Celebrated ethnobotanist, biodiversity pioneer and MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow, Gary Paul Nabhan joins me today with his life’s work of epic tales, Water in The Desert: A Pilgrimage.

Do you experience synchronicities, take a last-minute chance or change your mind for the better (or worse)? Then Christopher Murphy’s memoir, Close Calling: An Unplanned Life is a book you will relish and nod along with. Funny, true and a bit naughty, filled with his life of adventurous derring-do’s and plenty of derring-don’ts, Christopher is way beyond the veritable cat with nine lives, Yachtsman, pilot, humorist, musician, talented woodworker, author, master blunderer! Listen, read and enjoy. Available from our lovely local bookstores. closecalling.com

Today, we celebrate the 40th Anniversary edition of Santa Fe on Foot: Walking America’s Favorite City with locally-beloved author, Elaine Pinkerton Coleman.

An honor to be with the twenty-fifth Poet Laureate of the United States, Arthur Sze, to discuss his extraordinary signature project as Poet Laureate, Transient Worlds: On Translating Poetry. A beautiful and concise volume that celebrates the language of poetry from ancient to modern times around the globe. Arthur is joined by gifted writer and translator, Kareem James Abu-Zeid who will be one of six other poets reading translations of work by some of the most revered poets. The celebration of Transient Worlds will take place at Collected Works at 6:00 pm, Thursday, June 30th. More at coppercanyonpress.org

An insightful and very relatable conversation with thirty-fifth generation New Mexican, Deb Haaland, discussing her memoir, “A Voice Like Mine.” Before she led the State Democratic Party to victory, served in the US House of Representatives and was appointed by Joe Biden to Secretary of Interior, Deb Haaland’s life was often filled with daunting personal challenges that tested her faith and courage and taught her the wisdom of perseverance and persistence. And ultimately joy and the support of her Laguna Pueblo people. Now New Mexico’s Democratic candidate for Governor, Deb Haaland will be discussing “A Voice Like Mine” at The Lensic, June 21st at 6:00 pm. debhaaland.com

Twenty-five years ago, Jane Buyers held a critical banking position with J.P. Morgan Chase in Lower Manhattan and witnessed the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center. Her intimate and gripping memoir, Eight Septembers: A Woman on Wall Street from 9/11 to Lehman, chronicles not only that day’s events but how she and her team-all in shock-helped to secure the worldwide banking system in the subsequent weeks and months. Seven years later, she rode the wave of the banking collapse leading to the biggest recession since the 1930s. A must listen show to understand and honor those who gave their lives and risked their livelihoods in the early part of the new century. janebuyers.com

Is there really a difference between actual physical fear and everyday irrational fears? Our body may not recognize any difference and prepares to defend itself in the same ways. So surmises Toltec Nagual, don Miguel Ruiz Jr. in his new book The Poisoned Arrow: A Toltec Guide to Overcoming Fear, a small and very readable guide largely based on his own personal experiences and those of his beloved family. don Miguel Jr. will be speaking in Albuquerque at the Unity Spiritual Center, 9800 Candelaria NE at 7:00 pm on Friday, June 12. miguelruizjr.com

A gorgeous show today exploring the life and music of the brilliant Henry Mancini. Santa Fe author Stacia Raymond takes us on a journey with The Pink Panther, Peter Gunn and gracefully along Moon River in her delicious biography, Grace Notes, a novel based on the life of Henry Mancini.

Pay close attention listeners because Your Data Will Be Used Against You. That’s the alarming title of George Washington University Law School Professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson’s extremely timely new book.

Make sure you have some tasty food to look forward to when you listen to today’s interview with noted author Hafeez Lakhani.