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Tipping Point New Mexico

Aug 29, 2019

On this week's podcast, Paul talks to Danny Seymour, a UNM MBA who has been working with the Rio Grande Foundation as a high-level intern. Danny happens to have worked extensively in the New Mexico film industry but is critical of the subsidies. Danny and Paul talk a good deal about the inner-workings of the industry...


Aug 27, 2019

Mandatory paid leave passes the Bernalillo County Commission with some small changes. What did the Commission do and did they improve the final ordinance or is it still full of problems? Also, the City of Albuquerque is already considering adopting its own paid leave proposal. Paul and Wally discuss the prospects for...


Aug 22, 2019

On this podcast, Paul interviews Philip Ord, President of Americans for Nuclear Energy. The group advocates and educates on behalf of nuclear power in the United States. New Mexico is a "nuclear" state as the home of the A-bomb and two national nuclear labs. Storage is also part of New Mexico's nuclear story. 
 
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Aug 20, 2019

Most studies say vaping is far healthier than cigarette smoking, but a local filmmaker working with high school students called it "more detrimental than being addicted to cigarettes." This story highlights both factual ignorance and the media's complicity in spreading disinformation.
 
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Aug 15, 2019

 
On this week's interview, Paul Gessing interviews Len Gilroy of the Reason Foundation. Len is an expert on public employee pension issues and New Mexico has plenty of them. You can read more about Reason's analysis of New Mexico's pension issues here and here. Also, Gov. Lujan-Grisham has proposed some pension...