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 University of Miami. In The Word of Dog, Rowlands suggests that in dogs we can see hints faint, shrouded, but discernible of what a better way of living might look like. The Word of Dog shows us we could do a lot better than we're doing simply by listening to the unspoken wisdom our dogs reveal to us every day of their happy, uncomplicated lives.Buy From Amazon Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1324095687/?bestFormat=true&k=the%20word%20of%20dog&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_11&crid=27GT6KTQACR01&sprefix=The%20word%20ofBuy From Barnes & Noble Here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-word-of-dog-mark-rowlands/1145603531Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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/davenFind Daven's Oracle Deck: https://www.poweroftheyinoracle.com/davenleeFind your Sexual Soul: https://hellosexualsoul.com/ Daven's email: poweroftheyin@gmail.comSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 worked in CIA field stations across the Middle East. During his time at McKinsey, David advised national security, aerospace, and transportation clients on a range of strategic and operational issues. The Seventh Floor explores the nature of friendship in a faithless business, and what it means to love a place that does not love you back.Get The Seventh Floor:  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-seventh-floor-david-mccloskey/1144659207David's Website: https://www.davidmccloskeybooks.com/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 biggest magazines; now, Natasha is recognized in the media's top outlets for her unique approach to recovery and whole-self wellness.SilverBell Global's Website: https://silverbellglobal.com/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 of the Musicians Assistance Program/MusiCares, and he spent 8 years counseling at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena. Prior to his life in recovery, Bob was best known as a musician, fronting the critically acclaimed Los Angeles bands: Thelonious Monster and The Bicycle Thief. Bob was heavily acclaimed for his gifts as a songwriter, and frontman. He is a fierce recovery advocate and a legend in the music industry.  DNA 4 Addiction Website:  https://dna4addiction.com/Bob's Website: https://www.rehab-bob.com/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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-World-in-Books/Kenneth-C-Davis/Great-Short-Books/9781668015599Visist Ken's Website: https://dontknowmuch.com/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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, other prosecutors, and judges failed to hold him accountable before the 2024 election.Get the Book Here: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Tyranny-Begins-Department-Democracy/dp/0393881962/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XGP2CM6B3VWJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PRmy3w69v1AteenjvhfuDadOzNnt-L_8MoUcPBDUAV8HjVx9VUho7ohqPYZdPUpWts0DXMgyq2YsIy5Bi5SFKQI1ezjPipGrrtULpSTVWy6gwdj62YxNYeNgUcIFLa2OT0fI4KixINDqKZcfZ2bIW8vTTF7jtKfP4Vw4OvVfotXUGK9tsrA1vMxxKle1kVk0CtbT8eJf9ag1IFCch3p7HPLtMJM1L3sGNBvc0zyCeZA.9pjZHV7ZuATfEoIpQC1ROC2BI5UrGK7wQGN8QT3kcxA&dib_tag=se&keywords=david+Rohde&qid=1726682997&sprefix=david+rohde%2Caps%2C241&sr=8-1Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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/dying-homeSupport the Show.Follow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 Santa Fe on May 31st starting at 6:30 PMHere's a link to get tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/baile-with-lone-pinon-tickets-891931108957?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshiosHere's their Website: https://www.lonepinon.com/bioSupport the Show.Follow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 the CIA for four decades. He has written several New York Times bestsellers.  In addition to discussing Phantom Orbit with RFG's John Shannon - He also speaks about our current political climate and how it is impacting both our Intelligence Services and domestic law enforcement - specifically the FBI.Get the Book Here: https://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Orbit-Thriller-David-Ignatius-ebook/dp/B0CK4J4WN7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=P5C27F5DTRHV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OR075YfGywiIlucCfahU6Gxi0VeqRbclRb27mpGPBsJYq_RhdsHxcetrLs7a7iC930DQzrx3e-Y8Eya-x0mJsc56oXNi6J2FDDpUqgGwHfA.WRWDEgkF4AcvTQ5fwQ0oB61vnVtwN025gYobAThWHE4&dib_tag=se&keywords=Phantom+Orbit&qid=1715702571&sprefix=phantom+orbit%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-1More on David Ignatius: https://davidignatius.com/Support the Show.Follow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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://www.protecsantafe.com/Or Call: 505-428-1676Support the Show.Follow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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.comORBy Visiting: https://www.peaceabbey.org/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 received the Human Rights Campaign Arts and Communication Award, and Rupert Holmes's Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood.  Gail speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about Her new book.  Public/Private: My Life With Joe Papp at The Public Theater. Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 worth engaging. After all, he says that asserting our worth is the fuel for growing out of our current dismal state.About Egberto:  He is a badass political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. Further,  Egberto is an ardent Progressive that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship.” He is the host of Politics Done Right on Pacifica Network's KPFT 90.1 FM and streamingVisit His Website: https://politicsdoneright.com/Buy his book: https://egbertowillies.com/my-books/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 Pacific.Get the book: https://amzn.to/46tafDBSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 Politics Website: https://www.zenpolitics.com/ Here's their Latest Substack: https://sherylrivlinandallanrivlin.substack.com/?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fdivided%2520we%2520fall&utm_medium=reader2&utm_campaign=reader2Buy the Book Divided We Fall: https://amzn.to/3YCFTJTSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 505-984-3058 to dispose of weapons.Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 to Elizabeth's Website: https://www.elizabethbenedict.com/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 Rivlin.  Zen Politics Website: https://www.zenpolitics.com/ Here's their Substack: https://sherylrivlinandallanrivlin.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=reader2&utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fdivided%2520we%2520fall&utm_medium=reader2Buy the Book Divided We Fall: https://amzn.to/3YCFTJTSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 below to find it on Facebook.  