How did Texas blues shape the rock and roll of the late 20th Century and who was most responsible? We’ll spend this hour with writer, photographer and filmmaker Alan Govenar, His latest book is “Lightnin’ Hopkins: His Life and Blues” (Chicago Review Press, 2010).
What do animals think? What do they feel? We’ll find out this hour with animal behavior research scientist Jonathan Balcombe. His new book is “Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
Is the artwork in your local museum or personal collection genuine? Can you be sure? We’ll talk this hour with investigative journalist Laney Salisbury, co author of “Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art” (Penguin Paperback, 2010).
What makes you happy and why? We’ll explore the complexities of desire this hour with Yale University psychologist, Paul Bloom whose new book is “How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like” (W. W. Norton & Company, 2010).
From the archives – Was “the surge” an effective tactic in Iraq? We got a boots-on-the-ground perspective last March with Pulitzer Prize winner David Finkel who wrote about his almost 15 months with U.S. Army Battalion 2-16 in the book “The Good Soldiers” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009).
From the archives – What kind of nation did the founders truly intend America to be? We discussed the ongoing debate and the diverse group of lawyers, merchants, soldiers, politicians and others who framed the Constitution in April with R.B. Bernstein, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School and author of “The […]
Will President Obama’s new public policy for healthcare cure the flaws in the previous system? And what adaptations must current healthcare providers implement under the reform plan? In May we talked with Ron Anderson, President and CEO of Parkland Health & Hospital System, about quality, accountability, out of control costs, and putting the patient first. […]
The Best of Think – Is the fabled unified theory of nature just a fable? We talked last spring with Dartmouth professor of physics and astronomy, Marcelo Gleiser. His new book is “A Tear at the Edge of Creation: A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Universe” (Free Press, 2010).
What’s your favorite cut of beef to throw on the grill? What delivers the perfect taste – corn or grass – and how should you cook it? We’ll find out this hour with Mark Schatzker, author of the new book “Steak: One Man’s Search for the World’s Tastiest Piece of Beef” (Viking, 2010). Stephen Becker […]
