Do you even have a phone book in your house or office anymore? We’ll learn about the origins of the book and even people who obsessively collect old phone books this hour with Ammon Shea. His new book is “The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads” […]
Could you survive on $15 per day for thirty days? Could you do it in Cuba? Harper’s Magazine contributor Patrick Symmes tried to live for a month on the average Cuban journalist’s income for his October issue piece “Thirty Days as a Cuban: Pinching pesos and dropping pounds in Havana.” We’ll find out how it […]
Why do some of us excel under pressure while many of us, regardless of preparation fail to perform at the highest levels when it really counts? We’ll talk this hour with University of Chicago psychologist Sian Beilock, whose new book is “Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You […]
Which founding American leaders had the greatest influence over the course of our country’s political development and how did their real personalities differ from the myths? We’ll spend this hour with Louisiana State University historians Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg. Their new book is “Madison and Jefferson” (Random House, 2010).
How do community service organizations remain vital to a society in continuous transition? We’ll talk with Gordon Echtenkamp, President and Chief Executive Officer of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, as the institution celebrates its 125th anniversary. In the Art&Seek segment, we’ll talk with Heather MacDonald, who co-curated the unprecedented exhibition of French Medieval sculpture, “The […]
