Think (KERA)
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The Coming Age Of Longevity
[2013-05-22 13:00:00] Will longer lives mean better ones? We’ll find out this hour with Sonia Arrison, a founder of Singularity University. Her new book is “100 Plus: How The Coming Age Of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers And Relationships To Family And Faith” (Basic Books, 2013).
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Rescue, Trafficking, And Adoption
[2013-05-22 12:00:00] What’s the downside of the new adoption movement? Are some children taken from families who still want them? We’ll talk this hour with Kathryn Joyce, who wrote the exposé “The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, And The New Gospel Of Adoption” (Public Affairs 2013)
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A Guide To 'Cue, With The King
[2013-05-21 13:00:00] Where can you find the best barbeque in Texas? What makes it so memorable? We’ll scour the corners this hour with Daniel Vaughan, the longtime ‘cue sleuth who just became Texas Monthly’s first ever barbeque editor. His new book is “The Prophets of Smoked Meat: A Journey Through Texas Barbecue” (Anthony Bourdain/Ecco, 2013). Vaughan will sign his book at a barbeque on Saturday, at Four Corners Brewery in West Dallas.
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History Redrawn
[2013-05-21 12:00:00] What makes political cartoons stick with us after the headlines fade? We’ll talk this hour with Victor Navasky, longtime editor of The Nation and professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His new book is “The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power” (Random House, 2013).
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'A Black Odyssey' Continues
[2013-05-20 13:00:00] How does Romare Bearden’s legacy live on in contemporary art? We’ll find out this hour with Fort Worth artist Sedrick Huckaby, who credits Bearden as an important influence. The exhibition Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey is now on view at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth. Huckaby’s oil painting Hidden in Plain Site is also on view in the museum’s atrium.
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The Conflicts That Shape Us
[2013-05-20 12:00:00] Why can’t we all just get along, anyway? Could the answer lie in two basic personality types and a handful of ways to misunderstand each other? We’ll talk this hour with cultural psychologist Alana Conner, co-author of “Clash!: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are” (Hudson Street Press, 2013).
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Humanism Among the Primates
[2013-05-16 13:00:00] Can the way primates interact explain the human capacity for empathy and community? We’ll talk this hour with Emory University biologist Frans De Waal, who makes the case for morality as a product of evolution, rather than religion, in “The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates (W. W. Norton & Company, 2013).”
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The New Domesticity
[2013-05-16 12:00:00] Why are many young adults embracing slower-paced and more home-centric lifestyles and what does the trend say about our changing society? We’ll find out this hour with Emily Matchar, who follows neo-homesteaders, crafty moms and gardening hipsters in her book “Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity” (Simon & Schuster, 2013).
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The Magic Of Language
[2013-05-15 13:00:00] How do words and their meanings color our experience with possibility and how does our changing language keep us learning? We’ll spend this hour with Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette, hosts of the popular public radio show “A Way With Words.” The pair appears at the Lakewood Theater Thursday evening to benefit the Aberg Center for Literacy.
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American Foreign Policy In Retreat
[2013-05-15 12:00:00] Has American diplomacy lost its way? We’ll talk this hour with Vali Nasr, Dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and former U.S. State Department advisor. His new book is “The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat” (Random House, 2013).
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The Quest To Cure Cancer
[2013-05-14 13:00:00] What are the underlying genetic causes of cancer and who found them? We’ll find out this hour with journalist Jessica Wapner, who tells the story of the 1959 discovery in her new book “The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level” (The Experiment, 2013).
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Rescuing Italian Treasures
[2013-05-14 12:00:00] How did two Americans recover important art works by Donatello, Michelangelo, and others from Nazi looters? We’ll talk this hour with Robert Edsel, who takes us back to 1944 to retrace the steps of artist Deana Keller and scholar Fred Hartt in his book “Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation’s Treasures from the Nazis” (W. W. Norton & Company, 2013).
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Fighting A War Unseen
[2013-05-13 13:00:00] Why does violent sexual assault continue to be a growing issue in the U.S. military? We’ll talk this hour with documentarian Kirby Dick, who tells the stories of women and men betrayed by their comrades and the institution they serve in the “The Invisible War.” The film airs tonight on PBS and KERA Channel 13.
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Solving The Poverty Next Door
[2013-05-13 12:00:00] What are the best ways to help those in need in our community? We’ll talk this hour with Larry James, president and CEO of CitySquare and author of the new book “The Wealth of The Poor” (Abilene Christian University Press, 2013).
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The Women Who Helped Win World War II
[2013-05-09 13:00:00] What roles did women play in the top-secret Manhattan Project? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Denise Kiernan, author of the new book “The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II” (Touchstone, 2013).
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Understanding Autism
[2013-05-09 12:00:00] What are the latest developments in our understanding of autism? We’ll talk this hour with Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University and author of the new book “The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013). She’ll speak to the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live series tomorrow evening.
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Brain And Brawn
[2013-05-07 13:00:00] How did a love of literature and a passion for weightlifting help one young man overcome Tourette Syndrome? We’ll find out this hour with Josh Hanagarne, author of “The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family” (Gotham, 2013).
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Through The Selfie Lens
[2013-05-07 12:00:00] Are our images and presentations of ourselves changing in the age of social media and do these changes reflect trends in the art world? We’ll talk this hour with Gabriel Ritter, curator at the Dallas Museum of Art which is currently exhibiting the career retrospective Cindy Sherman. We’ll also be joined by Erin K. Freeman, who studies narcissism and peer assessment at the University of Dallas and Jordan Frith who focuses on social media and location and image-based apps...
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War At The Ends Of The Earth
[2013-05-07 13:00:00] How has the American way of war-fighting evolved over the last dozen years of nearly constant conflict? We’ll find out this hour with Mark Mazzetti, Pulitzer Prize winner, national security correspondent for The New York Times, and author of the new book “The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth” (The Penguin Press, 2013).
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In It, For Better And Worse
[2013-05-07 12:00:00] What are the best ways to support friends or loved ones suffering from illness? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author of “How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick” (PublicAffairs, 2013).
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Before Conflict
[2013-05-06 13:00:00] Have humans always been divided over issues like religion, gender, nationalism, and race? We’ll talk this hour with Sir David Cannadine, the Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University and author of the new book, “The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond Our Differences” (Knopf, 2013).
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Protecting Our Children
[2013-05-06 12:00:00] What’s being done to safeguard Texas children from abuse and to promote healthy, safe, and productive families? We’ll talk this hour with Madeline McClure, executive director of The Texas Association for the Protection of Children.
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The Case for Revenge
[2013-05-02 13:00:00] Is revenge necessarily a bad thing and can it point to virtues like loyalty and justice? We’ll explore the merits of vengefulness this hour with Thane Rosenbaum, the John Whelan Distinguished Lecturer in Law at Fordham Law School, and author of “Payback: The Case for Revenge” (University Of Chicago Press, 2013).
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Transforming Food
[2013-05-02 12:00:00] What is cooking’s value in family life and our society as a whole? We’ll talk this hour with veteran food writer Michael Pollan whose new book is “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation” (The Penguin Press, 2013).
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Getting Over Everything
[2013-05-01 13:00:00] Is there a way to survive every ailment, setback or heartbreak known to man? Bestselling author Augusten Burroughs believes there is. We’ll talk to Burroughs this hour about his foray into self-help, “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike” (Picador, Paperback, 2013).
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Undercover in a Slaughterhouse
[2013-05-01 12:00:00] How are livestock treated in slaughterhouses and how reliable is food inspection in the United States? Journalist Ted Conover worked undercover as a U.S. Department of Agriculture meat inspector and tells the story in “The Way of All Flesh: Undercover in an Industrial Slaughterhouse,” which appears in the current issue of Harper’s.
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Testing Texas' Education Standards
[2013-04-30 13:00:00] After leading the charge for accountability in public education, how did Texas land in the center of a revolt against standardized tests? We’ll find out this hour with Texas Monthly senior editor Nate Blakeslee, who traces the evolution of high-stakes testing in his current story “Crash Test.”
