This hour, we’ll talk about why the music of Gershwin, Porter and other greats fell out of favor and how those tunes found a new audience with the author of “The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about the evolution of funny business with Kliph Nesteroff, author of “The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy.”
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This hour we’ll talk to Tristan Gooley, author of “The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals and Other Forgotten Skills.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about how we can return philosophical discussion to the mainstream with Scott Samuelson, author of “The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone.”
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This hour, we’ll learn how we, too, can disappear in a crowd, fend off an attacker and tell if someone is lying with former CIA agent Jason Hanson.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how fear works in our minds – and why we’re sometimes OK with it – with Margee Kerr.
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This hour, we’ll talk with Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally, the creative team behind the new opera, “Great Scott.”
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This hour, we’ll talk with fashion expert G. Bruce Boyer about simple steps for men to dress their best, which he writes about in “True Style: The History and Principles of Classic Menswear.”
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We’ll talk this hour with author Nomi Eve about her multicultural saga “Henna House” ahead of her appearance in Dallas tonight.
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This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk with Zachary Thomas Dodson, author of “Bats of the Republic,” about expanding a novel’s potential ahead of his appearance at this weekend’s Texas Book Festival.
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This hour, we’ll talk to food writer Toni Tipton-Martin about the black contribution to American cuisine, the subject of her book “The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks.”
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This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk to Aaron Franklin about the Midas touch he has with brisket, about his latest cookbook and about “BBQ with Franklin,” his PBS series that airs on KERA-TV.
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