This hour, we’ll get to know the Maid of Orleans with Kathryn Harrison, author of Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured.
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A Chat With DPD Chief David Brown
This hour, we’ll talk to him about how race factors into law enforcement ahead of the national Facing Race conference taking place in Dallas this weekend.
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On Faith And Fighting
This hour, we’ll talk about the intersection of worship and war with Karen Armstrong, author of Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence.
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Talkin' Trees
This hour, we’ll talk about the long-term effects of man’s interjection into nature with Jared Farmer, author of Trees in Paradise: A California History. Farmer is in town to accept the Hiett Prize from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.
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Some Gave All
On this Veterans Day, we’ll tour Arlington National Cemetery with Robert Poole. His new book is Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery: Where War Comes Home.
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StoryCorps Comes To Dallas
This hour, we’ll talk to StoryCorps founder Dave Isay about the project, and about what makes a compelling personal story.
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The Makings Of The Modern World
This hour, we’ll explore the unlikely origins of everyday items with Steven Johnson, author of How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World.
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The Devestation Of Deepwater
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion devastated the Gulf Coast. This hour, we’ll talk about the disaster’s fallout with Margaret Brown, director of the documentary The Great Invisible.
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A Dining Critic Unmasked
This hour, we’ll talk to Dallas Morning News restaurant critic Leslie Brenner about why she decided to stop hiding her appearance, which she revealed last week.
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Learning From Adam Smith
This hour, we’ll talk about what we can learn from Smith’s lesser-known writings with Russ Roberts of Stanford University. His new book is How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness.
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Lessons From A Space Traveler
This hour, we’ll talk to retired astronaut Chris Hadfield about what he learned about the Earth by leaving it, and about his new book, You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes.
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A Chat With Aasif Mandvi
This hour, we’ll talk to him about his journey from his native India to growing up in England to ultimately landing in New York City, which he writes about in No Land’s Man.
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