Mayor Mike Rawlings joins us to talk about how Dallas has changed during his time in office, how he and police chief David Brown guided the city through one of its darkest days and about who he might like to succeed him at City Hall.
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Defending Against Dogma: A New Role For Universities
John Sexton, president emeritus of New York University, joins us to talk about the how universities might be our last, best hope of fostering an honest exchange of political ideas.
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How Lobbyists Write Laws
Reporter Nick Penzenstadler lead an investigation for USA Today, and he joins us to talk about just how easy it is for special interest groups to push their platforms into law by creating model bills.
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Why Societies Recover– or Don’t– from Crises
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jared Diamond joins host us to talk about his latest effort on the topic, which looks specifically at why some countries recover from trauma while others don’t.
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The Runaway Powers Of Prosecutors
Emily Bazelon joins us to talk about ways to level the playing field for defendants, which she writes about in “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration.”
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The American Work Ethic Doesn’t Apply To Everyone
Bryce Covert writes about working life in America, and she joins us to talk about the disconnect in how the American work ethic applies to workers based on the tax bracket they occupy.
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How Older People Are Targeted Online
Craig Silverman joins us to talk about a new push for online literacy for older Americans. His story “Old, Online, And Fed On Lies: How An Aging Population Will Reshape The Internet” appears on BuzzFeed News.
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A Wild View Of The Border
Filmmaker Ben Masters joins us to talk about documenting the wilderness from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico that could one day be cut in two by the border wall.
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From The Church To The Capital: #MeToo In Texas
Cheryl Allison joins us to profile North Texas women who have led the fight against sexual harassment – including former Texas Senator Wendy Davis, who also joins the conversation.
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Reclaiming The Economy For The People
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz joins us to talk about fundamental changes that will push markets to work for the people instead of the other way around.
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Cities, Not Sprawl: The Future Of Urban Development
Architect and urban planner Peter Calthorpe joins us to talk about how urban planners are thinking through how to handle large populations living in close quarters.
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Should We Stop Taking Your Huddled Masses?
David Frum joins us to walk through the many complicated issues at play with immigration like the question that divides us– how much is too much?
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