Decoding Nature
November 11, 2015This hour we’ll talk to Tristan Gooley, author of “The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals and Other Forgotten Skills.”
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Texas’ Housing Boom
November 4, 2015We’ll talk this hour with “Texas Monthly” senior editor John Nova Lomax, whose November cover story is “The Great Texas Housing Boom.”
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How Animals Learned To Fly
November 4, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how these animals developed this incredible ability with David Alexander, author of “On the Wing: Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, Bats and the Evolution of Animal Flight.”
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Silicon Chips and Surfboards
October 29, 2015This hour, we’ll explore the body of water that meets our western border – and get to know the cultures who also live near it – with Simon Winchester, author of “Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpowers.”
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Why Fear Can Be Fun
October 29, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how fear works in our minds – and why we’re sometimes OK with it – with Margee Kerr.
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A Chosen Exile
October 28, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about picking between identity and survival with Stanford assistant history professor Allyson Hobbs, author of “A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.”
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Parenting Through Puberty
October 28, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how we can better understand the challenges of puberty – and about how we can keep the peace at home – with Dr. Kevin Leman, author of “Planet Middle School: Helping Your Child through the Peer Pressure, Awkward Moments & Emotional Drama.”
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Redesigning Humanity
October 27, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about the ethics of changing who we are – and about how these technologies could redefine what it is to be human – with Vanderbilt history professor Michael Bess, author of “Our Grandchildren Redesigned: Life in the Bioengineered Society of the Near Future.”
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Saving the Opera
October 27, 2015This hour, we’ll talk with Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally, the creative team behind the new opera, “Great Scott.”
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Faking Cancer
October 26, 2015This hour, we’ll talk with Blogger Taryn Harper Wright about how she investigates internet hoaxes and about what compels some to pretend to be ill in order to gain the sympathy of others.
