What Words Mean
November 15, 2016Former chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary John Simpson joins us to talk about how words evolve and about the effect technology has on how we speak.
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Twilight Warriors
November 14, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how the CIA, FBI and military special forces share information and increasingly work together to fight terrorism with James Kitfield, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress.
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The Latinos Of Asia
November 14, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how skin color, history and other factors contribute to cultural identity with sociologist Anthony Christian Ocampo, author of “The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race.”
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A Man’s Quest To Recover From Success
November 10, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with Tracy Kidder, who tells the story of Paul English, the entrepreneur who sold Kayak to Priceline for $2 billion, in “A Truck Full of Money: One Man’s Quest to Recover from Great Success”
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A History Of Arab American Lives
November 10, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how Americans of Arab descent have viewed historic U.S. events – and about their relationship with their fellow non-Arab Americans – with Alia Malek, author of “A Country Called Amreeka: U.S. History Re-Told Through Arab American Lives.”
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Election 2016 Recap
November 9, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about why the polls showing a Clinton win got it wrong with UTD polling expert Harold Clarke. And we’ll talk about what we learned on Election Day – and about how the country can bridge the partisan divide – with TCU political science professor James Riddlesperger and UNT assistant political science professor Andrea Silva.
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The Politics Of Black Republicans
November 8, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the 10 percent of African Americans who say they lean Republican with Corey D. Fields of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford.
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The World’s Greatest Footrace
November 8, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes about his book “The Road to Sparta: Reliving the Ancient Battle and Epic Run that Inspired the World’s Greatest Footrace.”
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Transplanting Organs
November 7, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the possibility of growing replacement human organs inside cows, pigs and other animals – and we’ll talk about the ethics of the practice – with Christine Gorman, senior editor for health, human biology and medicine at Scientific American.
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How To Get Rid Of Email Anxiety
November 7, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how we can tame our e-mail habits with Jocelyn K. Glei, who writes about the topic in “Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions and Get Real Work Done.”