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Back To The Bookshelf
[2013-04-30 12:00:00] Which classics of literature are worth revisiting as a busy adult and why? We’ll talk this hour with Kevin Smokler who scoured the canon for his new book “Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven’t Touched Since High School” (Prometheus, 2013).
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Scott Simon's Wonderful Universe
[2013-04-29 13:00:00] What’s on the horizon in the mighty morphing world of public radio? We’ll visit this hour with Peabody-Award-winning NPR correspondent Scott Simon about his new radio show ‘Scott Simon’s Wonderful Town,’ his upcoming novel, and what it’s like to work in the realms of fiction and news at the same time.
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The Strange Genius of Texas
[2013-04-29 12:00:00] Could the rest of America look more like Texas soon? We’ll explore the growing influence of our controversial state with Erica Grieder, senior editor at Texas Monthly and a contributor to The Economist. Her new book is “Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas” (Public Affairs, 2013). She’ll address the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth tonight and tomorrow.
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Nazi Rule, Through Americans' Eyes
[2013-04-25 13:00:00] What was it like to witness Hitler’s ascent to power in Nazi Germany? We’ll talk this hour with Andrew Nagorski, a longtime writer for Newsweek who is now director of public policy at the EastWest Institute. He collects the personal stories from military officers, journalists, Olympic athletes and others in “Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power” (Simon & Schuster, 2013) which is now out in paperback.
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The Folly of Technological Solutionism
[2013-04-25 12:00:00] Instead of helping humanity improve its collective lot, could the ubiquity of digital access actually be hurting our chances for true freedom and democracy? We’ll talk this hour with Evgeny Morozov, author of ”To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism” (PublicAffairs, 2013).
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Chasing The World's Most Notorious Terrorist
[2013-04-24 13:00:00] What was the real hunt for Osama bin Laden like? We’ll talk this hour with Greg Barker, director of the HBO Documentary Film, “MANHUNT,” which tells the true story of the two-decade pursuit of the world’s most notorious terrorist. HBO, the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Ft Worth, and the USA Film Festival will premiere the film at tonight’s opening celebration of the 2013 USA Film Festival at Angelika Film Center in Dallas. More info here.
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Making Light With Julia Sweeney
[2013-04-24 12:00:00] Just how bleak would the world be without laughter? We’ll laugh this hour with comedienne and Saturday Night Live veteran Julia Sweeney. She writes about the funny and not-so-funny aspects of life in the new essay collection “If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Your Mother” (Simon & Schuster, 2013).
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The Making Of 'Ahab Symphony'
[2013-04-23 13:00:00] How does a composer approach the creation of a newly commissioned work? We’ll spend this hour with Jake Heggie who’s in town for the premiere of his new “Ahab Symphony.” The UNT Symphony Orchestra, the Grand Chorus, and tenor soloist Richard Croft will perform the work Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the UNT Murchison Performing Arts Center. Ticket information is available here. Tomorrow evening’s performance will also be streamed live via UNTMusicLive.com.
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Banking On The Future
[2013-04-23 12:00:00] Will you ever be able to retire and is retirement even an option for most Americans anymore? We’ll explore the realities of the retirement industry this hour with Martin Smith. His new film “The Retirement Gamble” airs on the PBS series FRONTLINE this evening.
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The Hidden World of Sharks
[2013-04-22 13:00:00] From the Think Archive - What fuels the age-old human obsession, fear, and fascination with sharks? We spent an hour last April with Juliet Eilperin, environmental reporter for The Washington Post and author of “Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks” (Pantheon, 2011).
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The First Green Generation, Circa 1970
[2013-04-22 12:00:00] What was the first Earth Day like? In observance of today’s 44th Earth Day, we’ll look back at the history of the celebration and its influence on the environmental movement with Adam Rome, who teaches environmental history at the University of Delaware. His new book is “The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation” (Hill and Wang, 2013).
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Urban Life's New Meaning
[2013-04-18 13:00:00] How will our networked world influence design and development in the future? We’ll talk this hour with Robert Bruegmann, author of “Sprawl: A Compact History” (University Of Chicago Press, 2005) and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He’ll deliver the keynote address this evening at the Second Annual David Dillon Symposium, “Making Connections: The Networked City.”
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Catastrophe, Creativity, And Renewal
[2013-04-18 12:00:00] This hour, we’ll lead off with a special live update from KERA’s Courtney Collins who’s on the ground in West, Texas after an explosion at a fertilizer plant that, according to authorities, may have killed between five and fifteen people and injured more than 160 others. In light of senseless attacks like the Boston Marathon bombings and the still largely unexplained explosion here in Texas, we’ll also delve into the concept of community resiliency with Thomas...
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Ending Racism in Post-Racial America
[2013-04-17 13:00:00] What still needs to happen for our country to finally move beyond the legacy and reality of racial prejudice? We’ll discuss the problems and potential solutions this hour with Michael Higginbotham, the Wilson H. Elkins Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and author of the new book “Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post-Racial America” (NYU Press, 2013).
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The Politics Of Healing
[2013-04-17 12:00:00] How are drug and treatment protocols evaluated by medical professionals and researchers and what roles do politics and business interests play in the process? We’ll spend this hour with Dr. Beatrice Golomb, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego. She’ll deliver the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology Lecture at 7:30 p.m. this evening at UT Dallas.
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The Secret Of A Good Life
[2013-04-16 13:00:00] What can we learn from how a loved one faces a life-threatening diagnosis and death? Well spend this hour with Rod Dreher who tells his sister’s story in the new book “The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life” (Grand Central Publishing, 2013). Dreher is in Dallas for a book signing at the Barnes & Noble across from NorthPark at 7 pm.
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Old Bones, New Science
[2013-04-16 12:00:00] Why are dinosaurs still so fascinating to both kids and adults and what have we learned from the latest research into the lives of these incredible prehistoric animals? We’ll talk this hour with science writer Brian Switek whose new book is “My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs” (Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013).
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Wonder Women
[2013-04-15 13:00:00] What do comic book heroines tell us about how society handles real-life superwomen? We’ll talk this hour with Erin Prather Stafford, executive producer of the new documentary “Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines,” which airs on KERA television and PBS this evening. This interview is part of KERA’s Women And Girls Lead initiative.
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Your Tax Money's Final Destination
[2013-04-15 12:00:00] Are you wondering where your hard-earned tax dollars are actually going this year? We’ll find out this hour with Mattea Kramer, senior research analyst for the National Priorities Project which explains the federal budget process with the goal of making budgetary information accessible to everyone.
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Capturing The Birds-of-Paradise
[2013-04-11 13:00:00] What does it take to find and photograph some of the most elusive animals on the planet? We’ll spend this hour with Tim Laman, a field biologist and wildlife photographer from Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology and Edwin Scholes, an ornithologist and biodiversity video curator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For nearly a decade they’ve collaborated on a project to photograph all 39 species of New Guinea’s birds-of-paradise and they’ll talk about their work...
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The Art of Eating Healthy (And Really Well)
[2013-04-11 12:00:00] Can our meals be both good for us and really delicious? We’ll explore strategies for maximizing our enjoyment of food all while maintaining our health this hour with food writer Peter Kaminsky. His book “Culinary Intelligence: The Art of Eating Healthy (and Really Well)” (Vintage, 2013) is now out in paperback.
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Life, Death, And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity
[2013-04-10 13:00:00] From the archive – What’s it like in the slum settlements of Mumbai? Katherine Boo, staff writer for The New Yorker, spent three years reporting on the Annawadi settlement near the city’s airport. She writes about the experience and the incredible lives of the people who live there in her new book “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity” (Random House, 2012). We talked with her last February.
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Complicated Problems, Elementary Solutions
[2013-04-10 12:00:00] Could the world’s biggest problems be solved by applying lessons learned through cooperation in the classroom? We’ll talk this hour with educator John Hunter, author of the new book “World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements” (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013). This interview is part of KERA’s American Graduate Initiative.
