From the archive – What role should local economies play in the search for a more sustainable society? We talked with author Bill McKibben in March when he visited Dallas to participate in the EPA’s National Sustainable Communities Conference.
How did Dallas County’s experience with the recent H1N1 Swine Flu outbreak compare with the rest of the country and what can we expect from next year’s flu season? We’ll talk with Dr. John Carlo, Medical Director of Dallas County Health and Human Services. Longtime Fort Worth actor-singer-director Sheran Goodspeed Keyton will join us for […]
What happened to the banking industry? We’ll find out how things went so wrong so quickly, and discuss what’s being done to stabilize things with veteran FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk whose film “Breaking the Bank” airs Tuesday, June 16th at 9pm on KERA 13.
Is it possible for everyday Americans to change the food culture and conquer hunger by simply growing vegetables and raising livestock in yards and community gardens? We’ll talk this hour with Sharon Astyk, farmer, blogger and co-author of the new book “A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil” (New Society Publishers, […]
Is there a better way to run? We’ll explore the world of the Tarahumara this hour with journalist Christopher McDougall, author of the new book “Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, And The Greatest Race The World Has Never Seen” (Knopf, 2009).
How do immigrant families change as successive generations are born in America and which traditions last in spite of the pressures of assimilation? We’ll talk this hour with Nancy Foner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and editor of the new collection, “Across […]
Who murdered sixty-nine-year-old, naturalist and Oscar-nominated wildlife documentarian Joan Root on the shores of Kenya’s Lake Naivasha in 2006? We’ll talk this hour with Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Seal whose new book is “Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa” (Random House, 2009).
How has China changed in the decades since the brutal military crackdown in Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989? We’ll talk this hour with someone who was there. Diane Wei Liang shared her story in the 2003 memoir “Lake with No Name: A True Story of Love and Conflict in Modern China (Simon andSchuster, 2009) […]
Are gender perceptions at work and home changing with the times? We’ll spend this hour with Ellen Galinsky, President and Co-Founder of the Families and Work Institute which has just released the report “Times Are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and At Home.”
How did the invention of cooking change human beings both mentally and physically? We’ll talk this hour with Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology and Curator of Primate Behavioral Biology at Harvard University. His new book is “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human” (Basic Books, 2009).
