The Boss Is Watching
March 18, 2015Employers increasingly monitor workers’ e-mail, keystrokes and Internet usage. This hour, we’ll talk about how over-monitoring employees can translate into over-working employees.
Employers increasingly monitor workers’ e-mail, keystrokes and Internet usage. This hour, we’ll talk about how over-monitoring employees can translate into over-working employees.
Since World War II, most Texans have moved from rural areas to cities. This hour, we’ll talk about how politics and economics fueled the change with David G. McComb, author of “The City in Texas: A History.”
The European Union’s partnership is breaking down, according to George Friedman, author of “Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe.” This hour, we’ll talk to him about why the borders are becoming powder kegs of conflict.
This hour we’ll talk about libraries in the digital age with Jo Giudice, director of the Dallas Public Library; and Dr. Herman Totten, dean of UNT’s College of Information.
We’ll talk about the quest for eternal youth with science writer Ronald Bailey.
This hour, we’ll shed some light on Beaniemania with Zac Bissonnette, author of “The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute.”
This hour, we’ll listen back to our February conversation with sociologist and happiness expert Christine Carter about the productivity strategies that work, which she writes about in The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work.
This hour, we’ll listen back to our December conversation with historian Ruth Goodman, who told us about what it was really like to lace up a corset, spoon feed a child opium and do your laundry on a stove.
The annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games give veterans with injuries the chance to rehabilitate through friendly competition. This hour, we’ll talk about the games with a panel of participants.
Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease past infancy among children in the United States. This hour, we’ll talk about helping kids who survive a cancer battle with Dr. Shannon Poppito, a psycho-oncologist at Baylor’s Sammons Cancer Center.