New Mexico PBS’ ‘Connect’ Examines Legendary Figures of the Old West

How do we sep­a­rate his­tor­i­cal fact from fic­tion? Renowned west­ern his­to­rian and author Paul Hut­ton explores the lives and myths of leg­endary char­ac­ters from the Old West.

Each month New Mex­ico PBS con­nects audi­ences to the great peo­ple and inspired think­ing found at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico. Con­nect airs Thurs­day, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. and Sun­day, Dec. 23 at 5 p.m. on New Mex­ico PBS Ch. 5.1.

Are the human race and the nat­ural world on a col­li­sion course? Com­mu­ni­ca­tions and Jour­nal­ism Pro­fes­sor Judith Hendry dis­cusses how media influ­ences our under­stand­ing of the nat­ural world.

Also, David Bein­ing, Immer­sive Media guru at UNM’s inno­v­a­tive Arts Lab, answers the ques­tion, “Why Dome?”

Guests
• Paul Hut­ton, author and pro­fes­sor of His­tory
• Judith Hendry, pro­fes­sor of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions and Jour­nal­ism
• David Bein­ing, asso­ciate direc­tor of Immer­sive Media„ ARTS Lab
• Hue Walker, senior artist, ARTS Lab

Host
• Augusta Meyers

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“Con­nect” is pro­duced by Brad Stod­dard and exec­u­tive pro­ducer, Michael Kamins. Pro­duc­tion sup­port pro­vided by UNM.

Media Con­tact: Evy Todd, (505) 277‑1218; email: etodd@newmexicopbs.org