Who exactly is T. Boone Pickens and will his plan for U.S. energy independence succeed? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Skip Hollandsworth whose current Texas Monthly cover story “There Will Be Boone” profiles the legendary Texas wildcatter.
It’s not just the architecture that’s raising the bar in the Dallas Arts District. Jaap van Zweden begins his official tenure as Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra this week. He’ll join us this evening to discuss the coming season. Photographer Allison V. Smith will join us during the Scene segment to preview her […]
What are the repercussions of “results-based” learning and standardized testing? Jeremy Miller, who worked as a third-party tutor in the New York school system, writes about the experience and what he learned in this month’s Harper’s Magazine cover story. He’ll join us to discuss “Tyranny of the Test: One Year as a Kaplan Coach in […]
How powerful is the rumor mill and why are rumors so easy to believe yet so difficult to quash? We’ll talk this hour with Psychologist Nicholas DiFonzo, whose new book is “The Watercooler Effect: A Psychologist Explores the Extraordinary Power of Rumors” (Avery, 2008).
The balloons have dropped and the Democratic and Republican conventions are over. How will the presidential campaigns approach the final two months before Election Day? What do you think of the VP nominees? We’ll hold our second of three planned discussions with Bob Ray Sanders of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Bill McKenzie of the […]
How does a man return to a past he never knew he had? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Ariel Sabar, who tells his family’s remarkable story in the new book “My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq” (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008).
What makes Texas so special? We’ll talk about the Big D Jamboree, women Air Force pilots and a whole lot more this hour with producer and director Linda Stogner and producer Therese Powell. Their new documentary “Nowhere But Texas 2” premieres on KERA 13 at 7pm tonight.
What does the future hold for Dallas and where is the city headed? We’ll discuss the state-of-the-city and take your calls with Mayor Tom Leppert this hour.
What get’s left out in discussions and debates about the border? We’ll spend this hour with Luis Alberto Urrea, author of “The Devil’s Highway” (Back Bay Books, 2005) and SMU History Professor Ben Johnson, co-author of the forthcoming book “Bordertown: The Odyssey of An American Place” (Yale, 2008).
Why are people violent? Is it an aspect of human nature or a product of society? We’ll talk this hour with cultural critic Slavoj Zizek, whose new book is called simply “Violence” (Picador, Paperback, 2008).
