How Identical Twins Became Fraternal
July 27, 2015Imagine being separated at birth from your identical twin and raised alongside your assumed fraternal twin. That’s exactly what happened to four infants in Colombia.
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Rebooting An Aging Mind
July 27, 2015When Patricia Marx’s age was beginning to betray her memory, she decided to be proactive. This hour, we’ll talk to the New Yorker staff writer about her humorous search for ways to curb the mind’s decline.
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Best Of ‘Think:’ Head That Wears The Comma Crown
July 7, 2015This hour we’ll revisit our May talk with Mary Norris, who spent over three decades in The New Yorker’s copy department.
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Scandinavians Have Problems, Too
July 6, 2015Are Scandinavians really as content as we’re lead to believe? Michael Booth, author of ‘The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia,’ dissects the illusion.
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Native Vision
July 6, 2015The exhibition “Indigenous Beauty: Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection” brings 120 artworks from tribes across North America to the Amon Carter in Fort Worth.
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Social Action, Offscreen
June 30, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about why personal connections are the key to helping the less fortunate with computer scientist Kentaro Toyama, author of ‘Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change From the Cult of Technology.’
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Unthinkable Racism In Recent History
June 30, 2015A young Congolese man was included in an anthropology exhibit at the World’s Fair before being put on display in the New York Zooligical Gardens’ Monkey House – at the turn of the 20th century,
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Liberating Women In The Middle East
June 18, 2015This hour, we’ll hear from Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy, author of ‘Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.’
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Beyond Picky Eating
June 18, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about strategies for dealing with anxiety, low appetite and other challenges children face with University of Texas at Dallas expert Jenny McGlothlin.
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Caring For Mom And Dad
June 17, 2015This hour, we’ll talk with Ai-jen Poo, co-director of Caring Across Generations, about how we can better look after older Americans.
