What is it about stories of criminals and imposters that captivate our imagination? We’ll explore the subject this hour with New Yorker staff writer David Grann. His new collection is “The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession” (Doubleday, 2010).
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Have reformers of the past unwittingly created the public education problems of today? How will today’s information revolution impact the future of education? We’ll talk this hour with Paul E. Peterson, the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard University. His new book is “Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning” (Harvard, 2010).
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How exactly does one become a private investigator? We’ll find out this hour with UNT criminologist Dr. Scott Belshaw and professional investigator and instructor Timothy Quinn. They’re both involved in the new private investigator program at UNT’s Professional Development Institute.
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In memory of Dallas Holocaust Museum executive director Elliott Dlin, who passed away earlier this month, we’ll re-air a special Think program archive this hour. We spoke to Dlin and Rick Halperin, director of SMU’s Human Rights Education Program last fall about the ongoing legacies of the Holocaust.
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Who’s your favorite classic country star? We’ll look back at the life of one of the greats this hour with biographer Jimmy McDonough whose new book is “Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen” (Viking, 2010).
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Remember “The A Team” and “The Rockford Files”? We’ll talk this hour with the creative genius behind these shows and over 35 more television shows. Stephen J. Cannell’s latest Shane Scully detective novel, “The Pallbearers” (St. Martin’s Press, 2010), has just been published.
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What differentiates the Homo Sapiens species from its earlier simian ancestry? We’ll spend this hour with the director of the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program at the National Museum of Natural History, Dr. Richard Potts. He’s also co-author of the new Hall of Human Origins companion book “What Does It Mean to be Human?” (National Geographic, 2010).
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What exactly gives us our abilities and do we have more control over it than we think? We’ll talk this hour with journalist and author David Shenk, whose new book is “The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong” (Doubleday, 2010).
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What is it that brings and keeps humans and animals together? We’ll explore the subject this hour with science writer Meg Daley Olmert, author of “Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond” (Da Capo Press, 2010).
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How does a great book become a great film? We’ll find out this hour with author and director Peter Hedges whose film and writing credits include “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” “About a Boy” and others. His new novel “The Heights” (Dutton, 2010) is out now.
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What does an increasing population mean for the future of the United States? We’ll talk this hour with social demographer and urban historian Joel Kotkin. His new book is “The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050” (The Penguin Press, 2010).
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What’s on the U.S. Supreme Court’s agenda this session and what could Justice Stevens’ potential retirement mean for the Court? We’ll talk with New Yorker staff writer and CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin this hour. Toobin will speak to UTA’s Maverick Speakers Series on Wednesday.
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