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What are the current big ideas about power, journalism, religion and healthcare? We’ll preview the upcoming Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture Festival of Ideas this hour with KERA’s own Lee Cullum, who’ll lead this weekend’s event. We’ll also be …

Why do we choose to live the way we do and what really influences those choices? We’ll talk this hour with New York Times columnist and bestselling author David Brooks, whose new book is “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources …

Why would an acclaimed photographer choose small town Texas football as the subject of her art? We’ll talk with Laura Wilson, who documents the tradition, energy, and cultural importance of high school sports in “Grit & Glory: Six-Man Football,” an …

Was the Boston Tea Party really about taxation or just a cunning ploy for political power? We’ll find out this hour with Harlow Giles Unger, author of “American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution” (Da Capo, 2011).

Can making errors improve our families, jobs and the world? We’ll talk this hour with New York Times consumer columnist Alina Tugend, whose new book is “Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong” (Riverhead Books, 2011).

What does it take to become a successful chef? We’ll talk with Gabrielle Hamilton, author and chef/owner of New York City’s Prune restaurant. Her new memoir is “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef” (Random House, …

What happens when nearly thirty thousand plastic animals spill from a freighter in the North Pacific? We’ll talk with Donovan Hohn, whose new book is “Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, …

Is there a better brain in your future? What if it involves a machine augmentation? We’ll explore the possibilities this hour with Miguel Nicolelis, the Anne W. Deane Professor of Neuroscience at Duke University and founder of Duke’s Center for …

From the archives: How did family jealousy culminate in the assassination of one of America’s greatest presidents? We’ll find out this hour with historian Nora Titone, whose new book is “My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and …

What’s happening at the “fringes” of our planet’s habitable space and what can we learn of our future from the most extreme environments on Earth? We’ll talk this hour with traveler and writer Sara Wheeler, whose new book is “The …