100 years ago, an itinerant ox rancher named Mike Smith discovered the Sandia mountains and decided to make a podcast about them. Today, we celebrate that great day with a very self-indulgent ramble session of an episode. We talk City on the Edge history, highs and lows, the Simpsons and whatever else comes to mind over the course of an hour and 40…

Mike takes us on a deep dive into the history, meaning and mystery of his street in the suburbs.By Ty, Nora and Mike

A two time gold rusher, automobile booster and, well, a racist, DKB Sellers was a man with many facets even before he founded one of the most desirable neighborhoods in modern Albuquerque.By Ty, Nora and Mike

RIP Mannie's. 1965-2020. And RIP to the building, 1940ish-2023.We also talk about the Colour Fence and Leisure Bowl.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Our far-flung correspondent Nora Hickey finds a surprising connection to Albuquerque in her new town: a Madonna of the Trail statue.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Hey, we've come back after a long break! And frankly, we need a refreshing drink of water, preferably from a beautiful, Giardia-free mountain spring. Fortunately, Mike knows where to find them.By Ty, Nora and Mike

From 19th century botanists to elite WWII soldiers, the history of the Sandia Tram takes us to some surprising places.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Some people like tacos. I don't get it. Some people like cults. I'm still not sure why. Some people... well, hardly anybody likes starvation. I get that.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Inspired by the Pride Parade last weekend, Ty looks into the beginnings of the Albuquerque LGBTQ rights movement.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Before the conquistador Juan de Oñate established the first Spanish colonies in New Mexico, another Spaniard attempted to do so. Why did Gaspar Castaño de Sosa fail? And why isn't he remembered today?By Ty, Nora and Mike

In 1933, an Iowa boy left his home and family to seek out his pen pal, who lived at the Pueblo of Santo Domingo.By Ty, Nora and Mike

89. In the depths of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps to both provide relief jobs to unemployed men and improve the nation's historic and natural resources. The men of Camp F8N came from all over the country to live and work in our own Sandia Mountains, and their legacy remains visible today.…

An interview with Professor John Gram, author of "Education at the Edge of Empire: Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico's Indian Boarding Schools.By Ty, Nora and Mike

After talking about his less-savory side, we return to Elfego Baca, this time to tell of his legendary gunfight against a legion of drunken Texans.By Ty, Nora and Mike

A look at some of the more colorful characters from Albuquerque's history, including Elfego Baca, and an interview with local author and ghost hunter (!) Cody PolstonBy Ty, Nora and Mike

About a half-houri west of Los Lunas, an inscribed stone rests on the side of Hidden Mountain. Could it be evidence that New Mexico was visited by Hebraic tribes in Old Testament times? No. The answer is no.By Ty, Nora and Mike

On February 26, 1986, New Mexico state investigators discovered 150 human skulls in a “hand dug cave” beneath a home in Albuquerque’s North East heights.By Ty, Nora and Mike

A foul-mouthed furniture salesman buys a gold mine in New Mexico. Next thing you know, law enforcement officials are bribed, a man dies under suspicious circumstances and two people mysteriously disappear.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Man, the 80s and 90s were weird. Satan seemed to be lurking behind every pop culture controversy, and everybody's were burning their heavy metal records and D&D books. And Albuquerque wasn't immune to the hysteria.By Ty, Nora and Mike

New Mexico Cult Season continues with Mike Smith's report on the Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps, a group with a military take on the always-impending End of the World.By Ty, Nora and Mike

On our first episode of Cult Season 2021, Nora tells us the strange story of New Mexico's druids. .By Ty, Nora and Mike

A bit of a departure from our normal, historical fare, this episode focuses on cohost Mike Smith's tenure at the scandal plagued (and ultimately shuttered) Brown Mackie for-profit college.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Once upon a time, there was a fast food restaurant with a really weird name.By Ty, Nora and Mike

In 1947, the villainous New Mexico Highway Department knocked a 3 million year old landmark and Route 66 icon off of its pedestal. 73 years later, we're upset about it!By Ty, Nora and Mike

