Can landscape architecture and urban design create public spaces that meet the needs of a diverse population? We’ll explore the possibilities this hour with Karen Walz, Project Manager for Vision North Texas and Don Gatzke, Dean of UTA’s School of Architecture.
Why are people rude and what’s the best way to stop the cycle of bad social behavior? We’ll talk this hour with P.M. Forni, professor of Italian Literature at Johns Hopkins University and author of “The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude” (St. Martin’s Press, 2008).
How does one’s memory color history? What if that personal history took place in pre-revolutionary Iran? We’ll spend this hour with bestselling author Azar Nafisi, who gained international acclaim in 2003 with “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books.” Her new book is “Things I’ve Been Silent About: Memories” (Random House, 2008).
Did the Supreme Court fail to protect civil liberties and rights under Chief Justice William Rehnquist? Contributors to the new anthology “We Dissent: Talking Back to the Rehnquist Court” (NYU Press, 2008) think so. We’ll spend the hour with Suffolk University Law Professor Michael Avery, who edited the collection.
Was the man who led the Manhattan Project really a security risk? Why did the U.S. Government lose faith in him in the years after World War II? We’ll talk this hour with acclaimed filmmaker David Grubin, whose new film “The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer” airs on PBS’ American Experience tonight. You can see […]
The election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States is a landmark moment in American history. Many have called it the start of a new era in American politics, including our guest this hour, PBS correspondent Gwen Ifill. She’ll join us to discuss the new political landscape and her new book […]
For many Americans, one of the biggest day-to-day challenges is access to affordable housing. We’ll discuss the issue and explore solutions this evening with former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and current Executive Chairman of Cityview, Henry Cisneros. Cisneros is in town to deliver the keynote address at the North Texas Housing Coalition’s […]
Who really pays for the multi-million dollar election campaigns that send our Representatives and Senators to Washington? We’ll talk this hour with veteran Washington Post reporter Robert G. Kaiser, who writes about the issue in his new book “So Much Damn Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government” (Knopf, 2009).
Exactly how powerful is music? We listen for entertainment and enjoyment, but can music actually heal? We’ll spend this hour with Barbara L Bastable, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts.
How should the U.S. Government face the current economic crisis and is there a way for the Obama Administration to get it right? In the current Mother Jones Magazine cover story, “Fiscal Therapy,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston offers a 14-part prescription for getting the economy back on its feet. We’ll talk with him […]
