Tuesday Morning Beat – “BEYOND THE BORDER” – A discussion about life, death and dying
today18 July 2025
Welcome to “Beyond the Border” a special monthly episode of Tuesday Morning Beat, a weekly radio show on Gila Mimbres Community Radio – KURU, Silver City New Mexico.
“Beyond the Border” first aired in July 2024, has focused on conversations to broaden our understanding and acceptance of the experience of death including the personal, spiritual, legal and political.
Co-hosts Scott Plate and Maree McHugh offer an exploration of end-of-life choices that respect the dignity and right to bodily autonomy for each of us. They spotlight interviews with selected guests about death and dying who share personal narratives and wisdom of how ‘death can be a teacher’, and how to assure we have agency to make decisions at end of life. They provide poignant insights of the universal process that we all, someday will face for ourselves and our loved ones. And how we can, walk one another ‘home’.
Featured interviews:
Adrienne Dare; Dr. Twana Sparks; Torie Grass; Siri Dharma Khalsa; Susan Malter; Scott Plate and Maree McHugh
In this 5th episode of 'Beyond the Border' guest Siridharma Khalsa reflects on how her experience of getting lost in the Gila Wilderness was an eye-opener to learn about fear and that being prepared is the ‘ultimate tool’. Siri’s work as a yoga and meditation teacher, and with those at […]
“Beyond the Border” a monthly featured episode about death and dying with Tuesday Morning Beat host Maree McHugh and co-host Scott Plate. Interviews and discussion that provide the opportunity to broaden our awareness about the dimensions of death and dying. We offer a social justice perspective on this universal and […]