The Dallas Video Association is doing something different this summer. We’ll discuss the on-going video art series, “The Program,” this evening with curators Carolyn Sortor and Charles Dee Mitchell. Dallas and New York-based artist Tony Bones, will join us during the Scene segment to preview his upcoming solo show at The Public Trust.
Read moreHelping Veterans Live a Normal Life
What are the best ways to help veterans overcome the stigma of mental health issues and return to a normal life? We’ll spend this hour with Dr. Kathryn J. Kotrla, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Texas AandM’s Health Science Center.
Read moreHow Bloggers and Online Activists are Changing American Politics
How big is the internet’s impact on American Politics? We’ll explore politics and the web this hour with political and public affairs consultant Nate Wilcox, who’s also co-author of the book “Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists is Changing American Politics” (Praeger, 2008).
Read moreThe Arab Center
Who controls the future of the Middle East? Jordanian diplomat and politician Marwan Muasher, believes that the future lies not on the political extremes, but in the middle ground. His new book is “The Arab Center: The promise of Moderation” (Yale, 2008).
Read moreThe Role of Wall Street in the Mortgage and Credit Crisis
How will the economy recover from a mortgage and credit crisis that seems to only continue to deepen? We’ll discuss the situation this hour with Paul Muolo, Executive Editor of “National Mortgage News” and co-author of the new book “Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis” (Wiley, 2008).
Read moreHow Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations
Who has the competitive advantage in today’s global business climate? Our guest this hour would argue that Asia currently has the technological upper hand and is gaining the accompanying political prominence as well. We’ll talk this hour with Richard J. Elkus, author of “Winner Take All: How Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations” (Basic Books, 2008).
Read moreEmpires and Influence in the New Global Order
We often hear of the divide between the superpowers and the developing world, but what about the countries that occupy that divide – countries like Brazil, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan – and the power they wield? We’ll talk this hour with Parag Khanna, author of the new book “The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order” (Random House, 2008).
Read moreWhere Have All the Predators Gone?
Where have all the predators gone and why were they important in the first place? We’ll spend this hour with nature writer William Stolzenburg whose new book is “Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators” (Bloomsbury, 2008).
Read moreThe Recruiter
How is the U.S. Army filling its recruitment quota? Filmmaker Edet Belzberg will join us to discuss the hard work of Sergeant Clay Usie and the experiences of several of his recruits. She profiles them in her new film “THE RECRUITER” which premieres on HBO this evening.
Read moreD Magazine's Best of Big D
What’s big in Big D this year? We’ll find out this hour with D Magazine editors Eric Celeste, Nancy Nichols, and Sarah Eveans who put together the current “Best of Big D” issue.
Read moreA Lost Generation Love Story
Who were the Murphys and why were they so influential in the 20the Century Art World? We’ll revisit the 1920s Paris scene this hour with Amanda Vaill author of “Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sarah Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story” (Broadway Paperback, 1999). She’ll speak at the Dallas Museum of Art this evening.
Read moreWar, Peace, and Diplomacy
What does war do to a society? What has it done to ours? We’ll talk this hour with Colonel Ann Wright, the senior-most U.S. official to publicly resign in protest of the Iraq War. She’ll speak to the Dallas peace Center this evening.
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