The Boundaries Of Free Speech
May 21, 2015The shootings in Garland earlier this month tied to a cartoon contest have brought the national conversation about free speech to North Texas.
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Intellectual Gaming
May 21, 2015Parents and educators alike decry the many hours kids spend playing video games. But what if video games are actually the key to more sophisticated learning?
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The Evolution Of Eating
August 20, 2014We’ll talk this hour about why and how our diets have evolved with Ann Gibbons. She profiles indigenous peoples across the globe who are still eating the way their ancestors ate in the next issue of National Geographic.
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Off The Beaten Path
August 18, 2014We’ll talk this hour about elusive corners of the globe with Alastair Bonnett, who writes about them in “Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies.”
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Scotland’s Stonehenge
August 14, 2014We’ll talk this hour about the structure that predates its more famous English cousin with Ruff Smith. He writes about “The First Stonehenge” in the August issue of National Geographic.
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The Pressures On Principals
August 14, 2014We’ll talk this hour about the challenges faced by the leaders of our schools with the SMU researchers behind the new study “The Changing Role of the Principal: How High-Achieving Districts are Recalibrating School Leadership.”
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A Gambler’s Life
August 13, 2014This hour we’ll learn about notorious gambler Benny Binion with Dallas Morning News reporter Doug J. Swanson. His new book is “Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker.”
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Texas Embraces Bitcoin
August 13, 2014We’ll talk this hour about why the Lone Star State is so open to Bitcoin with Loren Steffy, who writes about the topic in the August issue of Texas Monthly.
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Texas’ Teen Moms
August 12, 2014We’ll talk this hour about teenage pregnancy with Dr. Joanna Gentsch, who teaches human sexuality at UT Dallas; and Dr. Mandy Golman, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Studies at Texas Woman’s University.
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Young And Locked Up
August 12, 2014We’ll talk this hour about why locking kids up may be detrimental to their growth and rehabilitation with Nell Bernstein, author of “Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison.”
