Gun Deaths In America
August 16, 2016This hour, we’ll explore the numbers behind gun deaths in the U.S. – and talk about how they can be reduced – with Ben Casselman, a senior editor and the chief economics writer for the website FiveThirtyEight.
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The Case Of Patient H.M.
August 16, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how scientists seized on the opportunity to study Henry Molaison – and how that research has provided vital information about how human’s store information with Luke Dittrich, author of “Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets.”
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How War Became Everything
August 15, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how our modern concept of war has changed from a temporary to never-ending state with Rosa Brooks, author of “How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon.”
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A Disappearing Act
August 15, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about what it would take to actually disappear – and we’ll hear the stories of people who’ve tried – with Elizabeth Greenwood, author of “Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud” (Simon & Schuster).
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Reflections On A Gold Medal Life
August 10, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with Frank Shorter, one of the fathers of American distance running, about how a tough childhood propelled him to athletic greatness, the subject of his memoir “My Marathon: Reflections on a Gold Medal Life” (Rodale).
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The Persisting Racial Divide
August 9, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how the Thirteenth Amendment led to Jim Crow laws, how Brown v. Board of Education led to shutting down public schools and other instances of Civil Rights backlash with Carol Anderson, chair of the African American Studies department at Emory University.
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Saving The Middle Class
August 8, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about an idea for preserving the middle class that on the surface sounds anathema to our capitalist society – a universal basic income. We’ll be joined by Andy Stern, author of “Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream.”
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Why Presidents Fail
August 4, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about why some presidents deliver on high hopes and others don’t with Elaine C. Kamarck, senior Brookings fellow and founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management.
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An Economic Solution To Climate Change
August 4, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about developing a market-based approach to fighting global warming with former U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC), executive director of republicEn, an organization dedicated to free-enterprise solutions to climate change.
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Navigating The Grid
August 3, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the evolution of “the largest machine in the world” – and about what needs to be done to update it – with Gretchen Bakke. Her new book is called “The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future.”
Krys Boyd has been host and managing editor of KERA-FM’s flagship midday talk show Think since 2006.
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