Stephen Witt researched the pirates, moguls and computer programmers who digitized the musical landscape for How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy.
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Redheads, Then And Now
This hour, we’ll talk about the symbolic and scientific evolution of red hair with Jacky Colliss Harvey, author of ‘Red: A History of the Redhead.’
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From Gangsters To Fathers
A gang expert talks about the obstacles that some fathers face – and how they can be overcome – which she writes about in ‘Project Fatherhood: A Story of Courage and Healing in One of America’s Toughest Communities’ (Beacon Press).
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Be Happy For Yourself
This hour, we’ll talk about deemphasizing how we stack up to others with Kay Wills Wyma, author of ‘I’m Happy for You (Sort Of … Not Really): Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison.’
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Reaching Beyond After Loss
When a parent loses a child, one may find solace in religion while another turns to a counselor. Sukey Forbes chose clairvoyance.
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Do Guns Make Us Free?
This hour, we’ll talk about how we interpret the Second Amendment with Firmin DeBrabander.
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A Legendary Journalist Looks Back
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/140/6b165848-480d-4d9b-a054-a683ea7dfa55/KERA_Think_06-10-15_HR_2.mp3 North Texas news junkies know Bob Ray Sanders as a popular columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. And viewers of a certain age may also remember his work as a television reporter for KERA’s Newsroom. Sanders has decided to retire, and this hour, we’ll look back with him at his life and work.
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Special Assignments For Women Soldiers
During the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army created cultural support teams staffed with women. The idea was that in the patriarchal country, these soldiers might build relationships with local women that their male counterparts could not.
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The Path to Self-Control
We’ll talk about taming our impulses with Florida State University psychology professor Roy F. Baumeister, who writes about the topic for Scientific American.
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A Young Man’s Sketches, Then His Spaces
Texas architect Frank Welch chronicles his career in a new book.
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What’s Gay Today?
We’ll talk to Slate’s J. Bryan Lowder, who examines the differences between gay culture past and present in his latest piece, “What Was Gay?”
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Intellectual Gaming
Parents and educators alike decry the many hours kids spend playing video games. But what if video games are actually the key to more sophisticated learning?
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