The Streets On The Stage
January 23, 2014The tragedy of Oedpus has taken many forms since Sophocles’ day – one is set in the barrios of Los Angeles in the play ‘Oedipus El Rey.’
The tragedy of Oedpus has taken many forms since Sophocles’ day – one is set in the barrios of Los Angeles in the play ‘Oedipus El Rey.’
P.J. O’Rourke has been making us laugh through his writing for 50 years. And as a proud Baby Boomer, he’s got plenty of wry insights to make about his generation.
As humans, we can reliably live about 70 years, give or take. So what are some tortoises doing that allows them to live twice as long?
We’ll talk this hour about the factors at play in our war with our weight with Dr. Deborah A. Cohen, author of A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic – And How We Can End It.
We’ll talk this hour about what passes as good manners – and how we learned them – with Henry Hitchings, author of Sorry!: The English and Their Manners.
Where did college sports and racial integration meet?
In August, the nation marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
Jane Pauley joins us this hour to talk about her distinguished career in broadcasting and about her new book, Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life.
We’ll find out this hour how we can simplify our lives by being honest with neuroscientist Sam Harris, author of Lying.
As part of KERA’s One Crisis Away initiative, we’ll find out this hour how we can better mange our money with a panel of Certified Financial Planners.