This hour, we’ll talk about the best of 2015 – and if “The Force Awakens” delivers.
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The Latest Life Hacks
We’ll talk to David Pogue about simple tricks to simplify your life – everything from how to book the cheapest plane ticket to how to read signs in foreign languages.
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Putting New York On The Map
This hour, we’ll talk about how smart urban planning transformed an unruly town into a metropolis with the author of “City on a Grid: How New York Became New York.”
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Finding Cultural Identity
This hour, we’ll talk to author Matthew Salesses about his debut novel, “The Hundred Year Flood.”
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Having Children In China
This hour, we’ll talk about the implications of two-child families in the world’s most populous nation with Mei Fong, author of “One Child: The Past and Future of China’s Most Radical Experiment.”
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Exploring The Deep South
This hour, we’ll talk with Paul Theroux about his first foray into exploring the continental U.S. His latest book is called “Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads.”
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Jackson Pollock At The DMA
This hour, we’ll talk about the paintings on display in Dallas – and about what was happening in the artist’s life when he made them – with Gavin Delahunty, who curated the exhibition.
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A Trip To Tin Pan Alley
This hour, we’ll talk about why the music of Gershwin, Porter and other greats fell out of favor and how those tunes found a new audience with the author of “The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song.”
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Laughs, American Style
This hour, we’ll talk about the evolution of funny business with Kliph Nesteroff, author of “The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy.”
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Decoding Nature
This hour we’ll talk to Tristan Gooley, author of “The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals and Other Forgotten Skills.”
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Everyday Philosophy
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can return philosophical discussion to the mainstream with Scott Samuelson, author of “The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone.”
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Learning From The CIA
This hour, we’ll learn how we, too, can disappear in a crowd, fend off an attacker and tell if someone is lying with former CIA agent Jason Hanson.
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