What does it take to turn underserved, inner-city neighborhoods around? We’ll talk this hour with Paul Tough, editor at the New York Times Magazine and author of the book “Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008).
What are things really like in Iran and how should the West deal with a potentially nuclear regime in Tehran? What do Iranians think? We’ll get an informed perspective this evening with “Lipstick Jihad” author Azadeh Moaveni, whose new book is “Honeymoon in Tehran” (Random House, 2009). The National Inventors Hall of Fame recently celebrated […]
How does your mind think, remember, learn, create and do all the other things it does simultaneously? We’ll explore the workings of human intellect this hour with one of the world’s 50 living autistic savants, Daniel Tammet. His new book is “Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind” (Free Press, […]
Which of your favorite films and actors will win Oscars this year? We’ll find out when the 81st Annual Academy Awards are held on Sunday, February 22nd. We’ll preview the ceremony this hour with Arnold Wayne Jones of the Dallas Voice, Stephen Becker of KERA’s Art and Seek and Christopher Kelly of the Fort Worth […]
How will the world react to new American leadership after eight years of the Bush Administration? We’ll discuss the situation this hour with Thomas P. M. Barnett author of the new book “Great Powers: America and the World after Bush” (Putnam, 2009).
How does the Daily Show’s “senior black correspondent” view the Obama election and other significant events of the New Year? We’ll talk this hour with humorist Larry Wilmore whose new book is “I’d Rather We Got Casinos, and Other Black Thoughts” (Hyperion, 2009).
How is the economic downturn affecting Texas and what does the future hold? Kathleen Cooper, Senior Fellow at SMU’s Tower Center, Mine Yucel, Senior Economist and Vice President at the Federal Reserve of Dallas and William Wallace, Adjunct Professor of Economics at UNT will join us to preview their Thursday panel discussion at the Dallas […]
What does astrophysics mean to you? We’ll discuss life, the universe and everything else this hour with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, who’ll speak to UTA’s Maverick Speakers Series tonight and Bishop Dunne Catholic School’s 2009 GeoTech Conference next month.
It’s popular political fodder on both sides of the aisle, but what exactly is the Reagan legacy and how does it impact politics today? We’ll spend this hour with journalist Will Bunch, whose new book is “Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future” (Free Press, 2009).
With trends in eco-cuisine and a simultaneous resurgence of comfort food, where is the culinary industry headed these days? We’ll talk this hour with Amy Albert, Senior Associate Editor of Bon App??tit. She’s in town to judge in this year’s Dallas Morning News Wine Competition which takes place this week. Winning wines will be featured […]
