Who started the modern capitalist system that seems so normal to us today? We’ll talk this hour with T.J. Stiles, winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt” (Vintage, paperback, 2010). It is now out in trade paperback.
What are our moral and ethical obligations when dealing with, using and eating animals? We’ll spend this hour with SMU Philosopher Dr. Jean Kazez. Her new book is “Animalkind: What We Owe to Animals” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).
Where did the country we know and love today really come from? We’ll explore a few of the lesser-known stories of America’s early history this hour with Kenneth C. Davis, whose new book is “A Nation Rising: Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America’s Hidden History” (Harper, 2010).
Are you on a diet? Have you dieted in the past? We’ll examine our love affair with dieting this hour with Susan Yager, whose new book is “The Hundred Year Diet: America’s Voracious Appetite for Losing Weight” (Rodale Books, 2010).
Why has immigration always been such a hot-button issue and why will it continue to cause ripples in our society? This hour, we’ll preview tomorrow evening’s Dallas Democratic Forum panel discussion, “A Battle for Power: The Economic and Political Impact of Hispanic Immigration in North Texas” with SMU Anthropologist Dr. Caroline Brettell, who has an […]
Is your traditional morning paper doomed to the recycling bin of history? We’ll talk this hour with veteran publisher, novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorialist Jack Fuller. His new book is “What Is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism” (Chicago, 2010).
What was the fighting really like for Marines in the Pacific during World War II? We’ll find out this hour with decorated veteran R.V. Burgin and journalist Bill Marvel. They tell Burgin’s first-hand and riveting account in the new book “Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific” (NAL Caliber, 2010).
This week on Think TV, author Bruce Feiler discusses his new book about fighting for life in the face of death and the irreplaceable love between dads and daughters. “The Council of Dads” (William Morrow, 2010) relays Feiler’s journey from a cancer diagnosis to his recruitment of six very different men to guide his young […]
Everyone likes peace and quiet, so why does almost everything we do produce some sort of noise? We’ll talk this hour with writer and recent Guggenheim Fellow Garret Keizer. His new book is “The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise” (Public Affairs, 2010).
We’re all familiar with the Haiti of recent history, but what was the island like at the turn of the 19th Century? We’ll explore that world this hour with author Isabel Allende. She will discuss her new book, “Island Beneath the Sea” (Harper, 2010) tonight at the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live […]
