Some Gave All
November 11, 2014On this Veterans Day, we’ll tour Arlington National Cemetery with Robert Poole. His new book is Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery: Where War Comes Home.
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StoryCorps Comes To Dallas
November 10, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to StoryCorps founder Dave Isay about the project, and about what makes a compelling personal story.
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The Makings Of The Modern World
November 10, 2014This hour, we’ll explore the unlikely origins of everyday items with Steven Johnson, author of How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World.
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The Devestation Of Deepwater
November 6, 2014In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion devastated the Gulf Coast. This hour, we’ll talk about the disaster’s fallout with Margaret Brown, director of the documentary The Great Invisible.
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A Dining Critic Unmasked
November 6, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to Dallas Morning News restaurant critic Leslie Brenner about why she decided to stop hiding her appearance, which she revealed last week.
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Learning From Adam Smith
November 5, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about what we can learn from Smith’s lesser-known writings with Russ Roberts of Stanford University. His new book is How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness.
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Lessons From A Space Traveler
November 5, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to retired astronaut Chris Hadfield about what he learned about the Earth by leaving it, and about his new book, You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes.
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A Chat With Aasif Mandvi
November 4, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to him about his journey from his native India to growing up in England to ultimately landing in New York City, which he writes about in No Land’s Man.
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Post-Apocalyptic Shakespeare
November 4, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to Emily St. John Mandel about her novel Station Eleven, a National Book Award finalist.
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The Price Of Perpetual War
November 3, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter James Risen, who writes about how war has affected the country in his new book, Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War.