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Fighting The Disease Of Addiction
[2013-04-09 13:00:00] What are the best treatments for addiction? We’ll examine the latest scientific approaches to dealing with the disease this hour with writer and journalist David Sheff. His new book is “Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013). Sheff speaks at Highland Park High School at 6:30 p.m. this evening. And he’ll speak at the Dallas Country Club tomorrow to benefit CARE.
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Chris Kyle, Billy Lynn, And The Hero Myth
[2013-04-09 12:00:00] What actually makes someone a hero and how does the classical or mythical concept of the hero inform the 21st century reality and impact the lives of veterans returning from war? We’ll spend this hour with Michael Mooney who profiles murdered Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle in this month’s D Magazine, Ben Fountain – author of the book “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” and Shaun Treat, assistant professor of Rhetoric at the University of North Texas.
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Hidden Biases Of Good People
[2013-04-08 13:00:00] Are we all biased – even if we don’t consciously realize it? We’ll talk this hour with Harvard University psychologist Mahzarin Banaji, co-developer of the Implicit Association Test and co-author of the new book “Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People” (Delacorte Press, 2013).
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Engineering's Place In Humanitarian Work
[2013-04-08 12:00:00] How would you help people in the midst of a humanitarian crisis? We’ll spend this hour with three individuals who’ve answered that question. Louise Bloom and Alexander Betts are both involved in the Humanitarian Innovation Project at the University of Oxford and Erik Abild works with the Norwegian Refugee Council. They’ll all participate in a live panel discussion Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. as part of Engineering & Humanity Week at Southern Methodist University.
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Curious Origins, Fatal Ends
[2013-04-04 13:00:00] How could a protein molecule with no genetic identity infect, multiply, and kill? This hour, we’ll examine the prion, which causes diseases like mad cow, Creutzfeld-Jakob, and others with science writer and broadcaster Jay Ingram, author of “Fatal Flaws: How a Misfolded Protein Baffled Scientists and Changed the Way We Look at the Brain” (Yale University Press, 2013).
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First Steps Out Of The Gates
[2013-04-04 12:00:00] How do people rebuild their lives after being released from prison? How do they cope with what’s likely a foreign and strange world and who is there to help? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Sabine Heinlein, author of “Among Murderers: Life after Prison” (University of California Press, 2013).
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The Illustrated Man: Ray Bradbury's Story
[2013-04-03 13:00:00] Who was Ray Bradbury? Who influenced his creativity? And what circumstances prompted him to write and ultimately become one of the most pioneering science fiction writers of all time? As part of this month’s The Big Read Dallas, we’ll talk this hour with biographer Sam Weller – Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago and author of several books on Bradbury, including “The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury” (Harper Perennial, 2006).
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Sex, Money And Power Plays
[2013-04-03 12:00:00] Are desire, gender, power, love, and economics related? We’ll talk this hour with Marina Adshade, economist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and author of the new book “Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love” (Chronicle Books, 2013).
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A Profession in Crisis
[2013-04-02 13:00:00] Is the legal profession headed for trouble? We’ll discuss the problems at law firms, the oversupply of new lawyers, and more this hour with Steven Harper, adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law and Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. His new book is “The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis” (Basic Books, 2013).
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Venezuela's New Horizons
[2013-04-02 12:00:00] What’s going on in Venezuela and what impact will the death of Hugo Chvez ultimately have on elections in the country and in its relationships across the region? We’ll talk this hour with Rory Carroll, veteran journalist and former chief of the Latin American bureau of the Guardian, and author of the new book “Comandante: Hugo Chvez’s Venezuela” (The Penguin Press, 2013).
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Wins And Losses of Counterterrorism
[2013-04-01 13:00:00] What can all countries engaged in the struggle against terrorism learn from Israel’s shortcomings and success? We’ll find out this hour with Daniel Byman, Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. His book, “A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism” (Oxford University Press, 2013), is now out in paperback.
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Luring Consumers In A New Ad Age
[2013-04-01 12:00:00] Have traditional methods of advertising lost their power? This hour we’ll examine how cultivating relationships leads to success for today’s companies with Doug Levy, founder and CEO of strategic and creative agency MEplusYou and Bob Garfield, cohost of NPR’s On The Media. They’ve co-written a new book on the subject called “Can’t Buy Me Like: How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results” (Portfolio, 2013).
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A Full History Of Women's Health
[2013-03-28 13:00:00] How do we define “normal” when it comes to women’s health and how might the study of early humans and even precursor species help our understanding? We’ll spend this hour with Wenda Trevathan, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at New Mexico State University and author of “Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives: How Evolution Has Shaped Women’s Health” (Oxford University Press, 2010). She’ll deliver the annual Ben and Trudy Termini Distinguished Anthropologist Lecture this evening...
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Long Live The Death Of Print
[2013-03-28 12:00:00] What will a “man of letters” do when the books are all gone? We’ll spend this hour with Romanian-born poet, prolific author, and well-known NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu. His latest book – a memoir of sorts – is called “Bibliodeath: My Archives (With Life in Footnotes)” (ANTIBOOKCLUB, 2012). He’ll speak to Wordspace at the Kessler this evening.
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Grandbaby Makes Three
[2013-03-27 13:00:00] How is the experience of becoming a grandparent colored by the memory of early parenthood? We’ll talk this hour with bestselling author Anne Lamott. Her book on the subject, co-written with her son Sam Lamott, is “Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son” (Riverhead Trade, 2013). It’s now out in paperback. Lamott is at Arborlawn United Methodist Church on Tuesday for a book signing and Q&A session.
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Freedom's Roots
[2013-03-27 12:00:00] How do kinship-based and tribally-organized societies compare to current and more typically Western ideas about governance? We’ll talk this hour with Mark Weiner, professor of law at Rutgers University and author of the new book “The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals About the Future of Individual Freedom” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013).
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Evolutionary Findings
[2013-03-26 13:00:00] Who was 19th Century explorer Paul Du Chaillu and what impact did his “discovery” of Africa’s gorillas have on contemporary scientific study? We’ll find out this hour with journalist Monte Reel, author of the new book “Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm” (Doubleday, 2013).
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Signing Out, Turning On
[2013-03-26 12:00:00] Could an occasional break from our ever-present stream of media, information, and connectivity be good for us and good for society? We’ll talk this hour with writer, teacher, and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff. His new book is “Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now” (Current, 2013).
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The Nature Of Acceptance
[2013-03-25 13:00:00] How do children learn to adapt when their families fall apart? We’ll talk this hour with Leigh Newman, deputy editor and head of books coverage for Oprah.com. She tells her story in the new memoir “Still Points North: One Alaskan Childhood, One Grown-up World, One Long Journey Home” (The Dial Press, 2013).
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Trespassers' Guide To Great Cities
[2013-03-25 12:00:00] Who says the age of exploration is over? We’ll talk this hour with urban planner and explorer Moses Gates who writes about his adventures online and in the new book “Hidden Cities: Travels to the Secret Corners of the World’s Great Metropolises; A Memoir of Urban Exploration” (Tarcher, 2013).
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Fruits Of Eden
[2013-03-21 13:00:00] Why does the story of Adam and Eve surface so often in today’s pop culture? We’ll talk this hour with Linda Schearing, Professor of Religious Studies at Gonzaga University and co-author of “Enticed By Eden: How Western Culture Uses, Confuses, (And Sometimes Abuses) Adam and Eve” (Baylor University Press, 2013).
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A Journey Through Shrines Of Freedom
[2013-03-21 12:00:00] What can college students learn by visiting the historic sites of the Civil Rights Era? We’ll find out this hour with Dennis Simon, the Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of Political Science at SMU, Reverend Ray Jordan and Emily Mankowski, a member of the SMU Honors Program and a senior majoring in Human Rights. They’ve just concluded the annual SMU Spring Break Civil Rights Pilgrimage.
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War Journalism, In 140 Characters Or Less
[2013-03-20 13:00:00] How have newsgathering and reporting changed with the immediacy of social media? We’ll talk this hour with Andy Carvin, senior strategist for NPR, about his use of Twitter to report on the Middle East. Carvin’s new book is “Distant Witness: Social Media the Arab Spring and a Journalism Revolution” (CUNY Journalism Press, 2013).
