Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines carries more passengers than any other airline in the world but CEO Gary Kelly is facing a dismal climate in 2008.
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The Past, Present and Future of the CIA
May 29, 2008How much power does the Central Intelligence Agency really wield and what will be its role in the coming years? We’ll explore the past, present and future of the CIA this hour with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Weiner, who’s in town to discuss his book “Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA” (Anchor Books, […]
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Ad??lie Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica
May 29, 2008How quickly is climate change progressing? We’ll discuss the rapid changes in the Earth’s coldest regions this hour with Meredith Hooper, author of “The Ferocious Summer: Ad??lie Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica” (Greystone Books, 2008).
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How Lying, Secrecy, and Hypocrisy Collide with Truth in Law
May 28, 2008How important is honesty? We’ll explore the issue this hour with Steven Lubet, the Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University and author of the new book “The Importance of Being Honest: How Lying, Secrecy, and Hypocrisy Collide with Truth in Law” (NYU Press, 2008).
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A Memoir of Fat Camp
May 28, 2008Can adolescent weight issues affect our lives as adults? We’ll talk this hour with writer, photographer and blogger Stephanie Klein, whose new book is “Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp” (William Morrow, 2008).
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New Year Baby
May 27, 2008How would you react if you learned that almost everything you knew about your family wasn’t true – and that the truth had been a secret for 25 years? We’ll spend this hour with Socheata Poeuv, who’s film “New Year Baby” explores the true roots of her Cambodian-American family. The film airs on the PBS […]
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A Life in Showbiz
May 27, 2008You know him, or at least you know the characters he’s played. He’s in town to appear in a one-man show at the Majestic Theatre tomorrow evening and to promote his new memoir of the same name – “My Trip Down the Pink Carpet” (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008). We’ll talk to Emmy Award-winning actor Leslie […]
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Presidential Campaigns of the Past
May 23, 2008What’s funny about a presidential campaign? Charles Osgood, anchor of CBS Sunday Morning, will join us this evening to discuss his new collection of tales “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail” (Hyperion, 2008). Harry Lynch, director of “Recapturing Cuba,” which […]
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The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici
May 22, 2008Who was Lorenzo de’ Medici and what was life really like in 15th Century Florence? We’ll spend the hour with art historian and journalist Miles J. Unger, author of “MAGNIFICO: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de’ Medici” (Simon and Schuster, 2008).
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From the Archives: A Life with Asperger's
May 22, 2008What exactly is Asperger’s Syndrome? Until recently, the high-functioning form of Autism was largely unknown to the public and even to those who suffered from the illness. We’ll spend the hour with one such person. John Elder Robison is a self-described “machine aficionado” who restores high-end automobiles and even created and built fire-shooting guitars for […]
