Many have predicted it. And now, a Grantham Prize-winning Los Angeles Times series “Altered Oceans” confirms that the Earth’s oceans are becoming toxic and possibly threatening the stability of life on the planet. We’ll spend this hour with Kenneth Weiss, who along with Usha Lee McFarling and photographer Rick Loomis, wrote the five-part series.
Where does the U.S. currently stand in Iraq? How long will our military be involved and can the insurgency be controlled? Thomas E. Ricks, Pulitzer Prize-winning senior Pentagon correspondent for The Washington Post, interviewed more than 100 senior U.S. military officers and reviewed more than 30,000 pages of official documents while researching his book “Fiasco: […]
How would a Giuliani presidency look? We’ll spend this hour with Kevin Baker, whose article “A Fate Worse than Bush: Rudolph Giuliani and the Politics of Personality” appears in the August issue of HARPER’S Magazine.
When was the last time you read a comic book? Comic books -now called graphic novels – are experiencing a surge in popularity and according to critic Douglas Wolk, shaping contemporary culture. He’ll join us this hour to discuss the genre and his new book “Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean” […]
James T. Hackett is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the world’s largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies.
Almost two years after the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, many stories are just now emerging from the flood. Joshua Clark has one of those stories to tell. A survivor of the hurricane who chose not to evacuate, Clark became a correspondent for both NPR and Slate during the storm’s aftermath. He’ll join us this hour […]
Have you finished the latest Harry Potter book yet? We’ll discuss the Harry Potter phenomenon this hour and its place in literature for children (and adults) with Dr. Jean Greenlaw, Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of North Texas and Debby Jennings, Head Librarian at Fort Worth’s Country Day School and Adjunct Professor in […]
How will biotechnology touch your life? Chances are it already has. We’ll explore the rapid growth of an industry that was virtually non-existent a few decades ago with Moira A. Gunn, Ph.D. Gunn is the author of “Welcome to Biotech Nation: My Unexpected Odyssey into the Land of Small Molecules, Lean Genes, and Big Ideas” […]
Are religions immune to change? Who has the power within large church organizations and what are some ministers doing to spark change? We’ll spend this hour with Journalist Michael Erard whose report on the recent Southern Baptist Convention, “Don’t Stop Believing: Renegade Bloggers Besiege the Southern Baptist Convention,” appears in the current issue of the […]
Where is the world of letters headed and how does a writer get noticed by publishers and reviewers? The UNT Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference aims to answer those questions later this week. We’ll talk this hour with Nan Talese, Senior Vice President of Doubleday and Publisher and Editorial Director of Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, who’ll […]