We all have bad days, but most of the time they don't involve nuclear weapons. Our guest Roland Pentilla tells about the day Albuquerque came awfully close to nuclear Armageddon, as well as other military aircraft accidents that have been mostly forgotten. This is a long one, but jam packed with fascinating information!…

Okay, so we won't be able to show you the interior of this infamous UNM landmark, but we'll delve into its origins, the time it was set on fire 4 times in a single year, and how it served as the home base for a racist reign of terror in the 1960s.By Ty, Nora and Mike

In this first part of our new series, we look back to different protests and periods of activism in Albuquerque's past. This episode features the anti-fascism demonstrations of the 30s and the, uh... anti-gray hat movement at UNM?By Ty, Nora and Mike

I was lucky enough to have a chance to chat with local journalist and author Ashley M. Biggers about her new book, Secret Albuquerque, which details 90 "weird, wonderful and obscure" Albuquerque sites and stories.By Ty, Nora and Mike

We’ve never covered the Westside mass grave in detail at City on the Edge, mainly out of a desire to give it the time and attention it deserves and to do so in a way that doesn’t minimize the victims. In February of this year, however, local journalist Tierna Unruh-Enos launched The Mesa podcast, a series that focuses on the West Side crime site in…

Hey! It's a global pandemic! City on the Edge checks in.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Well, we're all stuck inside due to coronavirus, so why not take a look back at the 1918 flu and how it affected Albuquerque and New Mexico?By Ty, Nora and Mike

We take a trip down one of the most beautiful and historic roads near Albuquerque.By Ty, Nora and Mike

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In an Anytown, USA/City on the Edge mashup, we check out Cedar Crest New Mexico with Ty Bannerman, Courtney FitzGerald and Mike Smith.By Ty, Nora and Mike

CoE talks to storyteller Joe Hayes, whose retelling of New Mexico legends and folktales has delighted audiences for nearly four decades.By Ty, Nora and Mike

We travel back in time to the Albuquerque of 110 years ago and find a world of mail scams, abortion pills and quack treatment for hemorrhoids.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Visible from Albuquerque, but a world away, Sierra Ladrones is home to the ghosts of bandits, mysterious spirits and rumors of buried treasure.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Hey, this episode is available on our brand new youtube channel at bit.ly/cityontheedge! We chat with chile historian and author Dave DeWitt about the history and biology of green chile. Also, we find out a bit about Home Movie Day from our friends at Modern Albuquerque and Basement Films.By Ty, Nora and Mike

We talk to Albuquerque the Magazine assistant editor Taylor Hood about his research into various historic homes in Albuquerque, from a bed & breakfast where spies passed secrets to the Soviet government, to a home built for the New Mexico governor when residents were sure that Albuquerque would be the state capital. We also delve into what happens …

We follow the lives of several women who traveled on El Camino Real, the royal road that ran from Mexico City to Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico.By Ty, Nora and Mike

Did infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone spend time in the mountains of New Mexico? If he did, was he "hiding out?" We look into the persistent legends and try to find the truth.By Ty, Nora and Mike

We chat with Albuquerque poet Hakim Bellamy and photographer Justin Thor Simenson about their new book, We Are Neighbors, which explores an Albuquerque neighborhood through image and fiction.By Ty, Nora and Mike

We talk about the most famous WWII correspondent you've never heard of: Ernie Pyle. A beloved journalist who wrote about America's everyday stories before he went to war, Ernie Pyle's fame skyrocketed when he began covering the Western Front. So what's the Albuquerque connection? Listen and find out!…

We talk to poet and artist Amaris Ketcham about her interactive map of Albuquerque's literary landscape (poeticroutes.com).By Ty, Nora and Mike

This episode, we look into Skyline Drive, an almost-was paved road that would have run down the face of Sandia if it hadn’t been stopped by environmentalists.By Ty, Nora and Mike

CoE talks to New Mexico Political Report Environmental Correspondent Laura Paskus about the water issues affecting our city and state.By Ty, Nora and Mike