What is it that brings and keeps humans and animals together? We’ll explore the subject this hour with science writer Meg Daley Olmert, author of “Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond” (Da Capo Press, 2010).
What does an increasing population mean for the future of the United States? We’ll talk this hour with social demographer and urban historian Joel Kotkin. His new book is “The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050” (The Penguin Press, 2010).
How does a great book become a great film? We’ll find out this hour with author and director Peter Hedges whose film and writing credits include “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” “About a Boy” and others. His new novel “The Heights” (Dutton, 2010) is out now.
What would you need to start life over in a foreign country? We’ll spend this hour with Pulitzer Prize winner Tracey Kidder whose new book is “Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness” (Random House, 2009).
What’s on the U.S. Supreme Court’s agenda this session and what could Justice Stevens’ potential retirement mean for the Court? We’ll talk with New Yorker staff writer and CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin this hour. Toobin will speak to UTA’s Maverick Speakers Series on Wednesday.
This week on Think TV, a discussion about cost-effective child abuse prevention programs. Our guest is Madeline McClure who left a job on Wall Street to battle for legislation benefiting Child Protective Services and the children they serve. The Art&Seek guest this week is Grammy nominated violinist Caroline Goulding. The 17-year- old phenom will perform […]
What will climate change and humanity’s hunger for oil spell for the Arctic? We’ll talk this hour with geopolitics expert Charles Emmerson author of “The Future History of the Arctic” (Public Affairs, 2010). Emmerson speaks to the Dallas Council on Foreign Relations tomorrow.
Was “the surge” an effective tactic in Iraq? We’ll get a boots-on-the-ground perspective this hour with Pulitzer Prize winner David Finkel, who writes about his almost 15 months with U.S. Army Battalion 2-16 in the new book, “The Good Soldiers” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009). He speaks to the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort […]
What is really going on in Burma? We’ll get a first-hand account this hour with Mac McClelland, Human Rights Correspondent for Mother Jones Magazine and author of the new book “For Us Surrender Is Out Of The Question” (Soft Skull Press, 2010).
Where do psychology and economy meet? We’ll spend this hour with William Poundstone, whose new book is “Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)” (Hill and Wang, 2010).
