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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What can we do to relieve our addiction to energy? We’ll spend this hour with Amanda Little, author of the new book “Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells – Our Ride to the Renewable Future” (Harper, 2009).
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When do you shop? And why do you sometimes buy things that you don’t really need? We’ll talk this hour with former editor in chief of Esquire Magazine Lee Eisenberg, author of “Shoptimism: Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What” (Free Press, 2009).
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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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How did a marine archaeologist turn his adventurous reality into a prolific career of writing adventure fiction? We’ll talk this hour with novelist Clive Cussler, co-author of the new book, “The Wrecker” (Putnam, 2009).
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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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What went wrong with the economic policies advanced by the Reagan administration? We’ll talk this hour with former domestic policy adviser Bruce Bartlett, author of “The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
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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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Are newspapers destined to become a relic of history? This hour we’ll talk with Richard Rodriguez, whose article “Final Edition: Twilight of the American Newspaper” appears in this month’s edition of Harper’s Magazine.
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Have past attempts at education reform made a difference in learning? And how can things be improved for the immediate future? We’ll discuss the state of America’s students with Margaret Spellings, former U.S. Secretary of Education.
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Why did the banking system almost collapse last year? And who was responsible? We’ll spend this hour with Charles Gasparino, author of the new book “The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System” (Harper Business, 2009).
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Have private corporations taken over the U.S. government? We’ll talk this hour with Allison Stanger, author of “One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy” (Yale University Press, 2009).
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