The Highway To Better Habits
March 24, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about the keys to self-improvement with Gretchen Rubin, author of ‘Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives.’
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The Robots Are Coming
March 24, 2015We’re training them to clean our floors, babysit our kids and any number of other tasks. This hour, we’ll talk about what else we’re farming out to our bionic buddies with Reason managing editor Katherine Mangu-Ward.
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Policeman, Investigator, Counselor; Dog
March 23, 2015Dogs are a rare breed of best friend. They can help us find explosives, sniff out narcotics and even find dead bodies.
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Finding Home, Away From Home
March 23, 2015After a nomadic existence early in life, Molly Caro May decided to put down roots in rural Montana.
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Why We’re Nice
January 20, 2015We’ll talk about the science of being kind with the author of Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others.
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From Spirituals to Smash Hits
January 19, 2015What do rock ‘n’ roll, the blues and jazz all have in common? They all have roots in African American protest songs, says Baylor University associate professor Robert F. Darden.
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National Security vs. Free Speech
January 19, 2015In a post-Snowden world, it can seem harder than ever to agree on just how much citizens have a right to know about their government. We’ll talk about that difficult balance with when we talked about how we can maintain that balance with Stephen Whitfield, professor of American civilization at Brandeis University.
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The Limits Of Standardized Testing
January 13, 2015As part of KERA’ American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk about how we can preserve diverse ways of learning with the author of The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed With Standardized Testing – But You Don’t Have to Be.
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Earthquakes In Dallas
January 13, 2015We’ll talk about what might be causing these frequent tremors – and whether we should be worried – with SMU seismologists Dr. Brian Stump and Dr. Heather DeShon.
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The Future Of Science
January 12, 2015Does short-term thinking kill off transformative innovation? Roberta B. Ness, Dean of the University of Texas School of Public Health and Vice President for Innovation at the University of Texas Health Science Center, thinks there’s another way to see things new: actually reinvent science.
