Taco Time
May 8, 2014Hour 2: Tacos are a staple item in the diets of many North Texans. We’ll explore the taco’s past and present this hour with José R Ralat, who blogs about tacos at thetacotrail.com.
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Remembering The Great War
May 7, 2014Hour 1: 2014 marks the 100 anniversary of the start of World War I, and changed history forever. Geoffrey Wawro, Director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas, joins us to talk about the events that led to the war in his new book, “A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire.”
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Life After A Hip Replacement
May 7, 2014Hour 2: Breaking a hip can lead to a tough recovery for people over 50. Dr. Alan Jones and Dr. William Tucker join us to talk about our KERA Breakthroughs series “The Broken Hip.”
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Friends In The Right Places
May 6, 2014Hour 1: Wall Street’s influence on the White House and vice versa has left its mark on the economy over time. This hour we’ll speak with Nomi Prins about the in’s and outs of the relationship between the two as described in her book, “All the President’s Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power.”
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They’re The Bee’s Knees
May 6, 2014Hour 2: All kids fear the dreaded bee sting. But the truth is that bees should be more afraid of us.
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Murder And Mercy In Texas
May 5, 2014Hour 1: The shooting at a Dallas mini-mart shortly after 9/11 changed the lives of two people. New York Times reporter Anand Giridharadas joins the show to recount the incident and aftermath in his new book, “The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas.”
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Life Beyond The Border
May 5, 2014Hour 2: Expanding its reach across America, the U.S. Border Patrol now protects the nation in a variety of ways like never before. We’ll speak with Todd Miller about the increase in service and his book, “Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security.”
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Harold Montgomery, Calpian
On the May episode of CEO, host Lee Cullum talks with Harold Montgomery, chairman and CEO of Calpian, about how Calpian helps 16,000 U.S. merchants get paid when customers use debit and credit cards.
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For The Children
May 1, 2014Hour 1: Children in impoverished countries can share some of the most persevering stories. Caryl M. Stern, President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, shares some of stories she heard from her new book “I Believe in ZERO: Learning From the World’s Children.”
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Reproductive Learning
May 1, 2014Hour 2: Inspecting other species’ sex organs is a starting place for some biologists studying evolution. This hour we’ll speak with Menno Schilthuizen about his new book, “Nature’s Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity and Ourselves.”
