irrigators.
Listen or Download Part One - At the Land Grant Conference in San Luis, Colo., 17:10 - 2006
Listen or Download Part Two - At A Meeting of Las Comadres de San Luis in San Luis, Colo., 16:09 - 2007

Turtle Island

RECOLLECTIONS OF WOUNDED KNEE, 1973 M. Roque Madrid flew planes with food and medicine to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1973 upon the reservation's declaration of sovereignty from the U.S. Roque recounts the violent standoff between the federal government and the Oglala people.
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THANKSGIVING A Thanksgiving 2006 trip to the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona to deliver food and supplies to natives resisting relocation by the United States government.
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THANKSGIVING Mark Dyken of Clan Dyken on the history of the annual Thanksgiving food run.
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COAL New Mexico's Dine reservation faces the establishment of yet another coal power plant within their sovereign borders.
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APACHE ELDERS speak at an event in Crestone, Colo. in 2006.
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SOUTHERN UTE tribal leader Jim Jefferson in Crestone, Colo.
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HOPI RUN Hopi and Azteca peoples meet for a historic symbolic event.
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JULY 4 A July 4 program.
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Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson Lectures
Washington and Lee University, 1990.
Listen or Download Part One - 44:26, 1990
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Hunter S. Thompson Lectures
Boulder University, 1977.
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HITCHHIKING

Hitchhiking in Spain, 2009.

Hitchhiking Series, Episode One. A 4-part series about what draws hitchhikers to the road and what happens once they get there: The good rides, the bad rides, the guardian angels of the road, strategies for safe hitchhiking, what this mode of travel means for one's life, and what their parents had to say about it. In this first of four episodes, guests Jeff Koerner, Inaiah Lujan, James Lujan, Justin DP Powell, Frank Scott and Carrot Quinn talk about their first experiences hitchhiking. Writer James Lujan tells a karmatic story of hitchhiking in Mexico; musician Inaiah Lujan on travel and inspiration; Carrot Quinn on the liberty of adventure, and more. 29:35.

Program Download:
Hitchiking: Episode One 29:35
PROMO: Hitchiking: Episode One 00:30

Music by Inaiah Lujan courtesy Blank-Tape Records.

Of high recommentation: Check out Carrot Quinn's hitchhiking, freight train riding, and otherwise beautiful life & travel journal at I Am Not Afraid of Winter.

Hitchhiking Series, Episode Two. Kenneth Quinn of Taos, New Mexico sells his truck in an effort to combat global warming; he now bikes and hitchhikes everywhere. Quinn talks about the inadvertant benefits of hitchhiking, including forming amazing connections with strangers. He details choosing specific routes and recounts difficult efforts of hitchiking in rural places. Jeff Koerner, Inaiah Lujan, James Lujan, Frank Scott, Carrot Quinn and Kenneth Quinn talk about some really great rides, as well as some not-so-great-at-the-time (but character building, and educational!) rides and moments from the road. What do these hard times teach us about each other, and about ourselves? James Lujan hitchhikes while stationed in Vietnam; Katey Sleeveless hitchhikes Europe, meets two rounds of German police; and more, with music by Haunted Windchimes. 30:00, 2009.

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Hitchiking: Episode Two 30:00
PROMO ONE: Hitchiking: Episode Two 00:30
PROMO TWO: Hitchiking: Episode Two 00:30

The Haunted Windchimes appear courtesy Blank-Tape Records.

Hitchhiking Series, Episode Three. Reading and interview with travel-adventure-freight-train-hitchhiking-gluten-free-bench-warrant-in-AZ writer Carrot Quinn (Carrot's blog). Carrot shares non-fiction (a hitchhiking tale from a cross-country venture from North Carolina to Portland, Oregon last fall); freedom vs. money; Thoreau’s mom does his laundry; Carrot talks adventure. Artist Inaiah Lujan on: The inspiration of traveling; following your passion; us as particles of one super thing; reflecting energy that magnates people and experiences; and on finding "home" wherever you may go. 28:48, 2009.

Program Download:
Hitchiking: Episode Three 28:48
PROMO ONE: Hitchiking: Episode Three (Carrot) 00:30
PROMO TWO: Hitchiking: Episode Three (Inaiah) 00:30
Carrot Quinn can be found here!

Music by Haunted Windchimes, courtesy of Blank-Tape Records.

My favorite hitchhiking photograph: En route, or so we're hoping, Mainz to Munich, 2009

Hitchhiking Series, Episode Four. The crew offers helpful advice and suggestions on how to (or not) explain hitchhiking to your worried, upset and potentially discouraging parents and friends; Unifying factors of people who pick up hitchhikers; On taking a dog; Qualities to consider when picking the right person to go hitchhiking with, and on always hitching with a friend; Taking a minute to survey the person who wants to give you a ride; Using your intuition and instincts; Bringing an instrument; How to make a good hitchhiking sign; Not taking rides with people without license plates; How to more effectively get a ride; How to avoid bad rides; Specifics of what to bring; Is it really dangerous? And other practical hitchhiking advice. The final episode in a series of four. 27:54, 2009.

Program Download: Hitchiking: Episode Four 28:48

Promotionals:
PROMO ONE: Hitchiking: Episode Four (No Licence Plates) 00:30
PROMO TWO: Hitchiking: Episode Four (Places Like Texas) 00:30
PROMO THREE: Hitchiking: Episode Four (Maybe Frank Was Right About Richard Nixon) 00:30
PROMO FOUR: Hitchiking: Episode Four (Dog Lovers) 00:30

Music by Mr. Inaiah Lujan, appearing courtesy of Blank-Tape Records.

