We see the headlines and the aftermath of frequent bombings and other attacks, but what is daily life really like for the people who live in cities like Baghdad and Beirut? We’ll talk this hour with cultural journalist and food writer Annia Ciezadlo who has reported from both cities for The Christian Science Monitor and The New Republic. Her new book is “Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War” (Free Press, 2011).
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Is the planet entering a new epoch, one defined by human’s massive impact? Elizabeth Kolbert covers what many scientists are calling the start of the Anthropocene in her current article for National Geographic Magazine. She’ll join us this hour to discuss the piece “Enter the Age of Man.”
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What goes into the development of a character and how does an actor prepare to play that character? We’ll spend this hour with Academy Award-winning actor Marcia Gay Harden who will appear at the Dallas Museum of Arts’ Arts & Letters Live: Texas Bound series this evening.
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Everyone gets headaches, but how would you deal with a headache that’s lasted for over three years? We’ll explore the phenomenon of chronic pain this hour with writer and designer Jennette Fulda, who documents her own painful experience in the new book “Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn’t Go Away” (Gallery Books, 2011).
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Where did modern scientific study and our common understanding of the universe originate? We’ll spend this hour with science journalist and writer Edward Dolnick. His new history is “The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World” (Harper, 2011).
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Could urbanism ultimately save humanity? We’ll talk this hour with Edward Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard and author of the new book “Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier” (The Penguin Press. 2011).
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Who will win big at Sunday night’s Academy Awards? We’ll get your favorites picks and discuss it all this hour with Stephen Becker of KERA’s Art&Seek, Chris Kelly of the Star-Telegram and Chris Vognar of The Dallas Morning News.
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How does one become an expert on almost everything? We’ll find out this hour with Marshall Brain, founder of HowStuffWorks, Inc. and author of the popular “How Stuff Works” series of books and other media. Brain will deliver the lecture “Your Spare Time is Your Most Important Time” at the University of Texas at Arlington this evening.
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Where do artists, writers, musicians and other creative thinkers find their inspiration? We’ll spend this hour with Julie Burstein, “Studio 360” creator and author of the new book “Spark: How Creativity Works” (Harper, 2011). Burstein speaks to the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live Series this evening.
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How important is race in American society today? How important was it to families in the past? We’ll explore the complexity of race in our country this hour with Vanderbilt University associate professor of law, Daniel J. Sharfstein. His new book is “The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White” (The Penguin Press, 2011).
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What are local communities doing to connect African Americans to their cultural heritage? In honor of Black History Month, we’ll talk to Safisha Hill, Director of Education for The Act of Change, and Sarah Walker, President of the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society. How do race, culture and personal experience impact architecture? In the Art&Seek segment, we’ll talk with scholar Darell Fields about the Black Architecture Project, a new exhibition at CentralTrak in Dallas.
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Is there a simpler (or at least more formulaic) way to negotiate the pitfalls of marriage? According to our guest this hour, economics could be the key. We’ll talk with Jenny Anderson, New York Times reporter and co-author of the new book “Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes” (Random House, 2011).
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