What’s it like to travel solo to the North Pole? How about trekking 1500 miles across the Gobi Desert? Our guest this hour, Helen Thayer, has accomplished these trips and many more. Thayer, who was named “One of the Greatest Explorers of the 20th Century” by National Geographic, will join us this hour to discuss […]
Is the United States prepared for the next terrorist attack or major natural disaster? According to Stephen Flynn, a senior fellow with the National Security Studies Program at the Council on Foreign Relations, the answer is simple. No. Flynn will join us this hour to explore the weak spots in our country’s defenses as detailed […]
We’ve all seen them on the news – Kevlar-clad members of the bomb squad, investigating and exploding suspicious packages. But what is it like to serve on the squad and how do its members deal with the extraordinary pressures they face? Journalist Richard Esposito will take us behind the scenes of the 33-member New York […]
Do you take your cheese for granted? You shouldn’t. Cheese is an ancient food, with origins that actually pre-date recorded history. We’ll talk about the more recent history of cheese this hour with three successful local cheese makers. Tonia Ashworth of Chateau de Fromage, Deborah Rogers of Deborah’s Farmstead Goat Cheese, and Paula Lambert of […]
How does a newspaper editor manage and meet the challenges of today’s ever-changing media environment? We’ll find out tonight with Bob Mong, Editor of The Dallas Morning News.Michael Cain, CEO and Artistic Director of the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival, joins us in the Scene segment to preview the festival.
Considering a new car? The Dallas Auto Show runs this week at the Dallas Convention Center. The 550,000 square feet of new cars, trucks and SUVs will be on display until Sunday, March, 18th. We’ll get a round-up of what’s new, what’s hot and what’s not this hour with David Boldt freelance automotive writer, and […]
Everyone likes good desserts. But when you’re the President of the United States you get really, really good desserts. We’ll spend this hour with Chef Roland Mesnier, who served for 25 years as the White House Pastry Chef. His new memoir is “All the Presidents’ Pastries: Twenty-Five Years in the White House” (Flammarion, 2007).
How do others view the international issues of our time? From Iraq and Afghanistan to Global Warming and humanitarian outreach, it pays to remember that the individual American’s view is not the only view. We’ll get a couple of different perspectives this hour with Bruce Feiler, author of “Where God Was Born” in the first […]
Have you been mortified lately? David Nadelberg stumbled upon the sweet angst of public humiliation when he read an old love letter aloud to friends in his mid-twenties. He then made the (not quite so) obvious conclusion that others might be interested in doing the same sort of thing. In 2002, Nadelberg launched “Mortified,” the […]
What was the role of women in the prehistoric past? Our view of prehistoric society is usually dominated by museum dioramas and movie images of male-focused hunter groups. But according to Dr. J.M. Adovasio and Professor Olga Soffer, this image has very little to do with reality. We’ll examine what can be deduced about the […]
