City on the Edge Podcast

City on the Edge Podcast

We delve into the stories of one Southwestern city.

Episodes

112. The Legacy of Dr. Carmen Landau

August 14, 2025 • 21 mins
Today we’re going to be addressing a controversial topic, perhaps one of the most controversial topics: Abortion in our city. To be very clear, we here at CoE are 100% pro-choice and the show today is not a debate about the merits of this necessary medical procedure. Instead, we will be discussing the life experience of an abortion provider who lived and worked here in Albuquerque until her untimely death in 2022. Beyond that, th...
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111. Wicked Albuquerque (Live)

May 27, 2025 • 72 mins
We welcome special guests Cody Polston and Jesse Herron to discuss Albuquerque's historic dens of iniquity and vice. Recorded live at the Painted Lady Bed and Brew!
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110. SWOP, the Southwest Organizing Project

April 23, 2025 • 29 mins
We chat with Alheli Caton-Garcia and Amanda Galleogos from the Southwest Organizing Project, an Albuquerque nonprofit devoted to racial and gender equality and social and economic justice for over 40 years. For more information about the Stop WIPP Forever campaign, check out their website at https://stopforeverwipp.org.
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109. The Trolleys of Albuquerque

April 10, 2025 • 26 mins
Before the ART Project, before Rapid Ride, before the Railrunner, Albuquerque was a city of trolleys. But, like, where did they go?
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108: How Albuquerque swallowed Old Town whole

March 26, 2025 • 35 mins
Old Town. New Town. A match made in heaven? No. But eventually, it happened and modern Albuquerque was born.
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107. From the Mixed Up Files of Michael Farrell Smith

March 10, 2025 • 64 mins
We're not out of ideas! We just decided to grab a handful of files from Mike Smith's big ol' NM history cabinet, choose three at random, and talk about what we find. That's normal! A normal thing to do when you have lots of ideas!
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106. Route 66 Centennial Preview

February 18, 2025 • 26 mins
Ty sits down with Amanda Sutton for a preview of Albuquerque's celebration of Route 66's centennial.
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105. The Ballad of the City Ditch

January 26, 2025 • 47 mins
For a quarter of a century, early Downtown Albuquerque was bedeviled by an odoriferous presence-- a ditch that ran right through the center of town and became such a hazard that city officials tried to fill it in multiple times, only to be thwarted by one man and his shotgun.
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104 City of Sunsets

November 30, 2024 • 70 mins
What do Albuquerque's teens think of the city? Mike Smith, in his role as a teacher, assigned his classes to write about their feelings for the city, and how they would improve it. On this week's episode, we share the results.
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103 Downtown Albuquerque News with Peter Rice

November 24, 2024 • 34 mins
Over the last 20 years, Albuquerque has lost multiple news sources-- from traditional papers like the Albuquerque Tribune, ad-supported free weeklies like the Alibi or the IQ, and various online sites like the NM Compass. But in the midst of all these failures, one quiet success stands out: the Downtown Albuquerque News. By focusing on an extremely local purview and charging readers a modest subscription fee, DAN has slowly grown a...
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102 Follow Eric

November 17, 2024 • 25 mins
Eric Castillo has been conducting free walking tours of Albuquerque's Downtown for two years. I talk to him about the experience and his favorite stories from the area's history.
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101. The Spy House

November 11, 2024 • 23 mins
Sure, we all know about, you know, cowboys and archeologists and Bugs Bunny, but did you know that a house in Albuquerque once played host to one of the most infamous spies of the Manhattan Project era?
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100th Anniversary!

April 3, 2024 • 104 mins
100 years ago, an itinerant ox rancher named Mike Smith discovered the Sandia mountains and decided to make a podcast about them. Today, we celebrate that great day with a very self-indulgent ramble session of an episode. We talk City on the Edge history, highs and lows, the Simpsons and whatever else comes to mind over the course of an hour and 40 minutes.
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99. Snowheights

April 18, 2023 • 57 mins
Mike takes us on a deep dive into the history, meaning and mystery of his street in the suburbs.
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98. DKB Sellers, the Father of Nob Hill

March 4, 2023 • 43 mins
A two time gold rusher, automobile booster and, well, a racist, DKB Sellers was a man with many facets even before he founded one of the most desirable neighborhoods in modern Albuquerque.
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97. Goodbye Mannie's, and other thoughts on the ephemeral

January 24, 2023 • 46 mins
RIP Mannie's. 1965-2020. And RIP to the building, 1940ish-2023.We also talk about the Colour Fence and Leisure Bowl.
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Madonna of the Trail

December 18, 2022 • 33 mins
Our far-flung correspondent Nora Hickey finds a surprising connection to Albuquerque in her new town: a Madonna of the Trail statue.
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The Seven Springs of Sandia

November 27, 2022 • 33 mins
Hey, we've come back after a long break! And frankly, we need a refreshing drink of water, preferably from a beautiful, Giardia-free mountain spring. Fortunately, Mike knows where to find them.
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94. The History of the Sandia Tram

January 24, 2022 • 60 mins
From 19th century botanists to elite WWII soldiers, the history of the Sandia Tram takes us to some surprising places.
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93. Tacos, Cults and Starvation

September 15, 2021 • 51 mins
Some people like tacos. I don't get it. Some people like cults. I'm still not sure why. Some people... well, hardly anybody likes starvation. I get that.
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