Visual Literacy
May 16, 2008What does it mean to be visually literate? We’ll preview the University of North Texas International Conference on Critical Literacy in Visual Culture this evening with Professor Keith Owens and Professor Michael Gibson.
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The Israelis
May 15, 2008Who are the Israelis? In honor of this month’s 60th Anniversary of the Founding of Israel we’ll spend this hour with journalist Donna Rosenthal. Her recently revised book is “The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land” (Free Press, Paperback, 2008).
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Public Architecture and Dallas
May 15, 2008Have you seen the Dallas arts district lately? The skyline of Dallas is changing. We’ll spend this hour with one of the architects of that change, Pritzker Prize-winner and designer of the new Victory Park Museum of Nature and Science facility, Thom Mayne. He’ll address the Nasher Salon Series this evening.
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War and The Soldiers Who Fight
May 14, 2008What does a soldier do when their war is over? We’ll spend this hour with former CENTCOM Commander, retired U.S. Army General John Abizaid. Currently a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, General Abizaid is in town to support the efforts of the Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment (TRIAD) Fund.
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Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo
May 14, 2008What has the last decade really been like in the Congo? Former Associated Press reporter Bryan Mealer knows. His search for the roots of Congolese conflict and for any flicker of hope appears in his new book “All Things Must Fight To Live: Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo” (Bloomsbury, 2008). Mealer will join […]
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Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias
May 13, 2008What’s your idea of the perfect retirement – a flawless neighborhood? Golf everyday? Writer Andrew Blechman tours the “geritopias” of Florida and Arizona for his new book “Leisureville: Adventures in America’s Retirement Utopias” (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008). He’ll join us for the hour.
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Habits to Spark Your Creative Genius at Work
May 13, 2008Do you feel like you’re stuck in a rut? If spring isn’t working as a wake-up call, perhaps creativity and innovation experts Andrew Pek and Jeanine McGlade can help. They’ll join us this hour to discuss their new book “STIMULATED! Habits to Spark Your Creative Genius at Work” (Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2008).
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The 1996 Tragedy on Mount Everest
May 12, 2008Remember the Mount Everest tragedy of May, 1996? Our guest this hour, filmmaker and climber David Breashears, was there. We’ll find out what the survivors have to say over a decade later as we preview his film “Storm Over Everest” which airs on PBS’ FRONTLINE tomorrow evening.
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The Children of Huang Shi
May 12, 2008What does it take to save children from war? We’ll talk this hour with Roger Spottiswoode, director of the 2007 film “Shake Hands with the Devil.” His new film, “The Children of Huang Shi,” is based on a true story of war-torn, 1930s China. It opens next month.
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The Global Power Elite
May 9, 2008Who really runs the world? We’ll talk this evening with David Rothkopf, visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of the new book “Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008).
