Voices of Taos

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This week on Voices of Taos, assistant editor Ellen Miller-Goins talks with author Michael H. Ritterhouse about his new novel, "The Long Walk Home: When the Power Dies."

Ritterhouse describes his novel as “optimistic post-apocalyptic.” The story centers around a young man named Tommy returning home to California from a summer camp in Texas. While en route, a dis...

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This week on Voices of Taos, editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Aurora Valdez, deputy secretary of the NM Indian Affairs Department.

Valdez is a member of Taos Pueblo and Tesuque Pueblo. She worked as a field representative for Sen. Martin Heinrich and was a research assistant for the Native Nations Institute. She’s been a grant writer and community organizer — fo...

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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates talks with Vidal Gonzales, owner and founder of The Uncivilized Outdoorsman, which is based out of Santa Clara Pueblo and conducts Indigenous and Hispanic Youth Fly Fishing Camps.

Gonzales founded The Uncivilized Outdoorsman in 2022, and has since partnered with a number of organizations to provide traditional knowledge ...

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This week on Voices of Taos, Taos News sports editor Blynn Beltran interviews first-year cross country varsity head coach Billy Romero Sr. and his son, junior distance-runner Billy Romero Jr.

Beltran, Romero Sr. and Romero Jr. talk about the road to district, state, and their training over the summer. At the time of this recording, Romero Jr. was ranked as the number one in Mile...

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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Olivia Lewis talks with Ricky Carlini, owner of Daleee KTAOS, about the planned opening of a second location in Taos Ski Valley.

Ricky first came to the Taos area in 2011, working as a line cook on a J1 visa. After returning to the mountain many years in a row, he decided to try and open a music venue, and opened Daleee KTAOS in 2023. Daleee...

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This week on Voices of Taos, sports editor Blynn Beltran talks toTaos High School's varsity head coach of the volleyball team, Rachel Rael. Beltran and Rael discuss the team’s success last year, which was the program's best since 1987, and how this year's team is topping it. Rael was born and raised in Taos and played a variety of sports as a Tiger, including basketball an...

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This week on Voices of Taos, publisher Chris Baker speaks with Bill Waugh, a U.S. veteran, member of the Lions Club and one of our nine Unsung Heroes of 2025.

Baker and Waugh talk about the Kids Eye Program, which provides free eye exams, glasses fitting and eyewear to school-age children all over Taos County.

Chris and Bill also discuss his work raising and distributing fu...

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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates talks with Abby Warman, Programs Manager for the Taos County Economic Development Corporation and Abe Brown, rancher and former mentee of TCEDC's Regenerative Ranching Mentorship Program.

Gates, Warman and Brown discuss how the program provides a community for both new and experienced ranchers, the challenges that new rancher...

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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates talks with Gillian Joyce, executive director of Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos.

Stephanie and Gillian talk about a citizen science initiative started by the Ecdysis Foundation, which help farmers and ranchers training to collect data on soil health, wildlife diversity and crop yields. Taos is one of two locations in the country...

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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates talks with Lucas Salazar, Matanza Project Developer for the Taos County Economic Development Corporation.

Gates and Salazar talk about the challenges small producers face when trying to have their meat processed locally, as well as how a local processing facility would allow more money to remain in Taos County.

They also disc...

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This week on "Voices of Taos," join reporter Olivia Lewis as she talks with Braylon Quiver of Picuris Pueblo, who at just 16 is a budding archaeologist, a fifth-generation micaceous clay potter, and Picuris Pueblo Museum's assistant museum curator.

Lewis and Quiver discuss the Picuris Pueblo Museum and Interpretive Center, which reopened after roughly $1 million in renovations o...

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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates speaks with Talavi Cook, a Project Associate at Amigos Bravos supporting watershed restoration and quality projects and facilitating the Rio Fernando Revitalization Collaborative.

Stephanie and Talavi discuss the venting of tritium at Los Alamos National Laboratories, which was previously slated to begin Saturday (Sept. 13), ...

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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Emery Veilleux talks with Jessie Hook, Destination Stewardship Plan Manager.

Emery and Jessie talk about what the Destination Stewardship Plan is and how it can help tourism in Taos be sustainable and equitable. Businesses in Taos rely heavily on tourism, but that needs to be balanced with the needs and desires of locals.

Hook and Veilleux d...

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This week on Voices of Taos, magazine editor Ellen Miller-Goins is joined by Fritz Davis — musician, local historian, and longtime owner/editor of the Red River Miner — which, like so many small-town newspapers, is no longer printing.

After cutting his teeth as a performer in Kansas, Fritz moved to Red River in 1989 and became a fixture on local stages and in communi...

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This week on Voices of Taos, reporter Stephanie Gates talks with founder of TiLT and Taos TimeBank, Todd Wynward.

A time bank is a type of mutual aid network where members can exchange skills and services and everyone’s time is of equal value. Members of the Taos TimeBank will be able to earn one hour of time credit for every hour of service they provide.

Stephanie and Tod...

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This week on Voices of Taos, editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Jenny Natelson, founder and owner of 7K Studios, a film production studio set to be housed at the former St. Francis Catholic School in Ranchos de Taos.

Natelson and Plant discuss the role of production studios in filmmaking, why St. Francis is a good location for a studio, and what the film industry landscape looks l...

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This week on Voices of Taos, Editor Geoffrey Plant speaks with U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, who visited the Taos News recording studio late in the afternoon Aug. 4 immediately after he attended a roundtable discussion at Holy Cross Medical Center.

In this episode, Luján runs down a long list of funding cuts, policy changes and unprecedented presidential power moves in ...

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This week on Voices of Taos, sports editor Blynn Beltran interviews Yavanne Jaramillo, the director and coach of the Special Olympics in Taos.

A business owner by day, Jaramillo has led efforts in fundraising and sporting events for the athletes in her spare time.

This year, the Taos Special Olympics hosted their first car show in Taos and had a great turnout at the Law Enf...

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This week on Voices of Taos, Tempo editor Lynne Robinson talks with novelist and playwright John Biscello.

John talks about his work with the Taos Youth Ensemble and teaching kids about theater.

He also talks about his two upcoming novels, "The Last Furies" and "No One Dreams in Color."

Learn more at johnbiscello.com

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