What are Americans doing with all their free time? We’ll explore the potential uses of that time – other than watching television – with New York University social and technological researcher Clay Shirky. His new book is “Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age” (The Penguin Press, 2010). Alan Melson will guest-host.
What does it take to set a story like “Superman” in song? We’ll spend this hour with Charles Strouse, the original composer of the Broadway musical that opens at the Dallas Theater Center this weekend. His earlier musical, “Bye Bye Birdie,” is also currently in production at Lyric Stage in Irving. Jerome Weeks will guest-host.
What’s new on the Dallas food scene these days and what are your favorite new places to eat? We’ll talk this hour with Dallas Morning News restaurant critic and dining editor Leslie Brenner. Yolette Garcia will guest-host.
Who were the Beats and how did their work and lives alter the course of American literature? We’ll talk this hour with Bill Morgan author of the new book “The Typewriter Is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation” (Free Press, 2010). Jerome Weeks will guest-host.
While the annual observance of Juneteenth celebrates the ending of slavery in Texas and the rest of the nation, what is the holiday’s legacy for modern African American communities? We’ll discuss the links between the demise of antebellum slavery and today’s popular culture with local historian Donald Payton and Professor Venus Opal Reese of the […]
How will China dominate the world’s markets and governments in the next hundred years and what does it mean for U.S.-China relations? We’ll talk this hour with Stefan Halper, Senior Fellow at the Cambridge Centre of International Studies and author of the new book “The Beijing Consensus: How China’s Authoritarian Model Will Dominate the Twenty-First […]
What happened to The Beatles when they weren’t The Beatles anymore? We’ll explore the band members’ personal, professional and legal rivalries this hour with music journalist Peter Doggett. His new behind-the-scenes book is “You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup” (HarperStudio, 2010).
Is the experience of war unique to each generation or do the risk, horror, fear, anticipation and even joy of fighting transcend time, geography and national origin? We’ll spend this hour with acclaimed journalist Sebastian Junger who spent fifteen months with a single platoon in a remote and very dangerous eastern Afghanistan valley. His book […]
What can be learned about ourselves and our country from examining the relatively recent past? We’ll ponder the changes, advancements and declines of the last 75 years this hour with University of Texas historian H.W. Brands. His new book is “American Dreams: The United States Since 1945” (The Penguin Press, 2010).
In the age of information ubiquity and 24-hour everything, does small-town Texas even exist anymore? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Karen Valby who’s new book is “Welcome to Utopia: Notes from a Small Town” (Spiegel & Grau, 2010).
