KERA http://www.kera.org Public Television and Radio for North Texas Wed, 16 May 2012 15:26:54 +0000 en hourly 1 Anxious Parenting and the Independent Child http://www.kera.org/2012/05/16/anxious-parenting-and-the-independent-child/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anxious-parenting-and-the-independent-child http://www.kera.org/2012/05/16/anxious-parenting-and-the-independent-child/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:26:54 +0000 Jeff Whittington http://www.kera.org/?p=12631 ]]> Hour 2:           Do any kids still walk to school, or play outside all day until dinnertime? We’ll examine the age of anxious parenting this hour and discuss strategies for fostering independence in children with Michael Thompson, Ph.D., author of “Homesick and Happy: How Time Away from Parents Can Help a Child Grow” (Ballantine Books, 2012).

 

]]> http://www.kera.org/2012/05/16/anxious-parenting-and-the-independent-child/feed/ 0 A Nation of Heretics? http://www.kera.org/2012/05/16/a-nation-of-heretics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-nation-of-heretics http://www.kera.org/2012/05/16/a-nation-of-heretics/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:22:53 +0000 Jeff Whittington http://www.kera.org/?p=12628 ]]> Hour 1:           How has American Christianity changed in the last sixty years and how are those changes affecting our society? We’ll talk this hour with Ross Douthat, op-ed columnist for The New York Times and author of the new book “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics” (Free Press, 2012).

 

]]> http://www.kera.org/2012/05/16/a-nation-of-heretics/feed/ 0 Daniel J. Crowley http://www.kera.org/2012/05/15/daniel-j-crowley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daniel-j-crowley http://www.kera.org/2012/05/15/daniel-j-crowley/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:54:18 +0000 April Kinser http://www.kera.org/?p=12616 ]]> President
Raytheon Network Centric Systems
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Daniel J. Crowley, president of Raytheon Network Centric Systems, joins host Lee Cullum to discuss the company’s high-tech defense products. Learn how NCS devices protect lives of first responders and soldiers in theater. Crowley explains why he is optimistic about U.S. manufacturing.

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Daniel J. Crowley is a Raytheon Company vice president and president of Raytheon Network Centric Systems (NCS). Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2011 sales of $25 billion and 71,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. Raytheon’s global headquarters is in Waltham, Mass.

NCS, which had 2011 revenues of $4.5 billion, provides networked systems and net-centric integration to military, federal and civil customers throughout the world. With headquarters in McKinney, Texas, NCS has 11,600 employees located throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.

NCS’s major business areas include networked sensors, command and control systems, communications, air traffic management and homeland security. NCS plays a leading role in a number of very important domestic and international defense programs, and has world-class capabilities in command and control, communications and intelligence architecture; modeling and simulation; and enterprise-wide network centric systems integration. NCS is also a leader in electro-optic sensors, radio frequency communications, battlefield radar, knowledge management and information assurance.

Crowley joined Raytheon following 27 years with Lockheed Martin Corporation. At Lockheed, he served as chief operating officer of the Aeronautics business unit supporting key military aviation platforms such as the F-16, C-130, and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, as well as Advanced Development Programs (Skunk WorksTM). Prior to that, Crowley was executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program; president of Simulation, Training and Support; vice president of Business Development and Advanced Programs for Space and Strategic Missiles; deputy program manager for the Special Programs line of business supporting classified space programs and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program for the Missile Defense Agency; director and vice president for Commercial Space Systems; and plant manager for Astronautics facilities. He also held management positions at the company’s Calabasas and Bethesda headquarters.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in manufacturing systems engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He also received a master’s degree in management from Stanford University as a Sloan Fellow.

 

]]> http://www.kera.org/2012/05/15/daniel-j-crowley/feed/ 0 The Future of Education http://www.kera.org/2012/05/15/the-future-of-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-future-of-education http://www.kera.org/2012/05/15/the-future-of-education/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:10:40 +0000 Jeff Whittington http://www.kera.org/?p=12609 ]]> Hour 2:           Do we share an ethical responsibility to ensure that high quality education is available to all? We’ll explore the roles we can all play this hour with Regina Nippert, director of the Center on Communities and Education at SMU’s Simmons School of Education & Human Development, Professor Rita Kirk, director of SMU’s Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, and Todd Williams, an education philanthropist and executive director of Commit! They all participated in the first of a series of “From Your Block to the Boardroom” conversations at SMU last week.

