Exactly how powerful is music? We listen for entertainment and enjoyment, but can music actually heal? We’ll spend this hour with Barbara L Bastable, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts.
Who really pays for the multi-million dollar election campaigns that send our Representatives and Senators to Washington? We’ll talk this hour with veteran Washington Post reporter Robert G. Kaiser, who writes about the issue in his new book “So Much Damn Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government” (Knopf, 2009).
What’s the best way to engage and educate 21st Century kids? We’ll talk this hour with two leaders in the field. Susan Marcus is co-founder of the Learning About Learning Education Foundation and co-author of the book “New World Kids: The Parent’s Guide to Creative Thinking” (Foundry Media, 2008). Robyn Flatt is Executive Artistic Director […]
How should the U.S. Government face the current economic crisis and is there a way for the Obama Administration to get it right? In the current Mother Jones Magazine cover story, “Fiscal Therapy,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston offers a 14-part prescription for getting the economy back on its feet. We’ll talk with him […]
Can film conquer the demons of war? We’ll talk this hour with director Ari Folman who deconstructs nightmares, memories and the first Lebanon War of the early eighties in his new animated film “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Classics).
How do colors influence our perception? Is there a complimentary, but reverse counterpart to that process? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. David Eagleman, Director of The Laboratory for Perception and Action at the Baylor College of Medicine. He’ll discuss his groundbreaking research on the fascinating scientific phenomenon known as Synesthesia in a lecture “Colors […]
Where does “the everyday” meet serious art? We’ll spend this hour with an international titan of the art world, Jeff Koons. Equally famous for his giant public art pieces including the iconic “Balloon Dog” – and his 90s marriage to Italian porn star and parliamentarian Cicciolina, Koons will address the sold-out Nasher Salon Series […]
What was the darkest chapter in America’s Civil Rights struggle? We’ll spend this hour with Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize winning author of “Carry Me Home, Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution” (Simon and Schuster, 2002).
What is your strategy for achieving your best results? We’ll explore creative ways to find where our natural abilities and personal passions meet with Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D., author of “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything” (Viking, 2009).
Conflict in the Middle East headlines most newscasts, yet coverage and understanding of Middle Eastern Americans is negligible. We’ll find out why this hour with attorney and professor John Tehranian, author of “Whitewashed: America’s Invisible Middle Eastern Minority” (NYU Press, 2008).
