Patrolling The Border
December 10, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about the conflict Mexican-American border agents have while doing their jobs with Alfredo Corchado, whose three-part series on the topic appears in “The New Yorker.”
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Can You Care Too Much?
October 6, 2015We’ll talk about extreme cases of philanthropy with New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar, author of “Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help.”
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Frame By Frame
July 29, 2015New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee joins us to talk about what separates the comics that make it into the magazine from the ones that don’t – and about packing the maximum amount of humor into a single frame.
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Best Of ‘Think:’ Head That Wears The Comma Crown
July 7, 2015This hour we’ll revisit our May talk with Mary Norris, who spent over three decades in The New Yorker’s copy department.
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A Chat With Author Susan Orlean
November 19, 2014This hour, we’ll talk to her about her prolific career as both an author and journalist ahead of her appearance in town Thursday for a Friends of the Dallas Public Library event.
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The Obama White House and the Supreme Court
October 4, 2012How have personality and politics influenced President Obama’s relationship with the U.S. Supreme Court and what could the future hold if he is reelected in November?
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Travels in Siberia
October 17, 2011What’s it really like in Siberia and what role has the region played in history?
