What does Soul Music mean to you? We’ll talk with documentarian Jeffrey Levy-Hinte whose new film “Soul Power” looks back at the 1974 music festival in Zaire which featured BB King, Celia Cruz, James Brown, Bill Withers and others.
Will Western society every truly understand the complexities of Africa? We’ll talk this hour with Richard Dowden, director of the Royal African Society and author of the new book “Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles” (Public Affairs, 2009).
What roles did corruption, irresponsibility and duplicity play in causing the current economic crisis? We’ll talk with Rushworth M. Kidder, President and Founder of the Institute for Global Ethics which has just published his book “The Ethics Recession: Reflections on the Moral Underpinnings of the Current Economic Crisis” (2009).
What happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the legendary Amazonian Lost City of Z? Our guest his hour, New Yorker staff writer David Grann, looked into the story and became a bit enthralled by the mystery himself. His new book is “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession […]
Will the Dalai Lama ever be able to return to Tibet? Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan leader’s exile from his homeland. We’ll talk this hour with writer Pico Iyer, whose book “The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama” is now out in paperback.
How is theater changing with the times and the new century? We’ll talk with playwright Itamar Moses, whose play “Back Back Back” runs at the Dallas Theater Center through April, 5th. Nancy E. Edwards, Curator of European Art at the Kimbell Art Museum will join us during the Scene segment to preview the exhibit “Art […]
What makes a politician a leader for the ages? We’ll examine the life of one such leader – one highly respected on both sides of the aisle – this hour as we talk with Peter S. Canellos, editor of The Boston Globe’s new biography “Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy” (Simon and […]
Why do some of us hate our bodies and why is the problem spreading around the world? We’ll spend the hour with Susie Orbach, co-founder of the Women’s Therapy Centre in London and New York and author of the new book “Bodies” (Picador Paperback Original, 2009).
Who is left to tell the story when a group of people are wiped out by violence? We’ll talk this hour with Samuel D. Kassow, the Charles Northam Professor of History at Trinity College and author of “Who will write our history? Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto” (Vintage, 2009).
What can one learn if they read every book, chapter, and verse of The Bible? We’ll spend the hour with Slate editor David Plotz, whose new book is “Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible” (Harper, 2009).
