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Think: Episode Archives


  • Dallas Citizens Council

    What is the current role of the Dallas Citizens Council and what place does it have in the city’s history? We’ll talk with historian Darwin Payne and past Council president Tom Dunning this hour.

  • Video Art

    The Dallas Video Association is doing something different this summer. We’ll discuss the on-going video art series, “The Program,” this evening with curators Carolyn Sortor and Charles Dee Mitchell. Dallas and New York-based artist Tony Bones, will join us during the Scene segment to preview his upcoming solo show at The Public Trust.

  • How Bloggers and Online Activists are Changing American Politics

    How big is the internet’s impact on American Politics? We’ll explore politics and the web this hour with political and public affairs consultant Nate Wilcox, who’s also co-author of the book “Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists is Changing American Politics” (Praeger, 2008).

  • Helping Veterans Live a Normal Life

    What are the best ways to help veterans overcome the stigma of mental health issues and return to a normal life? We’ll spend this hour with Dr. Kathryn J. Kotrla, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Texas AandM’s Health Science Center.

  • The Arab Center

    Who controls the future of the Middle East? Jordanian diplomat and politician Marwan Muasher, believes that the future lies not on the political extremes, but in the middle ground. His new book is “The Arab Center: The promise of Moderation” (Yale, 2008).

  • The Role of Wall Street in the Mortgage and Credit Crisis

    How will the economy recover from a mortgage and credit crisis that seems to only continue to deepen? We’ll discuss the situation this hour with Paul Muolo, Executive Editor of “National Mortgage News” and co-author of the new book “Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis” (Wiley, 2008).

  • How Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations

    Who has the competitive advantage in today’s global business climate? Our guest this hour would argue that Asia currently has the technological upper hand and is gaining the accompanying political prominence as well. We’ll talk this hour with Richard J. Elkus, author of “Winner Take All: How Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations” (Basic Books, […]

  • Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

    We often hear of the divide between the superpowers and the developing world, but what about the countries that occupy that divide – countries like Brazil, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan – and the power they wield? We’ll talk this hour with Parag Khanna, author of the new book “The Second World: Empires and Influence […]

  • Where Have All the Predators Gone?

    Where have all the predators gone and why were they important in the first place? We’ll spend this hour with nature writer William Stolzenburg whose new book is “Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators” (Bloomsbury, 2008).