In the age of ever-expanding technology, social networking and targeted marketing, does privacy still exist? We’ll talk this hour with Chip Pitts, President of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and former chairman of Amnesty International USA. Chip will deliver the lecture “Privacy and Technology: Protecting Autonomy in a Transparent World” on Monday, April 12 at UTD.
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When you’re gone, will you go green, anti-corporate or Disney? This is just one of the topics covered in the new book by journalist, former radio producer and undertaker’s apprentice-for-a-year Tom Jokinen. The book is called “Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training” (Da Capo, 2010).
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You probably see them on every road trip, but what are the stories behind those historical markers? We’ll talk this hour with Dan K. Utley, former chief historian of the Texas Historical Commission and co-author of the new book “History Ahead: Stories beyond the Texas Roadside Markers” (TAMU Press, 2010).
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How does a school’s design influence a student’s ability to learn and excel? We’ll spend this hour with Victoria Bergsagel, founder and director of Architects of Achievement. She’ll address the North Texas chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism this evening.
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Why is the Middle East such an important arena for Western nations and what does the future hold for U.S. involvement in the region? We’ll talk this hour with University of North Texas historian Geoffrey Wawro, author of the comprehensive new book “Quicksand: America’s Pursuit of Power in the Middle East” (The Penguin Press, 2010).
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What is life like for the day laborers who help build America’s cities and homes and landscape their gardens? We’ll find out first-hand this hour with journalist and North Carolina State University English Professor Dick Reavis, author of “Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers” (Simon & Schuster, 2010).
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Can businesses and employees thrive as a virtual company without a physical office? We’ll discuss the pros and cons of the office-free working world with Max Chafkin, senior writer for Inc. Magazine.
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How hard was the going for the early explorers looking for the fabled Northwest Passage? We’ll spend this hour with historian and journalist Anthony Brandt. His new book is “The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage” (Knopf, 2010).
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How can our planet’s food crops be protected from natural disaster, and what architectural form would that protection take? We’ll talk this evening with Dornith Doherty, professor of photography at the University of North Texas, who traveled to a remote Scandinavian island to photograph the “Doomsday Vault” – a structure which preserves seeds from around the globe to ensure agricultural genetic diversity for the future. How do you find new audiences for new music? In the Art&Seek segment, Jerome talks to Maria Schleuning, violinist and artistic director at Voices of Change.
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What kind of nation did the founders truly intend America to be? We’ll discuss the ongoing debate and the diverse group of lawyers, merchants, soldiers, politicians and others who framed the Constitution with R.B. Bernstein, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School and author of “The Founding Fathers Reconsidered” (Oxford, 2009).
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What was the Pacific Theater of World War II really like? We’ll spend this hour with Hugh Ambrose, historical consultant for HBO’s “The Pacific” miniseries and author of the official series companion book “The Pacific: Hell Was An Ocean Away” (HBO/NAL Caliber, 2010).
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What have we learned from the recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile and can earthquake science help us be better prepared for the next big U.S. quake? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. Pamela Jansma, geo-sciences expert and dean of the College of Science at The University of Texas at Arlington.
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