Novelist Rachel Kadish’s grandparents survived the Holocaust. Novelist Jessica Shattuck’s grandparents were members of the Nazi party. They join us to talk about their friendship.
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The Death Of Advertising
Former advertising executive Andrew Essex joins us to talk about how advertisers are rethinking how they reach consumers.
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A Talk With David Brown
Dallas Police Chief David Brown joins us to talk about helping to heal the department he once lead – and about his lifelong commitment to his hometown.
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The Power Of Likability
Mitch Prinstein joins us to talk about how childhood popularity influences happiness and success as adults.
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A Look At Ramadan
Ahmed Ali Akbar joins us to talk about the customs that make up Ramadan – and about how his participation in them has evolved through his life.
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Designing Your Life
Stanford lecturer Dave Evans joins us to talk about how we can borrow strategies from designers to create a more meaningful existence.
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The Best Barbecue In Texas
Daniel Vaughn joins us to talk about the top 50 barbecue joints in Texas – and about the tricks these pit masters use to smoke the competition.
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A Conversation With Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman joins us to talk about his best writing from the past decade.
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Why We Lie
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee joins us to talk about how humans are actually wired to occasionally venture from the truth.
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Inherit The Wind
We’ll talk about the Dallas Theater Center’s production of “Inherit the Wind” with director Kevin Moriarty.
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The Trouble With Reality
Brooke Gladstone joins us to talk about how our perception of even basic facts has changed of late.
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Paula Poundstone Searches For Happiness
Paula Poundstone joins us to talk about her research on finding what makes people happy – aside from laughter.
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