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SOUTHWEST SEMINARS is a Santa Fe, New Mexico educational non-profit 501(c)3 that specializes in developing programs in Southwest Studies: including history, archaeology,  natural history, geology, ecology and culture which are sensitive to the multi-cultural heritage and community traditions of its people, for the benefit of residents, visitors, and groups.  Its purpose is to educate and heighten...

Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon speaks with Author/Firearms Expert J.R. Winton and The Co-President of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence - Miranda Viscoli about the current gun legislation making its way through the New Mexico House and Senate. New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence Website: https://www.newmexicanstopreventgunviolence.org/ J.R. Winton's Novels: Infinity's Queen:...

Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian living in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She has written about the Civil War, US western history, and American culture for The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Atlantic , Time , and Smithsonian Magazine . Nelson earned her BA in history and literature from Harvard University and her PhD in American studies from the University of Iowa. She is the autho...

SOUTHWEST SEMINARS is a Santa Fe, New Mexico educational non-profit 501(c)3 that specializes in developing programs in Southwest Studies: including history, archaeology,  natural history, geology, ecology and culture which are sensitive to the multi-cultural heritage and community traditions of its people, for the benefit of residents, visitors, and groups.  Its purpose is to educate and heighten...

Former professional athlete Alexandra Allred discusses her new book When Women Stood: The Untold History of Females Who Changed Sports and the World  . It's an eye-opening chronicle of the amazing women who refused to accept the status quo and fought for something better for themselves and for those who would follow. Featuring exclusive insight from athletes such as Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Kath...

Peter Bahlawanian is the Producer of The Desire to Live a devastating documentary film of an unprovoked attack in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). With brutal honesty the film - directed by Mariam Avetisyan , captures the beginning of the final stage of the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Christian  Armenian population . The Desire to Live is the recipient of 136 awards from 72 film festivals worldw...

Danielle Clode is a zoologist, biologist, natural history author, and animal expert based at Flinders University in Adelaide Australia.  Her new book - KOALA: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future (W.W. Norton, January 17, 2023) is an amazing journey into the hidden life of the koala, revealing what life is really like up in the trees. In today's podcast Danielle discusses with RFG's...

Returning guests Allan and Sheri Rivlin from ZenPolitics.com, discuss the 2023 State of the Union Address by President Biden with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon.  Take a moment to visit their website and their new Substack in the links below.  There is also a link to their book Divided We Fall: Why Consensus Matters - which they co-authored with Allan's late mother Alice Rivlin. Zen...

Chris Madrid - who is a National Champion Farrier and Blacksmith - talks to Radio Free Galisteo's  John Shannon about his work in the Galisteo Basin, both horse shoeing and now making custom tools for other farriers and blacksmiths! Chris on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldchampionshipblacksmiths/posts/congratulations-to-chris-madrid-for-keeping-that-high-level-of-work-throughout-t/10...

Deborah Dash Moore  is our guest again today on Holocaust Remembrance Day. She is the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. She is also the author of several books, including GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation.  Moore discusses The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization with Radio Free Galisteo's John...

In the wake of two Mass Shootings in California Miranda Viscoli, Co-President of New Mexicans For The Prevention of Gun Violence speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about new proposed gun legislation in New Mexico. New Mexicans For The Prevention of Gun Violence Website:  https://www.newmexicanstopreventgunviolence.org/ Call 505-984-3058 to dispose of weapons. Support the show Foll...

Michael S. Vigil, born and raised in Española, New Mexico, earned his degree in Criminology at New Mexico State University where he graduated with Honors. He later joined the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and became one of its most highly decorated agents. He served in thirteen foreign and domestic posts and rose through the ranks to the highest levels of the Senior Executive Service. He w...

Michael S. Vigil, born and raised in Española, New Mexico, earned his degree in Criminology at New Mexico State University where he graduated with Honors. He later joined the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and became one of its most highly decorated agents. He served in thirteen foreign and domestic posts and rose through the ranks to the highest levels of the Senior Executive Service. He w...

