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Award winning author Jennifer Givhan joins us to discuss her latest novel, The Sleeping Sisters, inspired by the West Mesa murders. And she explains how, despite the horror of the story her work was based on, she still loves Albuquerque. Check out her work at https://jennifergivhan.com/
Faith Perez, host of KNME's Colores, stops by the chat about Albuquerque photographer Dick Kent, who chronicled the city's post-war growth.
We talk with Harrison Hill, the author of a new book chronicling the rise and fall of a New Mexico cult.
Maurice Crandall, historian, author and former Albuquerque resident, stopped by to share some fascinating info on Expo New Mexico's Indian Village, and his family's connection to it. Also, he reveals that sometimes Ty pronounces "City on the Edge" as "City on the Enge" which is definitely not something that Ty will spend the rest of the weekend thinking about.
We talk about wild horses, Lindy's diner and other rambly topics. Join us on patreon at https://patreon.com/cityontheedge !
Sopaipillas... what is the deal? Nora asks a question that has probably occurred to most of us throughout out the years. And she answers it!
Dendro... what? You know. Dendroglyphs! Tree carvings! It turns out they have a fascinating history in New Mexico. Note: there are some audio issues at the beginning, but it settles down after a bit.
The death of Cecil Kelley in Los Alamos, the rise of Gunther von Hagens' corpse plastination and meditations on mortality itself all play a role in this excerpt from Ty Bannermans' new book, Nuclear Family.
In part two of our deep dive into the piñon tree, Ty finds evidence that piñons are responsible for more death, exploitation and murder than any other New Mexico tree.
Ever had unshelled piñon nuts? Tough little buggers. Fannie Spitz thought so , too, so she invented the first pine nut shelling machine in the United States.
Ty gives a sneak-peak of his new book, Nuclear Family, with a story about the first known civilians to be exposed to nuclear fallout. Check out and pre-order Ty's book here! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nuclear-Family/Ty-Bannerman/9780826369024
We take another trip to the center of Mike Smith's FILE CABINET OF MYSTERY. We're not out of ideas, YOU'RE OUT OF IDEAS!
Once upon a time in Albuquerque, a woman used a golden key to open the front door of the House Beautiful.
Where is the center of the universe? Why, right here on UNM's central campus.
We thought it was gone forever, but somehow this long-lost episode has resurfaced. Behold! A piece of CoE LOST MEDIA.
Today we’re going to be addressing a controversial topic, perhaps one of the most controversial topics: Abortion in our city. To be very clear, we here at CoE are 100% pro-choice and the show today is not a debate about the merits of this necessary medical procedure. Instead, we will be discussing the life experience of an abortion provider who lived and worked here in Albuquerque until her…
We welcome special guests Cody Polston and Jesse Herron to discuss Albuquerque's historic dens of iniquity and vice. Recorded live at the Painted Lady Bed and Brew!
We chat with Alheli Caton-Garcia and Amanda Galleogos from the Southwest Organizing Project, an Albuquerque nonprofit devoted to racial and gender equality and social and economic justice for over 40 years. For more information about the Stop WIPP Forever campaign, check out their website at https://stopforeverwipp.org.
Before the ART Project, before Rapid Ride, before the Railrunner, Albuquerque was a city of trolleys. But, like, where did they go?
Old Town. New Town. A match made in heaven? No. But eventually, it happened and modern Albuquerque was born.
We're not out of ideas! We just decided to grab a handful of files from Mike Smith's big ol' NM history cabinet, choose three at random, and talk about what we find. That's normal! A normal thing to do when you have lots of ideas!
Ty sits down with Amanda Sutton for a preview of Albuquerque's celebration of Route 66's centennial.
For a quarter of a century, early Downtown Albuquerque was bedeviled by an odoriferous presence-- a ditch that ran right through the center of town and became such a hazard that city officials tried to fill it in multiple times, only to be thwarted by one man and his shotgun.
What do Albuquerque's teens think of the city? Mike Smith, in his role as a teacher, assigned his classes to write about their feelings for the city, and how they would improve it. On this week's episode, we share the results.
