The mid-term elections are over, but when will our country come to terms with immigration and the fervent opinions on both sides of the debate? We’ll discuss the issues this hour with syndicated columnist Froma Harrop.
How did the death of a solider killed in battle in World War II spark the Mexican-American civil rights movement in a small Texas town? We’ll find out this hour with John Valadez, a founding member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers and director of the film “The Longoria Affair” which airs tomorrow […]
How will the outcome of the mid-term election play out in North Texas? We’ll discuss possible political ramifications with Gromer Jeffers Jr. of the Dallas Morning News and Bud Kennedy of the Star-Telegram. In the Art&Seek segment, we’ll talk with actress and playwright Regina Taylor, whose trilogy of one-acts, “The Trinity River Plays,” begins previews […]
If having mixed feelings about motherhood is a social taboo, how can women deal with powerful fears of pregnancy or negative thoughts about their own children? We’ll talk this hour with Barbara Almond, Stanford University psychotherapist and author of the book “The Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood” (University of California Press, 2010).
Is the use and abuse of your personal information a constant, undeniable worry? We’ll explore the way privacy functions on the virtual frontier and in our everyday lives with Christena Nippert-Eng, whose new book is “Islands of Privacy” (University of Chicago Press, 2010).
Does bountiful farming require a vast outdoor plot of land, or could agricultural systems thrive in a high-rise city building? We’ll spend this hour with Columbia University microbiologist Dickson Despommier, whose new book is “The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century” (Thomas Dunne Books, 2010).
Do the great oceans of the world have their own unique biographies? We’ll spend this hour with Simon Winchester, whose new book is “Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories” (HarperCollins, 2010).
What philosophical factors determine our relationship to nature? We’ll spend this hour with Richard Galvin and John Harris of TCU’s Department of Philosophy. They will deliver a lecture this week on “Moral Standing and the Environment” as part of TCU’s Sustainability Lecture Series.
Who were the titans, engineers, and test pilots racing to deliver the world’s first transatlantic passenger jet? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Sam Howe Verhovek, author of the new book “Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World” (Penguin, 2010).
What was Texas like when it was still wild – just after independence in the mid 19th Century? Journalist S.C. Gwynne tells the legendary story of the 1836 kidnapping of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker and its consequences in his highly-acclaimed new book “Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of […]
