What’s for lunch today? We’ll sample the Dallas street food scene – from tacos and snow cones to roasted corn and barbeque – this hour with writer and KERA commentator Rawlins Gilliland. His piece, “Street Food,” appears in the May issue of D Magazine.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was undoubtedly one of the greatest leaders in American History. But what do we know of his personal life? We’ll spend this hour with Joseph E. Persico, author of “Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherford, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life” (Random House, 2008).
Who is “right” in America today? We’ll ask Arianna Huffington, the outspoken cofounder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post this hour. Her new book is “RIGHT IS WRONG: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe (and What You Need to Know to End the Madness)” […]
China is big news this year. With a rapidly expanding economy, devastating environmental issues, and (oh yeah) the Olympics just around the corner everyone’s talking about China. But how is the country changing politically and philosophically? We’ll spend this hour with Mark Leonard, Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and author of […]
What is the most enduring photographic image of the conflict in Iraq? Is it an image of a wounded soldier or an orphaned child, or is it the photo of a hooded Abu Ghraib detainee, balanced on a box with wires connected to his body? We’ll talk this evening with Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris. […]
What makes America, America? Howard Fineman, Newsweek’s senior Washington correspondent and columnist has identified several key elements that characterize the American experience. We’ll talk with him this hour about his new book “The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates that Define and Inspire Our Country” (Random House, 2008).
What are the key elements of a successful negotiation? Robin Pinkley, professor of management and organizations at SMU’s Cox School of Business, will lead a two-day Master Negotiation class next week. We’ll get a preview this hour.
Is conflict really necessary in today’s world? We’ll talk this hour with distinguished non-violence activist and author James Douglas. He’s in town to discuss his new book “JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters” (Orbis, 2008).
Can the American election system be improved? William Poundstone thinks so. We’ll talk with him this hour about “Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren’t Fair (and What We Can Do About It)” (Hill and Wang, 2008).
What’s it really like on the border between Palestine and Israel? We’ll talk this hour with British journalist Amelia Thomas, who tells the story of the only zoo veterinarian in the Palestinian territories in her new book “The Zoo on the Road to Nablus: A Story of Survival from the West Bank” (Public Affairs, 2008).