]]> http://www.kera.org/2012/05/15/the-future-of-education/feed/ 4 A Conversation with John Irving http://www.kera.org/2012/05/15/a-conversation-with-john-irving/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-conversation-with-john-irving http://www.kera.org/2012/05/15/a-conversation-with-john-irving/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:05:04 +0000 Jeff Whittington http://www.kera.org/?p=12606 ]]> Hour 1:           How do our secret desires and sexual identities influence the personality we present to others? We’ll talk this hour with bestselling author John Irving, who covers these topics and more in his latest novel “In One Person” (Simon & Schuster, 2012). Irving will speak to the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live tonight.

]]> http://www.kera.org/2012/05/15/a-conversation-with-john-irving/feed/ 0 The Secret Lives of the Brain http://www.kera.org/2012/05/14/the-secret-lives-of-the-brain-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-secret-lives-of-the-brain-3 http://www.kera.org/2012/05/14/the-secret-lives-of-the-brain-3/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:38 +0000 Jeff Whittington http://www.kera.org/?p=12477 ]]> Hour 2:           From the Think archive – What is your brain really doing when you think it’s busy being you? We found out last summer with David Eagleman who directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law at Baylor College of Medicine. His most recent book is “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain” (Pantheon, 2011).

]]> http://www.kera.org/2012/05/14/the-secret-lives-of-the-brain-3/feed/ 0 The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame http://www.kera.org/2012/05/10/the-evolution-of-virtue-altruism-and-shame/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-evolution-of-virtue-altruism-and-shame http://www.kera.org/2012/05/10/the-evolution-of-virtue-altruism-and-shame/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:03 +0000 Jeff Whittington http://www.kera.org/?p=12474 ]]> Hour 2:           How did humans develop a moral sense and why do people engage in self-sacrifice and altruism? We’ll talk this hour with Christopher Boehm, Director of the Jane Goodall Research Center and Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California. His new book is “Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame” (Basic Books, 2012).

]]> http://www.kera.org/2012/05/10/the-evolution-of-virtue-altruism-and-shame/feed/ 0 How to Cook Everything http://www.kera.org/2012/05/10/how-to-cook-everything/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-cook-everything http://www.kera.org/2012/05/10/how-to-cook-everything/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:00:22 +0000 Jeff Whittington http://www.kera.org/?p=12469 ]]> Hour 1:           What’s the best way to learn to cook and just how hard is it to make delicious food at home? We’ll spend this hour with food and cooking authority Mark Bittman, whose new book is “How to Cook Everything The Basics: All You Need to Make Great Food” (Wiley, 2012). Bittman will speak at Temple Emanu-el this evening.

]]> http://www.kera.org/2012/05/10/how-to-cook-everything/feed/ 0 The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr http://www.kera.org/2012/05/09/the-heartbreak-of-aaron-burr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-heartbreak-of-aaron-burr http://www.kera.org/2012/05/09/the-heartbreak-of-aaron-burr/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:38:00 +0000 Jeff Whittington http://www.kera.org/?p=12462 ]]> Hour 2:           Who was the real Aaron Burr? We’ll look beyond his famous duel with rival Alexander Hamilton this hour with H.W. Brands, the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of the new book “The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr” (Anchor, 2012). Brands will speak to the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live tonight.

]]> http://www.kera.org/2012/05/09/the-heartbreak-of-aaron-burr/feed/ 0 Lessons of Love, Strength, and Family http://www.kera.org/2012/05/09/lessons-of-love-strength-and-family/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lessons-of-love-strength-and-family http://www.kera.org/2012/05/09/lessons-of-love-strength-and-family/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:31:16 +0000 Jeff Whittington http://www.kera.org/?p=12459 ]]> Hour 1:           What are the challenges of growing up in a family that some people see as non-traditional? We’ll talk this hour with Zach Wahls, whose 2011 speech before the Iowa House of Representatives has been viewed millions and millions of times on the Internet. His new book is “My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family” (Gotham Books, 2012).

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