We all sense things differently, but how do we develop our sensory skills and what are the best ways to help our children understand their senses? We’ll spend this hour with pediatric occupational therapist Lindsey Biel, co-author of “Raising a Sensory Smart Child” (Penguin, 2009).
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Are you an organ donor? Do you know anyone who’s received a donated organ? We’ll discuss America’s transplant policies this hour with Steve Farber, co-author of the new book “On the List: Fixing America’s Failing Organ Transplant System” (Rodale, 2009).
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How important are costumes in bringing characters to life on screen? We’ll explore the intersection of fashion and film with Oscar-nominated costume designer Deborah Landis, author of “Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design” (Harper Collins, 2007). She’ll speak tonight as part of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts and Letters Live series.
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What is life like for young gay men and women who don’t live in the city? We’ll find out this hour with Mary L. Gray, author of the book “Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America” (NYU Press, 2009).
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What does Ben Bernanke’s reappointment as Fed chair mean for our economic future? We’ll spend this hour with David Wessel, Economics Editor at the Wall Street Journal and author of “In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic” (Crown Business, 2009).
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Where have the billions of dollars in US aid to Afghanistan really gone? We’ll spend this hour with Harper’s Magazine Washington Editor Ken Silverstein, whose piece “Developmentally Disabled: Why foreign aid to Afghanistan stays in America ” appears in the current issue of Harper’s.
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Why did Texas and Massachusetts share Democratic control of the U.S. House of Representatives for more than 50 years? We’ll talk this hour with professors Anthony Champagne of UT-Dallas and James Riddlesperger of TCU, authors of the new book “The Austin/Boston Connection” (Texas AandM, 2009).
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What does the iconic image of the one-room schoolhouse tell us about ourselves, our culture, and public education? We’ll talk with historian Jonathan Zimmerman, whose new book is “Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory” (Yale University, 2009).
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Are we squandering our most precious natural resource? What can a desert tribe teach us about survival? We’ll spend this hour with journalist and water expert James G. Workman, author of “Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought” (Walker and Company, 2009).
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Can information gathered right now lead to credible predictions of war and peace in the upcoming century? This evening we’ll discuss the prognostic possibilities of global intelligence with George Friedman, founder of Strategic Forecasting Inc. and author of “The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century” (Doubleday, 2009). How did a veteran of film and stage wind up with a puppet theater in a Deep Ellum store front? Jerome talks to Matthew Posey about his career and the earthy, green-skinned puppet named Coppertone, who stars in a new production at Posey’s Ochre House theater.
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Can the power of one man’s music inspire change in a troubled continent? We’ll discuss Africa’s most famous musician this hour with Chai Vasarhelyi, director of the new documentary “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love” (Shadow Distribution, 2009). It opens this weekend at the Angelika Dallas.
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Do animals have souls? Does your dog have a conscience? Does your cat possess free will? We’ll explore the inner lives of animals with writer Jon Katz, whose new book is “Soul of a Dog: Reflections on the Spirits of the Animals of Bedlam Farm” (Villard, 2009).
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