Culture | Think - Part 104

The Highway To Better Habits

March 24, 2015 Culture

This hour, we’ll talk about the keys to self-improvement with Gretchen Rubin, author of ‘Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives.’

We’re training them to clean our floors, babysit our kids and any number of other tasks. This hour, we’ll talk about what else we’re farming out to our bionic buddies with Reason managing editor Katherine Mangu-Ward.

Policeman, Investigator, Counselor; Dog

March 23, 2015 Culture

Dogs are a rare breed of best friend. They can help us find explosives, sniff out narcotics and even find dead bodies.

Finding Home, Away From Home

March 23, 2015 Culture

After a nomadic existence early in life, Molly Caro May decided to put down roots in rural Montana.

Texas’ National Parks

July 10, 2014 Culture

This hour, we’ll talk about Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Big Bend National Park and other Texas sites within the system with Texas National Parks Coordinator Russ Whitlock.

The Career of An Actor

March 22, 2007 Culture

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/140/93a339b2-b7a6-4992-8bef-55fbdbde9860/KERA_Think_3-22-07_HR_2.mp3 We’ll spend this hour with veteran actor Bill Paxton. A native of Fort Worth, Paxton famously set out for Hollywood at the age of 18 to get his start. He succeeded. Paxton is in town for the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival. He appears in the new film “The Good Life” which screens at the festival and which he also Executive Produced.