Universities are considering race less and less as they process applications. And Sheryll Cashin argues that that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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Serving Our Seniors
As part of Elder Abuse Prevention month, we’ll talk this hour tabout how we can take better care of our senior citizens.
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Dancing Queen
Ahead of her retirement, we’ll talk to Dallas Black Dance Theatre founder Ann Williams about her life in dance.
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Talkin' Texas Politics
We’ll talk this hour about how the state’s political landscape has taken shape with Collin College history professors Michael Phillips and Kyle Wilkison.
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Our Evolving Selves
We’ll talk this hour about how our personalities evolve throughout our lives with research psychologist Christopher J. Soto, director of the Colby Personality Lab at Colby College.
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Fads In Food And Fitness
We’ll talk about current health and fitness trends this hour with Leslie Barker, who writes about those topics for The Dallas Morning News.
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Remembering The Great War
Hour 1: 2014 marks the 100 anniversary of the start of World War I, and changed history forever. Geoffrey Wawro, Director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas, joins us to talk about the events that led to the war in his new book, “A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire.”
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Life After A Hip Replacement
Hour 2: Breaking a hip can lead to a tough recovery for people over 50. Dr. Alan Jones and Dr. William Tucker join us to talk about our KERA Breakthroughs series “The Broken Hip.”
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Friends In The Right Places
Hour 1: Wall Street’s influence on the White House and vice versa has left its mark on the economy over time. This hour we’ll speak with Nomi Prins about the in’s and outs of the relationship between the two as described in her book, “All the President’s Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power.”
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They're The Bee's Knees
Hour 2: All kids fear the dreaded bee sting. But the truth is that bees should be more afraid of us.
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Murder And Mercy In Texas
Hour 1: The shooting at a Dallas mini-mart shortly after 9/11 changed the lives of two people. New York Times reporter Anand Giridharadas joins the show to recount the incident and aftermath in his new book, “The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas.”
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Life Beyond The Border
Hour 2: Expanding its reach across America, the U.S. Border Patrol now protects the nation in a variety of ways like never before. We’ll speak with Todd Miller about the increase in service and his book, “Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security.”
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