What’s it really like in Afghanistan? We’ll find out this hour with North Texas filmmaker Naeem Randhawa who has just returned from two months in Kabul and blogged about the experience while he was there. His 2006 film was “American Ramadan.”
Almost everyone agrees that global warming is a reality. And as evidenced by recent news, some nations, including the U.S. and Canada, aren’t waiting around to stake their claim on the soon-to-be formerly frozen North and the resources that may lie beneath it. Journalist McKenzie Funk, covers the story in the September issue of Harper’s […]
Two years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and turned countless Americans into refugees in their own country. Many have returned, many have moved on, and many are still waiting for their lives to begin again. We’ll discuss the continuing aftermath of Katrina this hour with documentarian Ginny Martin and former New Orleans resident […]
Ten years ago this week, Princess Diana was killed in a Paris auto accident that stunned the world. But who was Diana and what were the circumstances of her rise to international acclaim as the Princess of Wales? Journalist and legendary editor Tina Brown will join us this hour to discuss her account of Diana’s […]
According to Tim Weiner, “War is the ultimate intelligence failure.” So begins his article “How to Make a Spy” in the current issue of Foreign Policy Magazine. Weiner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and author of the new book “Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA” (Doubleday, 2007) will join us this […]
What is a Quincea??era? It’s the fifteenth birthday party for a Latina girl and it’s rapidly becoming a national phenomenon in the United States. We’ll discuss the cultural significance of the event this hour with bestselling author Julia Alvarez, who’s new book is “Once Upon a Quincea??era: Coming of Age in the USA” (Viking, 2007).
The Tuskegee Airmen enlisted during World War II to become America’s first black airmen. They went on to serve heroically and valiantly overseas in spite of a segregated military system and discriminatory social environment back home. We’ll talk this evening with two of the original Tuskegee Airmen, Lt. Calvin J. Spann and Colonel Charles McGee.Ron […]
What was life like for the elite in ancient Rome? Greek and Roman art historian Dr. John Clarke will deliver the lecture “Reconstructing Life in Ancient Roman Villas: Study and Excavation at the Villa of Oplontis near Pompeii” as part of the Boshell Family Lecture Series on Archeology at the Dallas Museum of Art at […]
Jim Burnett’s 30-year career as a National Park Service Ranger spanned the country, culminating as Chief Ranger at Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia. Along the way, he had the opportunity to live and work at eight of the most unique places in America and to collect some great and very funny stories about life […]
How are the responsibilities of journalists changing in our fast-paced 24-hour news cycle world? We’ll explore the issue this hour with Neil Henry, Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at U.C. Berkeley and author of “American Carnival: Journalism Under Siege in an Age of New Media” (California, 2007).