Over the last 20 years, Albuquerque has lost multiple news sources-- from traditional papers like the Albuquerque Tribune, ad-supported free weeklies like the Alibi or the IQ, and various online sites like the NM Compass. But in the midst of all these failures, one quiet success stands out: the Downtown Albuquerque News. By focusing on an extremely local purview and charging readers a modest…
Eric Castillo has been conducting free walking tours of Albuquerque's Downtown for two years. I talk to him about the experience and his favorite stories from the area's history.
Sure, we all know about, you know, cowboys and archeologists and Bugs Bunny, but did you know that a house in Albuquerque once played host to one of the most infamous spies of the Manhattan Project era?
100 years ago, an itinerant ox rancher named Mike Smith discovered the Sandia mountains and decided to make a podcast about them. Today, we celebrate that great day with a very self-indulgent ramble session of an episode. We talk City on the Edge history, highs and lows, the Simpsons and whatever else comes to mind over the course of an hour and 40 minutes.
Mike takes us on a deep dive into the history, meaning and mystery of his street in the suburbs.
A two time gold rusher, automobile booster and, well, a racist, DKB Sellers was a man with many facets even before he founded one of the most desirable neighborhoods in modern Albuquerque.
RIP Mannie's. 1965-2020. And RIP to the building, 1940ish-2023.We also talk about the Colour Fence and Leisure Bowl.
Our far-flung correspondent Nora Hickey finds a surprising connection to Albuquerque in her new town: a Madonna of the Trail statue.
Hey, we've come back after a long break! And frankly, we need a refreshing drink of water, preferably from a beautiful, Giardia-free mountain spring. Fortunately, Mike knows where to find them.
From 19th century botanists to elite WWII soldiers, the history of the Sandia Tram takes us to some surprising places.
Some people like tacos. I don't get it. Some people like cults. I'm still not sure why. Some people... well, hardly anybody likes starvation. I get that.
Inspired by the Pride Parade last weekend, Ty looks into the beginnings of the Albuquerque LGBTQ rights movement.
Before the conquistador Juan de Oñate established the first Spanish colonies in New Mexico, another Spaniard attempted to do so. Why did Gaspar Castaño de Sosa fail? And why isn't he remembered today?
In 1933, an Iowa boy left his home and family to seek out his pen pal, who lived at the Pueblo of Santo Domingo.
89. In the depths of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps to both provide relief jobs to unemployed men and improve the nation's historic and natural resources. The men of Camp F8N came from all over the country to live and work in our own Sandia Mountains, and their legacy remains visible today.
An interview with Professor John Gram, author of "Education at the Edge of Empire: Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico's Indian Boarding Schools.
After talking about his less-savory side, we return to Elfego Baca, this time to tell of his legendary gunfight against a legion of drunken Texans.
A look at some of the more colorful characters from Albuquerque's history, including Elfego Baca, and an interview with local author and ghost hunter (!) Cody Polston
About a half-houri west of Los Lunas, an inscribed stone rests on the side of Hidden Mountain. Could it be evidence that New Mexico was visited by Hebraic tribes in Old Testament times? No. The answer is no.
On February 26, 1986, New Mexico state investigators discovered 150 human skulls in a “hand dug cave” beneath a home in Albuquerque’s North East heights.
A foul-mouthed furniture salesman buys a gold mine in New Mexico. Next thing you know, law enforcement officials are bribed, a man dies under suspicious circumstances and two people mysteriously disappear.
Man, the 80s and 90s were weird. Satan seemed to be lurking behind every pop culture controversy, and everybody's were burning their heavy metal records and D&D books. And Albuquerque wasn't immune to the hysteria.
New Mexico Cult Season continues with Mike Smith's report on the Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps, a group with a military take on the always-impending End of the World.
On our first episode of Cult Season 2021, Nora tells us the strange story of New Mexico's druids. .
A bit of a departure from our normal, historical fare, this episode focuses on cohost Mike Smith's tenure at the scandal plagued (and ultimately shuttered) Brown Mackie for-profit college.
Once upon a time, there was a fast food restaurant with a really weird name.
