Filmmaker Michael Kirk discusses the backstory of the justice and his wife, how they are reshaping U.S. politics and law, and his connection to billionaire Harlan Crow.
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A Former Slave Tells His Story
Author Deborah Plant joins guest host John McCaa about the story of about a former slave’s life in Africa and America.
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What It Means To Be An American
This hour, as part of a national coordinated conversation organized by NPR, we’ll talk about what it means to be an American with a panel of Americans who began life as citizens of other countries.
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The Boys of ’36
This hour, we’ll talk about the stunning upset the U.S. men’s rowing team pulled over the favored Germans – the subject of the American Experience documentary “The Boys of ’36,” which airs Tuesday night at 9 on KERA-TV.
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A Trip To Tin Pan Alley
This hour, we’ll talk about why the music of Gershwin, Porter and other greats fell out of favor and how those tunes found a new audience with the author of “The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song.”
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Asian Assimilation
This hour, we’ll talk about the struggles Asian immigrants have faced in their efforts to assimilate – and about the many contributions Asians have made to life in their new home – with the author of The Making of Asian America.
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One Day, Two Dollars
We’ll discuss the underlying causes of extreme poverty with National Poverty Center researcher H. Luke Shaefer, co-author of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America.
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Caring For Mom And Dad
This hour, we’ll talk with Ai-jen Poo, co-director of Caring Across Generations, about how we can better look after older Americans.
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Do Guns Make Us Free?
This hour, we’ll talk about how we interpret the Second Amendment with Firmin DeBrabander.
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What’s Gay Today?
We’ll talk to Slate’s J. Bryan Lowder, who examines the differences between gay culture past and present in his latest piece, “What Was Gay?”
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