Alcohol And America
October 22, 2015We’ll talk about the influence booze has had on our nation with Susan Cheever, author of “Drinking in America: Our Secret History.”
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Weighty Issues
April 6, 2015We’ll talk about our national obsession with thinness with the author of “Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight – and What We Can Do About It.”
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The Urbanization Of Texas
March 18, 2015Since World War II, most Texans have moved from rural areas to cities. This hour, we’ll talk about how politics and economics fueled the change with David G. McComb, author of “The City in Texas: A History.”
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Viva La (American) Revolution
February 18, 2015Does national pride come at the cost of historical accuracy? We’ll talk about the collective narrative about America’s founding with Andrew M. Schocket, author of “Fighting Over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution.”
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The Hairy Truth
February 11, 2015We’ll talk this hour with historian Rebecca Herzig on the history of hair removal and its impact on modern culture.
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Inside A WWII Internment Camp
January 29, 2015We’ll talk this hour with journalist Jan Jarboe Russell about Crystal City, a secret South Texas internment camp.
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A Master Of War
October 28, 2014This hour, we’ll get to know the man who nearly brought the Union Army to its knees with S.C. Gwynne, author of Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson.
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A History Of The Human Race
October 20, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how we are defined both by our genes and by the lives our predecessors lived with Christine Kenneally, author of The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures.
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Social Studies Revised
October 6, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about questions over the way proposed social studies textbooks in Texas may teach culture and religion with a pair of SMU professors who testified about the books before the State Board of Education – Kathleen Wellman of the history department and David Brockman, who teaches religious studies.
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Women Spies In The Civil War
September 8, 2014This hour, we’ll get to know a socialite, farmer, abolitionist and widow who each knew how to dig up a secret with Karen Abbott. She profiles them in her book, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War.
