Building More Livable Cities
April 21, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how redesigned crosswalks, bike lanes and parks are making urban centers more livable with the author of “Street-Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution.”
This hour, we’ll talk about how redesigned crosswalks, bike lanes and parks are making urban centers more livable with the author of “Street-Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution.”
This hour, we’ll take what we’ve learned about how the mind works and revisit some of history’s most intriguing figures with science writer Claudia Kalb, author of “Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities.”
This hour, we’ll be joined by Jayson Lusk, chair of the department of agricultural studies at Oklahoma State University and author of “Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving Up Foods to Save the World” (St. Martin’s Press).
This hour, we’ll talk about how “visual activism” is driving social and political change with Nicholas Mirzoeff, professor of media culture and communication at NYU and deputy director of the International Association for Visual Culture.
This hour, we’ll talk about terror in the Texas capital with Texas Monthly’s Skip Hollandsworth, author of “The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer” (Henry Holt and Co.).
This hour, we’ll talk about the impact of Toyota and other foreign companies moving to North Texas and about the state of U.S.-China trade relations with former U.S. Trade Rep, Ron Kirk.
This hour, we’ll talk about what it’s like to live life so close to the margin between unemployment and homelessness with Matthew Desmond, co-director of Harvard’s Justice and Poverty project and author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.”
This hour, we’ll revisit the UT Tower shooting and hear the stories of ordinary people who displayed extraordinary courage, the subject of the documentary “Tower.”
This hour, we’ll hear about everyday people who are overcoming mental hurdles like PTSD, anxiety and other conditions with “Stories of the Mind” producer Harry Lynch.
This hour, we’ll talk about how couples can rebuild trust and turn a crisis into an opportunity with therapist Esther Perel.