Encounter Culture podcast

Encounter Culture

New Mexico's deep artistic traditions have long engaged with the multifaceted histories and cultures of the state. At Encounter Culture, we talk with artists, historians, scientists, museum curators, and writers who are all a part of New Mexico's centuries' old lineage of helping us understand the places and people who make the Land of Enchantment so unique. https://podcast.nmculture.org/

New Mexico's deep artistic traditions have long engaged with the multifaceted histories and cultures of the state. At Encounter Culture, we talk with artists, historians, scientists, museum curators, and writers who are all a part of New Mexico's centuries' old lineage of helping us understand the places and people who make the Land of Enchantment so unique. https://podcast.nmculture.org/

 

#64

Good Heart Work: Poetry as Medicine with Manuel González, New Mexico Poet Laureate

New Mexico has a new Poet Laureate! Although Manuel González is well known in the slam poe... more

03 Dec 2025

48 MINS

48:59

03 Dec 2025


#63

Everyone Wants to be Included in the Story of New Mexico: The Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum

New Mexico is the fifth largest state, making access to art, history, and culture at museu... more

19 Nov 2025

34 MINS

34:02

19 Nov 2025


#62

Behind the Mic and Between the Pages: Sharing Award-Winning Stories and Season 9 Preview with Emily ...

In anticipation of another rich season of New Mexico history, art, and culture, El Palacio... more

05 Nov 2025

19 MINS

19:56

05 Nov 2025


#61

Connecting People Through Time - Makowa: The Worlds Above Us with Misha Pipe and Kaela Waldstein

For as long as humans have been on this earth, we have looked to the cosmos for informatio... more

02 Jul 2025

53 MINS

53:25

02 Jul 2025


#60

Uplifting Cultural Knowledge with Navajo Picture Book Author Daniel Vandever

On the surface, Diné author Daniel Vandever's picture books might appear to be straightfor... more

11 Jun 2025

54 MINS

54:58

11 Jun 2025


#59

Time Travel: From Giant Millipedes to Modern Landscapes with New Mexico Museum of Natural History & ...

A long, long time ago, the region that is now New Mexico was part of a giant land mass, an... more

28 May 2025

50 MINS

50:22

28 May 2025


#58

BONUS: Ancient Life (There's No Shame In Extinction)

What did New Mexico look like before the time of the dinosaurs? The 3,000-square-foot Brad... more

28 May 2025

04 MINS

04:54

28 May 2025


#57

Exhibition Design, 3-D Modeling, and Clown Chess Sets at New Mexico Highlands University with Lauren...

The Media Arts & Technology department at New Mexico Highlands University is a one-of-a-ki... more

14 May 2025

50 MINS

50:07

14 May 2025


#56

The American Mystique of the Cowboy Boot with Deana McGuffin and Jes Márquez

New Mexico Arts runs a Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program that pairs masters in a particular... more

30 Apr 2025

47 MINS

47:17

30 Apr 2025


#55

La Virgen de Guadalupe: Photographing a Cultural Icon with Delilah Montoya and Katie Doyle

The Virgin of Guadalupe is a cultural icon with deep roots in Mexican and Chicano communit... more

16 Apr 2025

51 MINS

51:41

16 Apr 2025


#54

Boots, Books, and the Vast Unknown: Season 8 Preview with Emily Withnall and Andrea Klunder

Join host Emily Withnall and producer Andrea Klunder for a preview of the upcoming 8th sea... more

26 Mar 2025

14 MINS

14:19

26 Mar 2025


#53

The Oryx and the Bomb: Colonial Legacies at White Sands Missile Range with Marcus Xavier Chormicle

Roughly six thousand large antelopes native to Africa live on the White Sands Missile Rang... more

12 Feb 2025

51 MINS

51:02

12 Feb 2025


#52

The Beaded Nun, Haunted Exhibitions, and Other Museum Stories with Nick Waddell and Michelle Rodrigu...

How many times have you visited the same museum? Whether your answer is "one" or "hundreds... more

29 Jan 2025

51 MINS

51:40

29 Jan 2025


#51

The Great Debate: How old ARE the Footprints at White Sands? with David Rachal and John Taylor-Monto...

How old are the footprints at White Sands? It depends on who you ask. Scientists are curre... more

15 Jan 2025

52 MINS

52:29

15 Jan 2025


#50

Painting Wildstyle Out in the Streets with Graffiti Writer Strike and Art Curator Rebecca Gomez

What is art, and who gets to define it? The Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the ... more

13 Nov 2024

47 MINS

47:47

13 Nov 2024


#49

Truth and Tragedy: The Timeless Mythology of La Llorona with Irene Vásquez at University of New Mexi...

Some stories persist for hundreds of years. La Llorona is one such story. Though there is ... more

30 Oct 2024

43 MINS

43:08

30 Oct 2024


#48

Curanderismo, Poetry, and How to Heal a Broken Heart with Tommy Archuleta, Santa Fe Poet Laureate

Let's be honest: these are turbulent times for us all. No matter who you are and what your... more

16 Oct 2024

44 MINS

44:48

16 Oct 2024


#47

Investigating Who We Are Across Media and Millennia: Season Preview with Emily Withnall and Andrea K...

Dispelling misconceptions about street art, discovering ancient footprints that reconfigur... more

11 Sep 2024

07 MINS

07:06

11 Sep 2024


#46

From Exoplanets to Earthly Technology: Exploring Our Fears and Dreams Through Science Fiction with N...

What does the space history have to do with science fiction? More than you'd think! Among ... more

26 Jun 2024

48 MINS

48:09

26 Jun 2024


#45

Prison Art as an Assertion of Humanity with Museum of International Folk Art Curators Patricia Sigal...

Museum of International Folk Art curators Patricia Sigala and Chloe Accardi are dedicated ... more

12 Jun 2024

39 MINS

39:53

12 Jun 2024


#44

Rolling Into Rural Communities: Bookmobiles and Books by Mail Across New Mexico

For many people who live in New Mexico the nearest library might be three hundred miles aw... more

29 May 2024

48 MINS

48:25

29 May 2024


#43

A History of Genízaro Identity in the Heart of New Mexico with Dr. Gregorio Gonzales

What do we lose when we don't know ALL of our histories? Understanding our great, great, g... more

15 May 2024

41 MINS

41:52

15 May 2024


#42

Adventure Begins at Your Library: Explore New Mexico Tribal Libraries and Youth Programming

In a large, low-population state like New Mexico, with lots of rural communities, librarie... more

01 May 2024

44 MINS

44:35

01 May 2024


#41

From Goatheads to Grand Canyons: A Love Letter to the Landscape with New Mexico State Poet Laureate,...

Poetry is everywhere. Poetry is in the way we speak or sing or the ways we imagine. Poetry... more

17 Apr 2024

50 MINS

50:40

17 Apr 2024