Who was Harriet Tubman? She was an escaped slave, lumberjack, laundress, raid leader, nurse, fund-raiser, cook, abolitionist, intelligence agent, and most-famously -Underground Railroad organizer. We’ll remember Tubman this hour with biographer, Beverly Lowry, author of the new book “Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life” (Doubleday, 2007).
Your employer sets the goals, work hours, and even dress code for the office environment. But how much control should companies have over your freedom of speech? Vanderbilt University Professor Bruce Barry will join us this hour to explore the issue and his new book “Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace” […]
You know Steve Buscemi, right? Even if you don’t recognize the name, you’ve probably seen one of his films. Buscemi has appeared in scores of films and television shows in his twenty-plus year career as an actor. He’s also a director and his latest project “Interview” opens at theaters next month. We’ll discuss the film […]
Transportation is a big issue in North Texas. How will the region handle the expected growth of the next few years? How will changes affect you? We’ll talk with Gordon Dickson, Transportation Writer for the Star-Telegram and Shelley Kofler, KERA News Director.Malcolm Warner, Deputy Director of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, will join […]
The Dallas Mayor’s Race will end in a run-off election this Saturday. What are the Oakley and Leppert campaigns doing in the final days to push their candidates over the top and are the strategies working? We’ll discuss the election and possible outcomes this hour with KERA Reporter Bill Zeeble, Gromer Jeffers, Jr. of the […]
Imagine coming to a new country, helping to build important infrastructure and provide necessary economic services in that country only to endure extreme prejudice and ethnically motivated violence. University of Delaware Professor Jean Pfaelzer recounts the injustices perpetrated against one ethnic group in her new book “Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans” (Random […]
Everyone wants to do a good job, but doctors are under constant pressure to perform perfectly. Dr. Atul Gawande knows first hand what it’s like to work under stressful conditions. The 2006 MacArthur Fellow and general surgeon at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston is the author of “Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance” […]
Does Dallas face an affordable housing crisis? According to a recent Dallas Morning News series, the pressures of development and redevelopment (among others) are forcing lower-income residents out. We’ll discuss the situation this hour with David Dillon and David Tarrant of the Dallas Morning News.
What can be learned about the stock market by following a single company for one year? We’ll spend this hour with Karen Blumenthal who did just that for her new book “Grande Expectations: A Year in the Life of Starbucks’ Stock” (Crown Business, 2007).
What does the Farm Bill mean for you? Plenty – according to food and environmental writer Daniel Imhoff. We’ll examine how the $90 billion bill which is up for renewal this year will affect what you eat, and what it will cost, and how it is grown. Imhoff is the author of “FOODFIGHT: A Citizens […]
