Why do the oppressed, once in power often become oppressors themselves? We’ll hear one such story this hour with journalist Michela Wrong whose new book “It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower” (Harper, 2009) chronicles the harrowing experience of reformer John Githongo.
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What should you know before you buy a home? We’ll find out what it takes to own a home this evening with Linda Davis, who leads first-time home-buying seminars for Consumer Credit Counseling Service.
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Where can North Texans turn for solid advice on homeownership, foreclosure and other issues in the current challenging economy? As part of KERA’s year long Economy Project, we’ll spend this hour with Donna VanNess, Executive Director of the Tarrant County Housing Partnership and Albert Martin, Executive Director of the North Texas Housing Coalition.
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What are conditions really like on the ground in Sudan? We’ll find out this hour with James Maskalyk, a Doctors Without Borders volunteer physician and author of the new book “Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village” (Spiegel and Grau, 2009).
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Are we responsible for making the world a better place for animals or are animals here for humans to use as we see fit for food, clothing and entertainment? We’ll discuss these questions and more this hour with Ingrid Newkirk, president and founder of PETA and author of the new book “The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble” (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2009).
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Are people you know secretly addicted to painkillers but able to navigate their way in society without being discovered? We’ll explore the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse this hour with journalist Joshua Lyon, author of “Pill Head: The Secret Life of a Painkiller Addict” (Hyperion, 2009).
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How was the Vietnam War viewed by the people who lived though it? We’ll explore the war this hour from the perspective of the Vietnamese people with University of Chicago historian Mark Philip Bradley, author of the new book “Vietnam at War” (Oxford, 2009).
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Does North Korea’s saber rattling pose a legitimate threat to the United States and what can be done to slow their development of nuclear weapons? We’ll talk with Joseph Cirincione, anti-proliferation expert, president of Ploughshares Fund in Washington, D.C. and a blogger on nuclear disarmament for Salon.com.
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How is the U.S. Constitution evolving and does our country’s founding document continue to reflect an ever-changing society? We’ll spend this hour with Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law School’s Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment. He is also co-editor of the new book “The Constitution in 2020” (Oxford, 2009).
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What is corporate social responsibility and how accountable should we expect corporate entities to be? We’ll talk with Chip Pitts, Stanford Law School Lecturer, former Chief Legal Officer of Nokia, Inc., former Chair of Amnesty International USA, and co-author and editor of “Corporate Social Responsibility: A Legal Analysis” (LexisNexis, 2009). Pitts will address the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth next week. Steve Wiest, the new director of UNT’s One O’Clock Lab Band, will join us for tonight’s Art and Seek segment to discuss his plans for the Denton institution and the role young musicians will play in jazz music’s future.
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Was Leonard Bernstein a threat to American democracy? We’ll explore the life and times of one of the greatest creative forces of the 20th Century with Barry Seldes, political scientist at Rider University and author of the new book “Leonard Bernstein: The Political Life of an American Musician” (California, 2009).
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Who was the mysterious subject of Shakespeare’s sonnets and was the Bard really even the author of the 154 famous poems? We’ll talk this hour with Clinton Heylin, author of the new book “So Long as Men Can Breathe: The Untold Story of Shakespeare’s Sonnets” (Da Capo, 2009).
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