Jeffrey Engel, David Gergen Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pressure Biden is under to step aside – and whether the Democratic Party would consider drafting another candidate regardless of the president’s wishes.
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Jeffrey Engle, Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the history of third-party candidates and how they’ve impacted – or not – presidential elections.
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SMU sociologist Andrea Laurent-Simpson joins us to talk about how our pets became our “fur babies” and what that tells us about the dynamics of what it is to be a modern family.
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This hour, we’ll talk about the exhibition, “Treasures from the House of Alba: 50 Years of Art and Collecting” with Alexandra Wilhelmsen, professor of modern languages and adjunct professor of history at the University of Dallas.
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This hour, Monika Kørra joins us to talk about her determination to make sure her attackers were punished – and about how she rebuilt her life.
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How does Go Set a Watchman have us reconsidering Atticus Finch and the rest of the Mockingbird universe? We’ll discuss with Thomas DiPiero, dean of the Dedman College of Humanities at SMU.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how America’s growing Latino population is affecting everything from politics to cultural identity with Neil Foley, the Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History at SMU. His new book is Mexicans in the Making of America.
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This hour, we’ll talk to Kelly Stoetzel, content director of TED, about how the series has grown into a global intellectual force.
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This hour, we’ll talk to SMU physicist Thomas E. Coan about his current study of neutrinos, which may help scientists explain the origins of matter and how the universe functions.
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This hour, we’ll talk about questions over the way proposed social studies textbooks in Texas may teach culture and religion with a pair of SMU professors who testified about the books before the State Board of Education – Kathleen Wellman of the history department and David Brockman, who teaches religious studies.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how our brains process fear – and why it can override our intellects – with Dr. Alicia Meuret, Director of the Anxiety and Depression Research Center at SMU; and Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, Chair of UT-Southwestern’s Mental Health Department.
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We’ll talk this hour about how that has impacted America’s national security strategy with Joshua Rovner, John G. Tower Distinguished Chair of International Politics and National Security at SMU; and Hal Brands, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and History at Duke University.
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