This hour, we’ll talk about how fear works in our minds – and why we’re sometimes OK with it – with Margee Kerr.
Read moreSaving the Opera
This hour, we’ll talk with Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally, the creative team behind the new opera, “Great Scott.”
Read moreTrue Style
This hour, we’ll talk with fashion expert G. Bruce Boyer about simple steps for men to dress their best, which he writes about in “True Style: The History and Principles of Classic Menswear.”
Read moreLove From Yemen To Israel
We’ll talk this hour with author Nomi Eve about her multicultural saga “Henna House” ahead of her appearance in Dallas tonight.
Read moreA Dystopian Texas
This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk with Zachary Thomas Dodson, author of “Bats of the Republic,” about expanding a novel’s potential ahead of his appearance at this weekend’s Texas Book Festival.
Read moreThe Jemima Code
This hour, we’ll talk to food writer Toni Tipton-Martin about the black contribution to American cuisine, the subject of her book “The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks.”
Read moreThe Baron of Brisket
This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk to Aaron Franklin about the Midas touch he has with brisket, about his latest cookbook and about “BBQ with Franklin,” his PBS series that airs on KERA-TV.
Read moreJewish Delis And American Culture
This hour, we’ll talk about the role these institutions have played in American culture with Ted Merwin, author of “Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli” (NYU Press).
Read moreHow To Speak Dothraki
We’ll talk about how fictional foreign tongues add to their fantastical stories with David J. Peterson, author of “The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building.”
Read moreFinding Love With Statistics
This hour, we’ll talk about how statistics can lead us to Mr. (or Mrs.) Right with Jon Birger, author of “Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game” (Workman).
Read moreThe Life Of A Muslim American
This hour, we’ll talk to Moustafa Bayoumi about what it’s like to constantly feel like a suspect in a crime you didn’t commit, which he writes about in “This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror” (NYU Press).
Read moreMeeting Your Attacker
This hour, we’ll talk with Bradford Pearson about what it’s like to think you might be killed and how it felt to be able to finally ask his attackers about why they chose him.
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