Connect; Paul Andrew Hutton, Judith Hendry, David Beining and Hue Walker

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · December 23, 2012

How do we separate historical fact from fiction? Renowned western historian and author, Dr. Paul Andrew Hutton, explores the lives and myths of legendary characters from the Old West. "The story of the old west is a very, very colorful and romantic period of history. That’s why I was captivated by it as a child. And lots of other people have been. It’s just a great story and the characters are larger than life and of course, the forces they were up against were so incredible."—Paul Hutton. 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. “Environmental communication is based on the fundamental premise that the way we communicate with the natural world profoundly influences and to a large extent determines how we view and treat the natural world."—Judith Hendry. And David Beining, Immersive Media guru at UNM’s innovative Arts Lab, answers the question "Why Dome?" Connect will be broadcast on New Mexico PBS, Thursday December 20th on 5.1 at 7 pm and on Sunday December 23rd at 5pm. Host: Augusta Meyers. Guests: Paul Andrew Hutton, Ph.D. (Author and Professor of History, University of New Mexico), Judith Hendry, Ph.D. (Professor of Communications and Journalism, University of New Mexico), David Beining (Associate Director of Immersive Media, ARTS Lab, University of New Mexico), Hue Walker (Senior Artist, ARTS Lab, University of New Mexico). Produced by New Mexico PBS, each month Connect shares the inspired thinking and innovative research of the University of New Mexico.