This hour, we’ll talk about what it’s like to visit Cuba today – and about if the country is ready for the influx of tourists – with Cynthia Gorney. Her story “Here Comes a Wave of Change for Cuba” appears in the November issue of National Geographic magazine.
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This hour, we’ll talk about what top security officials on the continent are doing to ward off terrorist attacks with Sebastian Rotella. His reporting appears in the Frontline documentary “Terror in Europe,” which airs Tuesday on KERA-TV.
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This hour, we’ll talk about the emergence of ISIS with Joby Warrick, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about how we can strengthen the neural pathways in our brains that foster closeness with psychiatrist Amy Banks.
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We’ll learn what it means to be homeless and find out how we’re taking care of those in need with Bruce Buchanan, Associate Pastor of Community Ministries at First Presbyterian Church of Dallas which runs the Stewpot and filmmaker Alan Govenar.
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This hour, we’ll talk about why LGBTQ teens are prone to homelessness – and about how little is being done to help them – with the author of No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, and Other Transgressions.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how GPS tracking devices are helping to crackdown on the poaching of African elephants with Bryan Christy, who writes about the topic in the current issue of National Geographic magazine.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how a stint in prison follows convicts even after they are released with the author of A Country Called Prison: Mass Incarceration and the Making of a New Nation.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how applying for asylum in the United States could be made easier with Bill Holston of Human Rights Initiative of North Texas and Mariam Bojang, a refugee from Gambia who successfully attained asylum.
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As part of the KERA’s American Graduate series “Homeless in High School,” we’ll talk to a panel of students and teachers who know what it’s like to be homeless.
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This hour, we’ll hear from Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy, author of ‘Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.’
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Michael Morell was with President Bush on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists struck the U.S. And he was at President Obama’s side when the U.S. raided Osama bin Laden’s compound. This hour, we’ll talk to the retired deputy director of the CIA about securing peace through back-channel negotiations, which he writes about in The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism–From al Qa’ida to ISIS (Twelve).
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