Just what did the world lose when Sergio Vieira de Mello was killed in a 2003 truck bomb attack on the Baghdad U.N. Headquarters? We’ll explore the life, distinguished career and legendary charm of the diplomat this hour with Greg Barker, director of the new HBO documentary “SERGIO” which screens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas tonight.
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What happened to the 118 women, children and men who settled on Roanoke Island in 1587? We’ll explore the mystery this hour with James Horn, vice president of research for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and author of the new book “A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke” (Basic Books, 2010).
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Do you need yet another reason to enjoy your favorite wines? How about their contribution to your creative process? We’ll spend this hour with creativity and innovation expert Michael J. Gelb. His new book is “Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking: Uncork Your Creative Juices” (Running Press, 2010).
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After decades of planning, what is the master plan for the Trinity River and major tributaries of Greater Fort Worth? We’ll discuss Tarrant County’s vision for the future, including flood development, funding roadblocks and the issues involving eminent domain with Bill Hanna of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In the Art&Seek segment, we’ll talk with Linda Daugherty, playwright of “hard 2 spel dad.” This world premiere production runs through April 25th at Dallas Children’s Theater.
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Is the fabled unified theory of nature just a fable? We’ll talk this hour with Dartmouth professor of physics and astronomy, Marcelo Gleiser. His new book is “A Tear at the Edge of Creation: A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Universe” (Free Press, 2010).
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How can a kitchen table and the foods and wisdom that are passed across it change your life? We’ll find out this hour with New York Times food writer Kim Severson, author of the new book “Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life” (Riverhead Books, 2010).
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In light of this week’s Dallas Morning News Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, we’ll revisit our conversation from last fall with News editorial page editor Keven Ann Willey and columnist Tod Robberson. We talked about their on-going, long-term and now Pulitzer-winning project “Bridging Dallas’ North-South Gap.”
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What does it take to get a movie made and seen these days? We’ll talk this hour with Texas filmmakers Tom Huckabee, Clay Liford and Frank Mosley. They each have films screening in the Dallas International Film Festival which runs until April 18th.
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How does the Obama Administration really operate? We’ll explore the realities of current American politics this hour with veteran FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk, whose film “Obama’s Deal,” airs tonight at 9pm on KERA 13.
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What would you do to fight oppression and change your country for the better? Would you be willing to spend 27 years in prison? We’ll explore the life of a man who did just that this hour with author Martin Meredith. His new book is “Mandela: A Biography” (Public Affairs, 2010).
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What can we learn about America from its pop-culture past? We’ll spend this hour with Florida International University law professor and New York Times blogger Stanley Fish, who delivers the lecture “The Fugitive in Flight: Law, Faith, and Liberalism in a Classic TV Show” at UTD’s Jonsson Performance Hall this evening.
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What does it mean to be financially literate? In the spirit of Financial Literacy Month, we’ll talk this hour with Todd Mark, Vice President for Education at Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas and Julie Gunter, Senior Community Affairs Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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