What goes into the development of a character and how does an actor prepare to play that character? We’ll spend this hour with Academy Award-winning actor Marcia Gay Harden who will appear at the Dallas Museum of Arts’ Arts & Letters Live: Texas Bound series this evening.
Everyone gets headaches, but how would you deal with a headache that’s lasted for over three years? We’ll explore the phenomenon of chronic pain this hour with writer and designer Jennette Fulda, who documents her own painful experience in the new book “Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn’t Go […]
CEO Jeff Fegan talks with Lee Cullum about new airline services and terminal renovations ready to take off at DFW.
Where did modern scientific study and our common understanding of the universe originate? We’ll spend this hour with science journalist and writer Edward Dolnick. His new history is “The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World” (Harper, 2011).
Could urbanism ultimately save humanity? We’ll talk this hour with Edward Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard and author of the new book “Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier” (The Penguin Press. 2011).
Who will win big at Sunday night’s Academy Awards? We’ll get your favorites picks and discuss it all this hour with Stephen Becker of KERA’s Art&Seek, Chris Kelly of the Star-Telegram and Chris Vognar of The Dallas Morning News.
How does one become an expert on almost everything? We’ll find out this hour with Marshall Brain, founder of HowStuffWorks, Inc. and author of the popular “How Stuff Works” series of books and other media. Brain will deliver the lecture “Your Spare Time is Your Most Important Time” at the University of Texas at Arlington […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 22, 2011 This February on KERA’s CEO with Lee Cullum DALLAS/FORT WORTH – Who’s the executive tasked with turning DFW Airport’s new vision into reality? Jeff Fegan, CEO of DFW International Airport, talks with KERA host, Lee Cullum, for this month’s episode of CEO. Fegan discusses the new services planned […]
How important is race in American society today? How important was it to families in the past? We’ll explore the complexity of race in our country this hour with Vanderbilt University associate professor of law, Daniel J. Sharfstein. His new book is “The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to […]
Where do artists, writers, musicians and other creative thinkers find their inspiration? We’ll spend this hour with Julie Burstein, “Studio 360” creator and author of the new book “Spark: How Creativity Works” (Harper, 2011). Burstein speaks to the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live Series this evening.
