What killed urbanism in America and is an urban resurgence possible? We’ll preview this weekend’s UTD Central Trak Symposium “Kinetics of Urban Sprawl: Cybernetics and Urbanism in the 21st Century” with Robert Bruegmann, Professor of Architectural History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of the book “Sprawl: A Compact History” (Chicago, 2005).
What scenes from your daily life would make for good stories? We’ll discuss the art of storytelling and writing this hour with novelist and memoirist Tobias Wolff who’s in town for the Highland Park Literary Festival. Wolff will give a free public reading this evening at the Highland Park High School auditorium.
Why are roads so important? What impact do roads have on the world and on human society? We’ll talk this hour with Ted Conover whose new book is “The Routes of Man: How Roads are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today” (Knopf, 2010).
How are the people of Texas changing and what does it mean for our future? Rice University Sociology Professor Steve H. Murdock will deliver the lecture entitled “The New Texas Challenge: Population Change and the Future of Texas” at SMU this evening. We’ll get a preview with Professor Murdock this hour.
What happens to our brains when we fall in love? We’ll explore the brain’s chemistry this hour with Helen Fisher, Ph.D. who speaks to the UT Dallas Center for Brain Health’s “The Brain: An Owner’s Guide” lecture series this evening.
What can leaders and teachers do to make a difference in low-income classrooms and in the lives of America’s young people? We’ll talk this hour with Charles Glover, executive director of Teach For America Dallas about the organization’s inaugural year in North Texas.
How should an Islamic society address political reform? We’ll talk this hour with Mohsen Kadivar, visiting professor of religious studies at Duke University and political activist in Iran. He’ll deliver two lectures at Texas Woman’s University this week.
How can a parent ensure that their children are happy? We’ll talk this hour with Christine Carter, Ph.D., executive director of the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center and author of the new book “Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents” (Ballantine Books, 2010).
Are good times on the horizon? Andy Serwer, managing editor of Fortune Magazine certainly hopes so. His new book is “Starting Over: Why the last decade was so damn rotten and why the next one will surely be better” (Time Books, 2010). He’ll join us for the hour.
Considering the work of The Innocence Project and numerous recent death row exonerations around the country, is capital punishment still a viable solution in modern human society? We’ll talk this hour with David R. Dow, litigation director at the Texas Defender Service and author of “The Autobiography of an Execution” (Twelve, 2010).
