Is adventure dead? Not according to people like John Haslett. In 1995, Haslett attempted to re-create Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki expedition from South America to Hawaii. He ended up engaged in a five-year quest that was more a struggle for survival than anything else. His book “Voyage of the Mante??o: The Education of a Modern-Day Explorer” […]
It’s tornado season. Are you prepared? We’ll talk this hour with author Nancy Mathis. Her new book “Storm Warning: The Story of a Killer Tornado” (Touchstone, 2007) looks back at the May 3rd, 1999 tornado that struck Oklahoma City. We’ll also be joined by Kristine Kahanek, chief meteorologist for CBS 11 news.
Where are the U.S. and Texas education systems headed? We’ll discuss the state of education today this hour with Dr. Jim Davis, the acting secretary’s regional representative of the United States Secretary of Education and Terry Ford, Executive Director of the East Dallas Community Schools.
There’s a new D.A. in town and the Dallas County justice system is changing. We talked with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins last month. Art Critic and SMU Professor Charissa Terranova joined us in the Scene segment to talk about art collecting, collectivity, and the Dallas art scene. This program originally aired on April […]
How do you decide how you’ll raise your kids? Will you take your parents’ advice? What about friends and what you’ve seen in the media? We’ll explore the issues that parents face today with family therapist Michael Gurian, author of “Nurture the Nature: Understanding Your Child’s Unique Core Personality” (Jossey-Bass, 2007).
Last Saturday’s Election reduced the number of Dallas Mayoral hopefuls to two who’ll compete in a run-off on June 16th. We’ll hear from candidates Tom Leppert and Ed Oakley this hour in an order determined by a coin toss.
Is there something wrong with religion? Our guest this hour, famous contrarian and “devout atheist” Christopher Hitchens thinks so. The contributing editor to Vanity Fair, who has been called “one of the most brilliant journalists of our time” by the London Observer, has just published his latest book “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons […]
Imagine… you’re riding in a tank covering Iraq as a journalist and suddenly, without any warning an IED explodes, causing a traumatic brain injury that nearly kills you. Now imagine getting the word back home that this has happened to your spouse. We’ll spend this hour with Lee and Bob Woodruff who experienced this tragedy […]
What conditions lead to elder abuse and how can they be mitigated? We’ll talk this hour with Attorney Rosemary Redmond and journalist Lee Hancock who has covered the topic for the Dallas Morning News. Redmond and Hancock will participate in the Dallas County Elder Abuse Coalition’s “Steps To Protect: Financial Exploitation and The Elderly” Conference […]
As Santayana said, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” So it often serves to take a look back now and then. Journalist Jack Beatty does just that with a new book on the Gilded Age called “Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900” (Knopf, 2007). Jack Beatty […]
