The Radio Café on Santafenewmexican.com

A tribute to the life of Nobel Prize-winning scientist and co-founder of the Santa Fe Institute, Murray Gell-Mann, who died on May 24. Gell-Mann discovered the subatomic particle the Quark, and worked in many disciplines, including linguistics, archaeology, history and economics.

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Matt Richtel’s new book "An Elegant Defense" tells the story of how the human immune system works—and the stories of four people with extraordinary health challenges.

We talk to Pamela Green, writer and director of the documentary "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché." It’s about an extraordinary woman whose name and work were, until recently, all but forgotten in the history of film.

Anne Hillerman’s new book "The Tale Teller" is the fifth book in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series. We talk about the story, the craft of mystery writing, and the cultural/historical background.

Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe talks about his new book "The Liberating Path of the Hebrew Prophets: Then and Now."

Nicholas Carr, Pulitzer Prize finalist for his book "The Shallows," talks about both the extraordinary benefits — and dangers — of the powerful technologies at our fingertips.

John L. Smith is an award-winning journalist and author of many books. His new book, "The Westside Slugger: Joe Neal's Lifelong Fight for Social Justice," is a biography of Joe Neal, who grew up a sharecropper in the blackest parish in Louisiana and became one of the longest-serving state senators in the history of Nevada.

Terry Holliday is a longtime educator. Former commissioner of education for the state of Kentucky, he has seen what works and what doesn’t, what’s politically expedient, and how we can shift our education systems to serve the wide range of children and communities in our state. 

Three teenage advocates for the Gila River died in a plane crash while monitoring the wilderness area. Their mothers took a kayak trip down the river to honor their kids, and it was documented in the film "Hearts on the Gila." We talk to mother Patrice Mutchnick, who founded the non-profit dedicated to the river and its environment.

Heddy Honigmann is an award-winning Peruvian-Dutch filmmaker, whose new film "Buddy" explores the lives of six disabled people and their assistance dogs. And Jill Felice, founder of Assistance Dogs of the West, tell us what goes into the making of assistance dogs—and the many places they work. 

Laura Fortunato, Evolutionary Anthropologist at the University of Oxford and the Santa Fe Institute, talks about the prevalence of polygamy—not monogamy—in the history of society. We discuss how a deeper understanding of the diversity of marriage and family structures around the world can help us understand and adapt to our own changing society.

For over a hundred years, projects have been proposed to dam and divert the Gila River, and so far all of them have failed. Now, New Mexico is at a crossroads: do we take federal money and build a diversion, or do we use the money for other water infrastructure projects? Two longtime river observers weigh in. 

We talk to U.S. Congresswoman Debra Haaland, youth activist  Hannah Laga-Abram, and veteran climate activist Craig O’Hare about climate disruption, the Green New Deal, and Ms. Haaland’s upcoming Town Hall meeting in Santa Fe.

Dr. David Osher is an expert on violence prevention, school safety, supportive school discipline, social and emotional learning, cultural competence, mental health services, and the community collaborations that help transform schools. We talked to him during a recent visit to New Mexico.

When investigative journalist Carey Gillam started writing about farm country she was impressed by the achievements of industrial agriculture companies. But soon she began to uncover stories of illness, death, and environmental devastation from Monsanto's herbicide Roundup. We talk about her hard-hitting book Whitewash, which won many awards, including the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award.