A Call to Action on Climate Change

What would passing clean energy climate legislation mean for our economy and our place in the world? We’ll talk with Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, whose new book is “Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2010).

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Remembering Molly Ivins

How did a woman groomed for a gilded life in Houston reinvent herself as one of the most provocative and influential journalists in Texas history? We’ll talk this hour with University of Texas journalism professor Bill Minutaglio, author of “Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life” (Public Affairs, 2009).

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How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks

Was your high school history textbook telling the truth about America’s past? We’ll spend this hour with sociologist James W. Loewen, whose new book is “Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History” (Teachers College Press, 2009).

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The Trinity River

Could the Trinity River have better served North Texas as a barge canal running to the Gulf of Mexico? We’ll talk with producer Rob Tranchin, whose new television documentary, “Living with the Trinity,” premieres tonight on KERA 13.

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Reporting the News

Have the nuts and bolts of reporting the news changed to reflect the tumultuous media landscape over the last three decades? We’ll discuss the changing face of television journalism with Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. In the ArtandSeek segment, we’ll talk with Carl Hamm, Senior Vice President of Development at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.

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