Heads up, word nerds: Merriam-Webster is revising its famous third edition of the dictionary. Hopefully the finished read will be perfectly pellucid (adjective, easily intelligible or clear). We’ll talk about what we an expect.
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Gauging Group Dynamics
Team projects are the bane of some people’s school or work lives. We’ll chat with the author of Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter on how to do just that.
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Why We're Nice
We’ll talk about the science of being kind with the author of Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others.
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What It's Like To Be Poor
About 14.5 percent of Americans live in poverty. We’ll talk with the author of Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America about the many misconceptions we have about what it’s like to be poor.
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From Spirituals to Smash Hits
What do rock ‘n’ roll, the blues and jazz all have in common? They all have roots in African American protest songs, says Baylor University associate professor Robert F. Darden.
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National Security vs. Free Speech
In a post-Snowden world, it can seem harder than ever to agree on just how much citizens have a right to know about their government. We’ll talk about that difficult balance with when we talked about how we can maintain that balance with Stephen Whitfield, professor of American civilization at Brandeis University.
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Oil And Politics: A History
This hour, we’ll learn how money and politics became fast friends in the Texas sun with Alan Peppard of The Dallas Morning News. His three-part series, “Islands of the Oil Kings,” concludes in this Sunday’s paper.
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America's Changing Face
This hour, we’ll learn why increased diversity is good for the overall health of the nation with William H. Frey, author of Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking America.
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Why Are We Here?
This hour, we’ll explore that existential question with Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson. His book The Meaning of Human Existence was a finalist for a National Book Award this year.
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The Best Books Of 2014
This hour, we’ll talk about the books from this year that deserve your attention with a panel of local book reviewers.
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Parenting Without Marriage
This hour, we’ll talk about the affect that the trend of having kids outside of wedlock is having on children, parents and society with Isabel V. Sawhill, author of Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage.
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Consumer Compulsion
This hour, we’ll talk about the subtle ways that companies instill desire for their wares deep within us with Nir Eyal, author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.
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