Past Venus Transit Authority Interviews

Dr. Cedric Page, Executive Director, University of University of New Mexico, Los Alamos

Dr. Massengale and Dr. Page will be talking about UNM-LA's Environmental Sciences curriculum expansion (2+2+2 program): which includes an Associate Degree, Bachelor's Degree , & Post-graduate degree) in environmental sciences.

Tuesday, August 25, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Hal Wingo, Former Senior Editor of LIFE Magazine and Co-founder of PEOPLE Magazine Talks with Miro about current events and the importance of Freedom of Religion in Amercia.

Throughout his 33 year career with Time Incorporated, and as a journalist and editor at LIFE and PEOPLE WEEKLY magazines, Hal Wingo has had the opportunity to interview some of the world's best known personalities. His perspective of the world and current events is shaped by his close proximity to the key decision makers and visionaries of our time.

His career started with LIFE Magazine, as national correspondent and then far eastern regional editor in Hong Kong. He covered the Vietnam War for three years before returning to New York as senior editor of the magazine. In 1974 Hal Wingo was one of the founding editors of PEOPLE WEEKLY and its original news editor, supervising 70 correspondents reporting and writing for PEOPLE around the world. At PEOPLE he was the host for four years of a weekly radio program on WABC in New York City featuring interviews with subjects from the current week's issue.

Hal Wingo currently serves on the board of The Council for America's First Freedom in Richmond, Virginia, and is also a recognized speaker on the subject of religious freedom and its guarantee in the first amendment.

The mission of the First Freedom Center is to increase understanding and respect for religious freedom in diverse communities worldwide through education about this core human value: the freedom of thought, conscience and belief. The First Freedom Center is an non profit organization that is non-denominational and does not ally with any particular faith, but rather, holds as one of its tenets that all persons are entitled to freedom of religion.

Thursday, August 20, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Santa Fe County Sherriff Greg Solano

Sherriff Solano will be in the studio speaking with Miro about public safety issues in Santa Fe County, and his campaign and platform as a Democrat for the 2010 Lt. Governor's Race.

Tuesday, August 18, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Post-K NOLA, (Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana) "Misadventures of a New Orleans Girl" and Raging "Hurricane

New Orleans writer Linda Yasnyi will be talking with Miro about post-Madoff, post-Hurricane Katrina life amidst global economic crisis. These are topics in her forthcoming book, "Misadventures of a New Orleans Girl: Selling the Shoes without Touching the Feet." The story transforms multiple misfortunes into an insightful, spiritual journey of colorful, personal growth.

Thursday, August 13, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

F. Jeffrey Martin, Los Alamos National Laboratory Decisions Applications Division

LANL has developed a low-risk, transformational concept, called Green Freedom™, for large-scale production of carbon-neutral, sulfur-free fuels and organic chemicals from air and water.

Currently, the principal market for the Green Freedom™ production concept is fuel for vehicles and aircraft.

At the heart of the technology is a new process for extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and making it available for fuel production using a new form of electrochemical separation. By integrating this electrochemical process with existing technology, researchers have developed a new, practical approach to producing fuels and organic chemicals that permits continued use of existing industrial and transportation infrastructure. Fuel production is driven by carbon-neutral power.

Mr. Martin will be talking about this and other related work at LANL.

Tuesday, August 11, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Geothermal Energy for New Mexico and the Planet

Dave Duchane, Fenton Hill Geothermal Project, Los Alamos

The United States pioneered the first Enhanced Geothermal Systems effort, then termed Hot Dry Rock, (HDR) at Fenton Hill, in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico, about 35 miles west of Los Alamos. This was a project run by Los Alamos National Laboratory. It was the first attempt anywhere to make a deep, full-scale hot dry rock reservoir, and efforts there spanned 1974 through 1992, in two phases. Along with Don Brown, Dave Duchane had worked for many years to develop geothermal resources from Fenton Hill. The project has been halted, however recently efforts have begun again to revive it. Mr. Duchane will be on the program to discuss Fenton Hill, Enhanced Geothermal Systems and Hot Dry Rock geothermal energy potential for New Mexico and the planet.

