This hour, we’ll explore the body of water that meets our western border – and get to know the cultures who also live near it – with Simon Winchester, author of “Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpowers.”
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This hour, we’ll talk to Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy about holding fast to a Civil Rights-era style of raising black children.
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This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk about advocating for these workers who help to power our economy with the project’s executive director, Cristina Tzintzún.
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This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk about how our neighbors feel about everything from the economy to border security to allowing their kids to play football with Jenifer Sarver and Daron Shaw, who oversaw the poll.
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We’ll explore the idea of decriminalizing sex work – and look at how other countries are taking innovative approaches to prostitution – with West Virginia University professor Alison Bass, author of “Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law” (ForeEdge).
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This hour, we’ll talk about a treatment some experts have expressed skepticism about – one that Texas taxpayers have funded to the tune of $2.2 million.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how we can better advocate for ourselves and receive better medical care with Leslie D. Michelson, author of “The Patient’s Playbook: How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love” (Knopf).
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This hour, we’ll hear stories of what it’s like to return across the border with Jill Anderson, author of “Los Otros Dreamers.”
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We’ll talk about the logistical and moral questions surrounding the migrant negotiations with James F. Hollifield, director of the Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU.
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This hour, we’ll talk about the art of keeping readers in suspense with Black-Eyed Susans author Julia Heaberlin.
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We’ll talk about the struggle to pass the act – and how revisions to the law could affect the 2016 presidential election – with Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
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We’ll talk to Dr. Sandeep Jauhar about how the pharmaceutical industry, insurance companies and government policies are affecting patient care, which he writes about in Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician.
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