What does it take to go the distance when the distance is over 3,000 miles? We’ll talk this hour with Marshall Ulrich who recounts his incredible experiences in the new book “Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner’s Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America” (Avery, 2011).
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One year later, what do we know about the disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the effort to plug the well? We’ll talk this hour with Joel Achenbach, staff writer for The Washington Post and author of the new book “A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher” (Simon & Schuster, 2011).
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How did an enthusiasm for nature and agriculture influence American governance? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Andrea Wulf, whose new book is “Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation” (Knopf, 2011).
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What happens when religion, science, reason and doubt collide? We’ll find out this hour with Northwestern University Pearce Miller Research Professor of Literature Christopher Lane. His new book is “The Age of Doubt: Tracing the Roots of Our Religious Uncertainty” (Yale University Press, 2011).
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Which is the fiercest creature in today’s woods and how close do they get to our towns and cites? You might be surprised. We’ll talk this hour with poet and American University of Paris instructor Jeffrey Greene, whose new book is “The Golden-Bristled Boar: Last Ferocious Beast of the Forest” (University of Virginia Press, 2011).
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Which country has almost 200 million citizens, half a million soldiers, nuclear weapons and a deteriorating political system? We’ll explore Pakistan this hour with journalist Anatol Lieven, who was in the country last month. His new book is “Pakistan: A Hard Country” (Public Affairs, 2011).
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Where do your loyalties lie? Are they with family, friends, country and church or elsewhere? We’ll explore the concepts of commitment, reliability and trust this hour with Eric Felten, columnist for The Wall Street Journal and author of the new book “Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue” (Simon & Schuster, 2011).
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How do the real lives of novelists empower their storytelling? We’ll talk with writer Anne Lamott about the hazy demarcation between the personal and the professional and what lessons parents might glean from some of the characters in her latest novel, “Imperfect Birds” (Riverhead Books, 2010). And in the Art&Seek segment, Jerome Weeks talks with photographer Grant Meeks about his upcoming exhibit “The Citizen Soldier,” which features portraits of North Texas veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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How did the mid-1960s Chicano Movement in Texas influence other Latino rights struggles around the country? We’ll talk this hour with U.C. Berkeley Professor of Ethnic Studies David Montejano, author of “Quixote’s Soldiers: A Local History of the Chicano Movement, 1966-1981” (University of Texas, 2010). Montejano will deliver the Center for Mexican American Studies Distinguished Lecture at the University of Texas at Arlington this evening.
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What should we each be doing to help preserve the environment and especially the oceans? We’ll talk this hour with adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild, who (along with his crew) crossed the Pacific Ocean last year on a boat made from 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and other fully recyclable materials. His recounts the experience in “Plastiki: Across the Pacific: An Adventure to Save Our Oceans” (Chronicle Books, 2011).
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He was undoubtedly one of the greatest leaders in history, but where did Ghandi’s achievements fall short of his own expectations and how did those disappointments inform his world view? We’ll talk this hour with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph Lelyveld, whose highly-acclaimed new book is “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India” (Knopf, 2011).
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How is the modern world treating the vulnerable Ursus Arctos Horribilis or Grizzly Bear? We’ll spend this hour with naturalist and National Geographic “Expedition Wild” host Casey Anderson. He’ll speak to the Brinker International Forum at the AT&T Performing Arts Center this evening.
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