Where do ballet and global politics meet? We’ll find out this hour with Ben Stevenson, O.B.E. Now artistic director of Texas Ballet Theater, Stevenson’s work with the Houston Ballet and his experiences with Chinese dancer and defector Li Cunxin are featured in the new film “Mao’s Last Dancer” which opens in theaters on Friday, August […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 133 million Americans – almost 1 out of every 2 adults – live with chronic illness. We’ll get a view from both sides of the experience this hour with Type I diabetes patient and Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Julian Seifter. His recent book on the […]
What’s the latest and greatest on food? We’ll cover everything from Bristol Bay, Alaska, home of the biggest wild salmon run to easy baking strategies and “weapons-grade ratatouille” this hour with Francis Lam, senior writer at Salon.com.
Who was the person behind the larger-than-life public persona of Winston Churchill? We’ll talk this hour with University of Exeter historian Richard Toye. His new biographical history is “Churchill’s Empire: The World That Made Him and the World He Made” (Henry Holt, 2010).
How does our spiritual, mental, emotional and physical well-being influence our productivity as professionals and citizens? We’ll spend this hour with Tony Schwartz, founder and president of The Energy Project and author of the new book “The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance” (Free Press, 2010).
From the archives – How important is the lowly ant? We talked in June with the Smithsonian’s Mark W. Moffett. His latest, highly-researched book is “Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions” (University of California Press, 2010).
From the archives – How has the job of reporting the news changed in the last three decades and what’s it like to have your voice on public radio listeners’ answering machines all over the country? We found out earlier this summer with Carl Kasell, former NPR newscaster and official judge and scorekeeper for NPR’s […]
This week, host Krys Boyd talks with City Manager Mary Suhm about the painful process of cutting more than 130 million dollars from the strapped city budget. No one escaped the fallout including police officers and firefighters. Find out what it means to public safety and city services in the coming year. And Jerome Weeks […]
Where did Middle East conflict begin? We’ll travel back to 1917 London this hour and discuss the first official Western effort to establish a Jewish National Homeland with Georgia Tech historian, Jonathan Schneer. His new book is “The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict” (Random House, 2010).
What does the economy mean for the future of U.S. military operations and other foreign policy initiatives overseas? We’ll spend this hour with Michael Mandelbaum, the Christian A. Herter Professor and Director of the American Foreign Policy program at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies and author of the new book “The […]
