This hour, we’ll talk about how we transformed from the land of Bud and Coors into one of America’s budding beer capitals with the authors of North Texas Beer: A Full-Bodied History of Brewing in Dallas, Fort Worth and Beyond
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Building Just Cities
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can imagine cities that work for everyone with Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster and Colleen Casey of the University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Urban and Public Affairs.
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James Ellroy's Life Of Crime
We’ll talk to him this hour about his latest work, Perfidia, which centers around the investigation of a Japanese family’s murder at the outset of American involvement in World War II.
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Re-examining An Execution
This hour, we’ll talk about whether or not Texas executed an innocent man with Jessie Deter, the director and producer of the Frontline documentary Death by Fire 2, which updates a previous film about the story.
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Social Studies Revised
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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The Psychology of Fear
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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Taking Back The English Language
We’ll talk this hour about how we can reclaim the art of prose with Steven Pinker, author of The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century.
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ADHD Over The Years
This hour, we’ll talk to Timothy Denevi about how he ultimately learned to live with the disorder, which he writes about in Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD.
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Ebola In North Texas
The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. was found Tuesday at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. This hour, we’ll talk about what North Texans need to know about the disease with UT-Southwestern infectious disease specialist Dr. Robert Haley.
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Girls Will Be Boys
This hour, we’ll explore the phenomenon of Afghan parents dressing their girls as boys with the author of The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan.
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The Joy Of Giving
We’ll talk this hour about the link between generosity and happiness with Hilary Davidson, co-author of The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose.
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Freedom And Security
We’ll talk this hour about how we can maintain that balance with Stephen Whitfield of Brandeis University. On Saturday, he’ll teach a class called “National Security vs. Freedom of Expression” during The Dallas Morning News’ One-Day University.
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