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All You Have to Do is Call sounds like easy advice. But for women in late 1960’s Chicago it is a suggestion filled with deeply conflicted emotions in the days before Roe vs. Wade became law. And again now. Best selling novelist Kerri Maher began researching and writing All You Have To Do Is Call several years before the Supreme Court overthrew Roe vs. Wade last year. She brings to life the voices of women friends grappling with their differing convictions, when one of them founds the Jane Collective to help women find safe and secret care. Brilliantly written historical fiction, profoundly relevant for now, this interview and book brings essential insights. Click here to visit her website.

A mysteriously delicious tale set in Venice in the early 18th Century invites you to step aside from your busy, modern life and listen to award-winning author Julia Fine.

A perfect show for a hot day as visual artist and poet Susan Gardner joins me with her perceptive and calming new volume of poetry, Love and The Weather.

“Imagine a place of infinite beauty, peace and healing …. there is a sound that can take you there.” Words of Ashana who offers us a glimpse into that sound as she speaks about her beautiful book, “Crystal Singing Bowls: The Angelic Sound of Healing, Relaxation and Spiritual Awakening.” Let yourself rest into her music and learn about the quartz crystal bowls and her personal path as a classically-trained, gifted musician. And how she unfolded her rare passion, her soaring, angelic voice merging with seeming alchemical resonance with the unique vibration and harmony of each crystal bowl she touches. A very special music-filled episode of The Last Word. www.soundofashana.com

A fascinating conversation with former US Ambassador Mark Asquino in the KSFR studio with his exciting memoir, Spanish Connections: My Diplomatic Journey from Venezuela to Equatorial Guinea. (Click for more.)

How long can you keep a secret and what happens when the secret is accidentally revealed? Award-winning author Carlyn Montes De Oca joins me with her new book, Junkyard Girl: A Memoir of Ancestry, Family Secrets and Second Chances.

Genies and magic rampage through the KSFR studio for 23 minutes with Albuquerque author Hugh Fritz as he brings Book One of his Mystic Rampage series to life with Made To Be Broken. Listening to Hugh reading in character is an intriguing delight as we learn about Darren, Soleil and Flarence and how they came to be in the author’s fascinating mind. Host Carly Newfeld enjoys learning about the fantasy genre, asking Hugh, how do you write fantasy and what originally inspired you?

Lark Ascending: Magic, Mystery and Mayhem in A Spiritual Community is a perfect description of poet and playwright Meleth Delia Batteau’s delightful coming-of-age story set in the early days of the famous Findhorn Community in Northern Scotland.

Welcome in the festive spirit as we celebrate the spoken word with three of this year’s Collected Works Holiday Players. Settle softly into the timeless enchantment of Christmas morning in Northern New Mexico with gifted writer Alfredo Celadon Lujan as he reads his award-winning story, Mis Crismes. Ward off The Grinch with delightful Santa Fe theater veterans Jim and Carol McGiffin celebrating their 15th year with the Holiday Players. Click the podcast link, sip hot chocolate and crunch bizcochitos as you listen to this week’s episode. Collected Works 15th Annual Holiday Players, 6:00 pm Friday, December 15 at the bookstore on Galisteo St.

It’s my fourth anniversary hosting The Last Word and celebrating with me are intrepid travel journalists Judith Fein and Paul Ross, aka Cowboy Poet PJ Ross. Judie is back with more stories from her very popular book How to Communicate with Dead and How Cultures Do It Around The World. She meets a realGhost during a ceremony in Brazil and honors the beautiful rituals of our Mexican neighbors for whom a conversation with a deceased beloved relative is often part of everyday life. Keep your mind and heart open as you listen and discover Judie and Paul at globaladventure.us