Who was Patty Hearst and what does her story tell us about the confusing and turbulent 70s? We’ll spend this hour with William Graebner, author of the new book “Patty’s Got a Gun: Patty Hearst in 1970’s America” (University of Chicago Press, 2008).
Do you love your car but hate traffic, the expense of your vehicle and the environmental damage it does? According to Brian Ladd, this love-hate relationship is nothing new. We’ll talk with Ladd, author of “Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age” (University of Chicago Press, 2008) this hour.
Many are familiar with poet Walt Whitman’s work as a nurse to the wounded soldiers of the Civil War. But did you know about the roles his brothers played? We’ll explore the Civil War through the lens of one family this hour with Robert Roper, author of “Now the Drum of War: Walt Whitman and […]
What does “biologically normal” really mean and what can we learn from abnormalities? We’ll spend this hour with the University of Iowa’s Professor Mark S. Blumberg, author of the new book “Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us about Development and Evolution” (Oxford 2008).
What role did the Indian Nations of the Southern Plains play in America’s 19th Century conflict with Mexico? We’ll talk this hour with University of Colorado historian Brian DeLay. His new book on the subject is “War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War” (Yale, 2008).
As Chairman, President and CEO of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Matthew Rose overseas the nation’s second largest rail network stretching more than 30,000 miles in 28 states and two Canadian provinces.
Should the Bush Administration be held accountable for miscarriages of justice including war crimes? Harper’s Magazine contributing editor and New York attorney Scott Horton thinks so. He makes this case in this month’s cover story “Justice After Bush: Prosecuting an Outlaw Administration.”
Can history really be known? Where are the clues to the truth about the past? According to our guest this hour, University of Georgia Professor Peter Charles Hoffer, history is all around us. We’ll speak with him this hour about his new book “The Historian’s Paradox: The Study of History in Our Time” (NYU Press, […]
What do Texas scientists think about the idea of teaching the weaknesses of the theory of evolution in Texas classrooms? UTA Professor Raymond A. Eve had just released a survey of 464 university science teachers. He’ll join us this hour to discuss the findings published in “Evolution, Creationism and Public Schools: Surveying What Texas Scientists […]
How has the ubiquitous private security contractor changed America’s approach to war in Iraq and elsewhere? We’ll spend this hour with 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Steve Fainaru, author of the new book “Big Boy Rules: America’s Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq” (Da Capo Press, 2008).
