Scott Brocato
All Things Considered Anchor and ReporterScott Brocato has been an award-winning radio veteran for over 35 years. Hailing from St. Louis, MO, he has worked in such cities as St. Louis, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Athens GA as an on-air personality, airborne traffic reporter, newscaster, and program director. He has lived and worked in Las Cruces since 2016, and you can hear him regularly during "All Things Considered from NPR News" from 4 pm-7 pm on weekdays. Off the air, he is also a local actor and musician, and you can catch him rocking the bass with his band Flat Blak on weekends in and around Las Cruces and El Paso.
Email: sbrocato@nmsu.edu
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New Mexico State University’s LGBT+ Programs is hosting Pride Season 2024. Scott Brocato spoke with Dr. Sophia Sangwanthong, director of LGBT+ Programs at NMSU, about upcoming events and why the annual Pride Season is so important. -
In health news, March is National Kidney Month. Recognizing the importance of kidney health, five-time Olympic gold medalist and retired professional swimmer Missy Franklin recently spoke with Scott Brocato, and shared the story of how her own family has been affected by Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, or ADPKD – including her father. -
During the recent 2024 New Mexico Chile Conference held in Las Cruces, important developments in mechanical harvesting of green chile were discussed. Scott Brocato spoke with some experts about those developments, including the discovery of a green chile bred and selected at New Mexico State University that has been hailed as a mechanical harvesting game changer. -
The NMSU Afghan Refugee Response Project is a program that helps improve the lives of refugees in southern New Mexico through education and job training. Scott Brocato talked about the program with its founder, Rajaa Shindi; as well one of her students, Said Sadullah Hashimi, a former Afghanistan army officer who fled his country more than two years ago following the Taliban uprising. -
Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday on NPR. Her new book, “HBCU Made”, is a collection of essays and testimonials from alumni of historically black colleges or universities, including Oprah Winfrey, Stacey Abrams, Roy Wood Jr., and others. Scott Brocato recently spoke with Ayesha Rascoe about the book. -
Hidden Brain host talks about the show's new series for February, "U.S. 2.0", with KRWG Public MediaThe show Hidden Brain airs Sundays at noon on KRWG Public Media. The show’s theme throughout the month of February is “U.S. 2.0”. Scott Brocato recently spoke with the host of Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam, about what “U.S. 2.0” will be about. Here’s a portion of their conversation. -
A new minimally invasive procedure to treat men with an enlarged prostate has been implemented at an El Paso hospital. Scott Brocato recently spoke with Dr. Jesus Herrera-Murillo, a urologist and physician with Rio Grande Urology and the Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus, about the new procedure. -
Recently NMSU Professor of Public Health Sciences Jagdish Khubchandani co-authored and published a study that shows the spike in firearm-related deaths involving American Indians and Alaska Natives leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Scott Brocato spoke with Dr. Khubchandani about the study and its findings. -
At the city of Anthony, NM's board of trustees meeting Wednesday night, the board voted to approve a resolution of No Confidence in Mayor Diana Murillo. Scott Brocato has more. -
NPR Science Correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce has just published her first book, a series of essays titled “Transient and Strange”. Scott Brocato recently spoke with her about the book.
