Max Evans, one of New Mexico's most beloved and prolific writers, is the guest on this week's “Report from Santa Fe,” . Evans’ work include novels “Bluefeather Fellini,” short stories “Animal Stories” and “For the Love of a Horse,” nonfiction “Madam Millie” and films “The Hi Lo Country” and “The Rounders.” He has written over 30 books. An artist, author, scriptwriter, cowboy, World War II D-Day veteran, miner, and founding member of the New Mexico Film Commission, Max Evans has lived, promoted, and articulated the Western way of life for nearly eight decades. In this new interview, Max celebrates the re-release of his popular book “The Hi Lo Country” and describes the real-life events which inspired the book. He discusses the film version of the book which has now reached cult status. New Mexico's landscape itself, especially the northeastern corner of the state, is realized almost as a character in the book and film. Max explores how the powerful pull of the land itself affects his characters and their actions. QUOTES: “By the time I was 17, life was really whippin' up and the son of a gun never stopped. It has been a dead run for 90 damn years and my ears laid back all the time!” Max Evans “For me, the Code of the West is simple. You never let a friend down...ever. And you don't go after your enemies if they leave you alone. You can live a long time on those things.” Max Evans More

This week's guest on REPORT FROM SANTA FE is Charles MacKay, general director of the Santa Fe Opera. MacKay describes his long relationship with the Santa Fe Opera, starting as a 17-year-old French Horn player in the orchestra and "pit boy." MacKay discusses the current opera season and presents clips from Bizet's "Carmen" (known as the world's most popular opera) and Donizetti's "Don Pasquale." Founded 57 years ago by John Crosby, The Santa Fe Opera is an international destination for music lovers and opera buffs. Watch Episode

This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is Ray Powell, Commissioner of Public Lands for the State of New Mexico. Commissioner Powell announces the record annual earnings of $817 Million generated by the Land Office for public schools, universities, and hospitals. Powell discusses the Land Office's work with renewable energy and the massive solar and wind projects on state trust lands. Other topics of interest include the agreement to protect fossils found on state trust lands and an innovative program to provide drinking water for wild animals in areas of New Mexico suffering from extreme drought. Watch Episode

This Week: GREG GRANDIN, Acclaimed Author of "Fordlandia: The Rise And Fall Of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City " (Finalist: The Pulitzer Prize In History Winner: National Book Award & The National Book Critics Circle Award) and "The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World" Watch Episode

This week's guest on REPORT FROM SANTA FE is Anne Perry, an international bestselling novelist best known for her two long running historical detective series, the Thomas Pitt series and William Monk series. She has written over 75 books and none of her books has ever been out of print. They have received critical acclaim and huge popular success, with over 26 million books in print world-wide, translated into fourteen languages.  The Times (London) selected her as one of the 20th Century’s "100 Masters of Crime." Watch Episode

Following the death of their son, U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Victor David Westphall III, Jeanne and Dr. Victor Westphall began construction of the Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel to honor the memory of their son and the fifteen men that died with him near Con Thien, South Vietnam on May 22, 1968. More

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This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is author Hampton Sides, whose book "Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West" is considered the definitive and authoritative study of Kit Carson. Sides discusses the controversial renaming of Kit Carson Memorial Park by the Taos City Council and observes that this move meant to reconcile the different cultures in Taos has instead provoked a hostile debate over Taos history and Kit Carson's role in the conquest of the West. Quotes:   "History, real history, is messy and fraught with contradictions."  Hampton Sides     More

This week's guest on REPORT FROM SANTA FE is James Heffernan, Professor of  English Emeritus at Dartmouth College, and author of "Hospitality and Treachery in Western Literature." In works of Western literature ranging from Homer’s "Odyssey" to Albee’s "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" the giving and taking of hospitality is sometimes pleasurable, but more often perilous. Heffernan traces this risky dynamic through the history of our greatest writings, including: Christ’s Last Supper, Macbeth’s murder of his royal guest, and George R.R. Martin's "Red Wedding" from "The Game of Thrones." Watch Episode

This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe' is award winning author and martial arts grand master Joe R. Lansdale. He has won nine Bram Stoker Awards, an Edgar Award for Best Novel by the Mystery Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, among many others.The new movie thriller "Cold in July" was based on Lansdale's book and stars Michael Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson. Watch Episode