Are you on a diet? Have you dieted in the past? We’ll examine our love affair with dieting this hour with Susan Yager, whose new book is “The Hundred Year Diet: America’s Voracious Appetite for Losing Weight” (Rodale Books, 2010).
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The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism
Is your traditional morning paper doomed to the recycling bin of history? We’ll talk this hour with veteran publisher, novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorialist Jack Fuller. His new book is “What Is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism” (Chicago, 2010).
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A Marine at War in the Pacific
What was the fighting really like for Marines in the Pacific during World War II? We’ll find out this hour with decorated veteran R.V. Burgin and journalist Bill Marvel. They tell Burgin’s first-hand and riveting account in the new book “Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific” (NAL Caliber, 2010).
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The Bond Between Dads & Daughters
This week on Think TV, author Bruce Feiler discusses his new book about fighting for life in the face of death and the irreplaceable love between dads and daughters. “The Council of Dads” (William Morrow, 2010) relays Feiler’s journey from a cancer diagnosis to his recruitment of six very different men to guide his young daughters through life, should his own life end too soon. The Art&Seek guest this week is Hector Cantu, co-creator of the Baldo comic strip that appears in more than 200 daily and Sunday newspapers nationwide.
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Noise
Everyone likes peace and quiet, so why does almost everything we do produce some sort of noise? We’ll talk this hour with writer and recent Guggenheim Fellow Garret Keizer. His new book is “The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise” (Public Affairs, 2010).
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A Novel of Haiti
We’re all familiar with the Haiti of recent history, but what was the island like at the turn of the 19th Century? We’ll explore that world this hour with author Isabel Allende. She will discuss her new book, “Island Beneath the Sea” (Harper, 2010) tonight at the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live series.
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How New Ways of Living Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
WWhat can be learned from the recent economic downturn and how will it change our lives for the good? We’ll find out this hour with bestselling author Richard Florida, whose new book is “The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity” (Harper, 2010).
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The Texas Gubernatorial Race
What are the issues that will define this year’s Texas gubernatorial race? We’ll spend this hour with the Democratic nominee and former Houston mayor Bill White.
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The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World
What do the world’s different religions tell us about ourselves and is anyone listening? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Stephen Prothero, author of the new book “God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World–and Why Their Differences Matter” (Harper One, 2010).
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How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
Is something wrong with America? “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” regular Charles P. Pierce thinks so. His bestselling book “Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free” (Anchor Books, Paperback, 2010) is now out in paperback. We’ll talk with him this hour.
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An Exploding Global Population
What does global population growth spell for human society? We’ll talk this hour with Washington, DC-based development economist Charles Kenny whose piece “Bomb Scare: The world has a lot of problems. An exploding population isn’t one of them” appears in the May/June issue of Foreign Policy Magazine.
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The Super Bowl in North Texas
Will hosting the 2011 Super Bowl improve the regional economy and local prestige? We’ll explore what the biggest sporting even of the year might mean for the DFW area this hour with D Magazine’s Jason Heid, who has several pieces in D’s recent special edition Super Bowl issue.
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