Lesser Known New Mexico Podcast

Episode 14: Heath Haussamen

To Jupiter....and beyond?

Nov 14 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

2

25:37

October 2025

Episode 13: Xochitl Torres Small

Hey! Want to meet at the Radical Center?

Oct 29 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

2

26:38

Episode 12b: More with Mike Silva

Music, mentors and memories

Oct 24 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

31:21

Episode 12: Mike Silva on Authentic Male Friendships

Hey, let's have a better world!

Oct 24 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

28:46

September 2025

Episode 11: A reverence for rivers

Environmental journalist and author Cynthia Barnett comes to New Mexico

Sep 30 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

1

28:54

Episode 10B: More with author Ryan Swanson

We dive deep into politics, academic freedoms, club soccer, and more

Sep 17 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

1

37:45

Episode 10: 'A Beautiful Shame'

Ryan Swanson on his new book about the 2018 men's soccer team at UNM

Sep 16 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

1

2

1

24:03

Episode 9: Reporting from the U.S. - Mexico Border

Photojournalist Justin Hamel brings us to the U.S. - Mexico border. We also talk about the upcoming special session of the New Mexico Legislature, which…

Sep 9 • 

Laura Paskus

1

2

32:15

August 2025

Episode 8: Oilfield Witness’s Charlie Barrett on the Permian Basin & Beyond

Plus: Andy & Laura catch up on the some of the news

Aug 26 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

2

28:26

Episode 7: We're Back! With Dr. Lawrence Leeman!

This year, NM legalized the medical use of psilocybin. Andy finds out what that means. Plus: the dry Rio Grande, a sketchy new water proposal, & a new…

Aug 19 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

4

2

1

36:38

July 2025

Episode 6: Living through the McCarthy era — and surviving Trump & Co.

Writer & poet V.B. Price and photojournalist Diana Cervantes

Jul 1 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

2

1

30:47

June 2025

Episode 5: Climate change, youth activism, the border — & bikes

YUCCA’s Jonathan Juarez-Alonzo & Feleecia Guillen talk about what young people need when it comes to climate activism, plus Rep. Angelica Rubio on…

Jun 17 • 

Laura Paskus

 and 

Andy Lyman

35:52