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News, Art, And Politics from Galisteo to Santa Fe and the Rest of the World

Radio Free Galisteo John Shannon

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News, Art, And Politics from Galisteo to Santa Fe and the Rest of the World

    Author Gail Merrifield Papp Discusses Her New Book About Her Life With Joe Papp & The Public Theater In NYC

    Author Gail Merrifield Papp Discusses Her New Book About Her Life With Joe Papp & The Public Theater In NYC

    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. 
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    • 25 min
    Pacifica Network's Egberto Willies Discusses His New Book It’s Worth It: How to Talk To Your Right-Wing Relatives, Friends, and Neighbors.

    Pacifica Network's Egberto Willies Discusses His New Book It’s Worth It: How to Talk To Your Right-Wing Relatives, Friends, and Neighbors.

    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 streaming

    Visit His Website: https://politicsdoneright.com/
    Buy his book: https://egbertowillies.com/my-books/


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    • 30 min
    Author/Historian Sean Mirski Discusses His New Book: We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus

    Author/Historian Sean Mirski Discusses His New Book: We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus

    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/46tafDB



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    • 35 min
    Part 1: Allan and Sheri Rivlin Co-Authors of the New Substack entry -DIVIDED WE FALL - Discuss The Outcome of The Debt Ceiling Negotiations

    Part 1: Allan and Sheri Rivlin Co-Authors of the New Substack entry -DIVIDED WE FALL - Discuss The Outcome of The Debt Ceiling Negotiations

    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=reader2

    Buy the Book Divided We Fall: https://amzn.to/3YCFTJT
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    • 37 min
    Miranda Viscoli, Co-President of New Mexicans For The Prevention of Gun Violence Discusses The Latest Mass Shootings in New Mexico and an Upcoming Gun Buy back Event

    Miranda Viscoli, Co-President of New Mexicans For The Prevention of Gun Violence Discusses The Latest Mass Shootings in New Mexico and an Upcoming Gun Buy back Event

    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.


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    • 24 min
    Novelist Elizabeth Benedict Discusses Her Memoir REWRITING ILLNESS: A View of My Own

    Novelist Elizabeth Benedict Discusses Her Memoir REWRITING ILLNESS: A View of My Own

    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/


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    • 35 min

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