Reel Talk On Race
October 23, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about what the satire has to say about racial identity with the film’s writer and director, Justin Simien.
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The Birth Of Birth Control
October 22, 2014This hour, we’ll get to know the people who were instrumental in making the pill a reality with Jonathan Eig, who writes about them in The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution.
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Rethinking Dallas
October 22, 2014This hour, we’ll get a preview of the day’s discussion from two of its participants: Trinity Trust CEO Gail Thomas and Ignacio Bunster-Ossa, principal of Wallace Roberts & Todd LLC.
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Art And Energy
October 21, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how discoveries of new energy sources have had profound effects on art and culture with Barry Lord. He writes about the topic in Art & Energy: How Culture Changes.
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Second Guessing Optimism
October 21, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how focusing on the obstacles that stand in our way can help us to overcome them with NYU psychology professor Gabriele Oettingen, author of Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation.
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A History Of The Human Race
October 20, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how we are defined both by our genes and by the lives our predecessors lived with Christine Kenneally, author of The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures.
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Friends Of A Feather
October 20, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how we can better accommodate our winged neighbors with the author of Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife.
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The Growth Of Vegetarianism
October 16, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how our culture has come to embrace vegetarians – and even vegans – with Stephanie Casey and Jamey Scott, organizers of this weekend’s Texas Veggie Fair.
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Harry Shearer: A Comedic Legacy
October 16, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to him about his career in comedy while he’s in town to accept VideoFest’s Ernie Kovacs Award.
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A Family Affair
October 15, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to Sophie Sartain about the challenges of telling her family’s story, which she does in the documentary Mimi and Dona.
