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’ll find out this hour with Carl Kasell, official judge and scorekeeper for NPR’s weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! […]
What defines the current global power structure and what will influence the future U.S. role on the world stage? We’ll talk this hour with David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for The New York Times and author of “The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power” (Three Rivers Press, paperback, 2010). […]
What caused the 1890 massacre of nearly 300 unarmed Native Americans and did politics play a role? We’ll explore the story this hour with University of Massachusetts historian Heather Cox Richardson, author of “Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre” (Basic Books, 2010).
Now that Police Chief David Brown holds the highest post in the department, what problems will he tackle first? We’ll discuss his outlook on city law enforcement and the challenges of the deep budget cuts currently facing the Dallas Police Department. With two world premiere operas, the opening of the Performing Arts Center, and two […]
What are the hardships currently challenging the people of Cuba? We’ll talk this hour with Pastors for Peace founder Rev. Lucius Walker, who travels each year to the island with much-needed medical and school supplies. He speaks to the Dallas Peace Center’s Summer Dinner Lecture Series this evening.
How did the Neolithic transition from a hunter-gatherer to agrarian society lead to modern human cultural, health and social troubles? We’ll spend this hour with Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society Explorer-In-Residence and author of the new book “Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization” (Random House, 2010).
Are predatory lenders and mercenary entrepreneurs fueling a “poverty industry” that can’t be overcome by working-class Americans? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Gary Rivlin, whose new book is “Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. How the Working Poor Became Big Business” (Harper Business, 2010).
What does the American west’s unquenchable thirst for water mean for the region’s mighty rivers? We’ll travel the length of one of those rivers this hour with Jonathan Waterman, author of the new book “Running Dry: A Journey From Source to Sea Down the Colorado River” (National Geographic, 2010).
Will genuine reconciliation ever come to South Africa and how will the legacy of apartheid affect the World Cup? We’ll spend this hour with writer Alexandra Fuller whose article “Mandela’s Children” appears in the June issue of National Geographic Magazine.
How important is the lowly ant? We’ll find out this hour 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).
