The Future of U.S.-Japan Relations

How will the relationship between the United States and Japan evolve in the coming decade? We’ll talk with Japan’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ichiro Fujisaki, about strengthening ties between the two countries in the near future, and the issues that will inevitably influence that bond: the climate change initiative, trade policy, Toyota, and the past five decades of the U.S.-Japan security alliance. And in the Art&Seek segment, we’ll talk with Andrea Karnes, curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, who worked on the current Andy Warhol exhibition.

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Cybernetics and Urbanism in the 21st Century

What killed urbanism in America and is an urban resurgence possible? We’ll preview this weekend’s UTD Central Trak Symposium “Kinetics of Urban Sprawl: Cybernetics and Urbanism in the 21st Century” with Robert Bruegmann, Professor of Architectural History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of the book “Sprawl: A Compact History” (Chicago, 2005).

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Memoirs, Stories & Writing

What scenes from your daily life would make for good stories? We’ll discuss the art of storytelling and writing this hour with novelist and memoirist Tobias Wolff who’s in town for the Highland Park Literary Festival. Wolff will give a free public reading this evening at the Highland Park High School auditorium.

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The Brain in Love

What happens to our brains when we fall in love? We’ll explore the brain’s chemistry this hour with Helen Fisher, Ph.D. who speaks to the UT Dallas Center for Brain Health’s “The Brain: An Owner’s Guide” lecture series this evening.

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Capital Punishment in Texas

Considering the work of The Innocence Project and numerous recent death row exonerations around the country, is capital punishment still a viable solution in modern human society? We’ll talk this hour with David R. Dow, litigation director at the Texas Defender Service and author of “The Autobiography of an Execution” (Twelve, 2010).

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