From the archives – How has the perception of God changed and how has this transformation affected society? We’ll talk this hour with scholar and world-wide religion expert Karen Armstrong, whose new book is “The Case for God” (Knopf, 2009).
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From the archives – What does “gourmet” mean today? We’ll talk this hour with best-selling memoirist and Gourmet Magazine Editor-In-Chief Ruth Reichl. She’s also the editor of the brand new cookbook “Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009).
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From the archives – Where do freedom and America’s love affair with the automobile intersect? They meet in the brain of P.J. O’Rourke. We talked with him in September about his collection of essays called “Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-bending” (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2009).
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From the archives – How important are costumes in bringing characters to life on screen? We explored the intersection of fashion and film in August with Oscar-nominated costume designer Deborah Landis, author of “Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design” (Harper Collins, 2007).
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From the archives – Is Frisco, Texas, the capitol of over-the-top Christmas excess? We’ll talked in November with Washington Post pop culture writer Hank Stuever, author of the new book, “Tinsel: A Search for America’s Christmas Present” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009).
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From the archives – Who rescued many of the finest artworks in history from Adolf Hitler and his henchmen? We talked in September with writer and producer Robert Edsel, whose new book is “The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History” (Center Street, 2009).
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What’s funny these days? We’ll spend this hour with two professionals who know. Paul Varghese and Aaron Aryanpur will join us this hour to discuss the current state of comedy, make us laugh and preview their upcoming News Year’s Eve show at Dallas’ Back Door Comedy Club.
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Which places would you steer clear of on a world tour? Travel writer Chuck Thompson takes us to a few of the locales he’s always avoided (until now) in his new book “To Hellholes and Back: Bribes, Lies, and the Art of Extreme Tourism” (Holt, 2009). We’ll get a guided tour this hour.
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How did the fruits and vegetable we eat actually come to be? We’ll discover how virtually nothing on our tables today resembles the plats that fed the first humans with Noel Kingsbury, author of the new book “Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding” (University of Chicago, 2009).
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What are the biggest moments in modern Dallas history? We’ll spend this hour with D Magazine editors Zac Crain, Jason Heid, and Tim Rogers, who have wrangled Dallas’ 35 most noteworthy events since 1974 in celebration of D Magazine’s 35th Anniversary Issue.
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We’ll discuss the importance of a clean environment and the role of the EPA in our lives and in North Texas with SMU Lyle Professor Al Armendariz, the new EPA Region 6 Administrator. The ArtandSeek segment will feature a piece by KERA Executive Producer Rob Tranchin. As you’ll see, “Million Dollar Monarch” is a profile of not just a tree, but of the history that tree has witnessed.
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How did a U.S. Navy aviator and Vietnam combat veteran turn his real-life experiences into a prolific career as a thriller writer? We’ll talk this hour with novelist Stephen Coonts, whose new book is “The Disciple” (St. Martin’s Press, 2009).
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