This hour, in honor of Presidents’ Day, we’ll talk with Jeffrey Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at SMU. He’s the editor of “The Four Freedoms: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Evolution of an American Idea.”
This hour, we’ll talk with neuroscientist Dr. Miguel Nicolelis about the future of brain-machine interfacing.
This hour, we’ll put our current political division into historical context by talking with the author of “Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections): The Battles That Define America from Jefferson’s Heresies to Gay Marriage.”
This hour, we’ll talk about how psychiatry gained legitimacy through the work of Sigmund Freud and other practitioners with Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, author of “Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry” (Back Bay Books).
This hour, we’ll talk about how sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel have skirted online gambling laws, the subject of an upcoming join investigation between “The New York Times and “Frontline.”
This hour, we’ll talk about what we need to know about Zika – and about attempts to control the outbreak – with Dr. Seema Yasmin, an infectious disease specialist who also writes about health for “The Dallas Morning News.”
This hour, we’ll talk about how the corporate world would be wise to embrace meditation with David Gelles, author of “Mindful Work: How Meditation is Changing Business from the Inside Out.”
This hour, we’ll talk about how we often cast votes based on a number of superficial factors with the author of “Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics.”
This hour, we’ll talk about simple strategies for reducing waste in our own homes with Dana Gunders of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Her new book is called “Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money By Wasting Less Food.”
This hour, we’ll talk about how a lack of plans allowed room for a relationship to blossom, the subject of Clara Bensen’s new memoir, “No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering”
