What was life like for the elite in ancient Rome? Greek and Roman art historian Dr. John Clarke will deliver the lecture “Reconstructing Life in Ancient Roman Villas: Study and Excavation at the Villa of Oplontis near Pompeii” as part of the Boshell Family Lecture Series on Archeology at the Dallas Museum of Art at […]
Jim Burnett’s 30-year career as a National Park Service Ranger spanned the country, culminating as Chief Ranger at Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia. Along the way, he had the opportunity to live and work at eight of the most unique places in America and to collect some great and very funny stories about life […]
School begins Monday in the Dallas and Fort Worth School Districts. What will the new year hold for students and parents and how are administrators facing the growing challenges of educating the youth of North Texas? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. Melody Johnson, Superintendent of the Fort Worth I.S.D. and Dr. Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent […]
How are the responsibilities of journalists changing in our fast-paced 24-hour news cycle world? We’ll explore the issue this hour with Neil Henry, Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at U.C. Berkeley and author of “American Carnival: Journalism Under Siege in an Age of New Media” (California, 2007).
What can we learn from meteorites – the oldest materials known to exist? We’ll find out this hour with Dr. Arthur Ehlmann, curator of the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery and Dr. Doug Ingram, Instructor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at TCU.
How did the United States rebuild World War II-ravaged Europe and how can the lessons learned be applied to current challenges? Our guest this hour, Greg Behrman, is the Henry Kissinger Fellow for Foreign Policy at The Aspen Institute and author of “The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped […]
There are refugees from war and violence living on every continent. What was it like when the violence they were fleeing was taking place in Western Europe? We’ll explore the stories of thousands and thousands of displaced Parisians in World War II with University of Bath Senior Lecturer in French History, Hanna Diamond. Her latest […]
What’s in store for television this fall? We’ll spend this hour with Ed Bark, who after his 26-year career as the TV critic at The Dallas Morning News, began covering the television scene on his very popular website and blog, Uncle Barky.com.
Archive from 7/13/07 – In the late 60s, Dr. Kenneth Cooper changed the way American’s approach exercise with the release of his book “Aerobics.” Now he hopes to help Texas school children revitalize their health with the Fitnessgram, a multi-platform physical fitness evaluation that Texas schools will implement in the coming year. Dr. Cooper joined […]
Without a doubt, the United States military mission in Iraq is facing an unprecedented challenge facing an insurgent that was completely unexpected when the conflict began. One just-published response is “The U.S. Army – Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual” (University of Chicago Press, 2007). We’ll talk this hour with Lt. Col. John A. Nagl, Military […]