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Preventing Domestic Violence in North Texas
[2013-03-20 12:00:00] What causes domestic violence? What are the warning signs that violence is happening and how can women, kids, and family members get help? We’ll discuss the impact of domestic violence and ways to end the cycle of violence this hour with Dr. Preston Wiles of UT Southwestern Medical Center, Jan Langbein, Executive Director at the Genesis Women’s Shelter, and Vanessa Vaughter, Primary Prevention Coordinator for Hope’s Door. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings will host a rally...
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Bringing French Oxen Home To Roast
[2013-03-19 13:00:00] To what ends would you go to learn to cook and eat all the foods of your dreams? We’ll explore the traditional ingredients and techniques of French cooking and eating this hour with John Baxter, who writes about his adventures in “The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France” (Harper Perennial, 2013).
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Pass It On: Popularity And Why We Talk
[2013-03-18 13:00:00] Why do some ideas, products, and stories seem to take off when others don’t? We’ll discuss the secrets of social transmission this hour with Jonah Berger, the James G. Campbell Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and author of the new book “Contagious: Why Things Catch On” (Simon & Schuster, 2013).
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This Is Your Brain On The Internet
[2013-03-18 12:00:00] What are the benefits and potential risks from having access to so much information in digital form? We’ll talk this hour with Viktor Mayer Schnberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford University Internet Institute and co-author of the new book “Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think” (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013).
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Botany And The Bar
[2013-03-14 13:00:00] Could improving your gardening game make cocktail hour more fun? We’ll find out this hour with Amy Stewart, author of the new book ”The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Make the World’s Great Drinks” (Algonquin Books, 2013).
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A Future With Millennials At The Helm
[2013-03-14 12:00:00] What contribution will the Millennial Generation ultimately make to our society? We’ll talk this hour with David Burstein, founder and executive director of the youth voter engagement organization Generation18. His new book is “Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation Is Shaping Our World” (Beacon Press, 2013).
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The Race to Host the United Nations
[2013-03-13 12:00:00] How did the United Nations headquarters end up in New York? We’ll examine the post-World War II competition to house the UN this hour with Charlene Mires, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University-Camden and author of the new book Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations (NYU Press, 2013).
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The Myth Of Persecution
[2013-03-12 13:00:00] What challenges did early Christians actually face? We’ll talk this hour with Candida Moss, professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame and author of ”The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom” (HarperOne, 2013).
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Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay
[2013-03-12 12:00:00] What exactly is going on at Guantanamo Bay and how are the legal maneuvers happening there different from the justice system we’re familiar with here at home? We’ll talk this hour with Jess Bravin, Supreme Court correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and author of the new book ”The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay” (Yale University Press, 2013).
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Childs Play And Education
[2013-03-11 13:00:00] How could encouraging kids to play more help make them better students? As part of KERA’s American Graduate Initiative, we’ll talk this hour with Peter Gray, research professor in the Department of Psychology at Boston College and author of the new book ”Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life” (Basic Books, 2013).
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The New Oil Landscape
[2013-03-11 12:00:00] What are the potential risks and rewards from new oil extraction methods like fracking? We’ll explore the North Dakota oil boom this hour with Edwin Dobb, whose current National Geographic Magazine cover story is “The New Oil Landscape.”
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The Changing Face Of Power
[2013-03-07 13:00:00] How are the fortunes of the powerful changing with global advances in infrastructure and information technology? We’ll discuss the dynamics of power this hour with Moiss Nam, scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine. His new book is The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be (Basic Books, 2013).
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What Kids Teach Us About Identity
[2013-03-07 12:00:00] Can parents control who their children will ultimately become or should they simply accept their kids for who they are? We’ll spend this hour with National Book Award-winning author Andrew Solomon, whose widely-acclaimed recent book is Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity (Scribner, 2012).
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The Texas Legacy Of The Civilian Conservation Corps
[2013-03-06 13:00:00] How did a 1930s and early 40s New Deal program improve the Texas parks system? We’ll look back this hour with Cynthia Brandimarte, director of the historic sites and structures program at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and author of the new book “Texas State Parks and the CCC: The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps” (Texas A&M University Press, 2013).
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The Arts Of India, Southeast Asia, And The Himalayas
[2013-03-06 12:00:00] Could an understanding of the beauty and diversity of classic examples of South and Southeast Asian art inform and alter our perceptions of what art means today? We’ll spend this hour with Anne Bromberg, Ph.D., the Dallas Museum of Art’s Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Ancient and Asian Art. The DMA has just published the second in a series of catalogues documenting works in the Museum’s collection. It is called “The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at...
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A Year Inside One of America's Failing Public Schools
[2013-03-05 13:00:00] What happens when students at a particular school begins to fall behind their peers? What pressures to teachers face at such a school? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Ron Berler, author of the new book “Raising the Curve: A Year Inside One of America’s 45,000* Failing Public Schools” (Berkley Hardcover, 2013). This interview is part of KERA’s American Graduate Initiative.
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Scientology, Hollywood, And The Prison Of Belief
[2013-03-05 12:00:00] What exactly is the Church of Scientology? We’ll talk this hour with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Lawrence Wright, who spent years reporting and conducting hundreds of interviews with current and former Scientologists for his new book “Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief” (Knopf, 2013).
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Electric Light And The Invention Of Modern America
[2013-03-04 13:00:00] How did the 1879 introduction of the light bulb change America forever? We’ll talk this hour with Ernest Freeberg, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at the University of Tennessee and author of “The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America” (The Penguin Press, 2013).
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Asia, The West, And The Logic Of One World
[2013-03-04 12:00:00] How did peace and prosperity become a reality for more of the world’s people than ever before and what geopolitical steps can we take to secure a bright future for all the citizens of planet earth? We’ll spend this hour with Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, former Ambassador to the UN from Singapore, and author of the new book “The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World”...
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Salt, Sugar, Fat, And The Food Biz
[2013-02-28 13:00:00] What exactly are Americans eating? We’ll find out this hour with Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter Michael Moss. His new book is “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us” (Random House, 2013).
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Examining The Personal Finance Industry
[2013-02-28 12:00:00] Is there a workable strategy to plan for retirement in these financial troubling times or not? Who can savers and investors turn to for trustworthy advice? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Helaine Olen, author of the new book “Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry” (Portfolio Hardcover, 2012).
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Defeating The Culture Of Bullying
[2013-02-27 13:00:00] How should we tackle the issue of bullying? When should parents step in and when should teens be left to fend for themselves? We’ll talk this hour with Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate and author of the new book “Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy” (Random House, 2013).
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The History And Promise Of Green Technology
[2013-02-27 12:00:00] Just how long have so-called green technologies been an option? This hour, we’ll explore the 150 year history of energy innovation with Alexis Madrigal, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of “Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology” (Da Capo Press, 2013) which is now out in paperback.
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Searching For Truth In The Arctic
[2013-02-26 13:00:00] What does the future hold for the Polar Bear? We’ll discuss the environmental pressures on the bears and how the current population of bears is actually faring with Zac Unger, author of “Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye: A Family Field Trip to the Arctic’s Edge in Search of Adventure, Truth, and Mini-Marshmallows” (Da Capo Press, 2013).
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Chamber Music And Film
[2013-02-26 12:00:00] What’s it like to compose and perform new music for a nearly 100-year-old film? We’ll find out this hour with Richard McKay, the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Dallas Chamber Symphony and composer Brian Satterwhite. The Dallas Chamber Symphony will premiere his new score for “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” this evening at the Dallas City Performance Hall.
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History, Culture, And The Mind
[2013-02-25 13:00:00] How is our society’s focus on the now, the quick, and the easy transforming our culture and what’s it doing to our minds? We’ll talk this hour with legendary former editor of Harper’s Magazine, Lewis Lapham. He’s in town to speak to the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture this evening and the UTD Center for Brain Health tomorrow.
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The Arab Awakening and Change in the Middle East
[2013-02-25 12:00:00] From the Archive – How is the geopolitical dynamic in the Middle East changing and what might the future hold for Syria, Iran, and their neighbors? We spent an hour last fall with Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Affiliated Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa at the University of Cambridge and Middle East Fellow at the Hinckley Institute of Politics at University of Utah.
