Is a good portion of your day dedicated to Twitter and Facebook? According to our guest this hour, you may have a problem. We’ll talk with Emory University Professor Mark Bauerlein, author of “The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupifies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30)” (Tarcher Penguin, […]
How do memory, place and time influence character and a writer’s creativity? We’ll talk this hour with award-winning playwright, novelist and actor Eric Bogosian who’ll be in town to speak to the Writer’s Studio. His new book is “Perforated Heart” (Simon and Schuster, 2009).
What is the future of America in light of the country’s internal struggles over war, religion, immigration and limited natural resources? We’ll spend this hour with Columbia University Professor Simon Schama whose new book is “The American Future: A History” (Ecco, 2009).
Why would someone set out to read a dictionary from end to end and what might they learn along the way? We’ll find out this hour with author and bibliophile Ammon Shea, whose new book is “Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages” (Perigree, 2009).
Do boys and girls require different sets of tools to be prepared for life? We’ll spend this hour with family therapist and best-selling author Michael Gurian. The third volume in his trilogy of books on boys is “The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives” (Jossy-Bass, 2009).
Remember the first “larger than life” Texan to live in the Whitehouse? We’ll talk this evening with Russ Whitlock, superintendent of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
You get a little taste of it when you eat vegetables from a backyard garden or a local farmer’s market. But what was America’s food really like in the 1930s and early 40s? We’ll explore that culinary culture this hour with bestselling author and James A. Beard Award-winning food writer Mark Kurlansky. His new book […]
What is a creative life and what’s the best way to mentor the next generation of artists? We’ll discuss the evolving artistic climate of the new century and the world of dance this hour with legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp who’s in town to speak at the Nasher Salon Series this evening.
What is the Muslim view of world history and how does it differ from what we learn in the West? We’ll talk this hour with Tamim Ansary, director of the San Francisco Writers Workshop and author of the new book “Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes” (Public Affairs, 2009).
How does an overweight, middle-aged father of three prepare to climb fifty-four 14,000 foot peaks in a year? We’ll find out this hour with journalist Mark Obmascik whose new book is “Halfway to Heaven: My White-Knuckled and Knuckleheaded Quest for the Rocky Mountain High” (Free Press, 2009).
