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The Maasai people of Kenya are living in two worlds. Their traditional practices, governance, and language are all very much alive. At the same time, they are using technology to do things like conserving wildlife.

Sam Bowles is an economist and a Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Wendy Carlin is a Professor of Economics at University College London. They're giving a community lecture called After Trump and Brexit: A New Economics (Forget Red and Blue), 7:30 p.m. July 17, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. They discuss the deep flaws in the neoliberal economic model and suggest alternative ways of teaching and understanding economics.

Author Mark Sundeen and Mary-Charlotte discuss Sundeen's work that focuses on the lives of those who have chosen to live differently and in some ways renounce many modern ways of life.

Mark Twain encountered the work of Shakespeare when he was a small child and was in dialogue with him as a writer for his entire life. Now that dialogue comes to Santa Fe as a play by Lois Rudnick and Jonathan Richards, a scholar, and an actor. We talk about the many connections between these two literary figures, and some of the history of how their work was received and interpreted—including a major riot.

Delanna Studi, actress and writer, is bringing her one-woman show to the Lensic Performing Arts Center And So We Walked: An Artists's Journey Along the Trail of Tears, on Wednesday, May 23.

What does hunger look like in our community? It looks like you and me. The Food Depot's Jill Dixon dives deep on with Mary-Charlotte on the challenges that face Santa Fe families and children.

Searchlight New Mexico’s series on child well-being in New Mexico continues with a chilling investigative story by Ed Williams on what happens when the foster care system fails its children. He follows the story of a young boy and his sister who were placed in “treatment foster care;” the boy ended up in the emergency room, the apparent victim of ongoing brutality his own foster mother. We explore the question of how this could happen, and what could be done so it doesn’t happen in the future.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author will be in Santa Fe next month for an appearance and lecture. Her book, The Sixth Extinction, is one of those works that sticks with you.

Dede Feldman served as New Mexico state senator for 16 years, and she’s written two books based on her experiences. Today we talk about her recent book, Another Way Forward: Grassroots Solutions from New Mexico, in which she discusses innovative projects all over the state, covering everything from health care to environmental restoration to financial literacy.

Nafees Hamid is a social psychologist and visiting scholar at the Santa Fe Institute. He talks to people — and their families — about how people join terrorist networks, what is the attraction of groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda, and for what principles and ideas people are willing to give their lives.

Caroline Fraser just won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for her new book, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder. For those who read the Little House on the Prairie books, you’ll remember the tales of a loving family on the American frontier.

Italian-American director and producer Luca Ceccarelli talks about the film festival CineFesta Italia, about the history and current state of Italian cinema, and the challenges and opportunities in the film and television industry today.

New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse-Oliver is entrusted with running accurate and inclusive elections. She tells us why this work and the collection of campaign information is important, and how New Mexicans are affected. 

Sigal Bujman has made a documentary about the life of Eddie Vitch, a Polish Jewish artist who survived the holocaust — not in hiding but in plain sight. A renowned caricature artist and mime, he was well known across Europe and even performed for Nazis like Göbbels and Göring — yet for reasons still mysterious he was allowed to work and live even as many members of his family were killed. 

Diane Ravitch is the author of many books, including bestsellers. She was Assistant Secretary of Education under President George H.W. Bush, and was a member of the National Assessment Governing Board during the Clinton administration. She will be in Santa Fe at 7 p.m. April 11 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, sponsored by the Lannan Foundation.