Could you survive on $15 per day for thirty days? Could you do it in Cuba? Harper’s Magazine contributor Patrick Symmes tried to live for a month on the average Cuban journalist’s income for his October issue piece “Thirty Days as a Cuban: Pinching pesos and dropping pounds in Havana.” We’ll find out how it […]
Do you even have a phone book in your house or office anymore? We’ll learn about the origins of the book and even people who obsessively collect old phone books this hour with Ammon Shea. His new book is “The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads” […]
Which founding American leaders had the greatest influence over the course of our country’s political development and how did their real personalities differ from the myths? We’ll spend this hour with Louisiana State University historians Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg. Their new book is “Madison and Jefferson” (Random House, 2010).
Why do some of us excel under pressure while many of us, regardless of preparation fail to perform at the highest levels when it really counts? We’ll talk this hour with University of Chicago psychologist Sian Beilock, whose new book is “Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You […]
How do community service organizations remain vital to a society in continuous transition? We’ll talk with Gordon Echtenkamp, President and Chief Executive Officer of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, as the institution celebrates its 125th anniversary. In the Art&Seek segment, we’ll talk with Heather MacDonald, who co-curated the unprecedented exhibition of French Medieval sculpture, “The […]
Can our cities be functional, sustainable and aesthetically inspiring places to live and work? We’ll talk this hour with Sarah Whiting, Dean of the School of Architecture at Rice University and principal of WW Architecture. Whiting is in town to judge the 2010 AIA Dallas Design Awards.
How will our use and ownership of goods and services need to change if society is to move toward a more sustainable model? We’ll spend this hour with collaboration expert Rachel Botsman, co-author of the new book “What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption” (HarperBusiness, 2010).
On a special Best-of-Think program this hour, we’ll revisit conversations from earlier this year with Julie Hersch, who tells the story of her struggle with depression and suicide in her book “Struck by Living” (Brown Books, 2010) and Jerre Tracy, who works to preserve endangered local historic places as Executive Director of Historic Fort Worth.
Who were the real people behind the legendary lovers and rulers of Ancient Egypt? For starters, she was actually Greek and he was more politician than soldier. We’ll explore their stories this hour with acclaimed historian of the ancient world Adrian Goldsworthy, whose new book is “Antony and Cleopatra” (Yale University Press, 2010).
Do typos drive you nuts, especially when you see them on signs, t-shirts, billboards and elsewhere? If so, you’re not alone. Our guests this hour are Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson, authors of the new book “The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time” (Harmony, 2010).
