Bob Best, Atmos Energy
Best covers topics ranging from the Barnett Shale and mounting public concern over drilling safety to the distribution of natural gas and the growing need for energy in Texas and the nation.
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Life in the Garden of Captives
July 29, 2010What are the different roles played by zoos and are they important enough to justify life-long captivity of animals? What’s life really like inside a zoo? We’ll talk this hour with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas French who spent six years researching and reporting for his latest work “Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives” […]
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Documenting Immigration & Politics on Film
July 29, 2010What does Arizona’s S.B. 1070 mean for the rest of the country? We’ll examine the similar 2008 Prince William County, Virginia law and the fallout it caused this hour with Eric Byler, co-director of the documentary “9500 Liberty” which opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas this weekend.
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Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
July 28, 2010Just how important is food to the stability of a society? We’ll examine the Romans and Mayans, modern challenges in the United States and China and more this hour with agricultural expert Evan D. G. Fraser, co-author of the new book “Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations” (Free Press, […]
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Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism
July 28, 2010Do certain psychiatric conditions commonly referred to as disorders go hand-in-hand with outstanding creativity and success in other fields? Our guest this hour thinks we should consider it. We’ll talk with Thomas Armstrong author of “Neurodiversity: Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences” Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2010).
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The Future of the Last Wild Food
July 27, 2010What are environmental degradation, fish farming and commercial fishing doing to the wild fish populations in the world’s oceans? We’ll talk with Paul Greenberg, seafood and ocean authority and author of “Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food” (The Penguin Press, 2010).
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Learning to Love Language
July 27, 2010How is language changing and what do we lose when a language disappears forever? We’ll find out this hour with linguist and author David Crystal. His latest work is “A Little Book of Language” (Yale, 2010).
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A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
July 26, 2010What does the world owe to steam? We’ll look back this hour at the marvelous invention that started the modern era with William Rosen, author of “The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention” (Random House, 2010).
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Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World
July 26, 2010Can making things and accomplishing projects yourself change your outlook on life? We’ll spend this hour with Mark Frauenfelder, founder of the popular blog boingboing.net, editor in chief of the do-it-yourself publication Make Magazine and author of the new book “Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World” (Portfolio, 2010).
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Saving a Historic Past
July 23, 2010How can we preserve the endangered historic sites in the urban areas of North Texas? We’ll talk with Jerre Tracy, Executive Director of Historic Fort Worth about the pressure to protect landmark buildings targeted by developers and which locations top the list of Fort Worth’s Most Endangered Places. What’s new in puppetry? Lake Simons, actress […]
