Mary-Charlotte explores the pressing issues facing New Mexico's environment and the work being done to address them.

Marcela Diaz of Somos Un Pueblo Unido talks about the latest court settlement helping workers whose wages were stolen by their employers; private prisons and deportation; the economic contribution of immigrants to our communities; and the role of sanctuary cities.

Because of recent accidents and injuries involving bicyclists and motorists, there is a need for greater education for both bikers and drivers. We discuss the risks, responsibilities, and resources available, and how Santa Fe could become a more bike-friendly city.

Viki Harrison, executive director of Common Cause New Mexico, talks about the infrastructure that makes our democracy work: ethics, voting systems, redistricting, money in politics. We talk about how New Mexico is doing—where we’re strong, where we’re weak and how we could improve for the benefit of all citizens.

Mark Jerome Walters is a veterinarian, journalist, and professor at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He’s an author of several books, including Seven Modern Plagues and How We are Causing Them.

Nancy MacLean is a professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. Her latest book is Democracy in Chains.  She will be in Santa Fe on Wednesday, March 7, at 7 p.m., speaking at the Lensic Center for Performing Arts as a guest of the Lannan Foundation.

A fascinating look at the idea of scale as it applies to business, nature and the way the natural world seems organized around the concept.

Mary-Charlotte was smack in the middle of the local political scene this month as she moderated a forum of candidates seeking to be Santa Fe's next mayor.

The Radio Cafe recently visited a gathering called Unrig the System, organized by a group called Represent Us, in which they brought together people from all over the political spectrum to talk about the ways in which our democracy is not working, how our system isn’t representing ordinary people and how to fix it so that all voices can be heard.