Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, was the first Native person to hold a cabinet position. Now she’s running to be governor of New Mexico.
Haaland joins Host Flora Lichtman to talk about her new memoir, “A Voice Like Mine,” (bookshop.org/a/18570/9781250434227) her time at the Interior Department, and why she thinks lawsuits are a good thing when it comes to the environment.
Read an excerpt from “A Voice Like Mine.” (sciencefriday.com/articles/voice-like-mine-book-excerpt/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri)
Guest:
Deb Haaland served as Secretary of the Interior under President Biden. She is a member of Laguna Pueblo tribe and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at sciencefriday.com. (sciencefriday.com/segments/deb-haaland-politics-memoir-voice-like-mine/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri)
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Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, was the first Native person to hold a cabinet position. Now she’s running to be governor of New Mexico.
Haaland joins Host Flora Lichtman to talk about her new memoir, “A Voice Like Mine,” (bookshop.org/a/18570/9781250434227) her time at the Interior Department, and why she thinks lawsuits are a good thing when it comes to the environment.
Read an excerpt from “A Voice Like Mine.” (sciencefriday.com/articles/voice-like-mine-book-excerpt/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri)
Guest:
Deb Haaland served as Secretary of the Interior under President Biden. She is a member of Laguna Pueblo tribe and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at sciencefriday.com. (sciencefriday.com/segments/deb-haaland-politics-memoir-voice-like-mine/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri)
Subscribe to this podcast. (pod.link/73329284) Follow our show on Instagram (instagram.com/scifri/) , TikTok (tiktok.com/@scifri) , Facebook (facebook.com/scifri) , and Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/scifri.bsky.social) @scifri and sign up for our newsletters (sciencefriday.com/newsletters/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri) . Got a science question that’s keeping you up at night? Call us: 877-472-4374 (about:invalid#zCSafez)
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