Susan Burns, Managing Director, Global Footprint Network. "The Ecological Footprint" is a data-driven metric that tells us how close we are to the goal of sustainable living. Footprint accounts work like bank statements, documenting whether we are living within our ecological budget or consuming nature's resources faster than the planet can renew them.

In 2003, Global Footprint Network was established to enable a sustainable future where all people have the opportunity to live within the means of one planet.

Ms. Burns leads the overall strategic direction of Global Footprint Network and oversees communications, partnership, project development and finance. Prior to launching Global Footprint Network, Susan founded the pioneering sustainability consulting firm Natural Strategies. She has over 18 years of experience working with more than 50 corporations and other organizations on a variety of sustainability-related issues including: product design, consensus building, management systems, business strategy, forest policy and stakeholder communications. More information at www.footprintnetwork.org.

Energy Related Devices (ERD) was created to manifest the vision that energy can be produced cleanly, simply and economically through technologies modeled on systems in nature. Toward this goal, ERD pushes the limits of science and engineering in the process of conceiving new energy-related technologies and products with the potential to generate both great changes and great profits.

Mr. Hockaday will be talking about advanced fuel cell technologies he developed including his Micro Fuel CellT and "Micro Mirror Photovoltaic Cells", both of which have been engineered to mimic cellular functions in nature.

What potential applications do these fuel cells have in a new energy matrix and transportation? We'll also be looking the critical relationships between Los Alamos National Lab and the creation of co-located private enterprises like Energy Related Devices, Inc. Is augmented funding for NM's two labs critical to the creation and bolstering of a science, technology, and research cluster as a significant economic driver in New Mexico?

Thursday, July 30, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Bob Fesmire, Communications Manager Asea-Brown-Boveri (ABB Group). Mr. Fesmire continues the discussion about DesertTec and his company's role in implementing it.

ABB is a -based global leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. Sustainability is integral to all aspects of their business. ABB strives to balance economic, environmental and social objectives and integrate them into their daily business decisions. More information; www.abb.com.

             NM Senator Jerry Ortiz & Pino, PROGRAM MARIA (Minds and Resources in Action) and Desert Tec. Now that a German consortium is
             implementing DesertTec, (http://www.desertec.org) a $600 Billion plan to power Europe with massive concentrated solar power harvested from North
            Africa's deserts, we reexamine PROGRAM MARIA's original parallel vision and ask why not develop a similar project here and now in the America
            Southwest.

Christine Trujillo, President AFL-CIO New Mexico. Labor and Green Collar Job Creation in New Mexico.

Arne Jungjohann, Heinrich Boell Foundation, a Washington DC and Berlin based organization (we have 25 offices worldwide) striving to promote democracy, civil society, equality and a healthy environment internationally.

He'll be talking about German led "DesertTec" initiative, to place massive concentrated solar fields in North Africa to power Europe with clean electricity.

- The state of the next generation of the World's Nuclear Fleet and the potential for nuclear power in creating a hydrogen fuel source for vehicles and transportation.

Craig O’Hare, Special Assistant in Renewable Energy, New Mexico Department of Energy, Natural Resources, and Minerals

Venus Transit Authority will be in conversation with Mr. O’Hare about the current status of attracting and developing renewable energy systems, industries, and incentives from the perspective of NM’s Department of Energy, Natural Resources, and Minerals. What is new and on the horizon?

LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST! – Law Seminar’s Energy in The Southwest Conference, La Fonda Hotel

Miro will be on location interviewing key leaders in law and policy as they converge in this Santa Fe convocation to address the often overlooked legal challenges inherent in establishing policy that adequately transforms our energy infrastructure into a more renewable intensive matrix.

Starting Saturday July 11^th- "Venus at The Eleventh Hour" KRSN AM 1490 11:00-1:00

Venus Transit Authority Show's new weekend program, "Venus at The Eleventh Hour", featuring arts and culture lifestyle interviews, discussions, ecology, spirituality, music,- all from Venus's uniquely feminine perspective.

Saturday is the day Venus lets her down, puts Athena in her place, and celebrates the arts of peace: music, culinary arts, poetry, food, literature, and cultural critique.

