Think features in-depth interviews with compelling guests, covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and trends to food and wine, travel, adventure and entertainment.
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How did an advertisement for real estate become the symbol of fame, fortune and everything that goes with it? We’ll talk this hour with Leo Braudy, University Professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature at the …
Will computers one day do our thinking for us? We’ll talk this hour with Brian Christian whose new book is “The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive” (Doubleday, 2011). Christian …
What do culture, food and wine tell us about a specific place and time? We’ll spend this hour with journalist and travel writer Robert V. Camuto who explores the rugged island of Sicily in his new book “Palmento: A Sicilian …
What are the latest developments in the fight against type 1 and juvenile diabetes? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. Gregory Clark of UT Southwestern Medical Center and Jeffrey Brewer, President and CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
What is the role of the concertmaster? We’ll find out this hour and discuss Dallas’s classical music community with Alexander Kerr and Nathan Olson; they assume the roles of Dallas Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster and Co-Concertmaster on September 1st. We might …
Would you risk your life to achieve equality? This hour we’ll remember the brave individuals who did just that in the spring and summer of 1961 with Ray Arsenault, the John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History at the University …
What made Winston Churchill one of the great leaders of the 20th century? We’ll spend this hour with Celia Sandys, author of “We Shall Not Fail: The Inspiring Leadership of Winston Churchill.” Sandys, who will address the World Affairs Council …
What does the destruction in Japan mean for the Japanese and global economy and how will the tragedy affect our relationship with Japan? We’ll spend this hour with David Schnetzer, President of the Japan America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth and …
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 …