PERSPECTIVES FROM MEXICO - 2006/2007

Interviews with Mexican officials, schoolteachers, legislators, local leaders and civilians in Mexico City D.F. and Oaxaca City, Oaxaca in 2006-07.

CAMPESINOS Y PLAN PUEBLA PANAMA Plan Puebla Panama and the acquisition and subsequent exploitation of local lands for eco-tourism by foreigners on the coast of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Listen or Download Campesinos 10:00/January 2007.
:30 Promo

DANNA LEVINE ROJO on the similarities of Nuevo Mexico y Mexico, as well as the repercussions of land acquisition due to the Mexican/American War.
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:30 Promo

TEACHER'S STRIKE and APPO in Oaxaca, 2006/2007 - Account of revolution induced by government repression during the annual teacher's strikes of 2006.
Listen or Download APPO 10:00/January 2007.
:30 Promo

JOURNALISM The stifling of journalistic efforts during the 2006/07 teacher's strikes of Oaxaca.
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:30 Promo

LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE on immigration from Party for the Democratic Revolution Mexican elected congressman.
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:30 Promo

APPO Antonio Gomez Vasquez, Communist Party member, on the formation of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca during the schoolteacher's strike of 2006/2007.
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Lawyer and community organizer Tonio Gomez Vasquez speaks from his offices in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN MEXICO American citizens reflect on their experiences in Oaxaca before and during the popular movement protest of 2006.
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DANA LEVINE ROJO, Professor of Anthropology and History in Mexico City, on the relationship between Mexico and the former Mexican territory now occupied by the United States.
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BORDER HEALTH A look at special medical issues facing the border region shared by the United States and Mexico.
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LAWMAKING Mexican lawmaker and immigrant representative Jose Medina speaks from his office in Mexico City.
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BUSINESS Lawyer and businessman Juan Manuel Sarsoza speaks from his cafe in Oaxaca City on the formation and foundation of the APPO.
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JOURNALISM Pedro Matias, Mexican Journalist, on media repression in Mexico and reporting on the APPO struggle for a representative democracy.
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MEXICO/APPO Programs on the history and formation of the APPO in 2006 in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Crestone’s Meteor Crater

Teachers, scientists, interested townspeople and an inquisitive youth lead an investigation into a unique local anomaly.
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Music by Louis Perdoni.

Activism

CHESA BODIN was 14 months old when his parents were incarcerated for activities with the Weather Underground. Chesa speaks on the importance of revolution in public discourse.
Listen or Download Chesa Bodin - 13:49 Music from Os Mutantes.

JEFF CONANT on the death mill of NAFTA and his work installing potable water systems within Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico, as well as the resonance of the movement.
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BEVERLY BELL on the origin and development of alternative economies.
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WINONA LADUKE speaks in Taos on peace & the quality of life.
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FOOD NOT BOMBS co-founder Keith McHenry on free food and an American – and international -- phenomenon.
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THE WOMEN OF CENTER, COLO.
Five brave souls recall the overt discrimination present in the community of Center, Colorado, and the methods and tribulations of standing up for their education and their beliefs.
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EL SEGRADO ORGANIC FARM
Karen and Colin Henderson live impact-free on their Community Supported Agriculture project in southern Colorado. Tradition and innovation combine through this ingenious couple. A tour of the farm.
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MARTIN PRECHTEL, on life and seeming coincidence.
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ARTIST KATHY PARK WOOLBERT talks about creating a holistic integrated health program inside a federal prison in California.
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KATHY KELLY, international peace worker.
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FREE CLINIC Northern New Mexico's Wellbeing Free Clinic offers holistic methods of care not covered by conventional health insurance.
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WOMEN'S HEALTH Keynote speaker of the annual Women's Health Conference held in 2007 in Alamosa, Colo.
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GMO A national ban on genetically modified alfalfa seed in 2007.
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PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS A program on Pursuit of Happiness, centered around the literary magazine Pilgrimage.
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Local History and Culture Estevan Arellano, 2009. Parciante, scholar, educator, author, historian, photographer, poet... of Embudo, New Mexico, on family ancestry in the region, history of local Land Grants, acequia history and functioning, and the history of food, including the merge of cultural diets based on ancient trading and agricultural practices throughout the development of world civilization. Also includes a short tour of his 12-steppe acequia-fed orchard. Recorded during several sessions in 2007-2008. [For stations: On hour-long program, there is a :30 music bed for station ID beginning at 22:17-22:47.]
Listen or Download: Estevan Arellano 2009 Program // :30 Promo

LIFE IN LOS SAUCES
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COLONIAL SONG AND DANCE
A day at the Fort Garland Museum with traditional music and dance.
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THE NEW BUFFALO Interviews with the founders and present caretakers of the New Buffalo commune in Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico.
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HARWOOD MUSEUM A tour of the Harwood museum of Taos, New Mexico with the museum's curator.
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SAN LUIS EXPRESS The San Luis Valley Express tourist passenger train takes its first course ever from Alamosa to La Veta, Colo.
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PRIVATE PRISON A local look at the private prison industry.
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ORIENT LAND TRUST A tour of the Orient Land Trust and the Orient Mine.
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RIO GRANDE COUNTY MUSEUM A tour of the Rio Grande County Museum in Del Norte, Colo.
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LAND GRANTS New Mexico Land Grant Panel, San Luis, 2006. Eric Romero, Highlands University.
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