Paul Raines, GameStop
How the largest video game store in the world plans to battle rivals in the digital world.
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Vampires in Pop Culture
October 28, 2010Why are vampires making such a comeback in current literature, film and television? We’ll talk this hour with Rechelle Christie gothic literature specialist at UTA and Rick Worland, SMU film professor and author of the book “The Horror Film: An Introduction” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2006).
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How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food
October 28, 2010Are bananas moldering on your countertop? Is lettuce withering in your refrigerator? If so, you’re not alone. We’ll explore the issue of food waste this hour with journalist Jonathan Bloom, author of the new book “American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)” (Da Capo […]
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The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
October 27, 2010How did the United States transform itself from a largely agrarian economy to a powerhouse on the world stage and how did it happen so fast? We’ll spend this hour with H.W. Brands, the Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas in Austin and author of the new book “American […]
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What the Classics Tell Us About Our Cult of Celebrity
October 27, 2010Why do we revere but also revile our celebrities and why has fame always been such a captivating concept? We’ll find out this hour with classicist Tom Payne, author of the new book “Fame: What the Classics Tell Us About Our Cult of Celebrity” (Picador, 2010).
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An Exploration of the Science that Made Our World
October 26, 2010We never got those jetpacks or flying cars, but we do have laptops, MRI machines and hi-def television systems in our homes. How did we get here? We’ll spend this hour with James Kakalios, the Taylor Distinguished Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota. His new book is “The […]
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Holy Land Past Meets Present
October 26, 2010What was life really like in the Holy Land of the biblical era and what were the actual and mostly overlooked roles of women? We’ll spend this hour with noted biblical scholar, archeologist and Duke University professor Dr. Carol Meyers, who will deliver tonight’s 13th annual Gates of Chai Lectureship in Contemporary Judaism, sponsored by […]
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Latin America in the 21st Century
October 25, 2010How has Latin America manage to successfully weather the economic storms of the last few years and will the countries south of the U.S.-Mexico border emerge as leaders in the future? We’ll talk this hour with Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, author of the new book “What if Latin America Ruled the World?: How the South Will Take […]
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Your Town, TX – Wichita Falls, Granbury & DeSoto
October 25, 2010What economic and political issues are important in your community and how does your town compare to others in North Texas? As part of KERA’s Your Town, Texas Series, we’ll get the perspective of three regional leaders this hour. Our guests will be Mayor Glenn Barham of Wichita Falls, Mayor Rickie Pratt of Granbury and […]
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Sustainable Housing Design
October 22, 2010Are environmentally conscious materials and building techniques practical for making the average home more efficient? In this encore presentation, we discuss sustainability in residential housing design with Gary Cunningham, Founder and President of Cunningham Architects, and Don Gatzke, Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. In the Art&Seek segment, […]
