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Reprise! Let's Talk Free Stuff 2

Courtesy of Victoria Cisneros
Victoria Cisneros trains at the Jack Candelaria Community Center in the San Jose neighborhood in Albuquerque.

  Let's Talk New Mexico 8/1 8a: Did you know that there are three regulation-sized boxing rings—plus cardio equipment and heavy bags—at that people can reserve for free? Or that you can take a three-hour class as and walk out with a refurbished bike and helmet? Or that Albuquerque has been creating all kinds of ? We’re bringing back the free stuff show all about what costs $0 around the whole state, and we want to hear your tips. Email LetsTalk@kunm.org, tweet with the hashtag #LetsTalkNM or call in live during the show.

Guests:

  • , professional boxer and fitness trainer
  • , trending reporter and pulse editor,
  • , news director,
  • Huitzil Bennett Perez, intern,
  • Diana Delgado, public outreach coordinator,
  • Josh Herbert, Aquatics Division manager,
  • Hugh Hulse, manager,

Resources:

After our last free stuff show, we listened back and found links for resources folks called in to share.

And here's from this year:

ALBUQUERQUE

  • with boxing rings, before / after school program and computer lab
  • Free bikes, helmets and repair help at
  • Free pool entry during the summer for kids on Sundays
  • City
  • All the city’s (22 around the city)
  • All the city’s (289 in Albuquerque) with
  • All the city’s playgrounds (170 in Albuquerque)
  • available at fire stations, police substations, and sheriff’s stations around Bernalillo County sheriffs offices
  • 145 miles of in Albuquerque
  • Free in San Jose Neighborhood
  • Free 8/6 through 8/11

     Events

  • —Different themes every Friday. Runs 8/2 – 9/27
  • —o²Ô²µ´Ç¾±²Ô²µ
  • performance 8/2
  • Free oral health exams at PIMA 8/6 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
  • Free lung-capacity testing at PIMA 8/7 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
  • Free haircuts at for kids K-12 on 8/4
  • All
  • at Open Space — 8/10 with CW Ayon
  • —two left 10/11 and 11/27
  • —two left 8/3 and 8/17
  • at Balloon Fiesta and Summerfest
  • 10/24 
  • 8/11 with free backpacks, haircuts, school supplies, snacks, books and more
  • Poetry readings at
  • City Bright light-based artworks unveiled
  • meetings for parents to talk special education every Thursday night
  • Notah Begay Foundation

LAS CRUCES

  • —Hike among dinosaur footprints

CARLSBAD

Marisa Demarco began a career in radio at 91°µÍø News in late 2013 and covered public health for much of her time at the station. During the pandemic, she is also the executive producer for Your NM Government and No More Normal, shows focused on the varied impacts of COVID-19 and community response, as well as racial and social justice. She joined Source New Mexico as editor-in-chief in 2021.
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