Who knew that Bach composed music in prison, or that Wagner had a thing for women’s underwear? We’ll talk this hour with Elizabeth Lunday, author of the new book “Secret Lives of Great Composers: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the World’s Musical Masters” (Quirk Books, 2009).
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How do your personal hopes, dreams and fears compare with those of the majority of Americans? We’ll spend this hour with polling expert and political pundit Frank Luntz, whose new book is “What Americans Really Want…Really” (Hyperion, 2009).
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What can we learn from a journal written in the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash? We’ll talk this hour with James Ledbetter, co-editor of the new book “The Great Depression: A Diary” (Public Affairs, 2009).
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How will Islamic law adapt to the feminist movement in Muslim nations? We’ll talk with Professor Qudsia Mirza about the public’s misconceptions over Islam and women’s rights.
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In a Best of Think program, we’ll talk with Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, CNN Host and author of “The Post-American World” (Norton and Co, 2008). Then in the second half of the hour we’ll talk with Lee Woodruff, life and family contributor for ABC’s Good Morning America and author of book “Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress” (Random House, 2009).
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What makes old corporate instructional videos and low-budget exercise or self-help shows so funny? We’ll find out with Nick Prueher, one of the geniuses behind the Found Footage Festival.
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Why does genocide happen and what will it take to stop it? We’ll explore these questions and more this hour with Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of “Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity” (Public Affairs, 2009).
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What do we learn about ourselves in moments of crisis? We’ll talk this hour with Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger who heroically landed a disabled passenger jet on the Hudson River last January. His new book is “Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters” (William Morrow, 2009).
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How did regular old food become American food? We’ll spend this hour with culinary historian and author Andrew F. Smith, whose new book is “Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine” (Columbia, 2009).
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How have the roles of women changed in the last fifty years? We’ll talk this hour with New York Times columnist Gail Collins. Her new history of the feminist movement is “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present” (Little, Brown and Company 2009).
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What’s going on with the Texas Governor’s race? We’ll check-in this hour with Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy.
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How does a performer go from Wall Lake, Iowa to a multi-platinum recording career and a two-decade headlining gig at Las Vegas’ Caesar’s Palace? We’ll find out this hour with the legendary Andy Williams whose new memoir “Moon River and Me” (Viking, 2009) is just out.
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