Paul Theroux joins us to discuss his journey from the impoverished Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas to the Arizona border.
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Do Museums Sell Respectability?
Rhonda Lieberman joins us to discuss her views that art philanthropy can invite unsavory business ties, which museums must court in order to fund their institutions.
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Often Wrong But Never In Doubt: Political Polarization in America
Michael Patrick Lynch, Director of the Humanities Institute at University of Connecticut, joins us to talk about intellectual snobbery and how it corrupts real understanding.
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Women In The Ashes Of ISIS
Journalist Azadeh Moaveni joins us to talk about the realities young female runaways found inside ISIS and the nationless status they have now.
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Who Am I Without My Mother Tongue?
Journalist Melissa Hung joins us to talk about reconciling the loss of a generational language in the face of her mother’s mortality.
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What Journalism Does For The Arts
Host Krys Boyd talks with a panel of critics, artists and journalism teachers about the relationship between an arts community and the media and how it’s changed in an era of consolidation and social media.
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The Science Of Whiskey
Firestone and Robertson Distilling Company head distiller Rob Arnold and TCU chemistry professor Eric Simanek join us to talk about how grain and water combine to make bourbon, rye and scotch.
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Do Parents Matter?
This hour, we’ll talk with parenting experts Robert and Sarah LeVine about what we can learn from other cultures when it comes to child rearing. They write about their decades of research in “Do Parents Matter? Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don’t Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax.”
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Adventures In Arabic
This hour, we’ll talk with Zora O’Neill about how she immersed herself in the Middle East, mastered the language and broadened her worldview in the process. She writes about the experience in her memoir, “All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
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Covering Global Transformation
This hour, we’ll talk to Andrew Solomon about “Far and Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change – Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years.”
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Vicki Meek On A Life In The Arts
This hour, ahead of her retirement this month, we’ll talk with Meek about being a practicing artist and administrator in North Texas – and about the direction of the community she’s fostered for decades.
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Everyday Philosophy
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can return philosophical discussion to the mainstream with Scott Samuelson, author of “The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone.”
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