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Becoming A Writer
[2013-02-21 13:00:00] How did stories about World War II inspire a young Australian to become a writer? We’ll find out this hour with Markus Zusak, bestselling author of “The Book Thief” and “I am the Messenger.” He’s in town to address the Highland Park Literary Festival this evening.
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Previewing The Oscars
[2013-02-21 12:00:00] Who will win big at Sunday night’s Academy Awards? We’ll get your favorite picks and discuss it all this hour with Stephen Becker of KERA’s Art&Seek, Chris Vognar of The Dallas Morning News, and Christopher Kelly who writes for Texas Monthly.
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Bernini's Beloved
[2013-02-20 13:00:00] How did the sculptor Bernini choose his subjects and what do we know of his relationships with the people he immortalized in marble and clay? We’ll talk this hour with Sarah McPhee, the Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Art History at Emory University and author of the new book “Bernini’s Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini” (Yale University Press, 2012). The exhibit Bernini: Sculpting in Clay is on view at the Kimbell Art Museum through April 14th.
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The Financial Crisis, The Response, And The Work Ahead
[2013-02-20 12:00:00] What is still needed for our economy to fully recover from recent financial woes? We’ll talk this hour with Alan Blinder, Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman, professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and author of “After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead” (The Penguin Press, 2013).
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Underwater Eden
[2013-02-14 13:00:00] What will it take to preserve the remaining few pristine marine ecosystems on the planet? We’ll talk this hour with Gregory Stone, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief ocean scientist of Conservation International and senior vice president of exploration and conservation at the New England Aquarium. His new book, co-written with David Obura, is “Underwater Eden: Saving the Last Coral Wilderness on Earth” (University Of Chicago Press, 2012).
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The Art Of Nonfiction
[2013-02-14 12:00:00] What drives a writer to tell important stories and do the hard work to tell them well? We’ll talk this hour with Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Tracy Kidder. His new book, co-written with Richard Todd, is “Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction” (Random House, 2013).
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Slavery And The War Of 1812
[2013-02-13 13:00:00] How did the War of 1812 impact the future of slavery and the roles African Americans would play in the U.S. Military and in future conflicts? We’ll spend this hour with Gene Allen Smith, history professor and director of the Center for Texas Studies at TCU, curator of History at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, and author of “The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812″ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
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Photographing 19th Century China
[2013-02-13 12:00:00] What can we learn from 140-year-old photographs of a place and way of life that just doesn’t exist anymore? This hour, we’ll explore “China: Through the Lens of John Thomson 1868 – 1872″ with Betty Yao, MBE of Credential International Arts Management in London and Amy Hofland, Executive Director at the Crow Collection of Asian Art. The exhibit opens this weekend at the Crow Collection.
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Dallas, Fort Worth, And Identity
[2013-02-12 13:00:00] How do you see Dallas and Fort Worth? Long lumped together as DFW, we’ll examine the similarities, identities, and insecurities of the two distinctly different towns this hour with Bud Kennedy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sarah Hepola of Salon.com, and Tim Rogers of D Magazine. They’ve all contributed to the current 40th Anniversary Special Edition of Texas Monthly Magazine.
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On Constitutional Disobedience
[2013-02-12 12:00:00] Could our democracy work better if we viewed the Constitution as merely a set of guidelines rather than the supreme law of the land? We’ll talk this hour with Louis Michael Seidman, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University and author of the new book “On Constitutional Disobedience” (Oxford University Press, 2013).
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A Chat With Stephen Tobolowsky
[2013-02-11 13:00:00] What makes a character actor good at his or her job and what’s it like to play ordinary people in the movies? We’ll find out this hour with screen veteran Stephen Tobolowsky, whose new memoir is “The Dangerous Animals Club” (Simon & Schuster, 2012). He’ll read tonight as part of Arts & Letters Live’s Texas Bound at the Dallas Museum of Art.
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How And Why We've Survived
[2013-02-11 12:00:00] How did our particular branch of the human family tree manage to last this long when many others didn’t? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Chip Walter, whose new book is “Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived” (Walker & Company, 2013).
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Traveling Cheaper, Longer, And Smarter
[2013-02-07 13:00:00] Do you dream of seeing the world, but wonder how to make it happen? We’ll talk this hour with traveler and blogger “Nomadic Matt” Kepnes who shows how it’s done in his new book “How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter” (Perigee Trade, 2013).
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Coping With A Life-Changing Injury
[2013-02-07 12:00:00] How would you cope with a life-changing injury that forced you to relearn how to do virtually everything? We’ll talk this hour with Ashok Rajamani, author of the new memoir “The Day My Brain Exploded: A True Story” (Algonquin Books, 2013).
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Creating Room To Read
[2013-02-06 13:00:00] What is still needed to help everyone in the world learn to read? We’ll find out this hour with John Wood, former tech executive and author of the new book “Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy” (Viking, 2013). Wood will speak at the SMU Forum this afternoon and the Communities Foundation of Texas this evening.
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Women In Media
[2013-02-06 12:00:00] How are women represented in today’s media and what needs to be done to ensure that the public hears the female point-of-view on important issues in the news and politics? We’ll talk this hour with Julie Burton, President of the Women’s Media Center. Burton will appear at the Gender in Media Forum & Luncheon, hosted by Dallas Women’s Foundation in partnership with the Embrey Family Foundation on Friday, February 8th.
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Moms, Kids, And Diets
[2013-02-05 13:00:00] What’s the best way to help kids make healthy food and lifestyle choices? We’ll talk this hour with writer Dara-Lynn Weiss who ignited a fierce debate about children and dieting with her April, 2012 column for Vogue magazine. She tells the whole story in her new book “The Heavy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Diet–A Memoir” (Ballantine Books, 2013).
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Erasing the Stigma Of Mental Illness
[2013-02-05 12:00:00] What will it take to remove the shame associated with mental illness and what does our community need to provide appropriate resources and care for the mentally ill and their families? We’ll preview this evening’s event Erasing the Stigma: Mental Illness and the Search for Solutions this hour with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, Dallas County Commissioner Theresa Daniel, Ph.D., and Grant Halliburton Foundation Board Member Clayton...
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The Miniature Wife
[2013-02-04 13:00:00] Where do writers find their characters and what drives a great story? We’ll talk this hour with Manuel Gonzales, executive director of Austin Bat Cave, a non-profit writing organization for kids and teens. He’s just published his own first book, “The Miniature Wife: and Other Stories” (Riverhead, 2013).
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New Directions In Education
[2013-02-04 12:00:00] How are innovative educators transforming our schools? We’ll spend this hour with Claudia Allums, Director of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture’s Louise and Donald Cowan Center for Education, Dawson Orr, Superintendent of Highland Park ISD, and Jennifer Gunn, head of the Rockwall-Heath High School English Language Arts Department. They’ll all participate in the Cowan Center’s 30th anniversary celebration on Saturday, February 9th. This interview is part of...
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America's Servicewomen In Today's Military
[2013-01-31 13:00:00] How will access to front line and combat-related duties change the careers and lives of women in the U.S. military? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Tanya Biank, author of the new book “Undaunted: The Real Story of America’s Servicewomen in Today’s Military” (NAL Hardcover, 2013).
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The World Of King Lear
[2013-01-31 12:00:00] What are the challenges of staging a new production of one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays? We’ll explore the world of King Lear this hour with Kevin Moriarty, artistic director at the Dallas Theater Center and actor Brian McEleney, who plays the title role in the DTC’s production of King Lear which runs through February 17th at the Wyly Theatre.
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A Family's Story Of Slavery And Empire
[2013-01-30 13:00:00] How did the sugar trade change the world and ultimately impact the lives of New World colonial cane growers and their descendants? We’ll talk this hour with Andrea Stuart, author of “Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire” (Knopf, 2013).
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Helping Girls Find Authentic Success And Happiness
[2013-01-30 12:00:00] What is today’s fast-paced achievement culture doing to girls? We’ll find out this hour with Ana Homayoun, education consultant and author of “The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life” (Perigee Trade, 2012).