Recognized women leaders in the community will be featured as co-hosts and guests

Dr. Cedric Page, President, University of New Mexico, Los Alamos. Dr. Page will be talking about UNM Los Alamos, its programs, and the role it can play in the creation of renewable energy based academic - National Lab partnership.

As a lead up to Venus Transit Authority Show's forthcoming new Saturday Show, "Venus At The Eleventh Hour", Venus Transit Authority Show presents : The First Roaming Vixen Report - Sally Blakemore reports in from China.

Sally Blakemore, director of Wildmaker Studios is a prominent Santa Fe artist and book engineer. She is currently in China working on a project. She'll be talking about her observations of China's working conditions, women's issues, industrial and environmental climate and more.

Thursday July 2, 8:30-9:30 am

Photosynthetic and photogenetic research and applications in the development of advanced biofuels.

Dr. Richard Sayre, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Mo, will be discussing the development, implementation, and future of advanced biofuels.

Dr. Richard Sayre is Director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Sayre, a prominent scientist in the field of renewable fuels leads a team of 10 researchers who focus on using algae to produce "third-generation" biofuels that someday could be used to power cars, trucks, and aircraft. This work complements the larger body of biofuels research currently underway at the Danforth Center.

Like LANL and Sandia National Laboratory, The Danforth Institute has recently received an Energy Frontier Research Center grant from the US Department of Energy Science Center. Dr. Sayre's work with this new center will be researching ways to increase the efficiency of photosynthesis and production of energy-rich molecules in plants

Tuesday June 30, 8:30-9:30 am

Transmission and Transportation - The potential and promise of superconductivity for high speed transport and a DC (direct current) electric grid.

Dr. Dean Peterson, Los Alamos National Lab Superconductivity Technology Center

Superconductors are special materials with zero electrical resistance and the potential to significantly enhance our ability to generate, transmit, use, and store energy. Dr. Peterson will be speaking about the science of high temperature superconductivity and discuss applications ranging from high-speed trains levitated by superconducting magnets to underground cables that can virtually eliminate the ten percent of transmitted energy that is now lost to resistive heating.

Thursday June 25, 8:30-9:30 am (Los Alamos Show - KRSN AM 1490)

Kevin Holsapple, Executive Director Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation

Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) is a not-for-profit corporation that serves Los Alamos and Northern New Mexico. Its programs include; Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce, Los Alamos Small Business Center , Los Alamos Research Park, Los Alamos Meeting and Visitor Bureau , and Los Alamos Main Street .

LACDC's activities are focused on providing assistance to small businesses as well as on improving economic outcomes in the region. Venus Transit Authority Show will be interviewing Mr. Holsapple about the economic impact of federal science and research funding on Los Alamos and New Mexico as a whole.

Mr. Holsapple will also be talking about the "Next Big Idea: Festival of Discovery, Invention, and Innovation" an annual event which highlights Los Alamos' unique creative heritage while providing an opportunity for inspiring young people from throughout the state about possible futures in science, technology, engineering, math, and innovation. The weekend of family friendly events is designed to educate, illuminate, inspire, and entertain by celebrating discoveries, inventions, ideas, and innovations in science, technology, arts, food, and music. Next Big Idea will take place this year on July 18, 2009 in downtown Los Alamos.

Tuesday June 23, 8:30-9:30 am (Los Alamos Show - KRSN AM 1490)

Brad Collins, Executive Director, American Solar Energy Society

Established in 1954, the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is the nation's leading nonprofit association of solar professionals & grassroots advocates. With over 13,000 members in chapters in 40 states, ASES's mission is to speed the transition to a sustainable energy economy by advancing education, research and policy, inspiring the USA to go solar. ASES publishes the award-winning SOLAR TODAY magazine, organizes the ASES National Solar Conference and leads the ASES National Solar Tour, the largest grassroots solar event in the world.

Additionally, American Solar Energy Society published the groundbreaking Green-Collar Jobs Report which showed that renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors generate more than 9 million jobs and $1 trillion in annual revenue in the U.S. Their second report, Tackling Climate Change in the U.S., demonstrated how renewable energy and energy efficiency can provide the carbon emissions reductions needed to mitigate climate change.

