What’s it like to serve one’s country and then have that service rebuked for political gain? We’ll find out this hour with Valerie Plame Wilson, the former covert CIA operative whose name was leaked by the Bush Administration.
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Thames
How important is a single river in the history of Western Civilization? We’ll speak this hour with acclaimed historian and biographer Peter Ackroyd whose newest work is “Thames: The Biography” (Doubleday, 2008).
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Charting a Course for the Next Generation
What will it take to end the cycle of child poverty in America? We’ll talk this hour with founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman. Her new book is “The Sea is So Wide and My Boat is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation” (Hyperion, 2008).
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Creating and Designing for Planet Earth
How involved should an artist be in the way a viewer experiences his or her art? We’ll explore the social and theoretical implications of art this evening with world-wide art and design phenom Olafur Eliasson, whose exhibit “Take Your Time” is on view now at the Dallas Museum of Art.
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How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Why do you live where you live? Which city is right for you? We talked in July with Richard Florida, author of “Who’s Your City? How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life” (Basic Books, 2008).
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Where Food Comes From
Is the world’s food supply stable? Will humanity be able to produce enough to feed itself in the future? The answers may lie in the research of a Stalin-era Soviet botanist. We talked last month with Gary Paul Nabhan, whose new book is “Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov’s Quest to End Famine” (Island Press, 2008).
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Minority and Women Owned Law Firms – A Different Approach to Law?
What is the competitive landscape like for law firms owned by minorities and women? Is the courtroom a level playing field? We’ll talk this hour with Emery K. Harlan, Board Chairman of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms and Elise A. Healy, founding shareholder at Spencer Crain Cubbage Healy and McNamara, PLLC.
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How to Avoid a Crisis in Brand Value
Is another economic bubble set to burst? Our guest this hour, John Gerzema thinks so. We’ll talk to him this hour about the potential crisis and his new book “The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How to Avoid It” (Jossey-Bass, 2008).
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The Wild Horse in the American West
Horses have played key roles in almost every chapter of American history. What is the status of the wild mustang today? We’ll spend this hour with Deanne Stillman, author of “Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West” (Houghton Mifflin, 2008). She’ll speak at SMU’s Clements Center for Southwest Studies on Thursday, November 13th.
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Coming of Age In the Shadows of Franklin and Eleanor
What was it like to grow up the grandson of one of the greatest presidents in history? We’ll spend this hour with Curtis Roosevelt whose new book is “Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of My Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor” (Public Affairs, 2008).
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Light Pollution – "The End of Night"
Where has the darkness gone? With the current National Geographic Magazine cover story “Our Vanishing Night” as our starting point, we’ll discuss the importance of darkness with Pete Strasser, Senior Technical Advisor at the International Dark Sky Association.
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Replacing Fear with Purpose and Hope
How can we replace fear with purpose and hope? We’ll spend this hour with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, author of the 2007 book “You Don’t Have to be Wrong for Me to be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism” (Harmony). Hirschfield will address the Jewish Community Center of Dallas this evening.
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