From the archives: What’s great about chocolate? Where is the best cacao grown and what goes into getting it on the plate? We discussed every step of the process last summer with chocolate expert Adrienne Newman, Wiseman House Chocolatier Kevin Wenzel and Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek Executive Pastry Chef David Collier.
How did Frank Sinatra become one of the greatest stars of the 20th Century? We’ll talk this hour with James Kaplan, author of the highly-acclaimed new biography “Frank: The Voice” (Doubleday, 2010). Stephen Becker will guest-host.
From the archives: How is language changing and what do we lose when a language disappears forever? In July we talked with linguist and author David Crystal. His latest work is “A Little Book of Language” (Yale, 2010).
When the places that you love are threatened, what would galvanize you into taking positive action? We’ll discuss the safeguarding of Texas’ open spaces with David Todd, project director for the Conservation History Association of Texas and co-editor of the new book “The Texas Legacy Project: Stories of Courage & Conservation” (Texas A&M University Press, […]
What are the hot and not-so-hot holiday movies this season? We’ll get the picks and pans of this year’s crop of films with a panel of our favorite critics this hour Stephen Becker of KERA’s Art&Seek, Chris Kelly of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Chris Vognar of The Dallas Morning News.
How did family jealousy culminate in the assassination of one of America’s greatest presidents? We’ll find out this hour with historian Nora Titone, whose new book is “My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth That Led to an American Tragedy” (Free Press, 2010).
How are Americans doing? Where are our strengths and weaknesses and how do we compare to each other and the rest of the world’s population? We’ll spend this hour with Kristen Lewis, co-director of the American Human Development Project and co-author of the new report “The Measure of America, 2010-2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience” (NYU […]
How did a small desert town on the Persian Gulf become a shining beacon of global capitalism and how has the economic downturn tarnished its image? We’ll talk this hour with the former Associated Press Persian Gulf correspondent, Jim Krane. His book “City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism” (Picador, 2010) is now […]
Is the English language losing ground globally? Our guest this hour thinks so. We’ll speak with Nicholas Ostler, chairman of the Foundation of Endangered Languages and author of the new book “The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel” (Walker & Company, 2010).
Why was Theodore Roosevelt so influential and famous overseas even after his presidency? We’ll discuss the last decade of his life this hour with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Edmund Morris, whose new book is “Colonel Roosevelt” (Random House, 2010).
