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  • Murder And Mercy In Texas

    Hour 1: The shooting at a Dallas mini-mart shortly after 9/11 changed the lives of two people. New York Times reporter Anand Giridharadas joins the show to recount the incident and aftermath in his new book, “The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas.”

  • Life Beyond The Border

    Hour 2: Expanding its reach across America, the U.S. Border Patrol now protects the nation in a variety of ways like never before. We’ll speak with Todd Miller about the increase in service and his book, “Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security.”

  • For The Children

    Hour 1: Children in impoverished countries can share some of the most persevering stories. Caryl M. Stern, President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, shares some of stories she heard from her new book “I Believe in ZERO: Learning From the World’s Children.”

  • Reproductive Learning

    Hour 2: Inspecting other species’ sex organs is a starting place for some biologists studying evolution. This hour we’ll speak with Menno Schilthuizen about his new book, “Nature’s Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity and Ourselves.”

  • Beethoven in Dallas

    Hour 1: This spring, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s music with three weeks of performances. We’ll talk this hour about Beethoven’s lasting impact on both classical music and pop culture with DSO music director Jaap van Zweden and concertmaster Alex Kerr.

  • How Will We Feed?

    Hour 2: It’s projected that the world will have around 9 billion mouths to feed in 2050. We’ll talk this hour with Jonathan Foley, whose piece “Feeding 9 Billion” in next month’s issue of National Geographic explores how humans will produce enough food.