During the podcast Sean speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about where the show has taken him and offers our listeners a new song - Angel of the Airwaves - played for the first time right here on Radio Free Galisteo!Check out Beer Phones: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100023348940998&mibextid=ZbWKwLSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 about her journey as a health coach and her ongoing work in "The Human Restoration Project."Get the book here! https://amzn.to/3Xtp6IqSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 Santa Fe Botanical Garden will open early for picnicking.  DONATE to Santa Fe Classic Theater: https://www.santafeclassictheater.org/donateBUY TICKETS (when the time comes): https://www.santafeclassictheater.org/buy-tickets  SFCT Website  - https://www.santafeclassictheater.org/  Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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. MacDuff tells Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon his provocative, humorous, and insightful story of how he became a hunter and his firsthand research that helped change his mind about this timeless human activity.Visit his Website: https://www.immortalanimals.com/Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/428DLezSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 the  Catholic Church, the transition from a rural to modern society, and also why Ireland has a soft spot for our own Wild West.Fintan O'Toole is a columnist for the Irish Times and a professor at Princeton University. He's also a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and the Guardian.Buy The BooK: https://amzn.to/3JYFxrnSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 cultural sensitivity in the Southwest through seminars, lectures, recorded lectures and educational and cultural tours.  Its Co-Founder Alan Osborne Speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about the four Monday night lectures/seminars that will be held in April.   Visit their Website: https://southwestseminars.org/ Their Contact Info: Mail:  219 Ojo de la Vaca, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 Phone: (505) 466-2775 E-mail: southwestseminar@aol.comSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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: https://amzn.to/3l7N9Q9Into the Expanse: https://amzn.to/3TicNhAThe Gathering Storm: https://amzn.to/3JbNpW6Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 author of Saving Yellowstone, , Ruin Nation, and Trembling Earth.  Megan speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about her book The Three-Cornered War :The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West (Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History) which concerns  key civil war battles fought in New Mexico within an hour of our village  - Galisteo.  Buy The Book: https://amzn.to/3Yr9NjYGet it Locally at Collected Works: https://shop.collectedworksbookstore.com/book/9781501152559Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 cultural sensitivity in the Southwest through seminars, lectures, recorded lectures and educational and cultural tours.  Its Co-Founder Alan Osborne Speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about the four Monday night lectures/seminars that will be held in March.  They also discuss the recent firing of State Archeologist Dr. Eric Blinman and the repercussions that have followed.Visit their Website: https://southwestseminars.org/Their Contact Info: Mail:  219 Ojo de la Vaca, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508Phone: (505) 466-2775E-mail: southwestseminar@aol.comSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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, Kathrine Switzer, Nancy Liberman, Briana Scurry, and Nancy Hogshead-Maker, this book includes the stories of female football players, Olympic athletes, powerlifters, soccer stars, historians, archeologists, crusaders, and scientists. Alexandra speaks with RFG's John Shannon about some of the pressing issues for today's female athletes such as equal pay and the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's' sports.Buy When Women Stood: https://amzn.to/3IzEOMtSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 worldwide.Peter discusses the film and the issues surrounding it with RFG's John Shannon. He  also speaks about the award winning "The Desire to Live" web series which has 3 seasons and 40 episodes in short documentary film format. It is available to watch on YouTube free of charge, with season 4  being released this month - February 2023.Here's a Link to the film website: https://thedesiretolivedoc.com/Here's the trailer to the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai0c96b_ozEHere's the link to an episode  of The Desire to Live Web Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWaGbFQNRjESupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 John Shannon a number of issues that face this adorable and widely beloved marsupial.Get the Koala Book: https://amzn.to/3E64Gy6Get Danielle's Book on Wild Fires: https://amzn.to/3YJm8AsSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 Politics Website: https://www.zenpolitics.com/Here's their Latest Substack: https://sherylrivlinandallanrivlin.substack.com/p/5-reasons-why-show-me-your-budgetBuy the Book Divided We Fall: https://amzn.to/3YCFTJTSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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/10154950740801791/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 Shannon. The Posen The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization has launched the Posen Library Teaching Clips project at https://www.posenlibrary.com/teachingclips.  The Posen Library Teaching Clips are 3- to 5-minute videos featuring an esteemed scholar of Jewish studies discussing aspects of Jewish culture or history. The Posen Library website: https://www.posenlibrary.comSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 was the Special Agent in Charge of the Caribbean and San Diego Divisions. He further served as the Chief of International Operations in charge of all DEA offices worldwide.  Mike  speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon and Denise Lynch about his work, the world as he sees it today and his new book Claw of the Dragon.  Mike will be speaking in Santa Fe at an event held by Southwest Seminars on January 30th.  The Link is below.  Southwest Seminars: https://southwestseminars.org/lectures/january-voices-2023/  Buy Mike's Book: https://amzn.to/3wkLB7mSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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 was the Special Agent in Charge of the Caribbean and San Diego Divisions. He further served as the Chief of International Operations in charge of all DEA offices worldwide.  Mike  speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon and Denise Lynch about his work, the world as he sees it today and his new book Claw of the Dragon.  Mike will be speaking in Santa Fe at event held by Southwest Seminars on January 30th.  The Link is below.Southwest Seminars: https://southwestseminars.org/lectures/january-voices-2023/Buy Mike's Book: https://amzn.to/3wkLB7mSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!