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Science, Philosophy, And Meaningful Lives
[2013-01-29 13:00:00] Where is the common ground between centuries of human philosophical scholarship and modern scientific pursuit? We’ll explore the territory this hour with Massimo Pigliucci, professor of philosophy at CUNY Graduate Center and author of the new book “Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to A More Meaningful Life” (Basic Books, 2012).
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Shaping The Modern Self
[2013-01-29 12:00:00] How did ideas about self-expression and realizing one’s own potential become part of our cultural fabric? We’ll talk this hour with social scientist and writer Jessica Grogan, author of “Encountering America: Humanistic Psychology, Sixties Culture, and the Shaping of the Modern Self” (Harper Perennial, 2012).
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Hallucinations
[2013-01-28 13:00:00] Why do we sometimes see something that may not truly be there? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. Oliver Sacks, professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine and author of the new book “Hallucinations” (Knopf, 2012).
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Exploring The Natural Approach To Life
[2013-01-28 12:00:00] Is a more natural approach to life necessarily a better approach for happiness and health? We’ll find out this hour with Nathanael Johnson, author of “All Natural*: *A Skeptic’s Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing, and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier” (Rodale Books, 2013).
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Lady Bird Johnson
[2013-01-24 13:00:00] How did a shy young lady from rural Texas manage the transition to First Lady of the United States during one of the 20th Century’s most tumultuous decades? We’ll talk this hour with Michael L. Gillette, former director of the LBJ Library’s Oral History Program and author of the new book “Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History” (Oxford University Press, 2012).
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An Observant Walk
[2013-01-24 12:00:00] How much do you notice when you’re out and about and how much are you missing? We’ll find out how to be more observant this hour with writer and teacher Alexandra Horowitz. Her new book is “On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes” (Scribner, 2013).
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Making Habits, Breaking Habits
[2013-01-23 13:00:00] How are your resolutions going this year and just how long does it take to make a new activity part of one’s regular routine? We’ll talk this hour with psychologist and blogger Jeremy Dean, author of the new book “Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick” (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2013).
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The Frank Family Photo Album
[2013-01-23 12:00:00] What was life like for Otto Frank’s family before the Nazis arrived in Amsterdam? We’ll explore the current exhibit “Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album” this hour with Sara Abosch and Charlotte DeCoster from the Dallas Holocaust Museum.
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The Age Of Miracles
[2013-01-22 13:00:00] Why are we fascinated by apocalyptic story lines and what does this attraction to doom say about our culture and our age? We’ll talk this hour with novelist Karen Thompson Walker, whose New York Times bestselling book “The Age of Miracles: A Novel” (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2013) is now out in paperback. Karen Thompson Walker will appear at the Friends of the SMU Library Lunch Series this Thursday, January 24th at 11:30am.
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Learning From Traditional Societies
[2013-01-22 12:00:00] What can we learn about our future from the very few traditional human societies that still exist? We’ll talk this hour with acclaimed UCLA biogeographer Jared Diamond. His new book is “The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?” (Viking, 2012).
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Exploring The Deep
[2013-01-17 13:00:00] What was it like to make some of the biggest undersea discoveries of the 20th Century? We’ll find out this hour and discuss the field of deep sea exploration with National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence Robert Ballard, who is best known for his historic discoveries of hydrothermal vents, the sunken R.M.S. Titanic, the German battleship Bismarck, and numerous other contemporary and ancient shipwrecks around the world. Ballard will appear at National Geographic Live...
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The Future Of U.S. Diplomacy
[2013-01-17 12:00:00] What should be the role of the United States in the Middle East and beyond? We’ll spend this hour with Ambassador Ryan Crocker, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon. He’s in town to address the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth this evening.
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The Inventors Who Make America Great
[2013-01-16 13:00:00] Who are the modern-day tinkerers and how has tinkering survived our culture’s focus on efficiency, conformity, and planned obsolescence? We’ll talk this hour with Alec Foege, author of “The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great” (Basic Books, 2013).
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Arts In Education
[2013-01-16 12:00:00] How can an art curriculum help students develop critical thinking skills and ultimately be successful in our creative and knowledge-based economy? We’ll explore the topic this hour with Steve Seidel, Ph.D, director of the Arts in Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education & former director of Harvard University’s Project Zero. We’ll also be joined this hour by Gigi Antoni, President and CEO of Big Thought, a locally-based organization committed to...
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Staying Sane
[2013-01-15 13:00:00] What are the best strategies for living a joyful and positive life while still dealing with the fast-paced “craziness” of society? We’ll talk this hour with psychotherapist and writer Philippa Perry, author of “How to Stay Sane” (Picador, 2012).
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African American Churches, Poverty, And Women
[2013-01-15 12:00:00] What roles have African American church communities played in politics and poverty since the Civil Rights Era and what can they do in the future? We’ll spend this hour with Keri Day, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Theological and Social Ethics and Black Church Studies at Brite Divinity School and author of “Unfinished Business: Black Women, the Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America” (Orbis Books, 2012). Day will participate in this year’s Dallas Institute...
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A Letter From Haiti
[2013-01-14 13:00:00] How has life changed in Haiti in the three years since the devastating 2010 earthquake and what can be done to improve conditions in the country? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Amy Wilentz who writes about the people of Haiti and their lives and history in her new book “Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti” (Simon & Schuster, 2013).
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Educating Dallas Students
[2013-01-14 12:00:00] What’s in store for Dallas students and parents in 2013 and how are administrators facing the growing challenges of educating the youth of North Texas? We’ll talk this hour with Mike Miles, Superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District. This edition of Think is part of KERA’s American Graduate Initiative.
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Everyday Creativity
[2013-01-10 13:00:00] How important is the role of creativity and artistic endeavor in each of our lives? We’ll spend this hour with retired architect and life-long photographer Leonard Volk, FAIA Emeritus. He’s just published an incredible collection of photographs and essays called “Everyday: Photographs by Leonard Volk” (Brown Books, 2012).
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Embracing A Primal Emotion
[2013-01-10 12:00:00] How does fear impact the decisions we make and is it possible to overcome our fears and achieve our biggest dreams? We’ll talk this hour with writer Jaimal Yogis, who studied the power of fear and embraced his own for his new book “The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing . . . and Love” (Rodale Books, 2013).
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Origins Of The Digital Universe
[2013-01-09 13:00:00] Computers are ubiquitous today, but when and where was the digital age born? We’ll find out this hour with science historian George Dyson, author of “Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe” (Vintage, Paperback, 2012).
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Viewing Our World Through Maps
[2013-01-09 12:00:00] How do maps influence and even alter our perceptions of the world and each other? We’ll talk this hour with writer Simon Garfield whose new book is “On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks” (Gotham, 2012).
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The Abolitionists
[2013-01-08 13:00:00] Why did some Americans risk their lives working to end slavery when so many others didn’t? We’ll examine the environment that led to the Civil War and more this hour with John Stauffer, Professor of English and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is also a participant in the American Experience series “The Abolitionists” which premieres on PBS this evening.
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How 1965 Transformed America
[2013-01-08 12:00:00] When did the American Dream begin to sour into social discord and political tumult? We’ll examine a pivotal year in the 1960s this hour with James T. Patterson, Ford Foundation Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University and author of “The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America” (Basic Books, 2012).
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Re-Defining the Opera Experience in Fort Worth
[2013-01-07 13:00:00] How are performing arts organizations appealing to new and changing audiences and what’s in store for North Texas opera fans? We’ll spend this hour with Darren Woods, General Director of the Fort Worth Opera, which has plans to “re-define” the opera experience in 2014 and beyond.
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Is Your Food Fooling You?
[2013-01-07 12:00:00] What does junk food do to our bodies and our brains? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. David A. Kessler, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and author of “Your Food Is Fooling You: How Your Brain Is Hijacked by Sugar, Fat, and Salt” (Roaring Brook Press, 2012).
