We often think of ourselves as the pinnacle of life on the planet. But the largest and tallest living organisms are very different from us. They’re the magnificent coastal redwoods of Northern California. We’ll spend this hour with bestselling author Richard Preston, who profiles the trees, their explorers and the lost ecosystems they inhabit and […]
Audubon Texas and the City of Dallas will soon break ground on the Trinity River Audubon Center in Dallas. Will the first major building project of the Trinity Corridor initiative change the way we enjoy our natural environment? We’ll discuss the regional and national Audubon mission this hour with John Flicker, President of the National […]
How is depression diagnosed? Psychologist Gary Greenberg volunteered for a study on mild depression and was quite surprised, after examination, to be diagnosed with major depression. He writes about the experience in his current Harper’s Magazine cover story “Manufacturing Depression: A Journey into the Economy of Melancholy.” We’ll talk with him this hour.
We probably all know someone who has used assisted reproductive technology to have a child. According to journalist Liza Mundy, rising infertility rates and the reliance on technology to conceive are changing our conceptions of the American family. We’ll examine the changing reproductive landscape this hour with Mundy, whose new book is “Everything Conceivable: How […]
There have been many comparisons of the current conflict in Iraq with America’s Vietnam adventure which ended officially almost 32 years ago. But how do the experiences differ for the soldiers? Dr. Charles Moskos, professor emeritus of sociology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, is one of the foremost military sociologists in the world. He’ll […]
Children’s Medical Center Dallas and the Coalition for North Texas Children recently released “Beyond ABC: Growing Up in Dallas County,” a 15-year comprehensive analysis of 58 indicators that measure the well-being of the more than 675,000 children in Dallas County in relation to health, education, safety and security. We’ll discuss the report this hour with […]
Imagine being banished along with your entire community to a veritable wasteland 1200 miles away from home. It happened to sixteen Inuit families from Hudson Bay in 1953 when the Canadian Government moved them to barren and frozen Ellesmere Island. We’ll hear their story this hour with Melanie McGrath, author of “The Long Exile: A […]
Do African Americans and Native Americans share a similar experience? We’ll spend this hour with Dr. Tiya Alicia Miles, Assistant Professor of American Culture, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Native American Studies at the University of Michigan. Dr. Miles will receive the Hiett Prize from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture at the Dallas […]
Is the United States of America still a worthy nation? In spite of rancor between the political parties and divisive foreign and domestic policies, Senator Bill Bradley thinks so. We’ll explore his vision of the common good as laid out in his new book “The New American Story” (Random House, 2007).
We often think of ourselves as the masters of the natural world. However, according to Princeton Professor James R. Gould and science writer Carol Grant Gould, the dwelling constructions of animals point to a level of cognition beyond instinct and perhaps even a concept of beauty. We’ll examine the animal mind this hour with James […]