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://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B09QKWJD79&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_STV2GJ05WPMCKEND74K7Visit Sonali's Website: https://sonalidev.com/Buy a signed copy: https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9781662509261Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

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 Website: https://www.marybethalbright.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mary.beth/?hl=enBuy the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Flourish-Supports-Emotional-Well-Being/dp/1682686906Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

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  Allan discusses with John Shannon the results of the 2022 mid term elections, the runoff election in Georgia  and why the upcoming lame duck session may be very productive. Buy the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Divided-We-Fall-Consensus-Matters/dp/0815735251/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Visit Zen Politics Website: https://www.zenpolitics.com/Visit Divided We Fall  Website:  https://dividedwefall.org/--Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

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 Free Galisteo's John Shannon.Visit the Villagers: https://www.carolinegolden.com/the-villagers-bookBuy the Book:  https://animalheartpress.net/tv-offer/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

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 gather specimens ethically and safely with added notes on further culinary uses and proper harvesting techniques.Visit her Website: https://burdockandrose.com/Buy the Book: https://burdockandrose.com/books/&https://www.workman.com/products/urban-foraging/hardback&https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Foraging-Find-Gather-Plants/dp/1643260839/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FJ9SQUCTNI8Q&keywords=urban+foraging+lisa+m+rose&qid=1669051015&sprefix=lisa+M.+rose+foraging%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-1Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

