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This week on GJ, tune in to a conversation with ACLUNM and New Mexico Voices for Children. Learn how New Mexico will be affected by federal policy and the work they have been doing to protect our community.Catch us live every Sunday at 7PM!

Tony honors Kenneth (Ken) Keppler's passing and spins a few songs and tunes in memory of a New Mexico music legend.

This week on GJ, we speak with composer Nicol谩s Lell Benavides and librettist Marella Martin Koch about the dedication that went into creating Southwest Opera: Dolores. An opera adaptation of Dolores Huerta鈥檚 life in 1968.Nicol谩s Lell Benavides is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow and has received commissions from West Edge Opera/San Diego Opera/Opera Southwest/BroadStage (Dolores), Music of Remembrance, The Washington National Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, The New York Philharmonic/The Juilliard School, the LA Phil with Gustavo Dudamel, Eighth Blackbird, New Century Chamber Orchestra, and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music with support from the likes of the Barlow Endowment, Opera America, and the National Endowment for the Arts.Marella Martin Koch is a librettist, playwright, and lyricist whose work explores agency and its absence. Her trio of operas with composer Nicol谩s Lell Benavides includes Pepito, Tres minutos, and Dolores. Recognized by Operawire for her 鈥渓ean and well-trimmed鈥� storytelling 鈥渇ull of nuance and emotional pull,鈥� her theatrical writing has been produced in over one-fourth of the United States. When she is not writing, she enjoys working with high school, college, and graduate students in New York City and across the country.

Early voting will start soon and run through November 1st, and several cities in our area will choose new mayors. Old fashioned images of mayors have them greeting families on downtown streets, checking in on local businesses and directing city police, but is that really how they spend their days?

Whether you live in Albuquerque, or down South, or in Santa Fe, or cooler areas that historically haven鈥檛 been their home, a warming climate is leading to a broader range and longer season for mosquitoes and other pests.

Congress passed President Trump鈥檚 contentious tax and spending plan referred to as the 鈥淏ig Beautiful Bill.鈥滺ealth care, social programs, education, and clean energy will see major cuts to pay for increased spending on immigration enforcement, defense, and tax cuts for the upper class.

The growing danger of adolescent gun violence hit close to home at the University of New Mexico last week, as a shooting took the life of one teen, sent another to the hospital, and left a third facing serious charges.On the next Let鈥檚 Talk New Mexico, we鈥檒l discuss the impacts on the University鈥檚 community and young people facing the persistent threat of gun violence.

A research project at the University of New Mexico recruited 252 Mexican immigrant women facing severe isolation and has demonstrated that the power of connection can be transformative.

On this month鈥檚 program we鈥檒l hear from a local coordinator with Stand Up For Science and three University of New Mexico neuroscience researchers about their work and what they will discuss at a public event on August 23rd.