MLK’s Message
January 15, 2015We’ll delve deeply into one of Martin Luther King’s most important texts with the author of Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation.
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Art And The Afterlife
January 15, 2015We’ll talk about modern concepts of heaven, hell, purgatory and other post-life possibilities with the author of Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination.
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Poverty And The Brain
January 14, 2015We’ll talk about how poverty can affect a child’s brain – and about interventions that can reverse those changes – with Dr. Jacquelyn Gamino, director of UTD’s Center for Brain Health’s Adolescent Reasoning Initiative.
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Life Without A Net
January 14, 2015We’ll explore the merits of gambling a little with our well-being with the author of Savage Park: A Meditation on Play, Space, and Risk for Americans Who Are Nervous, Distracted, and Afraid to Die.
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Tracking A Twister
January 8, 2015This hour, we’ll get a better understanding of one of nature’s most destructive phenomena with experts featured in the new IMAX film Tornado Alley.
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The Mind And The Moving Image
January 8, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how our minds process moving images – and are often tricked in the process – with Washington University psychology professor Jeffrey M. Zacks. His new book is Flicker: Your Brain on Movies
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A Voice For Civil Rights
January 7, 2015This hour, we’ll get to know the man who left slavery behind and became a leading voice for civil rights with SMU professor Ezra Greenspan, author of William Wells Brown: An African American Life.
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Nerd Nation
January 7, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and their contemporaries have gone from social outcasts to titans of industry with the author of Unnatural Selection: Why the Geeks Will Inherit the Earth.
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Texas Legislature Preview
January 6, 2015Next week, the Texas House and Senate convene in Austin for 84th Legislature. This hour, we’ll get a preview of the issues our state government will tackle with Erica Grieder of Texas Monthly.
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Infant Education
January 6, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about the importance of nurturing learning in the first year of life with science writer Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, who covers the topic in the current issue of National Geographic.
