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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The Rights of Refugees
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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Experiences Of Homeless Students
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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Liberating Women In The Middle East
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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The CIA From al Qa’ida to ISIS
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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Islamic Extremism In North Texas
Sunday’s shooting at Garland’s Curtis Culwell Center has brought the national conversation about freedom of speech, ISIS and the future of terrorism to North Texas. This hour, we’ll explore those topics with international terrorism expert Robert Taylor of UTD and Alia Salem of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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Best Of ‘Think’: From Tragedy To A Change Of Heart
This hour, we’ll look back at our April discussion with the author of “Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy, and Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer.”
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The Power Of Pills
This hour, we’ll talk about how people develop a dependence to prescription drugs – and how pain pills and anti-depressants differ from street drugs – with experts who treat prescription-drug addicts.
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Fighting Child Trafficking
This hour, we’ll talk with Alisa Jordheim, executive director of the Justice Society, on how to spot and advocate for the victims of child trafficking.
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The Robots Are Coming
We’re training them to clean our floors, babysit our kids and any number of other tasks. This hour, we’ll talk about what else we’re farming out to our bionic buddies with Reason managing editor Katherine Mangu-Ward.
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