“Hairspray” is being produced by the Dallas Theater Center, and we talk with director Joel Ferrell and Michelle Dowdy – who plays Tracy – about the social themes the show explores that still resonate today.
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Why Honor Can Save Us
Tamler Sommers joins us to make the case that living a more honorable life is the key to solving many of the nation’s problems.
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The Life Of Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eileen McNamara joins us to make the case that it was actually a Kennedy woman – Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver – who had the biggest impact of all the members of the Kennedy Family.
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Have Elite Athletes Hit Their Peak?
Christine Brennan joins us to talk about how scientists and coaches are working to squeeze every last bit out of our potential.
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Lidia Bastianich’s Life In Food
The PBS cooking-show host joins us to talk about her journey from Italian farm girl to celebrity chef.
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Does Everything Really Need To Be Funny?
Ken Jennings joins us to trace how we’ve developed into a culture that prizes humor over more traditionally appreciated traits like strength and wisdom.
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How TV And Movies Keep Women In Their Place
Carina Chocano joins us to talk about how girls absorb images from popular culture into their own identities.
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David Sedaris Wanders The World
David Sedaris joins us to talk about his latest story collection, which delves deeply into middle age and mortality while maintaining his trademark wit.
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Straddling The Border: The Lives Of Mexican Americans
Journalist Alfredo Corchado joins us to tell the story of how Mexicans have changed America.
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Every Conflict Does Have A Solution
Daniel Shapiro joins us to talk about how we often let our emotions and identities get in the way of resolutions.
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The Power Of Oprah
We take a tour of the new exhibition “Watching Oprah.” And later in the hour, we tour “Americans” in the National Museum of the American Indian.
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How Portraits Capture People
Director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Kim Sajet joins us to talk about how artists capture the essence of their subjects through these paintings.
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