Bestselling Indian American romance novelist Sonali Dev talks with  Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about her latest novel, The Vibrant Years!   This will be the first book released by actress Mindy Kaling’s (The Office) new Amazon Little A imprint, Mindy’s Book Studio. Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/3HmDkWM Visit Sonali's Website: https://sonalidev.com/ Buy a signed copy: https://www....

Food has power to nourish your mind, supporting emotional wellness through both nutrients and pleasure. In this groundbreaking book, journalist Mary Beth Albright draws on cutting-edge research to explain the food/mood connection. She discusses with RFG's John Shannon, how eating triggers biological responses that affect humans’ emotional states both immediately and long-term. Visit Her Websi...

In DIVIDED WE FALL, Allan Rivlin, with coauthors Sheri Rivlin and his late mother Alice Rivlin - mixes scholarship and memoirs drawn from Alice's decades of government service in Washington to make the case that bipartisan problem-solving and legislative compromise had been declining for decades starting in the Reagan Administration through the Obama Presidency.  In today's Podcast  Alla...

Collage Artist Caroline Golden and writer Derek Owens have collaborated on a new book entitled "The Villagers." It consists of a series of  collages that Caroline created and which became the inspiration for "fables" that Derek wrote to accompany each one. Golden and Owens discuss the origin of their collaboration and how each of the Villagers  have impacted them with Radio Fre...

In Urban Foraging , herbalist and expert forager Lisa M. Rose puts a metropolitan twist on scavenging for food. From wild apple to wood sorrel, this indispensable guide profiles 50 common edible plants that can be found in the concrete jungle and elsewhere. Rose Tells Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon how you can transform your harvest into truly fresh, nutritious meals  and details how to g...

Michael Mehta Webster is an expert in ecology, conservation, philanthropy, and non-profit management expert and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University.   He has also led efforts to connect cutting-edge science to protecting species and ecosystems in the wild as the Executive Director of the Coral Reef Alliance, a Program Officer at the Gordon and...

Santa Fe based Musician Sharon Eliashar talks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about -Desert Electric-  the latest Album from her band Rubi Ate The Fig.  Sharon discusses the band's unique sound - a fusion of Rock and Middle Eastern music and where she gets her inspiration - The Sinai Desert Get The Music: https://www.rubiatethefig.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RubiAteTh...

In 2016, award-winning journalist Erika Hayasaki learned about Isabella and Hà, identical twins who were born in Việt Nam, raised on opposite sides of the world, and reunited as teenagers. Over a period of five years, Hayasaki, a professor in the Literary Journalism Department at the University of California, Irvine, spent hundreds of hours interviewing the sisters and their first and adoptive fam...

Senator Phil Gramm claims in his new book - The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate, that  everything you know about income inequality, poverty, and other measures of economic well-being in America is wrong. In this provocative book,  Gramm,  former US Senator and senior leader at the Bureau of Labor Statistics challenges the prevailing consensus that income inequality...

In DIVIDED WE FALL, Allan Rivlin, with coauthors Sheri Rivlin and his late mother Alice Rivlin - mixes scholarship and memoirs drawn from Alice's decades of government service in Washington to make the case that bipartisan problem-solving and legislative compromise had been declining for decades starting in the Reagan Administration through the Obama Presidency.  The book chronicles how civil...

O rganic Gardening and Cannabis expert Jeff Lowenfels - a 72-year-old retired lawyer, has written the longest running gardening column in North America for the Anchorage Daily News since November 1976.  He is also the author of several best-selling books on organic gardening and one on growing cannabis including Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, Revised...

Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon speaks with Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Shauna Bannon. Shauna resides and trains in Ireland, is taking on fellow undefeated strawweight Nadia Vera of Mexico. Shauna comes from a fighting family and started martial arts when she was just three years old in her dad’s kickboxing gym. Invicta Fighting Championships, the only all-female MMA promotion, puts the spo...