Where has the darkness gone? With the current National Geographic Magazine cover story “Our Vanishing Night” as our starting point, we’ll discuss the importance of darkness with Pete Strasser, Senior Technical Advisor at the International Dark Sky Association.
How can we replace fear with purpose and hope? We’ll spend this hour with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, author of the 2007 book “You Don’t Have to be Wrong for Me to be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism” (Harmony). Hirschfield will address the Jewish Community Center of Dallas this evening.
What does this week’s national election tell us about where America is headed? How does North Texas compare to the rest of the country? We’ll talk this evening with Political Science Professors Dennis Simon of SMU and Thomas Brunell of UTD.
What would you do if you were convicted of a crime you didn’t commit? Texas has seen a wave of recent DNA-based exonerations – 20 in Dallas County alone. We’ll spend this hour with Texas Monthly senior editor Michael Hall whose piece “The Exonerated” appears in the current issue; James Waller, a Dallas resident who […]
How did the friendship of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln help create the America we know today? We’ll explore their lives this hour with Harvard historian John Stauffer, author of “Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln” (Twelve, 2008).
No matter how you feel about it, yesterday’s election of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States was groundbreaking in many ways. We’ll open the phones this hour to get your thoughts on the national, state and regional election results.
Who was Emily Post before she became the etiquette expert we all know today? We’ll spend this hour with Laura Claridge author of “Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners” (Random House, 2008).
How did the final months of World War II affect the residents of Europe? Temple University historian William I. Hitchcock brings a new point of view to the story of the “Greatest Generation” in his new book “The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe” (Free Press, 2008). He’ll be […]
What is the future of the U.S. – Iranian relationship? What role will Israel play? We’ll spend this hour with Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council and author of “Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the U.S.” (Yale, Paperback, 2008).
In this era of uncertainty, one thing is certain – the country will elect a new President tomorrow. We’ll look back at the last eight years and peek ahead at a potential new administration with Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of Slate, and author of “The Bush Tragedy” (Random House, 2008).
