Is renewable energy really a possibility or just another dream at the end of the oil pipeline? We’ll explore the challenges and possible solutions to the world’s looming energy crisis this hour with journalist Robert Bryce. His new book is “Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future” (Public […]
How did our country managed to develop from a largely agrarian society at the end of the 19th Century to a competitive power in space by the mid-20th Century? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. David Peters, McDonnell Douglas Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He’ll deliver the […]
What is the future of biotech and what role are Texas institutions playing in healthcare innovation? We’ll spend this hour with Dr. Brett Giroir, Vice Chancellor for Research at Texas A&M University.
How do sibling rivalries, established early in childhood, affect our adult lives and relationships? We’ll explore the issue this hour with Jane Isay, author of “Mom Still Likes You Best: The Unfinished Business Between Siblings” (Doubleday, 2010).
We probably all take it for granted, but just how tenuous is our planet’s water supply and how will water influence our future? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Steven Solomon whose new book is “Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization” (Harper, 2010). Solomon speaks to the World Affairs Council of Dallas […]
What is the real story behind the myth of Custer’s last battle? We’ll find out this hour with acclaimed historian and writer Nathaniel Philbrick, whose new book on the subject is “The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn” (Viking, 2010).
Fifty years ago this month the FDA approved the birth control pill. How did it change the world? We’ll look back this hour with historian Elaine Tyler May, author of the new book “America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation” (Basic Books, 2010).
Publisher and CEO Jim Moroney says The Dallas Morning News is waging a battle on two fronts – the loss of revenue combined with growing demands from the digital world.
When you need advice, to whom do you turn? Would you prefer a close friend or a complete stranger? We’ll explore the world and day-to-day process of the modern-day advice columnist this hour with Slate’s “Dear Prudence” writer Emily Yoffe.
How would you survive and escape if your country was wracked by violence and war? We’ll hear one such story this hour with CBS News correspondent Don Teague and former NBC News translator in Iraq, Rafraf Barrak. Their new book is “Saved by Her Enemy: An Iraqi woman’s journey from the heart of war to […]
