Livingontheedge's Podcast

Joel and Xubi discuss the Ukrainian invasion in the context of nuclear weapons and strategic resource acquisition with Jay Coghan from Nukewatch.

Xubi, Janet, and Joel are joined by Veterans for Peace Santa Fe Co-founder Ken Mayers for our continuing conversation about the situation turned invasion in Ukraine. Ken offers us a peace activist take on the situation that is somewhat more nuanced and historically accurate than most of what you will hear in the mainstream media.   View Veterans For Peace’s Nuclear Posture Review tinyurl.com/VFP-NPR

Xubi discusses the dangers of the existence of nuclear power plants within the Ukrainian war zone with Linda Gunter from Beyond Nuclear. This is the first time that a war has broken out in an area with nuclear power plants. Linda Gunter lays out 6 scenarios in which nuclear radiation could be spread thousands of miles from either direct damage to a nuclear plant or the loss of critical infrastructure necessary to keep them operating safely. Find out more at: beyondnuclear.org

A freeform conversation on current events with Xubi and Janet.  Topics include: Is New Mexico doing enough to combat Climate Change;  a followup on Joel's discussion with Xubi on some of the underlying issues behind political and military tensions in the Ukraine; the meanings and implications of the Remington-Sandy Hook settlement; and more . . .

Joel and Xubi have a free discussion of some of the nuances of the situation in the Ukraine that are not being discussed on the mainstream news.

Fred and Xubi discuss Think New Mexico's role in policy development and opportunities for citizen advocates to join in tangible support for important bills in the 2022 legislative session.

Xubi is joined by Adelante Democrats' Political Director Athena Christodoulou and Senator Sedillo-Lopez to talk about the upcoming legislative session and the Green Amendment to the New Mexico Constitution.  

Raven Alcott, Emily Phan, Cassandra Huneau, and Sophia Jenkins-Nieto form Leaders for Environmental Action and Foresight (LEAF) to discuss their organizing efforts to get the UNM endowment to divest its funds from the Fossil Fuel Industry. LEAF recently asked NM Attorney General, Hector Balderas to review whether investing in Fossil Fuel stocks represented a violation of their public benefit mission. This tactic has been successful in getting Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. to divest funds from drivers of climate change. People can support LEAF by contacting them at: https://www.unmleaf.org/ https://www.facebook.com/unmleaf/

Xubi and occasional co-host Orlando Furioso have a very free ranging discussion about politics in a very general sense. If politics is the art of the possible, why are we feeling so limited in our possibilities?  Who is defining the possibilities in this age of unlimited money in politics and media?

Xubi and Janet discuss movie set safety and how Alec Baldwin came to shoot Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and Director Joel Sauza on the RUST set. A tragedy that could easily have been avoided