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).
Read morePaying For PTSD
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.
Read moreA Guide To Better Healthcare
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).
Read moreBack To Mexico
This hour, we’ll hear stories of what it’s like to return across the border with Jill Anderson, author of “Los Otros Dreamers.”
Read moreExamining The Migrant Crisis
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.
Read moreBuilding A Mystery
This hour, we’ll talk about the art of keeping readers in suspense with Black-Eyed Susans author Julia Heaberlin.
Read moreThe Voting Rights Act – 50 Years Later
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
Read moreHealthcare Hang-ups
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.
Read more25 Years Of The ADA
We’ll talk this hour about the ADA’s unlikely path from idea to law with Lennard J. Davis, author of Enabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest US Minority Its Rights.
Read moreThe Life Of A Speechwriter
We’ll talk about the process of populating all those TelePrompters with Barton Swaim, a one-time speechwriter for former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
Read moreFrom Lawyer to Desert Diplomat
We’ll talk to for U.S. Ambassador Robert Jordan about the role he played in building relationships in the Middle East, which he writes about in Desert Diplomat: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11.
Read moreSpies Spying Spies
For three years, American Naveed Jamali filtered sensitive information to a Russian spymaster. What the Russians didn’t know was that Jamali was doing this work as a double-agent working for his native country.
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