Watching The Detectives
July 22, 2014We’ll talk this hour about how the Internet is fueling the world of DIY CSI with the author of “The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America’s Coldest Cases.”
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Diamonds Are Forever
July 21, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how those characteristics became associated with these polished rocks with Susan Falls, who teaches anthropology at Savannah College of Art and Design.
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Our Crossword Fascination
July 17, 2014Crossword puzzles consume many people’s everyday lives. This hour we’ll speak about the history of our favorite time-killer with the author of “The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief.”
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The Road Less Traveled
July 17, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to sitcom writer Kristin Newman about “What I was Doing While You Were Breeding,” her memoir about her early-adulthood travels.
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Something Smells Fishy
July 16, 2014More than 90 percent of the seafood Americans eat is imported. We’ll talk this hour about why a nation bordered by two oceans gets its fish from other countries with the author of “American Catch.”
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After Death, A Helping Hand
July 16, 2014When people die at home, “removers” are called in to take the body to the morgue. We’ll talk this hour with Andrew Meredith, who writes about the job in his new memoir.
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The Arab Youth Movement
July 15, 2014Since the Arab Spring, some Westerners have grown optimistic about the region. This hour, we’ll find out if that optimism is warranted with the author of The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East.
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In Schools, Segregation Remains
July 15, 2014We’ll talk this hour about the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education and the current racial makeup of our schools with the producer of the Frontline documentary Separate and Unequal.
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The Tangled Webs We Weave
July 14, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how governments, corporations and individuals distort the truth to serve their needs with the author of “935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity.”
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Cultural Connection
July 14, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about what it means to be a Chinese American today with Eric Liu, author of “A Chinaman’s Chance: One Family’s Journey and the Chinese American Dream.”
