The Best of Think: Movies And The Mind
November 25, 2015This hour, we’ll listen back to our January conversation with Washington University psychology professor Jeffrey M. Zacks about how our minds process moving images.
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Tropical Disease In North Texas
November 24, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about why Chagas, Dengue and other conditions are making their way to local doctors’ offices – and about what you can do to avoid them – with Dr. Seema Yasmin.
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Democracy Goes Local
November 24, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how the future of democracy may depend on credit unions, community gardens and other hyperlocal organizations with urban planner Gabriel Metcalf.
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Defeating DOMA
November 23, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how the ruling opened the door to further rights for LGBT Americans with Roberta Kaplan, which she writes about in “Then Comes Marriage: United States V. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA.”
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Race And Reproductive Justice
November 23, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about the idea of “reproductive justice” with investigative reporter Dani McClain. Her story on the history of birth control appears in the Nov. 16 issue of “The Nation.”
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The Fight For The Fed
November 17, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about why the Founding Fathers were adamantly opposed to centralized banking – and about why later politicians had a change of heart.
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The Health Of North Texas Kids
November 17, 2015This hour, we’ll talk with a pair of doctors about why the adolescent pregnancy rate is lower locally than nationally, how the uninsured rate for children has dropped and about why nearly 50 percent of Dallas county kids are obese.
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Superintendent Roundtable
November 12, 2015We’ll talk about the future of education locally with Fort Worth ISD superintendent Kent Scribner, Dallas ISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa and Grand Prairie ISD superintendent Susan Hull.
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DNA Testing’s Down Side
November 12, 2015We’ll talk about the flaws in DNA testing with NYU Law professor Erin Murphy. She writes about the topic in “Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA.”
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Constructing Our Continent
November 11, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how North America came to bet and how life evolved here with paleontologist Kirk Johnson.
