Professional dance is not usually kind to the aged. Most people over 45 must retire. But one dancer at this year’s American Dance Festival is still performing – at 89 years old.
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Two Plays
How does a playwright transition from the page to the stage and back again? Guest host Jerome Weeks will talk this hour with critically acclaimed Tony and Obie Award-winner David Rabe. His works “The Black Monk and The Dog Problem: Two Plays” (Simon and Schuster, 2009) are now out in a single paperback volume. Rabe’s novel “Dinosaurs on the Roof” will be released in paperback next month.
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Try Looking on MySpace
Crystal Riportella-Crose was adopted when she was an infant and grew up in Vermont. As an interracial child in a Caucasian family, she always wondered what her birth mother looked like. So when she got older, she began to search for her, and eventually found her birth mother on the social networking site, MySpace. Crystal tells Janet Babin how she ended up meeting her birth mother in person, and what that odd mix of feelings was like.
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From the Archive: An Army Chaplain's Memoir
From the Think archive – We’ve heard the stories of many returning Iraq combat veterans, and no one can deny the difficulties faced by soldiers re-integrating into civilian life, but what’s the experience like for military chaplains? We’ll hear one such story this hour with former Army chaplain Roger Benimoff, who tells the story of his two Iraq deployments in the new book “Faith Under Fire: An Army Chaplain’s Memoir” (Crown, 2009).
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The Story from American Public Media
Over the Moon: Forty years ago today, millions of people watched, transfixed, as Neil Armstrong took his first step onto the moon. Today we talk with five people who remember that moment well.
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The Trinity Saga
Where does Dallas stand on the Trinity River Project? Will the recent decertification of the levees delay construction? What about the signature bridges? We’ll get the story this evening with Lee Hancock of the Dallas Morning News and Jim Schutze of the Dallas Observer. Artist Philip Haas will join us for the ArtandSeek segment to discuss his current exhibit of film installations inspired by works in the collection at the Kimbell Art Museum. It’s called “Butchers, Dragons, Gods and Skeletons.”
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The Future of a Radical Price
What will be the next super-successful business model? We’ll talk this hour with Wired Magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson about how giving things away might garner more revenue than actually selling them. Anderson’s new book is “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” (Hyperion, 2009).
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Treating Wounded Veterans – A New Approach
Is there a better way to treat wounded veterans? We’ll talk this hour with University of Texas at Arlington researcher Dr. Robert Gatchel about his new program combining physical rehabilitation with treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Life Inside America's New Rootless Professional Class
What are the possible consequences of our modern lives on the move? We’ll spend this hour with Peter T. Kilborn, who explores the suburbs around cities like Atlanta and Dallas in his new book “Next Stop, Reloville: Life Inside America’s New Rootless Professional Class” (Times Books, 2009).
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The Border
What is really happening along the border and what role is the Mexican Army playing in the turmoil? We’ll talk this hour with Mother Jones Magazine contributing writer Charles Bowden who’s been documenting Mexico’s drug wars and border clashes since 2005. His piece in the current issue is “We Bring Fear.”
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How Executive Power Threatens Democracy
What is the greatest threat to American democracy? We’ll explore the phenomenon of “aggressive presidentialism” this hour with Peter M. Shane, the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law and author of “Madison’s Nightmare: How Executive Power Threatens Democracy” (Chicago, 2009).
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How Blogging Began and What It's Becoming
How did blogs become the “next big thing” and how are they influencing our culture? We’ll talk this hour with Salon.com co-founder Scott Rosenberg. His new book is “Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming, and Why It Matters” (Crown, 2009).
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