Where We Meet: Conversations from New Mexico and Beyond

About Where We Meet: Conversations from New Mexico and Beyond

On Where We Meet, we share stories reflecting the human experience, weaving connections of space, place, land, and time from New Mexico and beyond. Thoughtful interviews and conversations about the richness of the histories, traditions, borders, art, movements of change, and beauty connected to New Mexico. Where We Meet comes from Taos Center for the Arts in Taos, New Mexico.

Publisher

Taos Center for the Arts

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jan 2022

Latest episode

20 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

85 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Jan 2026

   Tierra, Agua y la Gente: La bruja, partera, and curanderismo in northern New Mexico

   Tierra, Agua y la Gente is a Taoseño movie series exploring the land, water, and people of Northern New Mexico, curated in collaboration with Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos, Taos Valley Acequia Association, the NMSU Taos County Extension, and Taos Center for the Arts. Bless Me, Última was the third film in this series. Based on Rudolfo Anay's 1972 novel, Bless Me Última is a coming-of-age film about a young boy, Antonio, growing up in New Mexico during World War II and his very close, formative relationship with his curandera grandmother, Última. After the film, there was a lively panel discussion moderated by Councilwoman Corilia Ortega, featuring Dr. Kathryn Córdova, Erica Vigil Flores, and Melina Vizcaíno-Alemán, which explored the role of the bruja, partera, and curanderismo in Hispanic culture.

2. 

   22 Sept 2025

   Tierra, Agua, y la Gente: On Acequia Culture in northern New Mexico (Part 2)

   Tierra, Agua y la Gente is a Taoseño movie series. It showcases films and conversations about the land, water, and people of Northern New Mexico, curated in collaboration with Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos, Taos Valley Acequia Association, the NMSU Taos County Extension, and Taos Center for the Arts. The Milagro Beanfield War was the second film in this series: a tale of how one man’s decision to water his beanfield sparks a community uprising, in the tiny village Milagro in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Filmed mostly in Truchas, this beloved 1988 film blends magical realism, northern New Mexican culture, and timely ecological themes. On August 17th 2025, it screened at TCA to a completely sold-out auditorium filled with laughter, clapping, gasps and overall shared resonance. Will Jaremko-Wright, Taos County Cooperative Extension Agricultural Agent, introduced the film and moderated a panel conversation between Dr. Sylvia Rodríguez, Olivia Romo, Dr. Soledad Garcia, and Yolanda Silva Lewis. Dr. Sylvia Rodríguez is a native Taoseña, professor emerita of anthropology and former director of the Alfonso A. Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies at UNM. She is a commissioner on the Acequia de San Antonio in Valdez and a member of the TVAA board of directors. She works collaboratively with acequia organizations and researchers. Olivia Romo is a farmer, poet, water rights activist, and proud Taoseña. She has dedicated her work to educating and mobilizing New Mexicans around the risks and uncertainties of their natural resources. Soledad García, Ph.D. is a cultural anthropologist, a graduate of UT Austin 2016, and a musician who reflects on the public spaces and cultural movements related to land-based knowledges in the US southwest / northern Mexican borderlands. Born in the Española Valley, they and their family have been parciantes on the Acequia de los Salazares for more than 6 generations, where they grow various crops in their hoop house and apple orchard. Yolanda Silva Lewis, is a fifth-generation farmer from Arroyo Seco and mayordoma for the Acequía del Rebalse in Des Montes. Yolanda grows and harvests hay for her cattle, continuing long-standing agricultural traditions in the area.

3. 

   22 Sept 2025

   Tierra, Agua, y la Gente: On Acequia Culture in northern New Mexico (Part 1)

   Tierra, Agua y la Gente is a Taoseño movie series. It showcases films and conversations about the land, water, and people of Northern New Mexico, curated in collaboration with Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos, Taos Valley Acequia Association, the NMSU Taos County Extension, and Taos Center for the Arts. The Milagro Beanfield War was the second film in this series: a tale of how one man’s decision to water his beanfield sparks a community uprising, in the tiny village Milagro in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Filmed mostly in Truchas, this beloved 1988 film blends magical realism, northern New Mexican culture, and timely ecological themes. On August 17th 2025, it screened at TCA to a completely sold-out auditorium filled with laughter, clapping, gasps and overall shared resonance. Will Jaremko-Wright, Taos County Cooperative Extension Agricultural Agent, introduced the film and moderated a panel conversation between Dr. Sylvia Rodríguez, Olivia Romo, Dr. Soledad Garcia, and Yolanda Silva Lewis. Dr. Sylvia Rodríguez is a native Taoseña, professor emerita of anthropology and former director of the Alfonso A. Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies at UNM. She is a commissioner on the Acequia de San Antonio in Valdez and a member of the TVAA board of directors. She works collaboratively with acequia organizations and researchers. Olivia Romo is a farmer, poet, water rights activist, and proud Taoseña. She has dedicated her work to educating and mobilizing New Mexicans around the risks and uncertainties of their natural resources. Soledad García, Ph.D. is a cultural anthropologist, a graduate of UT Austin 2016, and a musician who reflects on the public spaces and cultural movements related to land-based knowledges in the US southwest / northern Mexican borderlands. Born in the Española Valley, they and their family have been parciantes on the Acequia de los Salazares for more than 6 generations, where they grow various crops in their hoop house and apple orchard. Yolanda Silva Lewis, is a fifth-generation farmer from Arroyo Seco and mayordoma for the Acequía del Rebalse in Des Montes. Yolanda grows and harvests hay for her cattle, continuing long-standing agricultural traditions in the area.

Who has been a guest on Where We Meet: Conversations from New Mexico and Beyond

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tobias Martinez
• Patricia Quintana
• Roberto Chavez
• Jimmy Santiago Baca
• Anna Martinez

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

20

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68