How Play Made The World
December 13, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how history has been shaped by the pursuit of amusement with Steven Johnson, creator of the PBS series “How We Got to Now.”
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The Legacy Of Willie Velasquez
September 20, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the founder of the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project with Hector Galán, director of the PBS documentary “Willie Velasquez: Your Vote Is Your Voice,” which airs Oct. 3 on KERA-TV.
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Cooking With Jacques
January 4, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with the French chef Jacques Pepín about his life in the kitchen – and about the foods he fell in love with when he moved to America.
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War And Peace On Iwo Jima
November 10, 2015This hour, 70 years after the fight, we’ll talk about how participants on opposite sides have returned to the island as friends with historian Dan King.
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Inside The Mind
October 5, 2015This hour, we’ll explore the innerworkings of the human control center with Dr. David Eagleman.
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The Origins Of Middle East Unrest
June 29, 2015We’ll travel back in time a little more than a century with filmmaker Ben Loeterman to talk about how things turned sour, the subject of his film 1913: Seeds of Conflict.
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The Italian Influence On America
February 16, 2015This hour, we’ll talk with the producer of a PBS series about how Italian-Americans have driven and changed American culture since the 19th century.
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Art In The 21st Century
September 18, 2014The PBS series Art 21 debuts its seventh season on KERA next month. This hour, we’ll get a taste of new energy in the contemporary art world with Susan Sollins, Art 21’s executive producer and curator.
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Winning Freedom With A Bloody Summer
June 16, 2014This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer. We’ll look back this hour at the effort to register black voters in Mississippi with historian Bruce Watson.
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Kid's Media Today
November 27, 2012How can parents navigate the ever-widening array of digital entertainment and educational choices for their kids?
