What was the impact of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on ordinary Americans? We’ll talk to PBS News Hour commentator and noted historian Ellen Fitzpatrick, who combed through condolence letters to Jacqueline Kennedy. Her book “Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation” is the culmination of that research. Could Texas’ next big music festival […]
Is there an obesity epidemic among the nation’s youth? We’ll talk this hour with clinical sports psychologist Dr. Daniel Kirschenbaum who’ll give the lecture “The Many Advantages of Treating Overweight Teens as Athletes, Not Addicts,” at TCU’s Green Honors Chair program this evening.
What constitutes intelligence and what’s the best way to measure it? We’ll learn about the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence this hour with renowned psychologist Dr. Robert J. Sternberg. He’ll deliver the lecture “Creativity is a Decision” at tonight’s installment of the UT Dallas “Creativity in a Technological Era” lecture series.
What is life like for young Mexican women who have spent most of their lives in the United States? Journalist Helen Thorpe pull back the curtain in her new book “Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America” (Scribner, 2009). We’ll talk with Thorpe this hour.
How are the U.S. and Mexico working together to manage the current economic crisis and other issues? How will the relationship fare in the future? We’ll spend this hour with Ambassador Juan Carlos Cue-Vega, Consul General at the Consulate General of Mexico. He speaks to the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth tomorrow evening.
Is Dallas’ “next big thing” south of the Trinity? Our guests this hour think so. With a nod to Jim Schutze’s recent Dallas Observer article, we’ll get the inside scoop on the Oak Cliff Renaissance from Jason Roberts, president of the Oak Cliff Transit Authority and co-founder of Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, Mariana Griggs, who […]
What caused the sleeping sickness epidemic of the 1920’s and could it happen again? We’ll find out this hour with science journalist Molly Caldwell Crosby whose new book is “Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine’s Greatest Mysteries” (Berkley, 2010).
What was the study of science like before the 19th Century and how did the Romantic Period lay the groundwork for our scientific understanding today? We’ll talk this hour with Richard Holmes, author of “The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science” (Vintage, Paperback, 2010).
How important is the element of choice in our lives? We’ll spend this hour with Sheena Iyengar, the S.T. Lee Professor of Business at Columbia University and author of the new book “The Art of Choosing” (Twelve, 2010).
How did Texas become such a big deal in national politics? We’ll spend this hour with historians Michael Phillips and Patrick L. Cox. Their new book is “The House Will Come to Order: How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics” (UT Press, 2010).
