In Defense Of Respectability Politics
October 19, 2015This hour, we’ll talk to Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy about holding fast to a Civil Rights-era style of raising black children.
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The Unknown Lady Bird Johnson
October 19, 2015This hour, we’ll talk with Betty Boyd Caroli about her new book, “Lady Bird and Lyndon: The Hidden Story of a Marriage That Made a President” (Simon & Schuster). Boyd speaks tonight at Highland Park United Methodist Church’s Authors Live! event.
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The State Of The UT System
October 12, 2015This hour, as we broadcast from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk to UT systems chancellor William McRaven about campus carry, rising tuition costs and other issues in higher education.
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Inside The Harry Ransom Center
October 12, 2015We’ll take a tour of the center’s highlights and talk about the important role it serves in scholarly research with its director, Stephen Enniss as we broadcast from KUT in Austin.
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Our Friend, The Fridge
October 8, 2015We’ll talk about how refrigeration has changed the way we eat and improved our overall health – and about what our fridges say about ourselves – with Jonathan Rees.
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Jewish Delis And American Culture
October 8, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about the role these institutions have played in American culture with Ted Merwin, author of “Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli” (NYU Press).
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The Case For Legalized Prostitution
October 7, 2015We’ll explore the idea of decriminalizing sex work – and look at how other countries are taking innovative approaches to prostitution – with West Virginia University professor Alison Bass, author of “Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law” (ForeEdge).
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The Melting Pot
October 7, 2015We’ll look at the lasting impact of the Immigration and Nationality Act through the lens of one Virginia county with NPR’s Tom Gjelten, author of “A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story.”
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Can You Care Too Much?
October 6, 2015We’ll talk about extreme cases of philanthropy with New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar, author of “Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help.”
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How To Speak Dothraki
October 6, 2015We’ll talk about how fictional foreign tongues add to their fantastical stories with David J. Peterson, author of “The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building.”
