The Weekly Word

Trip Jennings

New Mexico In Depth executive director Trip Jennings joined the podcast to talk about NM In Depth and the current work they are doing. We spoke about the behavioral health audit and the resulting suspension of funding to behavioral health providers. We also briefly touched on some of the work NM In Depth is doing reporting on pueblos.

Hakim Bellamy guests

Hosts Joey Peters and Matthew Reichbach make the triumphant return to the podcast with Albuquerque poet laureate Hakim Bellamy. Bellamy explains what a poet laureate is, tells us how he ended up in Albuquerque and reads a couple of poems.

Bonus Episode: Julia Goldberg Morning Show

Joey Peters and Matthew Reichbach left the confines of podcasting to take to the airwaves. The hosts filled in for Julia Goldberg while she was on vacation. The topics included medical marijuana, the latest on public records involving Gov. Susana Martinez and other topics in New Mexico news and politics.

Andrew Tenneson

The Weekly Word takes a step back from politics and into the world of mixed martial arts, or MMA. We speak to amateur fighter Andrew Tenneson, who trains at legendary Jackson's Gym in MMA. We speak to Tenneson about his thoughts on MMA, his career goals and what he says about the criticism of MMA.

Weekly Word: Talking Emailgate Scandals

After a two-week break, the Weekly Word is back with an entire podcast devoted to recapping the "emailgate" scandals. Hosts Joey Peters and Matthew Reichbach were joined by Justin Horwath to sort through what happened int he myriad of scandals that have come out of the allegedly intercepted emails.