What’s it like to work in law enforcement, if you’re a woman? We’ll examine how women have changed policing and how the career is different for women this hour with Retired Assistant Dallas Police Chief Shirley Gray and active DPD Lieutenant Melissa McGee. They’ll also appear this evening for a program at The Sixth Floor […]
How did Shakespeare become the poster-boy of English Literature? Rutgers University Professor of English and Samuel Johnson Scholar, Jack Lynch, has examined the posthumous life of the man whose work almost everyone has read. Lynch will join us this hour to discuss his new book “Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife that Turned a Provincial Playwright […]
AIDS might be just one more issue in a crowded sea for many, but there are 28 million Africans who live with the disease every day. Journalist Stephanie Nolen, Africa correspondent for Toronto’s Globe and Mail, tells 28 stories – one for every million – in her new book “28 Stories of AIDS in Africa” […]
What are you eating? No, what are you really eating? Steve Ettlinger decided to explore the truth behind the ingredients label for his latest book “Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes Mined), and Manipulated into What America Eats” (Hudson Street Press, 2007). We’ll talk […]
It’s often said that the English language is the hardest to learn. What makes English so strange and why does it seem that the language was created without any plan or rules? We’ll find out this hour with Seth Lerer, Avalon Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University and author of “Inventing English: A Portable […]
Got pets? Jon Katz does – four dogs, four donkeys, a cat, several chickens, a herd of sheep, and a giant steer named Elvis – although he considers some of them livestock. Katz, who frequently writes about his menagerie for the online magazine Slate, will be our guest this hour. His latest book about the […]
In the late 60s, Dr. Kenneth Cooper changed the way Americans approach exercise with the release of his book “Aerobics.” Now he hopes to help Texas school children revitalize their health with the Fitnessgram, a multi-platform physical fitness evaluation that Texas schools will implement in the coming year. Dr. Cooper will join us this evening […]
Is there a path to peace? Where does it begin? According to the organizers of the 3rd International Women’s Peace Conference – in Dallas this week, “the power to make peace happen begins with you.” We’ll spend this hour with Professor Jody Williams, founding Coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, who was awarded […]
What would motivate a “sweet, soft-spoken nurse” to begin murdering her patients? Skip Hollandsworth waited years to find out. He interviewed Nocona nurse Vickie Dawn Jackson for his current Texas Monthly cover story “Angel of Death.” Hollandsworth will be our guest this hour.
The legacy of slavery left behind many complicated stories, relationships and places – including unmarked cemeteries. While researching her family history, author and activist China Galland uncovered such a cemetery in East Texas. We’ll explore slavery’s difficult history and the paths to reconciliation this hour with Galland, whose new book is “Love Cemetery: Unburying the […]
