Current Events - Think

Who Has Guns, Who Doesn’t, And Why

May 3, 2018 Current Events

Juliana Menasce Horowitz of the Pew Research Center joins us to talk about America’s complex relationship with guns.

Let’s Talk About Race

January 15, 2018 Culture, Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Ijeoma Oluo joins us to talk about how privilege, police brutality and academic opportunity inform our conversations about race.

The Texas Church Shootings: A National Call-in Special

November 6, 2017 Current Events

We’ll get the latest from reporters at the scene. We’ll also talk with a security expert about active shooter situations. We’ll hear from Al Meredith, who was pastor at Fort Worth’s Wedgwood Baptist Church in 1999 when a gunman attacked his congregation.

Violence, The Media And Finding A Way Forward

September 5, 2017 Current Events

Dr. Jeff Gusky joins us to talk about how we can learn to confront the fear of terrorism – and feel safer in the process.

The Politics Of The White Working Class

December 7, 2016 Culture, Current Events

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.”

Change For Cuba

October 24, 2016 Current Events, History

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.

Fighting Terror In Europe

October 17, 2016 Current Events, Politics

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.

The Rise Of ISIS

September 14, 2016 Current Events, Politics

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.”

How To Get Close

February 22, 2016 Current Events, Health

This hour, we’ll talk about how we can strengthen the neural pathways in our brains that foster closeness with psychiatrist Amy Banks.

Serving Second Chances

November 5, 2015 Current Events

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.

Down And Out

August 26, 2015 Culture, Current Events

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.

Following the Ivory Road

August 25, 2015 Current Events, Environment

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.