Video Art

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.

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The 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).

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How 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).

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Empires 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).

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Where 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).

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The 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.

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A 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.

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