How To Save Money
December 1, 2016This hour, we’ll get practical advice for stretching our dollars from David Pogue. His newest book is called “Pogue’s Basics: Money – Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You)”
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The Republic Of Spin
December 1, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how every administration since then has used presidential press conferences as opportunities to craft the messages they want the American public to hear with Rutgers University presidential historian David Greenberg. He writes about the topic in “Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency”
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The National Endowment For The Arts
November 29, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with National Endowment for the Arts chair Jane Chu about how her organization distributes its funding and about the intersection of politics and the arts.
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Inside The Fish Market
November 29, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the commercialization of fishing and the effect it’s had on the seafood we consume with journalist Lee Van Der Voo, who writes about the topic in “The Fish Market: Inside the Big-Money Battle for the Ocean and Your Dinner Plate”
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The Use And Abuse Of Stop And Frisk
November 28, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the history of the stop and frisk – and about if it’s even possible to hunt for criminals without racial profiling. We’ll be joined by Arizona State criminology professor Michael D. White, co-author of “Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic.”
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The Investigation Of Crocker Land
November 28, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how a team of explorers endured everything from blizzards to disease to a drunken sea captain with University of Central Arkansas history professor David Welky, author of “A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier.”
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A Girl’s Journey From Nothing To Something
August 18, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with C. Nicole Mason about her memoir, “Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America.”
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How Honduras Got Safer
August 18, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how Honduras’ homicide rate has steadily declined in the last few years thanks to programs funded by the United States with Sonia Nazario. Her story “How the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Got Safer” appeared recently in The New York Times.
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How Screens Are Hijacking Kids
August 17, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how screen time can lead to ADHD, anxiety, depression and other disorders with Nicholas Kardaras. His new book is called “Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction is Hijacking Our Kids – and How to Break the Trance” (St. Martin’s Press).
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Famous Fossils
August 17, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Child, Peking Man and other remains that have significantly impacted our understanding of the history of mankind with Lydia Pyne, author of “Seven Skeletons: The Evolution of the World’s Most Famous Human Fossils.”