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The Often-Interrupted History Of Afghanistan
[2012-12-19 13:00:00] What’s the real story of the Afghan people – their culture, dreams, and the lives they’ve lived in spite of the repeated military incursions of other countries, including the Soviet Union and the United States? We’ll talk this hour with Tamim Ansary, whose new book is “Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan” (PublicAffairs, 2012).
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Fostering A Pedestrian-Friendly Urban World
[2012-12-19 12:00:00] How could the creation of more pedestrian-friendly urban environments help American cities thrive and grow in the 21st Century? We’ll talk this hour with urban planner Jeff Speck, author of the new book “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012).
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American Indian Activists And The Place They Made
[2012-12-19 13:00:00]What legacy is left for Native Americans after over two hundred years of struggle for rights and status in a country largely stolen from them? We’ll talk this hour with Frederick E. Hoxie, Swanlund Professor of History, Law, and American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and author of the new book “This Indian Country: American Indian Activists and the Place They Made” (The Penguin Press, 2012).
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The Girl Who Fell To Earth
[2012-12-19 12:00:00] What’s it like to grow up shuttling between two cultures? We’ll find out this hour with artist, writer, and filmmaker Sophia Al-Maria, who spent her childhood in both Washington State where her mother lived, and Qatar, where the Arab side of her family lived. Al-Maria’s new book is “The Girl Who Fell to Earth: A Memoir” (Harper Perennial, 2012).
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The Story of a Marriage
[2012-12-18 13:00:00] What happens when a long and love-filled partnership falls apart? We’ll talk this hour with author and journalist Alexandra Fuller, who tells the story of her own relationship’s end in the new memoir “Falling: The Story of a Marriage” (Byliner Inc., 2012).
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The Fiscal Cliff?
[2012-12-18 12:00:00] What will really happen on January 1st if President Obama and Congress aren’t able to work out a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff? We’ll discuss the impasse and the potential consequences this hour with James Galbraith, the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government at the University of Texas.
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Kids, Cops, And Confessions
[2012-12-17 13:00:00] What actually happens when police question juveniles and should the interrogation techniques differ from those used with adult suspects? We’ll talk this hour with Barry C. Feld, Centennial Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and author of the new book “Kids, Cops, and Confessions: Inside the Interrogation Room” (NYU Press, 2012).
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Astronomy In 2012
[2012-12-17 12:00:00] How did astronomy make the news in 2012? We’ll discuss the Curiosity mission on Mars, the newly-discovered earth-sized planet orbiting Alpha Centauri, and a whole lot more this hour with one of our favorite astronomers – Ken Croswell, Ph.D.
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Vegan Eats
[2012-12-13 13:00:00] If you don’t eat meat and you don’t eat dairy, what is there left to eat? We’ll explore the rapidly growing universe of plant-based diet options this hour with Terry Hope Romero, whose new cookbook is “Vegan Eats World: 300 International Recipes for Savoring the Planet” (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2012).
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The Writer's Path
[2012-12-13 12:00:00] What’s the best way to approach writing, and how do successful writers get started? We’ll discuss the process this hour with J. Suzanne Frank, novelist and director of The Writer’s Path, a creative writing program at the SMU Simmons School of Education & Human Development. We’ll also be joined by Daniel Hale a writer and instructor for the program and Kay Honeyman, a recent participant whose novel, “The Fire Horse Girl” (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2013), will be published...
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A Second Chance At Education
[2012-12-12 13:00:00] What can be done to make higher education available to everyone and how can we learn from the experiences of nontraditional students? As part of KERA’s North Texas American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk this hour with Mike Rose, professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and author of “Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves A Second Chance at Education” (The New Press, 2012).
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Against Fairness
[2012-12-12 12:00:00] Should the world be a fair place, where everyone gets a chance or would things be better if we showed our natural tendencies toward selfishness? We’ll talk this hour with Stephen T. Asma, Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Humanities at Columbia College Chicago. His new book is “Against Fairness” (University Of Chicago Press, 2012). p>
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How One Apostle Transformed Christianity
[2012-12-11 13:00:00] How did the man we know as St. Paul shape the Christian religion we recognize today? We’ll talk this hour with James Tabor, chair of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and author of “Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity” (Simon & Schuster, 2012).
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Origins of Anxiety and Depression
[2012-12-11 12:00:00] How could our psychological disorders be the result of biologically evolved social instincts? We’ll find out this hour with Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and author of the new book “Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression” (Oxford University Press, USA, 2012).
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
[2012-12-10 13:00:00] From the archive: What’s the best way to rear children? Every parent wants to do best by their kids, but whose method is correct and who should decide? Our guest this hour, Yale law professor Amy Chua, ignited a firestorm of debate with the release of her book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” We spent an hour with Chua last February. Her book is now out in paperback.
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Money, Politics, and Corruption
[2012-12-10 12:00:00] From the archive: Is there any practical way to mitigate the influence of money on American politics? We talked in January with Lawrence Lessig, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University and author of the book “Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress–and a Plan to Stop It” (Twelve, 2011).
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A Christmas Carol
[2012-12-06 13:00:00] What can we learn about Victorian life and history from an evening at the theater or a contemporaneous work of fiction and what goes into staging such a production? We’ll discuss Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” this hour with Joel Ferrell, Associate Artistic Director at the Dallas Theater Center and Director of the play, Beth Newman, Associate Professor of English at SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences, and Chamblee Ferguson, who plays Ebenezer Scrooge in...
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The Way We Cook
[2012-12-06 12:00:00] How do the different ways we cook around the world define our separate traditions and cultures while also drawing us together as people? We’ll talk this hour with James Oseland, editor-in-chief of SAVEUR and author of the new book “The Way We Cook: Portraits of Home Cooks Around the World” (Weldon Owen, 2012).
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The Introvert's Way
[2012-12-05 13:00:00] How can introverts survive the clamoring world in which we live? We’ll spend this hour with writer and journalist Sophia Dembling who has a few ideas – especially as we enter the busy holiday season. Dembling writes The Introvert’s Corner blog for Psychology Today and her new book is “The Introvert’s Way” (Perigree, 2012).
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An Eagle Scout's View
[2012-12-05 12:00:00] Why would an Eagle Scout father decide not to enroll his own son in the organization he loved as a young man? We’ll talk this hour with Brian Sweany, a senior executive editor at Texas Monthly magazine. His “Behind the Lines” op-ed, “Scout’s Dishonor,” appears in the current issue of the magazine.
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An Atlantic Odyssey Of Slavery And Freedom
[2012-12-04 13:00:00] How did a small group of slaves destined for a brutal life of servitude in 1839 re-gain their freedom? We’ll find out this hour with Marcus Rediker, Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and author of the new book “The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom” (Viking, 2012).
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Our Energy Future
[2012-12-04 12:00:00] How will we transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy and is such a move even possible? We’ll spend this hour with filmmaker Harry Lynch who examines the opportunities and the challenges in his new film “Switch,” which screens this evening at the Landmark Magnolia Theater in Dallas.
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Our Energy Future
[2012-12-04 12:00:00] How will we transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy and is such a move even possible? We’ll spend this hour with filmmaker Harry Lynch who examines the opportunities and the challenges in his new film “Switch,” which screens this evening at the Landmark Magnolia Theater in Dallas.
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An Atlantic Odyssey Of Slavery And Freedom
[2012-12-04 13:00:00] How did a small group of slaves destined for a brutal life of servitude in 1839 re-gain their freedom? We’ll find out this hour with Marcus Rediker, Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and author of the new book “The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom” (Viking, 2012).
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Living Poor In America
[2012-12-03 13:00:00] How is it possible that hard-working people with steady jobs are still barely getting by and what can be done improve their opportunities and lives? We’ll talk this hour with David K. Shipler, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of “The Working Poor: Invisible in America” (Vintage, Paperback, 2005). Shipler will be in town to address the Community Financial Stability Summit, sponsored by United Way of Metropolitan Dallas this week.
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Circumnavigation From Magellan To Orbit
[2012-12-03 12:00:00] What first inspired humans to travel all the way around the earth and how does the history of such exploration still inspire us today? We’ll talk this hour with Joyce Chaplin, the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University and author of the new book “Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit” (Simon & Schuster, 2012).
