by radiocafe | Nov 11, 2019 | Books, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican, Science & health
Are we rapidly approaching the day when artificial intelligence will be smarter than the people who invented it? What are the benefits of AI, and what are the dangers? We talk to computer scientist Melanie Mitchell about her new book.
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by radiocafe | Nov 7, 2019 | Books, Food & agriculture, Santa Fe New Mexican
A sustainable brewpub in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania…a farm-to-table restaurant in Sitka, Alaska…these are just two of the places author Mark Winne takes us to in his new book, Food Town, USA: Seven Unlikely Cities That are Changing the Way We Eat.
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by radiocafe | Nov 4, 2019 | Arts & films, Books, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Joan Myers‘ new book of photographs, Where the Buffalo Roamed: Images of the New West, explores the decaying icons, strange cultural juxtapositions, and the myths that underly our sense of place in the American West.
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by radiocafe | Oct 31, 2019 | Activism, Arts & films, New Mexico, Race/class/gender, Santa Fe New Mexican
That’s the name of Mona Malec’s one-woman show, a story about having a transgender child in a world where acceptance and understanding are hard won. We talk to Mona and director Rod Harrison.
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by radiocafe | Oct 29, 2019 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Science & health
Dr. Robert Fetsch has for decades been helping farmers and ranchers deal with disabilities — from injuries brought on by hard work, to mental health problems like anxiety, depression, and anger.
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by radiocafe | Oct 28, 2019 | New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
We talk to Santa Fe City Council Candidates for districts 2 and 4. Districts 1 and 3 have uncontested races this year. Find out what drives the candidates, where they stand on the issues, and what their vision is for the city.
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by radiocafe | Oct 24, 2019 | New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
The fossil fuel boom comes with costs–high housing prices, inadequate infrastructure, workers in “man camps,” and environmental issues. Santa Fe New Mexican reporter Jens Erik Gould reports
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by radiocafe | Oct 21, 2019 | Arts & films, Native & indigenous, Santa Fe New Mexican, Spirituality & religion
The P’urhépecha people were once part of a major empire, contemporaneous with the Aztecs. Their rituals and beliefs have survived to the present day, and have been documented by two Santa Fe filmmakers.
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by radiocafe | Oct 17, 2019 | Arts & films, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
We talk to producers, directors, and actors in this year’s festival, with themes that include Native American adoption, a Louisiana faith healer, the Standing Rock protests, and a housewife and mother going over the edge.
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by radiocafe | Oct 15, 2019 | Books, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Science & health
A conversation with agro-ecologist, educator, and author Nicole Masters, on how to apply regenerative agriculture practices for health and profit–and how these can have a transformative effect on both our well being as growers, eaters, and members of the planetary ecosystem.
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