How do you turn a compelling and poignant story into a ninety-minute animated feature that garners a Golden Globe nomination and generates a bit of Oscar buzz? We’ll talk this hour with recent Dallas arrivals – animator Justin Hall and production manager Fiona Hall, whose new film “The Illusionist” opens this week at the Angelika […]
From the archives – Do typos drive you nuts, especially when you see them on signs, t-shirts, billboards and elsewhere? If so, you’re not alone. We talked in September with Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson, authors of the book “The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time” (Harmony, […]
How might the Obama presidency be viewed by history and what can we learn from his past? We’ll look back this hour at the early years of President Obama’s life and how his experiences might color the future with David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker. His book “The Bridge: The Life and Rise of […]
What is necessary to create a vibrant artistic community and a public which responds to the arts? Perhaps more importantly, what’s missing in Dallas and the rest of North Texas? This hour we’ll take an exclusive first look at the Creative Time Meadows Prize Report, “Building a Thriving Artistic Community.” Our guests are Jose Bowen, […]
