From the archives – What is news and how is the media landscape changing? We talked last month with Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. J. Larry Allums, Executive Director of The Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture, joined us during the Scene segment to discuss how cultural literacy is more […]
Who was the real President Gerald R. Ford and how did he want to be remembered by the American people? We’ll find out this hour with journalist Thomas M. DeFrank, whose new book is “Write It When I’m Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford” (Putnam, 2007).
When you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, will you think about the history of the spices that give your meal that specific and very traditional flavor? Where did the spices originate and how did the spice-trade begin? We’ll explore the tumultuous history of flavor this hour with Michael Krondl, author of “The Taste of […]
Who was Charles Schulz? According to biographer David Michaelis, the world-famous cartoonist and creator of Peanuts was more complex than many of his fans suspected. We’ll spend this hour with Michaelis, author of the highly-acclaimed new book “Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography” (HarperCollins, 2007).
Think you know the history of Thanksgiving? What about the Pilgrims? We’ll learn just how much we really know this hour with Kenneth C. Davis, author of “Don’t Know Much About History” and more recently, “Don’t Know Much About Anything” (Harper, 2007).
What would you do if you’re hometown was determined to be a toxic disaster? This is the question that has bitterly divided the town of Picher, Oklahoma, also known as the Tar Creek Superfund site. We’ll spend this hour with producer/director Julianna Brannum and executive producer Rob Tranchin, whose film about the town, “The Creek […]
What can art tell us about how the brain works? We’ll find out this hour with Jonah Lehrer, whose new book “Proust Was A Neuroscientist” (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) examines the relationships between art, the senses, memory, and the perception of reality.
With their 3000th adult liver transplant, Baylor University Medical Center has just reached a transplant milestone achieved only by two other programs in the country. We’ll explore the program this evening and talk about organ donation and transplantation with Dr. G??ran Klintmalm, Chairman and Chief of the Baylor Regional Transplant Institute. We’ll also be joined […]
To Americans who grew up in the 20th Century, Daniel Boone is the larger-than-life, but relatively simple character portrayed by Fess Parker in the 1960s TV series. The real Daniel Boone was a complex person, a settler and conservator, revolutionary and legislator. We’ll get a glimpse of the real historical figure this hour with Robert […]
How will humans interact with robots in the future? According to artificial intelligence expert David Levy, the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Levy’s new book is “Love + Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships” (Harper Collins, 2007). We’ll talk with David Levy this hour.
