Radio Free Galisteo

In this Latest Episode RFG's John Shannon speaks with Author/Philosophy Professor Mark Rowlands about his latest book - The Word of Dog-What Our Canine Companions Can Teach Us About Living a Good Life.  He is also the author of twenty-three other books, including the international bestseller The Philosopher and the Wolf . Rowlands is professor and chair of the philosophy department at the Uni...

RFG's John Shannon speaks with Yin Priestess Daven Lee about her body of work regarding the power of Yin, her "Power of Yin Oracle Deck" and how one can find their Sexual Soul. The Power of Yin: https://www.poweroftheyin.com/daven Find Daven's Oracle Deck: https://www.poweroftheyinoracle.com/davenlee Find your Sexual Soul: https://hellosexualsoul.com/ Daven's email: powero...

Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon Interviews CIA analyst turned spy thriller novelist, David McCloskey who has just released his third novel- THE SEVENTH FLOOR. McCloskey is a former CIA analyst and consultant at McKinsey & Company. While at the CIA, he wrote regularly for the President’s Daily Brief, and delivered classified testimony to Congressional oversight committees. He also has w...

RFG's John Shannon speaks with founder and CEO of SilverBell Global, Natasha Silver Bell . An addiction and recovery specialist, Bell is known for providing best-in-class sobriety care professionals and clinical care experts to destinations all over the world for well over a decade. Before her career in addiction and recovery, Natasha modeled for Ford and appeared in some of fashion's bi...

Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon speaks with Bob Forrest, the "Ambassador" for DNA4ADDICTION.COM, an organizatrion that has developed a DNA testing kit that provides insights into an individual’s genetic predisposition to opioid addiction.  Forrest is known as the straight-talking counselor on VH1's Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew. Bob was the clinical director and on the board...

Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon interviews Kenneth C. Davis about his new book THE WORLD IN BOOKS: 52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction – a delightful, idea-rich selection of the best and most important short nonfiction works of all time, chosen by the historian, lifelong reader, and bestselling author of Don’t Know Much About History. Get the Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The...

Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon speaks with Pulitzer Prize Winning Author David Rohde about his new book: WHERE TYRANNY BEGINS: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy. WHERE TYRANNY BEGINS outlines how Donald Trump used threats, co-option, and conspiracy theories to bend DOJ and FBI officials to his will to a greater extent than publicly known—and how Merrick Garland, ot...

Dr. Andrea Sankar speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about the 3rd Edition Release of Her Book Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving. Dr. Sankar is a professor of medical anthropology at Wayne State University, where she is also the co-founder and co-director of the Social Work and Anthropology doctoral program. Get the Book Here: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12416...

Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or “orquesta típica”, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region's cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, guitars, accordions, vihuela, and bilingual vocals, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New Mexico. Lone Piñon will  be playing live at the Fraternal Order of Eagles on Early Street in...

David Ignatius is known for his uncanny ability, in novel after novel, to predict the next great national security headline. In PHANTOM ORBIT [W. W. Norton & Company; May 7, 2024; $29.99 hardcover] , he presents a story both searing and topical, with stakes as far-reaching as outer space.  Ignatius is a prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post and has been covering the Middle East and t...

Dean Kris Swedin & Monique Anair discuss SFCC's PROTEC skill set improvement Program with RFG's John Shannon. PROTEC ​offers preparatory training for entry-level employment in a variety of industries and is designed for individuals who are currently unemployed, underemployed ​​or looking to increase their skills and resume potential ​for jobs in demand. To learn more visit: https://w...

Mare Tomaski Discusses the Native Land Reparations Pledge Program with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon.  The program aims to repatriate money to Native American Tribes that possessed the land in the US prior to colonization. You can learn more or participate by contacting Mare Tomaski at: mareNLRP@gmail.com OR By Visiting: https://www.peaceabbey.org/ Support the show Follow Radio Free Gali...

GAIL MERRIFIELD PAPP was born in San Francisco into a family with a deep theater lineage. After joining Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival in 1965, she became Director of New Works Development for the Public Theater and was responsible for some of its best-remembered productions. These include The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer’s Tony Award-winning play about the AIDS crisis, for which she re...

In today's Podcast Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon returns from a summer hiatus recovering from back surgery to interview  Egberto Willies about his new book: It’s Worth It: How to Talk To Your Right-Wing Relatives, Friends, and Neighbors.  The book is as necessary as a cup of coffee in the morning to today’s absolutist audience. Willies says that in these distressing times, it is wor...

In his debut, Mirski examines a lost chapter of American foreign policy, specifically the period from the Civil War to the end of World War II in Latin and South America to illustrate how the US went from a regional hegemony to a global superpower.  Sean discusses the similarities between the US Monroe Doctrine regarding the western hemisphere and how China looks at US influence in Asia and the Pa...

Allan and Sheri Rivlin From ZenPolitics.com discuss the outcome of the Debt Ceiling Negotiations between President Biden and the GOP lead House of Representatives.  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 Politi...

Miranda Viscoli, Co-President of New Mexicans For The Prevention of Gun Violence speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about the latest mass shootings in New Mexico,  new federal gun legislation as well as the time and place for another Gun Buy Back in Taos on July 1st.    New Mexicans For The Prevention of Gun Violence Website:  https://www.newmexicanstopreventgunviolence.org/ Call...

Best Selling Novelist Elizabeth Benedict speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about her new memoir  REWRITING ILLNESS: A View of My Own. Her journey from discovering she had cancer to seeking treatment and recovering.  Elizabeth's experience is one that many might find familiar and frustrating and she describes it with humor and guts.  Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/3WQ0kU4 Go t...

Allan and Sheri Rivlin From ZenPolitics.com, speak with RFG's John Shannon about the debt ceiling conflict between President Biden and The Republican House of Representatives. 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 Riv...

Local Musician Sean Healen is celebrating the third anniversary of his online music program "Beer Phones."  Beer Phones started during the Pandemic and was Healen's way of staying engaged with his fans and showcasing other musicians who were restricted from live performances due to COVID restrictions.  Beer Phones is on every  Friday  from 4:30 to 7:30 Mountain Time Use the link bel...

Galisteo resident Mare Tomaski has been studying and exploring the human potential for most of her adult life. She's a natural-born seeker with a love for learning and a passion for alternative health wisdom. Her podcast, named for her book "The Human Restoration Project  - is available weekly on Radio Free Galisteo's website.  Mare talks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon...

Galisteo Residents Kelly Kiernan and Patrick Briggs - Director and Scenic Designer respectively of Santa Fe Classic Theater's production of William Shakespeare's Comedy Much Ado About Nothing  speak with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about this summer's Shakespeare in the Garden. Performances will run Thursdays-Sundays July 27-August 20, 2023, at 7pm. And once again, the S...

In THE SHOTGUN CONSERVATIONIST: Why Environmentalists Should Love Hunting (Timber Press: April 25, 2023), conservation historian and author MacDuff shares his personal journey from hating hunting as a child (with the journals to prove it) to learning whole-animal butchering at one of New York’s most prestigious butchers to working as a taxidermist and holding hunting licenses in four states. MacDu...

Cynthia Kaufman, the director of the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action at De Anza College,  discusses her new book - Consumerism, Sustainability, & Happiness: How to Build a World Where Everyone Has Enough - with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon.   Support the show Follow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.co...

In We Don’t Know Ourselves , Fintan O’Toole weaves his own experiences into the social, cultural, and economic changes Ireland faced over his lifetime, chronicling its transition from a reactionary “backwater” to an almost totally open society. He discusses some of  the key changes in Ireland during his lifetime with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon including the fall of the influence of th...