Does experience influence the brain development of children as much as genetics? We’ll examine the latest research this hour with Dr. Helen Neville, Lab Director at the University of Oregon’s Brain Development Lab. She’ll deliver the UTD Center for BrainHealth “The Brain: An Owners Guide” lecture tonight.
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Many indicators are showing an economy on the mend, but things aren’t improving across the board and many Americans are still in dire financial straits. How will the economy fare in 2011? What is the outlook for North Texas? We’ll spend this hour with Richard Fisher, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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How can overcoming institutional racism influence an artist’s career? We’ll spend this hour with distinguished mezzo-soprano Barbara Smith Conrad. The story of her experiences as a member of the first integrated class at the University of Texas and her subsequent career is featured in the PBS Independent Lens documentary “When I Rise.” The film will air tomorrow at 10pm on KERA 13.
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In the Art&Seek segment, we’ll talk with Gigi Antoni, CEO and president of Big Thought about the organization, its SLANT 45 community service project and the documentary film made about it.
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Does anyone have immunity from old age? Not according to our guest this hour, journalist and author Susan Jacoby. She’ll join us to discuss what really awaits the Boomer generation and her new book “Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age” (Pantheon, 2011).
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From the archives – Who was Sarah Bernhardt and why is she still known as one of the most famous actresses in the world? We talked last fall with biographer and editorial legend Robert Gottleib. His latest effort as part of the Yale Jewish Lives Series is “Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt” (Yale, 2010).
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From the archives – Do typos drive you nuts, especially when you see them on signs, t-shirts, billboards and elsewhere? If so, you’re not alone. We talked in September with Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson, authors of the book “The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time” (Harmony, 2010).
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How do you turn a compelling and poignant story into a ninety-minute animated feature that garners a Golden Globe nomination and generates a bit of Oscar buzz? We’ll talk this hour with recent Dallas arrivals – animator Justin Hall and production manager Fiona Hall, whose new film “The Illusionist” opens this week at the Angelika Film Centers.
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What is necessary to create a vibrant artistic community and a public which responds to the arts? Perhaps more importantly, what’s missing in Dallas and the rest of North Texas? This hour we’ll take an exclusive first look at the Creative Time Meadows Prize Report, “Building a Thriving Artistic Community.” Our guests are Jose Bowen, Dean of the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU and Anne Pasternak, President and Artistic Director of Creative Time, the New York-based arts advocacy group that completed the study and authored the report over the last year.
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How might the Obama presidency be viewed by history and what can we learn from his past? We’ll look back this hour at the early years of President Obama’s life and how his experiences might color the future with David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker. His book “The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama” (Vintage, Trade Paperback, 2011) is now out in trade paperback with a new epilogue.
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As the country continues its economic climb, what are the unique issues and challenges faced by the people of India today? We’ll find out this hour with Anand Giridharadas, author of the new book “India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking” (Times Books, 2011).
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Could playing video games during school hours actually help kids learn more effectively? We’ll discuss the controversial potential of gaming in education this hour with Tom Linehan, Director of the Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering at UT-Dallas, and Peter Raad, Director of the Linda and Mitch Hart eCenter at The Guildhall at SMU.
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