Where does human communication originate? According to our guest this hour, anthropologist Dean Falk, language begins in the arms of our mothers. Falk will join us this hour to discuss her research and her new book “Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants and The Origins of Language” (Basic Books, 2009).
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How do you learn about products and services? We’ll explore the subject this hour with bestselling author Emanuel Rosen whose new book is “The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited: Real-life Lessons in Word-of-Mouth Marketing” (Doubleday, paperback, 2009).
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Where do journalism and comedy meet? We’ll find out this hour with humorist Mo Rocca, who’s in town to appear at Jewish Family Services’ For the Love of Family Concert Event tonight.
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Do your kids love to read? If not, what’s the best way to motivate them? We’ll spend this hour with North Texas educator Donalyn Miller, whose new book is “The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child” (Jossey-Bass, 2009).
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How is life in South Africa these days? Plagued by violence and the AIDS crisis, but enjoying economic growth, South Africans will go to the polls tomorrow for national elections. We’ll examine their choices this hour with Alec Russell, world news editor at the Financial Times and author of the new book “Bring Me My Machine Gun: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa from Mandela to Zuma” (Public Affairs, 2009).
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We call the dog “man’s best friend” but to many Americans, the family pet is a priority. We’ll explore America’s pet mania this hour with journalist Michael Schaffer, whose new book is “One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the New World of Prozac-Popping Puppies, Dog-Park Politics, and Organic Pet Food” (Henry Holt, 2009).
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According to the American Heart Association, coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for American women. We’ll discuss women’s health this hour with Dr. Cara East, Director of the Soltero Cardiovascular Research Center at Baylor University Medical Center and Dr. Jeffrey Schussler, an interventional cardiologist at Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital. The free Sister to Sister Women’s Heart Health Fair will be held Saturday, April 25th at the Automobile Building in Fair Park from 9am – 4pm.
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Is the world entering a post-American period? We’ll talk this evening with Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, CNN Host and author of “The Post-American World” (Norton and Co, 2008). Bette Buschow, Executive Director of Resolana will join us during the Scene segment to discuss how the organization helps incarcerated women and to preview an upcoming exhibit of their artworks.
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How tough are things for today’s teenage girls? We’ll explore the pressures girls face and some solutions for dealing with them this hour with Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Psychology at UC Berkeley and author of the new book “The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today’s Pressures” (Ballantine Books, 2009).
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What are your strategies for saving a buck or two these days? We’ll spend this hour with Dallas Morning News columnist James Ragland, whose second column on the art of haggling is in today’s paper.
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What does the future hold for America’s aging population? We’ll discuss the issues that seniors face this hour with Jennie Chin-Hansen, National President of the AARP.
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How should we use the internet and how can we be sure the web’s not using us? We’ll spend this hour with Lee Siegel, author of the book “Against the Machine: How the Web is Reshaping Culture and Commerce – And Why it Matters” (Spiegel and Grau, 2008).
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