Big Brains Gone By
January 9, 2014This hour, we’ll get to know some of history’s most brilliant minds with Florida State professor Darrin McMahon, author of Divine Fury: A History of Genius.
This hour, we’ll get to know some of history’s most brilliant minds with Florida State professor Darrin McMahon, author of Divine Fury: A History of Genius.
We’ll look back this hour at the link between books and booze with Olivia Laing. Her new book is The Trip to Echo Springs: On Writers and Drinking.
We’ll find out how to chill out this hour with Dr. Amit Sood, author of The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living.
We’ll find out this hour how gold became one of the world’s most precious commodities with Matthew Hart, author of Gold: The Race for the World’s Most Seductive Metal.
We’ll talk this hour with Colin Quinn about his new, one-man show, ‘Unconstitutional,’ before he brings it to Dallas on Friday.
We’ll talk about the power of giving up this hour with Alan Bernstein, author of Mastering the Art of Quitting: Why it Matters in Life, Love, and Work.
We’ll talk this hour about the problems middle schoolers face – and how they can be helped – with Monica Egert Smith of Communities Foundation of Texas and Rosemary Perlmeter of Teaching Trust.
This hour, we’ll find out what life was really like on a stately British manor with Lucy Lethbridge, author of Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times.
Could changing the way we spend money actually improve our quality of life?
Why do we cast some public figures as bad guys while excusing the sins of others?