In this edition of Venus Transit Authority Show, Venus Transit Authority will be speaking with Mr. Collins about his organization's efforts and initiatives, and the critical role of solar energy in current and future national energy policy.

Thursday June 18, 8:30-9:30 am Continuing the show’s Washington DC oriented interviews

Dr. Allan Lichtman, Professor of History American University, Author and Commentator

Lichtman is the author or co-author of six books and more than 100 articles. He is best known for the "Keys" system, presented in his books The Thirteen Keys to the Presidency and The Keys to the White House. The system uses thirteen historical factors to predict whether or not the popular vote in the election for President of the United States will be won by the candidate of the party holding the presidency (regardless of whether the President is the candidate). The keys were selected based on their correlations with the presidential election results from 1860 through 1980, using statistical methods adapted from the work of geophysicist Vladimir Keilis-Borok for predicting earthquakes. The system then correctly predicted the popular vote winner in each of the elections of 1984 through 2008, including 2000.

Additionally Dr. Lichtman is a highly respected and sought after commentator, having had more than 2,000 appearances on television and radio networks including NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, BBC, CBC, VOA, and other media outlets worldwide.

Ms. Kelly is a leader in renewable energy and environmental projects and is currently working on development of their Integrated Energy Communities program as part of The Energy Center of Wisconsin. She was formerly with The New Mexico Department of Energy and Minerals. Ingrid has experience in HVAC systems design and drafting, technical writing, and renewable energy technologies. She holds a Masters degree in Community and Regional Planning from the University of New Mexico, and is a LEED™ Accredited Professional. She has promoted renewable energy, energy efficiency, permaculture, and sustainable community design for over twenty years. She presently serves as Chair of the Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy Division of the American Planning Association. She’ll be on Venus Transit Authority show to discuss her book, Energy in America: A Tour of Our Fossil Fuel Culture and Beyond which was published in November 2008 by the University of Vermont Press.

Thursday June 11, 8:30-9:30 am Brian Czech, President and Rob Dietz, Executive Director Center for the Advancement of Steady State Economy.

Mr. Czech and Mr. Dietz will be discussing the fields of Ecological and Steady State Economics

Ecological economics, the philosophical basis of Venus Transit Authority Show is the transdisciplinary study of the interaction between human economic systems and natural ecosystems. With a focus on sustainable human wellbeing, the principles of ecological economics provide the theoretical basis for the steady state economy. Ecological economics forms a stark contrast to the conventional neoclassical paradigm taught at universities around the world.

June 9, Michael Mehling, President, Ecologic Institute, Germany and Washington DC.

Mr. Mehling will be speaking on Germany's successful adoption of "Feed-in Tariff" policy and its positive effect on the stimulation of
widespread innovation and implementation of renewable energy across Germany.

The Ecologic Institute is a private not-for-profit think tank for applied environmental research, policy analysis and consultancy with offices in Berlin, Brussels, Vienna, and Washington, DC. An independent, non-partisan body, the Ecologic Institute is dedicated to bringing fresh ideas to environmental policies and sustainable development. Founded in 1995, the Ecologic Institute is a partner in the network of Institutes for European Environmental Policy.

June 4 – Jon Hendry, Business Agent IATSE Film & Television Union of New Mexico

June 2 –Ellen Brown, Author of “Web of Debt” discusses the current financial crisis with Miro.

Guest: Dr. Van Romero Vice President Research & Economic Development Division New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, speaks about science and technology research and education at New Mexico Tech.

Guest: Joanne Ivancic, Executive Director and founder Advanced Biofuels USA will be speaking about the potential for high energy advanced biofuel development.

LIVE REMOTE BORADCAST. LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB’S CENTER FOR NON LINEAR STUDIES ENEGRY FOR THE 21^st CENTURY CONFERENCE.

Miro interviews leading scientists on the future of national and global energy systems and supplies.

Featured scientists included conference organizers CNLS Director Dr. Robert Ecke & Dr. Rajan Gupta.

