Mark Lukach joins us to talk about what it takes to care for a mentally ill spouse.
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Best Of Think: Elaine Lowry Brye
Elaine Lowry Brye grew up in a military family, married a service member, and they produced four future officers – one each in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. This hour, we’ll listen back to her April conversation with Krys.
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The Congolese Expat And The Journalist
Francisca Thelin managed to leave her home in the Congo behind for a new life in America. As an adult, though, she returned to her homeland with human rights activist Lisa J. Shannon to check in on the family she left behind.
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How To Blend A Family
This hour, we’ll talk about strategies for making one family out of two with Dr. George S. Glass. His new book is Blending Families Successfully: Helping Parents and Kids Navigate the Challenges so that Everyone Ends Up Happy.
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Why We Eat Together
We’ll talk this hour about why the tradition of family dinners still has a place in our busy lives with food historian Ruth Rupp. Her story “Eat, Drink and Be Merry” for National Geographic appears at natgeofood.com.
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A Family Affair
This hour, we’ll talk to Sophie Sartain about the challenges of telling her family’s story, which she does in the documentary Mimi and Dona.
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Investigating Our Ancestors
We’ll talk to the writer and director this hour about how his hometown of Baltimore has influenced his work and about his new book, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America.With sites like ancestry.com and the digitization of public records, tracing our family trees has become easier than ever. We’ll talk this hour about why we’re so interested in discovering our roots with Maud Newton, who writes about the subject in the June issue of Harper’s.
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