The balloons have dropped and the Democratic and Republican conventions are over. How will the presidential campaigns approach the final two months before Election Day? What do you think of the VP nominees? We’ll hold our second of three planned discussions with Bob Ray Sanders of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Bill McKenzie of the Dallas Morning News.
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How does a man return to a past he never knew he had? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Ariel Sabar, who tells his family’s remarkable story in the new book “My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq” (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008).
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What makes Texas so special? We’ll talk about the Big D Jamboree, women Air Force pilots and a whole lot more this hour with producer and director Linda Stogner and producer Therese Powell. Their new documentary “Nowhere But Texas 2” premieres on KERA 13 at 7pm tonight.
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What does the future hold for Dallas and where is the city headed? We’ll discuss the state-of-the-city and take your calls with Mayor Tom Leppert this hour.
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What get’s left out in discussions and debates about the border? We’ll spend this hour with Luis Alberto Urrea, author of “The Devil’s Highway” (Back Bay Books, 2005) and SMU History Professor Ben Johnson, co-author of the forthcoming book “Bordertown: The Odyssey of An American Place” (Yale, 2008).
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Why are people violent? Is it an aspect of human nature or a product of society? We’ll talk this hour with cultural critic Slavoj Zizek, whose new book is called simply “Violence” (Picador, Paperback, 2008).
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How important is early education? We’ll discuss the significance of good preschool instruction this evening with David L. Kirp, U.C. Berkeley Professor of Public Policy and author of the book “The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics” (Harvard, 2007). Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director at the Dallas Theater Center, will join us during the Scene segment to preview the new season.
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What’s to blame for America’s accelerating rate of serious childhood illness? We’ll talk this hour with journalists Philip and Alice Shabecoff. Their new book is “Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children” (Random House, 2008).
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Who defines beauty and what makes someone beautiful? Filmmaker Darryl Roberts set out to answer these questions for his new film, “America The Beautiful,” which opens in Dallas tomorrow. He’ll be our guest this hour.
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What do you do online? How is the internet changing the way we live? We’ll talk this hour with Bill Tancer, author of “Click: What Millions of People Are Doing Online and Why It Matters” (Hyperion, 2008).
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Now three years in the past, the effects of Hurricane Katrina are still being felt in Louisiana’s bayous and wetlands. We’ll take a look at some of the individuals still struggling to recover and make a living on the water with Ken Wells, author of “The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina” (Yale, 2008).
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Why is it so difficult to discuss racial issues? We talked in May with two Dallas Morning News columnists who were doing just that. James Ragland and Steve Blow joined us to discuss their “Talking Race” series.
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