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Sustainable Design For Everyone?
[2012-11-29 13:00:00] Are sustainable design practices gaining ground and what will it take for energy-efficient design to reach a broader market? We’ll spend this hour with Michael Lehrer, FAIA, Principal at Lehrer Architects and designer of the first the first LEED Platinum museum in the world. He’ll address the Dallas Architecture Forum this evening.
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Holiday Movies
[2012-11-29 12:00:00] What are the hot holiday movies this season? Which ones have you already seen and what did you think? We’ll get the picks and pans of this year’s crop of films with Stephen Becker of KERA’s Art&Seek and Chris Vognar of The Dallas Morning News, co-hosts of The Big Screen weekly podcast.
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The Original Tom Sawyer
[2012-11-28 13:00:00] Who was the namesake of Mark Twain’s famous character Tom Sawyer and what was his life like in the San Francisco of the 1850s and 1860s? We’ll find out this hour with writer Robert Graysmith, who tells the story in his new book “Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer–and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco” (Crown, 2012).
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How The Mind Makes Meaning
[2012-11-28 12:00:00] How do our minds make sense of the world around us and how might the different ways our brains work lead to new understandings of language, psychology, and neuroscience? We’ll talk this hour with Benjamin Bergen, associate professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego and author of the new book “Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning” (Basic Books, 2012).
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Kid's Media Today
[2012-11-27 13:00:00] How can parents navigate the ever-widening array of digital entertainment and educational choices for their kids and what factors are important when choosing games, apps, and e-books for children? We’ll talk this hour with Lesli Rotenberg, PBS Senior Vice President of Children’s Media. Rotenberg will speak at TEDxSMU this weekend.
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The Nature Of The Heart
[2012-11-27 12:00:00] What makes falling in love so attractive that many of us do it again and again? We’ll examine the nature of the heart this hour with Davy Rothbart, writer and creator of Found Magazine. His new book is “My Heart is an Idiot: Essays” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012). Rothbart will speak this evening at the Texas Theatre.
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The U.S.-Mexican War
[2012-11-26 13:00:00] What events precipitated the U.S.-Mexican War and how did the conflict influence our young country? We’ll look back this hour with Amy Greenberg, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Penn State University and author of the new book “A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico” (Knopf, 2012).
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Penn Jillette, Atheism, And The Holidays
[2012-11-26 12:00:00] What do the holidays really mean and why do most of us only celebrate certain days as holidays? We’ll talk this hour with magician, actor, and author Penn Jillette who believes that we should celebrate every day like it’s a holiday. His new book is “Every Day is an Atheist Holiday!” (Blue Rider Press, 2012).
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Thomas Jefferson And Power
[2012-11-21 13:00:00] How did Thomas Jefferson manage to inspire his colleagues to action, learn from his failures, and still succeed and what can we glean from his methods today? We’ll talk this hour with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham. His new book is “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” (Random House, 2012).
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Reinventing Nature And Ourselves
[2012-11-21 12:00:00] What will happen when we’re able to alter the genetic code of plants, animals, and even ourselves to outsmart diseases, reduce waste, and create new sources of energy? According to our guest this hour, we’re already there. We’ll talk with George Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Director of PersonalGenomes.org, and co-author of the new book “Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves” (Basic Books, 2012).
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Texas Women Throughout Lone Star History
[2012-11-20 13:00:00] Which Texan women broke gender and racial barriers to run big ranches, lead towns, direct large banks, and ultimately change history? We’ll find out this hour with seventh-generation Texan storyteller and journalist Carmen Goldthwaite, author of the new book “Texas Dames: Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History” (The History Press, 2012).
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Leonardo Versus Michelangelo
[2012-11-20 12:00:00] How did a 16th Century artistic rivalry help fuel the Renaissance? We’ll talk this hour with Jonathan Jones, art critic for The Guardian and author of the new book “The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the Artistic Duel That Defined the Renaissance” (Knopf, 2012).
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Oddly Normal
[2012-11-19 13:00:00] What can parents do to help their kids be comfortable with their identities as they come of age? We’ll talk this hour with journalist John Schwartz who tells his family’s story in the new book “Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality” (Gotham, 2012).
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Resetting Your Inner Clock
[2012-11-19 12:00:00] How do circadian rhythms and our exposure to light and dark influence both the quality of our sleep and resulting moods? We’ll find out this hour with Michael Terman, PhD., Director of the Center for Light Treatments and Biological Rhythms at Columbia University Medical Center and co-author of the new book “Chronotherapy: Resetting Your Inner Clock to Boost Mood, Alertness, and Quality Sleep” (Avery, 2012).
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The Simpsons, Satire, And American Culture
[2012-11-15 13:00:00]Can we learn about our culture and society from watching television shows like The Simpsons? We’ll examine the “culture wars” through the lens of the long-running and very popular animated series this hour with Matthew A. Henry, professor of English and Cultural Studies at Richland College and author of “The Simpsons, Satire, and American Culture” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
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Life And Death In Delhi
[2012-11-15 12:00:00]What is life like in the thrumming cities of India and what actual opportunities exist for people to make a living there? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Aman Sethi, who portrays the challenges of urban life in his country in the new book “A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi” (W. W. Norton & Company, 2012).
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President Obama's Press Conference
[2012-11-13 12:00:00]Think will be largely pre-empted by President Obama’s press conference today, but we will take your calls and emails live for a few minutes beginning at noon. Tell us what you want to hear from the President and which issues you think are most important during the lame-duck session of congress. After the press conference concludes we’ll talk with UTA Political Science professor Allan Saxe.
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Living with Guns in America
[2012-11-13 13:00:00] How did gun ownership become such a hot-button issue in America? How does the Second Amendment apply to today’s gun rights debate? Is there a way forward that would satisfy both gun control advocates and gun enthusiasts, and most importantly – help curb gun violence? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Craig R. Whitney, author of the new book “Living with Guns: A Liberal’s Case for the Second Amendment” (PublicAffairs, 2012).
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Planning A Dignified Death
[2012-11-13 12:00:00] How are terminally ill Americans planning their own dignified deaths – often with help and usually in quiet defiance of laws that prohibit it? We’ll talk this hour with filmmakers Miri Navasky and Karen O’Connor. Their new film “The Suicide Plan” will air on the PBS series FRONTLINE this evening.
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Meet Paul C?zanne
[2012-11-12 13:00:00] Who was Paul Czanne and how did his dedication to revolutionary principles propel the world of art forward during his life and after his death? We’ll spend the hour with biographer Alex Danchev, author of the new book “Czanne: A Life” (Pantheon, 2012). Danchev will address the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live series this evening in the Museum’s Horchow Auditorium.
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The Takeaway
[2012-11-12 12:00:00] Where’s the news media headed in 2013 and why does radio journalism still have such staying power in a world of digital, web, and other forms of distribution? We’ll talk with veteran and award-winning journalist John Hockenberry this hour. His show, The Takeaway, makes its KERA debut this week.
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Cuba's New Now
[2012-11-08 13:00:00] What has changed in Cuba since Fidel Castro ostensibly stepped away from power and are the changes happening fast enough for the Cuban people? We’ll talk this hour with National Geographic Magazine contributor Cynthia Gorney, whose story “Cuba’s New Now” appears in the current issue of the magazine.
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Recovering from Moral Injury after War
[2012-11-08 12:00:00] What can be done to help combat veterans recover from moral injury, including potential feelings of shame, grief, meaninglessness, and remorse? We’ll spend this hour with Rita Nakashima Brock, co-author of “Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War” (Beacon Press, 2012) and co-director of the Brite Divinity School’s new Soul Repair Center at TCU. We’ll also be joined by Chaplain (Col.) Herman Keizer, Jr. U.S. Army (ret.), founding co-director of the Soul...
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President Obama's Second Term
[2012-11-07 13:00:00] Now that the election is over, what are the next steps for President Obama and what challenges will he face in dealing with Congress for the rest of this year and beyond? We’ll analyze the results of yesterday’s election this hour with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, associate professor of political science at the University of North Texas and Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, professor of political science at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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