For most of the 20th Century, the traditional camera and the roll of film were ubiquitous household items. Not anymore. The rise of digital photography has spurred some to look back at the snapshot and what it offered as art. We’ll explore that idea this hour with John Rohrbach, Senior Curator of Photographs at the […]
Where did the Civil Rights Movement really get started? According to Yale Historian Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, we have to look back to the early struggles against Jim Crow in the 1920s and 30s to find the roots of American social justice. She’ll join us this hour to discuss “Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil […]
How are art and science related? We’ll talk this hour with interdisciplinary expert Lynn Gamwell who’s in town for a series of lectures. Gamwell’s work as both a museum director and science professor give her special insight into the relationships between seemingly disparate fields of study. She explores these ideas in her book “Exploring the […]
Beginning Sunday, North Texans will have the rare chance to view one of the largest and most comprehensive artistic retrospectives ever seen in the United States as the Dallas Museum of Art opens “J. M. W. Turner.” We’ll discuss the exhibit and the artist this evening with Dorothy Kosinski, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture […]
What are the Grammy Awards all about this year? We’ll discuss the 50th anniversary of the Grammys, which will be handed out Sunday, and the history of the award this hour with Thor Christensen, Pop Music Critic for the Dallas Morning News.
How much could an average global temperature rise of six degrees really change things? The National Geographic Channel will give us a preview with the world premiere of “Six Degrees Could Change the World” at 7pm CT this Sunday (February 10th). We’ll spend this hour with the program’s host, Mark Lynas, a National Geographic Emerging […]
According to the American Heart Association, coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for American women. We’ll discuss women’s health this hour with Dr. Cara East, Director of the Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center at Baylor University Medical Center and Dr. Robert Hebeler, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Baylor. The free Sister to Sister National […]
Think will be pre-empted this hour by special NPR coverage of the Super Tuesday Primaries.
Where did the Civil Rights Movement begin? Where did it end? Charles E. Cobb, Jr. will take us on a trip to the places in-between this hour. His new book is “On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail” (Algonquin Paperbacks, 2008).
What does it take to run a presidential campaign? What’s left when the run, either successful or not, is over? We’ll spend this hour with Jordan M. Wright, whose new book is “Campaigning for President: Memorabilia from the Nation’s Finest Private Collection” (Smithsonian Books, 2008).
