Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22nd. What will you do this year to reduce your impact on the environment? We’ll discuss your options this evening with Melinda Haggerty, Sustainability Communications Coordinator for the City of Plano’s Live Green Initiative. Novelist Stefan Merrill Block will join us during the Scene segment to discuss his book “The […]
What is the role of music in everyday life, in films, and culture? We’ll talk this hour with someone who knows. Golden Globe winner Philip Glass is one of the most highly acclaimed musical artists of the twentieth century. Glass will speak this evening at the Nasher Salon Series.
What is the first step in creating a sustainable world? Architect Edward Mazria has issued a challenge to make all buildings carbon neutral by the year 2030. He’ll join us this hour to discuss how it might be accomplished.
What is a rational decision? MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely has found that our choices aren’t rational, but are predictable. He’ll join us this hour to discuss his work and his new book “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions” (Harper Collins, 2008).
What’s the best way to approach and view a work of art? We’ll discuss art appreciation this hour with Eddy Rawlinson of El Centro College, Missy Finger of Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, and long-time Dallas gallery owner Edith Baker. DADA’s Spring Gallery Walk occurs this Saturday and will include the panel discussion “How to […]
How does the human mind really work? Our guest this hour is Gary Marcus, professor of Psychology at New York University, who argues that the mind is not the elegant machine it imagines itself to be. His book is “Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind” (Houghton Mifflin, 2008).
Will genocide ever become a thing of the past? We’ll discuss the horrors of both historical and current genocide this hour with photojournalist and activist Lane H. Montgomery, author of “Never Again, Again, Again…Genocide: Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Darfur” (Ruder Finn Press, 2008).
Is cancer becoming contagious? We’ll spend this hour with journalist David Quammen, whose current Harper’s Magazine cover story, “Contagious Cancer: The Evolution of a Killer,” examines the on-going advancement of the disease.
What do we really know about sex? Science writer Mary Roach is back with her latest book “Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex” (Norton, 2008). Roach will join us for the hour.
Should elections be less competitive? We’ll talk this evening with UTD Associate Professor of Political Science, Thomas L. Brunell, Ph. D.. His new book is “Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America” (Routledge, 2008).
