Who was Glenn Summerford and why was he on trial for attempted murder by rattlesnake in Alabama in 1992? We’ll talk with Dennis Covington who covered the trial and whose book about it – “Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia” (Da Capo, 2009) had just been re-released.
What will it take to secure real freedom for the women of Afghanistan? We’ll talk this hour with Awista Ayub, founder of the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange and author of the new book “However Tall the Mountain: A Dream, Eight Girls and a Journey Home” (Hyperion, 2009).
What does it really mean to live and eat sustainably? We’ll talk this hour with James McWilliams, winner of the 2009 Hiett Prize in the Humanities and author of the new book “Just Food: Where Locovores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly” (Little, Brown and Company, 2009).
We all sense things differently, but how do we develop our sensory skills and what are the best ways to help our children understand their senses? We’ll spend this hour with pediatric occupational therapist Lindsey Biel, co-author of “Raising a Sensory Smart Child” (Penguin, 2009).
Lee Cullum leads a roundtable discussion about the economic crisis with Richard Fisher from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Alan Boeckmann with the Fluor Corporation.
How important are costumes in bringing characters to life on screen? We’ll explore the intersection of fashion and film with Oscar-nominated costume designer Deborah Landis, author of “Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design” (Harper Collins, 2007). She’ll speak tonight as part of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts and Letters Live series.
Are you an organ donor? Do you know anyone who’s received a donated organ? We’ll discuss America’s transplant policies this hour with Steve Farber, co-author of the new book “On the List: Fixing America’s Failing Organ Transplant System” (Rodale, 2009).
What does Ben Bernanke’s reappointment as Fed chair mean for our economic future? We’ll spend this hour with David Wessel, Economics Editor at the Wall Street Journal and author of “In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic” (Crown Business, 2009).
What is life like for young gay men and women who don’t live in the city? We’ll find out this hour with Mary L. Gray, author of the book “Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America” (NYU Press, 2009).
Why did Texas and Massachusetts share Democratic control of the U.S. House of Representatives for more than 50 years? We’ll talk this hour with professors Anthony Champagne of UT-Dallas and James Riddlesperger of TCU, authors of the new book “The Austin/Boston Connection” (Texas AandM, 2009).
