Bryan Cranston joins us to talk about “Breaking Bad” and “All the Way” – and about his funnier roles on “Seinfeld and “Malcolm in the Middle.”
Read moreA Conversation With Diane Rehm
Diane Rehm joins us to talk about the experience of watching her husband die – and about her plans after retirement.
Read moreThe Present As The Past
Chuck Klosterman joins us to talk his new book “But What If We’re Wrong: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past.”
Read moreThe Best First Impression
Harvard professor Amy Cuddy joins us to talk about how we can subtly tweak our body language to broadcast the image we want the world to see.
Read moreLife As A Tudor
Historian Ruth Goodman joins us to talk about the ups and downs of English life during the reign of Henry VIII, which she writes about in “How to Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life.”
Read moreThe Science Of Whiskey
Firestone and Robertson Distilling Company head distiller Rob Arnold and TCU chemistry professor Eric Simanek join us to talk about how grain and water combine to make bourbon, rye and scotch.
Read moreThe Humble Leader
This hour, we’ll talk about the opposite of narcissism – humility – and the role it plays in leadership with Ashley Merryman, who explores the idea in the Washington Post.
Read moreDo Parents Matter?
This hour, we’ll talk with parenting experts Robert and Sarah LeVine about what we can learn from other cultures when it comes to child rearing. They write about their decades of research in “Do Parents Matter? Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don’t Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax.”
Read moreThe Politics Of The White Working Class
This hour, we’ll talk about how many in the white working class have come to feel disenfranchised with George Mason University’s Justin Gest. He’s the author of “The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Era of Immigration and Inequality.”
Read moreNavigating Your Office Enemies
This hour, we’ll talk about how to navigate those officemates who complain, undermine and even bully us with the author of “Working with Difficult People, Second Revised Edition: Handling the Ten Types of Problem People Without Losing Your Mind.”
Read moreThe National Endowment For The Arts
This hour, we’ll talk with National Endowment for the Arts chair Jane Chu about how her organization distributes its funding and about the intersection of politics and the arts.
Read moreA Fresh Take On Thanksgiving
This hour, we’ll talk about freshening up Thanksgiving staples – and about how to accommodate guests with dietary restrictions – with Dallas Morning News restaurant critic and Cooks Without Borders blogger Leslie Brenner and television chef and restaurateur Tiffany Derry.
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