How can today’s amateur, professional, and school-aged athletes protect themselves from concussions and brain trauma? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. John Hart Jr., medical science director at the Center for BrainHealth. He is a panelist tonight for “Rebound and Recovery: Concussion Discussion” at the UTD’s Center for BrainHealth in Dallas.
What challenges confront couples poised on the verge of parenthood as they navigate the adoption process? We’ll spend this hour with Scott Simon, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition and author of the new book “Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption” (Random House, 2010).
Could an old-fashioned romance combine with a suspenseful thriller to produce a New York Times bestseller? We’ll find out this hour with bestselling author and Arlington resident Sandra Brown, whose latest novel is “Tough Customer” (Simon & Schuster, 2010).
Can legal gains for female athletes overcome a continued lack of prestige and support in the shadow of male-dominated college sports? We’ll talk this hour with University of Pittsburgh law professor Deborah Brake, author of “Getting in the Game: Title IX and the Women’s Sports Revolution” (NYU, 2010).
With its 13-billion dollar annual revenue, Frito-Lay is banking on Latinos, baby boomers and women to keep the chip makers on top.
Did revolutionary anarchism every really stand a chance in the modern world? We’ll take a look back at the rebellious fervor of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries this hour with Alex Butterworth, whose new book is “The World That Never Was: A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists, and Secret Agents” (Pantheon, 2010).
Why were eleven climbers killed on K2 on August 2, 2008? We’ll examine what happened that day with author and professional climber Freddie Wilkinson. He tells the tale in his new book “One Mountain Thousand Summits: The Untold Story of Tragedy and True Heroism on K2” (New American Library, 2010).
Can natural disasters change history and influence politics? We’ll explore the impact of a 19th Century New York City event that claimed nearly 1300 lives and shaped early 20th Century America with historian Edward Kohn, author of “Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt” […]
How is our understanding of the universe evolving? We’ll discuss the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and what it means to astronomy this hour with science writer Ann Finkbeiner, author of the new book “A Grand and Bold Thing: An Extraordinary New Map of the Universe Ushering In A New Era of Discovery” (Free Press, 2010).
Who was Frank Lenz and what happened to him on his 1890s globe-circling bicycle trip? We’ll spend this hour with David V. Herlihy, bicycle authority and author of the new book “The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010).
