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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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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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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Texas architect Frank Welch chronicles his career in a new book.
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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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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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This hour, we’ll talk about the relationship between humans and pigs with Mark Essig, author of Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig.
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In his new book, New York Times columnist David Brooks writes about how we define success, drawing a line between what he considers “résumé virtues” and “eulogy virtues.” This hour, we’ll talk to him about striking that balance, the subject of The Road to Character.
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Ellen McCarthy experienced a bad breakup the very same day she started as the Washington Post’s full-time weddings reporter. Since that day, she’s seen over 200 weddings. This hour, we’ll talk with her about what she’s learned about dating, commitment and making it last.
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We’ll get a backstage look at how late-night talk shows operate – and how they reshape our opinions on the day’s news – with Jon Macks, a writer for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno for more than 20 years.
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The National Geographic Society has informed and inspired since 1888. This hour, from NPR headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk about how the magazine selects which aspects of geography, archaeology and natural science with its editor-in-chief, Susan Goldberg.
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Political television shows such as House of Cards and Veep just wouldn’t feel authentic if they didn’t film at least some of their scenes in the nation’s capital. This hour, we’ll talk about shooting TV and movies in America’s most security conscious city with Angie Gates, director of the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development; and House of Cards location manager Patrick Burn.
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