by radiocafe | Jul 1, 2019 | Santa Fe New Mexican, Science & health
What would happen if you put eleven strangers on a raft at sea for three months? In 1973, an anthropologist did just that—and the results surprised him. 43 years later director Marcus Lindeen, built a replica of the raft and invited the survivors of the journey to share their memories of it.
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by radiocafe | Jun 27, 2019 | Activism, Politics, Race/class/gender, Santa Fe New Mexican
In 1969 patrons of the gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, were fed up with police raids and they fought back. But leading up to that breaking point were decades of history and activism. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots we talk to Robert Rosenberg , co-director of the 1984 documentary, Before Stonewall.
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by radiocafe | Jun 24, 2019 | Arts & films, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe Opera dramaturg Cori Ellison talks about this summer’s operas–history, production, themes–including a world premiere.
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by radiocafe | Jun 20, 2019 | Education, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Discrimination, marginalization, and criminalization: these are among the challenges facing students in some of NM’s public schools schools—and the parents who try to advocate for them. We talk to investigative reporter Ed Williams of Searchlight New Mexico.
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by radiocafe | Jun 18, 2019 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Emmanuel Karisa Baya combines traditional Kenyan farming with organic and permaculture on a farm that supports orphans and poor children, and engages the community in low-cost, healthy-soil food production–and all the while building a loving relationship with soil, animals, and people.
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by radiocafe | Jun 17, 2019 | Books, Santa Fe New Mexican, Science & health
Around 1900, bubonic plague struck San Francisco and threatened to wipe out huge numbers of people. David K. Randall‘s new book, Black Death at the Golden Gate, tells the gripping story of the doctors who had both to fight the disease and convince the public of the threat.
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by radiocafe | Jun 13, 2019 | Books, Education, Native & indigenous, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Before Erica Elliott decided to become a physician, she worked as a teacher on the Navajo reservation–where she also experienced being a shepherd, going into trance in peyote ceremonies, and being kissed by a mountain lion. We talk about her new memoir.
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by radiocafe | Jun 10, 2019 | Activism, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
Chainbreaker Collective director Tomás Rivera talks about community organizing for some of the most vulnerable neighborhoods in Santa Fe–and how people can make their voices heard as the city makes decisions about land, housing, and transportation.
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by radiocafe | Jun 6, 2019 | Books, Native & indigenous, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Imagine you’ve been living in a place for countless generations and suddenly you’re told it belongs to the King of Spain. Pueblo people learned quickly how to fight to keep their land and water. We talk to historians Malcolm Ebright and Rick Hendricks about their new book, Pueblo Sovereignty.
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by radiocafe | Jun 4, 2019 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture
What will life be like once we stop burning fossil fuels? Will renewable energy provide as much power? And what does this mean for our food systems? We talk to Dr. Jason Bradford, author of the new report, The Future is Rural: Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification.
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