Who were the Neanderthals? Did they interact with modern humans? Where did they go? This month’s National Geographic cover story “Last of the Neanderthals” tackles these questions and more. We’ll talk this hour with Jamie Shreeve, science editor at the magazine and author of “The Neanderthal Enigma: Solving the Mystery of Modern Human Origins” (Harper Perennial, 1996).
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How much power does the Central Intelligence Agency really wield and what will be its role in the coming years? We talked in May with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Weiner, author of “Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA” (Anchor Books, Paperback, 2008).
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You know him, or at least you know the characters he’s played. We spent an hour last May with Emmy Award-winning actor Leslie Jordan when he was in town to appear at the Majestic Theatre and promote his memoir – “My Trip Down the Pink Carpet” (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008).
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Regardless of how it’s portrayed in the media, the immigrant wave is not monolithic. There are millions of individual stories to be told. We’ll hear one such story this hour with Gustavo Arellano, who writes the syndicated “Ask a Mexican” column, which has a weekly circulation of 2 million nationwide. His new book is “Orange County: A Personal History” (Scribner, 2008).
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He created some of the best-known characters and probably the most famous fictional town in radio history. We’ll spend this hour with Garrison Keillor, whose new book is “Liberty: A Novel of Lake Wobegon” (Viking, 2008).
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Is “anti-American extremism” becoming main stream in the Middle East? We’ll talk this hour with Jim Sciutto, senior foreign correspondent for ABC News and author of the new book “Against Us: The New Face of America’s Enemies in the Muslim World” (Harmony Books, 2008).
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Is our access to knowledge at risk? According to Nobel laureate Robert B. Laughlin, “our society is sequestering knowledge more extensively, rapidly, and thoroughly than any before it in history.” Laughlin will join us this hour to discus his new book “The Crime of Reason: And the Closing of the Scientific Mind” (Basic Books, 2008).
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs opens at the Dallas Museum of Art this weekend. We’ll get a preview of the blockbuster exhibition with someone who knows King Tut like no one else – Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. Fine art photographer and rural emergency physician, Dr. Jeffrey Gusky will join us during the Scene segment to discuss his latest book project “Bordertown: The Odyssey of An American Place” (Yale, 2008).
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Do you like to ride your bike? Have you been hit by cars and seriously injured twice in the past year? If so you have lots in common with CBS golf analyst David Feherty. We’ll talk about cycling, recovering and the rules of the road this hour with Feherty, whose article “Crash Test Dummy” appears in the October issue of D Magazine.
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What is the status of North Korea’s nuclear program and where is Kim Jong Il? We’ll discuss the current situation and its history this hour with Mike Chinoy, Edgerton Senior Fellow for Asia at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles and author of the new book “Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis” (St. Martin’s Press, 2008). He’ll speak to the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth this evening.
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Who are the real Americans? What are they like? What are their hopes and dreams? We’ll find out this hour with John Zogby, president and CEO of Zogby International and author of the new book “The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream” (Random House, 2008). He’ll speak to the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth this evening.
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How can we live abundant and full lives with fewer resources? Farmer and blogger Sharon Astyk will join us this hour to discuss her strategies and her new book “Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front” (New Society Publishers, 2008).
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