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  • A Call to Action on Climate Change

    What would passing clean energy climate legislation mean for our economy and our place in the world? We’ll talk with Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, whose new book is “Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2010).

  • Remembering Molly Ivins

    How did a woman groomed for a gilded life in Houston reinvent herself as one of the most provocative and influential journalists in Texas history? We’ll talk this hour with University of Texas journalism professor Bill Minutaglio, author of “Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life” (Public Affairs, 2009).

  • Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying

    When do you shop? And why do you sometimes buy things that you don’t really need? We’ll talk this hour with former editor in chief of Esquire Magazine Lee Eisenberg, author of “Shoptimism: Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What” (Free Press, 2009).

  • From Oil Wells to Solar Cells to the Renewable Future

    What can we do to relieve our addiction to energy? We’ll spend this hour with Amanda Little, author of the new book “Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells – Our Ride to the Renewable Future” (Harper, 2009).

  • How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks

    Was your high school history textbook telling the truth about America’s past? We’ll spend this hour with sociologist James W. Loewen, whose new book is “Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History” (Teachers College Press, 2009).

  • A Conversation with Novelist Clive Cussler

    How did a marine archaeologist turn his adventurous reality into a prolific career of writing adventure fiction? We’ll talk this hour with novelist Clive Cussler, co-author of the new book, “The Wrecker” (Putnam, 2009).

  • The Trinity River

    Could the Trinity River have better served North Texas as a barge canal running to the Gulf of Mexico? We’ll talk with producer Rob Tranchin, whose new television documentary, “Living with the Trinity,” premieres tonight on KERA 13.

  • The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward

    What went wrong with the economic policies advanced by the Reagan administration? We’ll talk this hour with former domestic policy adviser Bruce Bartlett, author of “The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

  • Reporting the News

    Have the nuts and bolts of reporting the news changed to reflect the tumultuous media landscape over the last three decades? We’ll discuss the changing face of television journalism with Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. In the ArtandSeek segment, we’ll talk with Carl Hamm, Senior Vice President of Development at […]