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 Betty Moore Foundation, and an academic scientist at Cornell University and Oregon State University.  Webster earned a Ph.D. in Zoology at Oregon State University, and a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin.  He talks with RFG's John Shannon about the concept behind his book, The Rescue Effect, and reveals that the natural world has a series of systems—rescue effects—that automatically activate to help organisms when their environment changes, “like a thermostat turning the air conditioning on when a room gets too warm, the rescue effect automatically turns on when a population is stressed or declining.Buy the Book: https://www.workman.com/products/the-rescue-effect/hardbackSupport the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

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 DesertGet The Music: https://www.rubiatethefig.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RubiAteTheFig/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

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 families, tracing the girls' diverging childhoods in the suburbs of America and the villages of Việt Nam and following them from their much anticipated yet fraught reunion through the complicated years that followed. She discusses the book which was the fruit of her studies - Somewhere Sisters - with Radio Free Galisteo's John ShannonBuy the Book:  https://www.workman.com/products/somewhere-sisters/hardback&https://www.amazon.com/Somewhere-Sisters-Adoption-Identity-Meaning/dp/1616209127Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

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 is a growing threat to American society.  In addition to  discussing his book, Senator Gramm also discusses  issues of bipartisanship or the lack thereof in current American Politics with Radio Free Galisteo's 's John Shannon.Buy the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Myth-American-Inequality-Government-Biases/dp/1538167387Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

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 discourse plummeted to new depths after Donald Trump entered the political arena.  Despite these challenges, the Rivlins make the case that bipartisanship is always possible, and often happens when it appears least likely.  Allan also discusses the upcoming 2022 and 2024 elections with RFG's John Shannon.Buy the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Divided-We-Fall-Consensus-Matters/dp/0815735251/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=See Their Talk at the Brookings Institute: https://www.brookings.edu/events/book-event-divided-we-fall-why-consensus-matters-by-alice-m-rivlin-sheri-rivlin-and-allan-rivlin/Visit Divided We Fall  Website:  https://dividedwefall.org/Support the showFollow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo. We're now on Mastodon: @radiofreegalisteo@mastodon.world - Support the show by going to www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Patreon support button.

Organic 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 Edition (2010), Teaming with Nutrients: The Organic Gardener's Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition (2013), and Teaming with Fungi: The Organic Grower's Guide to Mycorrhizae (2017). In our Latest Podcast Lowenfels discusses Teaming with Bacteria:  The Organic Gardener's Guide to Endophytic Bacteria and the Rhizophagy Cycle (Timber Press; Sept 27, 2022),  During his discussion with RFG's John Shannon, Lowenfels shows how, by working in conjunction with these microorganisms, gardeners of all skill levels can learn to improve their soil and cultivate its complex food web. Buy the Book: https://bookstore.acresusa.com/products/teaming-with-bacteria?variant=44750605877479¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnP-ZBhDiARIsAH3FSRfK9Q7biNbnlGpK5ViuJ_NEOYWrsiIV3KSkfaHmqgj7M_kDFG6uM5UaAgiFEALw_wcB orhttps://www.amazon.com/Teaming-Bacteria-Gardeners-Endophytic-Rhizophagy/dp/1643261398Support the show

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 spotlight on world-class female athletes, local stars, and talented up-and-comers in Invicta FC 49  where Shauna will fight on September 28th  broadcast live from Sugar Creek Casino in Hinton, Oklahoma.Watch the fight here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL5abkoXnl_pa-QuIVIOuOAFollow Shauna: https://mobile.twitter.com/ShaunaBannon5Support the show

In COLD, COLD BONES, winter has come to North Carolina and along with it, a drop in crime. Forensic Anthropologist Temperance Brennan plans to use the decline in her workload to spend some time with her daughter, Katy, who is returning to civilian life after two tours with the Army in Afghanistan. But when a package containing a gruesome discovery—and a mystery—is left on Tempe's back porch, she is thrust once again into the middle of a whirlwind case that gets more confusing, and more sinister, by the day.  New York Times Best Selling Author Kathy Reichs discusses this new and 21st novel in her "Bones" series with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon.Visit Kathy's Website and buy her books: https://kathyreichs.com/Support the show