Barack Obama's NM visit - Watch it here!!

Barack Obama held a community town hall at Rio Grande High School today at 1:30pm.

Watch it here:



And, earlier in the day, he also met with a group of prominent New Mexico women for an economic forum at the downtown Albuquerque library.

Watch part one of that event:



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Web Worth Watching: War, Peace, Guns, Germs, Steel

Ran across this lecture from Thomas Barnett. The dude should be a comedian. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, I think he has something intriguing to say about American foreign policy.

Thomas Barnett: The Pentagon's New Map for War and Peace


Some of Barnett's themes regarding technological superiority are universal. For similarly big thought I found the Jared Diamond's PBS series Guns, Germs and Steel on YouTube...conveniently divided into 18 parts. They are embedded below.

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New on KNME.org (August 11): Love in the Land of Enchantment

New this week on KNME.org is a sweet little piece done by KNME filmmaker Josh Keenan. It's the first in an occasional series profiling love stories here in New Mexico. Enjoy!


Love in the Land of Enchantment (Dorothy and Larry)


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Web Worth Watching: A Peak at Peak Water

Water...if you live in the Southwest United States its hard not to at least think about it (even if it's to absently push its import out of your mind). A couple months back, Wired did a story on the emerging concept of peak water. But the also covered it in the short lived series Wired Science. Interesting stuff...


Wired Science: Peak Water segment


Lack of natural resources has always been a prime mover of civil unrest within and between societies. In the west, the history of water rights is pock-marked with violence so to hear that "the wars of the future" might be over water isn't so surprising. Here are a couple of video from the (admittedly left-leaning series) Democracy Now that address that topic.

Democracy Now: Water Wars (Part 1)


Democracy Now: Water Wars (Part 2)


Slightly more centrist CNN also covered the issue earlier this year as a part of their "Planet in Peril" special. Check out the clip featuring an interview with Dr. Peter Gleick (President of the Pacific Institute).

CNN Planet in Peril: World Water Crisis


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New on KNME.org (August 4): The Very Large Array

New this week on KNME.org...indie filmmaker Deborah Wakshull visits the Very Large Array ("The VLA"), the giant radio telescope located in rural central New Mexico.

The VLA


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Web Worth Watching: Bronco Roads

Sometimes you find cool videos because you're looking in the right place online, and sometimes you find cool videos because you meet cool people. This is a case of the latter. Check out this episode from a new series being created by Stacy Dean Campbell in Carlsbad, NM.



And while on the theme of the west, as I was trolling Hulu the other day I ran across the 1995 Imax film entitled The Great American West. In terms of information, it's no PBS doc, but it is a pretty beautiful piece of filmmaking.

The Great American West (1995)


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New on KNME.org (July 28): Artisode 1.1 - Grant Hayunga

New on KNME.org this week, KNME filmmaker, Kelly Kowalski, gives us this profile of Santa Fe artist and musician Grant Hayunga. It's the first in her occasional series of "Artisodes." Coming soon, the New Land Art Movement, but for now...meet and enjoy Grant!



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