Everyone likes good desserts. But when you’re the President of the United States you get really, really good desserts. We’ll spend this hour with Chef Roland Mesnier, who served for 25 years as the White House Pastry Chef. His new memoir is “All the Presidents’ Pastries: Twenty-Five Years in the White House” (Flammarion, 2007).
Have you been mortified lately? David Nadelberg stumbled upon the sweet angst of public humiliation when he read an old love letter aloud to friends in his mid-twenties. He then made the (not quite so) obvious conclusion that others might be interested in doing the same sort of thing. In 2002, Nadelberg launched “Mortified,” the […]
How do others view the international issues of our time? From Iraq and Afghanistan to Global Warming and humanitarian outreach, it pays to remember that the individual American’s view is not the only view. We’ll get a couple of different perspectives this hour with Bruce Feiler, author of “Where God Was Born” in the first […]
What was the role of women in the prehistoric past? Our view of prehistoric society is usually dominated by museum dioramas and movie images of male-focused hunter groups. But according to Dr. J.M. Adovasio and Professor Olga Soffer, this image has very little to do with reality. We’ll examine what can be deduced about the […]
What is the status of international philanthropy today? How does a world-wide operation like the American Red Cross get the job done? We’ll spend this hour with Ambassador Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Chairman of the American Red Cross, who’ll visit North Texas to speak to the DFW World Affairs Council on Wednesday, March 14th and Thursday March […]
Is the fixation on beauty, youth, and trendiness in pop culture a passing fad? Is it ethical for corporations to capitalize on such fixations? We’ll explore youthfulness in the marketplace this hour with Professor Tony Pederson, Belo Distinguished Chair of Journalism at SMU.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the treatment of veterans has been one of the biggest news stories of the past few weeks. Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News, Martha Raddatz, knows about the challenges that American war-fighting families face and their lasting effects. Raddatz will join us to discuss her new book “The […]
How does one transition from a life as a successful comedy actor who’s appeared in over 30 films to the solitary world of the novelist? You could ask Gene Wilder. We’ll spend some time with Gene Wilder who’s currently on tour promoting his first novel “My French Whore” (St. Martin’s Press, 2007). Andrea Karnes, curator […]
He is undoubtedly one of the coolest people who ever lived. But who exactly was Miles Davis? We’ll spend this hour with Richard Cook, editor of “Jazz Review,” the leading British jazz magazine and author of the new book “It’s About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off Record” (Oxford, 2007). We’ll also get a […]
Can art be offensive? Are questions of censorship and freedom of expression appropriate when it comes to art and should religion be off-limits? We’ll examine the line between art and incitement this hour with S. Brent Plate, Assistant Professor of Religion and the Visual Arts at TCU, and author of the book “Blasphemy: Art that […]
