Did you wait until the last minute to decide your new year’s resolutions? This hour, find out how to stop putting things off until tomorrow with Berkeley psychologist Jane Burka, author of “Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It NOW” (De Capo, 2009).
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As Stanley Marcus transformed a Dallas specialty store into a glittering institution of taste and fashion, what was he like behind the scenes? We’ll find out from Thomas E. Alexander, Neiman Marcus executive vice president and head of marketing for 20 years, whose new book is “Stanley Marcus: The Relentless Reign of a Merchant Prince” (Eakin Press, 2009). Joan Davidow from the Dallas Contemporary will join us for the Art&Seek segment.
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Are safe backyards and loving family support networks enough to start a child on the path to self-esteem? And how early in a child’s life should parents begin this process? We’re joined this hour by world-renowned pediatric authority Dr. T. Berry Brazelton and Harvard psychiatry professor Dr. Joshua Sparrow, who are in town for the Texas Association for Infant Mental Health’s Advocacy Conference held this weekend in Dallas.
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How can you harness inspiration to find greater satisfaction in your life and work? We’ll spend this hour with Wired contributing editor Daniel Pink, who examines the keys to high performance in the new book “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us” (Riverhead Books, 2010).
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What revelations are contained in the files of MI5, the deeply mysterious security and intelligence agency that has protected Great Britain for the past 100 years? We’ll talk to Britain’s leading historian of intelligence, Christopher Andrew, a professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Cambridge University and author of the new book, “Defend the Realm: A Centenary History of MI5” (Alfred A. Knopf, 2009).
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How does a wilderness photographer get close to a polar bear, a leopard seal, and other dangerous Arctic predators? We’ll spend this hour with National Geographic’s Paul Nicklen, who is in town for the Brinker International Forum lecture series tonight at 8 p.m. at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. For more information, go to www.attpac.org.
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Does being cool, in effect, mean you are actually not cool at all? We’ll discuss the irony of today’s post-cool society with noted jazz critic and music historian Ted Gioia, whose new book is “The Birth (and Death) of the Cool” (Speck Press, 2009).
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As the number of homeless North Texans rises under a struggling economy, what can local communities do to help shelter their most vulnerable citizens? We’ll spend this hour with Mike Faenza, president and chief executive officer of Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, and Otis Thornton, Homelessness Coordinator for the City of Fort Worth.
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Do the concurrent crises of the economy, climate change, and global food supply provide an opportunity to change the way we think? We’ll find the advantages in valuing people, places, and animals regardless of their economic worth with Raj Patel, author of the new book “The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy” (Picador, 2010).
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Is it possible to build a robot that looks, thinks, and responds like a human being? We’ll spend this hour with robotics designer David Hanson, who develops “intelligent” robots with realistic facial expressions and conversational abilities from his laboratory in Richardson, Texas.
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From the archives – What is the current state of women’s healthcare in America? We’ll spend this hour with Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States. She was in town to deliver the Louise B. Raggio Endowed Lecture at SMU.
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Is a new world dawning and more importantly, are we prepared to live in it? We’ll spend this hour with Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR’s On the Media and author of the new book “The Chaos Scenario, Amid the Ruins of Mass Media, The Choice for Business is Stark: Listen or Perish” (Stielstra Publishing, 2009).
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