Guest; Dr. David Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College . He is the recipient of four honorary degrees and other awards including The Millennium Leadership Award from Global Green, the Bioneers Award, the National Wildlife Federation Leadership Award, and a Lyndhurst Prize acknowledging “persons of exceptional moral character, vision, and energy.” He has been a scholar in residence at Ball State University , the University of Washington , and other universities. He has lectured at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Europe . He serves as a Trustee for several organizations including the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Aldo Leopold Foundation. David Orr spoke about the climate crisis and the cultural and environmental tipping point humanity is currently at.

Guest: John “Grizz” Deal, CEO of Hyperion Power Generation discusses Compact Nuclear Power Generation.
He spoke about his company’s Hyperion Power Module, a small portable self-contained and self-regulating nuclear reactor and his belief that micro nuclear power generation can be an integral part of the new mix of energy technologies that will be needed to solve the growing global energy crisis. This technology, developed at LANL, and transferred to Mr. Deal’s startup, can be used for many dedicated purposes, and is said to be ideal for remote or sparsely populated areas, developing countries, industries that need dedicated power, and military bases. Among the applications are the production of fresh water, and the carbon-free production of mineral resources and transportation fuels.

Guests; Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Dr. Amit Misra & Dr. Blas Pedro Uberuaga talk about LANL’s new Energy Frontier Research Centers

Recently, The US Department of Energy granted money to establish two Energy Frontier Research Center projects at LANL:

1. Extreme Environment-Tolerant Materials via Atomic Scale Design of Interfaces, Directed by Mike Nastasi

2. The Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, Directed by Victor Klimov

Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers Amit Misra (Co-Director) of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies and Blas Pedro Uberuaga of Structure/Property Relations are both working on the Extreme Environment-Tolerant Materials via Atomic Scale Design of Interfaces project. They also talked about the Department of Energy's new initiative on Energy Frontier Research Centers and the role a center at LANL could play in training the next generation of energy scientists. We explored what role material sciences play in the emerging new energy research mission of LANL.

Guest: Randy Normann. Before starting his own geothermal technology company, Perma Works, Randy had been with Sandia National Labs for 23 years. His last 14 years as the lead investigator for High-Temperature Electronics and Fiber Optics for geothermal well instrumentation. Randy will be discussing New Mexico ’s enormous untapped potential for geothermal energy and related topics regarding high temperature electronics and related energy storage systems.

Guest: Dr. Allen Parkman, Regents' Professor Emeritus of Economics, Anderson School of Management at The University of New Mexico discusses his view on the current state of the economy.

Guest: Dr. Michael Ham, LANL Scientist / Engineer and founder of Kinaesthetic Wind

His organization is building, in cooperation with UNM Los Alamos, rEVolt, an electric low-rider sport pick up truck for Northern New Mexico .

Guest: NM Senator Carlos Cisneros (D) Questa, Sponsor of SJM 33, on New Mexico ’s role in National Renewable Energy led Economic Recovery

Guest: Paul J. Gessing President of the Rio Grande Foundation, a conservative Albuquerque based research institute, and supporter of “Tea Parties”, discusses his views on the movement and taxation.

Guests: Emmy© Award winning New Mexico filmmaker Chris Schueler and Peter Horton Executive Director of Albuquerque-based Holistic Management International will discussing their new documentary THE FIRST MILLIMETER: HEALING THE EARTH, an inspiring and groundbreaking film (aired on KNME TV-5 4.22) exploring one solution to global warming through carbon sequestration in grasslands worldwide: Ranching and rangeland management.

April 16 – Politics and Energy: New Mexico Senate Joint Memorial 33

Guest: NM Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino (D) Albuquerque, Co-Sponsor of SJM 33, on New Mexico ’s role in National renewable energy -led economic recovery

Thursday, August 27, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Tuesday, August 25, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Thursday, August 20, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Santa Fe County Sherriff Greg Solano

Sherriff Solano will be in the studio speaking with Miro about public safety issues in Santa Fe County, and his campaign and platform as a Democrat for the 2010 Lt. Governor's Race.

Tuesday, August 18, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Thursday, August 13, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Tuesday, August 11, 8:30-9:30 am KRSN AM 1490, Los Alamos

Geothermal Energy for New Mexico and the Planet

Dave Duchane, Fenton Hill Geothermal Project, Los Alamos