From the archives – Was “the surge” an effective tactic in Iraq? We got a boots-on-the-ground perspective last March with Pulitzer Prize winner David Finkel who wrote about his almost 15 months with U.S. Army Battalion 2-16 in the book “The Good Soldiers” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009).
Will President Obama’s new public policy for healthcare cure the flaws in the previous system? And what adaptations must current healthcare providers implement under the reform plan? In May we talked with Ron Anderson, President and CEO of Parkland Health & Hospital System, about quality, accountability, out of control costs, and putting the patient first. […]
What’s your favorite cut of beef to throw on the grill? What delivers the perfect taste – corn or grass – and how should you cook it? We’ll find out this hour with Mark Schatzker, author of the new book “Steak: One Man’s Search for the World’s Tastiest Piece of Beef” (Viking, 2010). Stephen Becker […]
The Best of Think – Is the fabled unified theory of nature just a fable? We talked last spring with Dartmouth professor of physics and astronomy, Marcelo Gleiser. His new book is “A Tear at the Edge of Creation: A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Universe” (Free Press, 2010).
The Best of Think – You probably see them on every road trip, but what are the stories behind those historical markers? We talked last April with Dan K. Utley, former chief historian of the Texas Historical Commission and co-author of the new book “History Ahead: Stories beyond the Texas Roadside Markers” (TAMU Press, 2010).
The Best of Think – Who were the Cro-Magnons and how did they survive a snow-bound world? We talked last March with Brian Fagan, emeritus professor of anthropology at U.C. Santa Barbara and author of the book “Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” (Bloomsbury Press, 2010).
The Best of Think – Who is the newest addition to the North Texas arts scene? We talked with Marvin Hamlisch in February about his eclectic career in music and his appointment as Principle Pops conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Where are your favorite places to get in touch with the great outdoors? We’ll talk this hour with the Dallas Sierra Club’s Wendel Withrow author of the new guide “The Best in Tent Camping: Texas: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos” (Menasha Ridge Press, Paperback, 2010). Alan […]
The Best of Think – With trends in community-supported agriculture and a resurgence of the good food movement, where is cuisine headed these days? We’ll revisit our February conversation with Amy Albert this hour. She’s Senior Associate Editor of Bon App??tit.
Host Lee Cullum examines the economic fallout on the construction industry with Managing Director and CEO Peter Beck with The Beck Group.
