Ken Salazar

we did.

Former senator, former secretary of the interior, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar.

Yes.

Salazar, who's out with a new book.

He is out with a new book.

He was in his truck.

And so I think as you all are doing public radio and educating people about what's going on, there's been no more important time for people to get educated, get active, get engaged, and go vote.

All right.

Today's guest has spent a lifetime living at the intersection of those worlds.

Ken Salazar has served as a United States Senator, Secretary of the Interior, and Ambassador to Mexico.

But before any of those titles, he was a son of the San Luis Valley, a fifth generation Coloradan whose family has lived in the American Southwest for more than four centuries.

His new memoir, Borderlands, My Fight for an Inclusive America, asks a question that feels especially urgent today.