According to the American Heart Association, coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for American women. We’ll discuss women’s health this hour with Dr. Cara East, Director of the Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center at Baylor University Medical Center and Dr. Robert Hebeler, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Baylor. The free Sister to Sister National Women’s Heart Health Fair will be held Saturday, February 9th at the Dallas Convention Center from 9am – 5pm.
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Think will be pre-empted this hour by special NPR coverage of the Super Tuesday Primaries.
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Where did the Civil Rights Movement begin? Where did it end? Charles E. Cobb, Jr. will take us on a trip to the places in-between this hour. His new book is “On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail” (Algonquin Paperbacks, 2008).
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What does it take to run a presidential campaign? What’s left when the run, either successful or not, is over? We’ll spend this hour with Jordan M. Wright, whose new book is “Campaigning for President: Memorabilia from the Nation’s Finest Private Collection” (Smithsonian Books, 2008).
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Can aging actually help make you smarter? We’ll talk with Dr. Gene Cohen, Director of the Center on Aging, Health, and Humanities at George Washington University. He’ll be in town tomorrow to speak at the UTD Center for Brain Health’s “The Brain: An Owner’s Guide” lecture series.
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What is still to be learned about the post-Cold War relationship between the U.S. and Russia? We’ll find out this hour with Journalist Pete Earley, whose new book reveals a lot. It’s called “Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia’s Master Spy in America After the End of the Cold War” (Putnam, 2008).
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Earlier this week, President Bush delivered the final State of the Union Address of his presidency and Florida voters cast their ballots in an important Republican Primary in the run-up to the February 5th Super Tuesday vote. What are Bush’s major goals for his last year in office and will Texas have a say in choosing presidential candidates? We’ll talk this evening with Dr. Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UNT and Dr. Dennis Simon, the Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Political Science at SMU.
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From the archives: First up; how does one transition from a life as a successful comedy actor who’s appeared in over 30 films to the solitary world of the novelist? Just ask Gene Wilder. We spent some time with Wilder a few weeks back when he was on tour promoting his first novel “My French Whore” (St. Martin’s Press, 2007). We’ll then speak with former Mexican President Vicente Fox. He tells the story of his journey from humble beginnings in rural Mexico to the presidency of one of the world’s largest and most important countries in a new book “Revolution of Hope: The Life, Faith and Dreams of a Mexican President” (Viking, 2007).
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Think you know trivia? We’ll find out this hour with Ken Jennings, the greatest champion in the history of the TV quiz show JEOPARDY! and the author of the new book “Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days” (Villard, 2008).
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What would the world be like without the galvanizing force of a major worldwide religion like Islam? According to Graham Fuller, former vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA and adjunct professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, the world would be essentially the same. We’ll discuss his ideas and his Foreign Policy Magazine cover piece, “A World Without Islam,” this hour.
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We all know of the influential Middle Eastern leaders, and the roles they’ve played on the stage of history. But what is the story of their wives? Deborah Kanafani, an American woman, found out first-hand when she married the man who would become Yasser Arafat’s chief advisor. She’ll join us to discuss her new book “Unveiled: How an American Woman Found Her Way Through Politics, Love and Obedience in the Middle East” (Free Press, 2008).
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Planned Parenthood is perhaps primarily known for its work in the reproductive rights arena. We’ll spend this hour with National President Cecile Richards to discuss the other work that Planned Parenthood is doing, including women’s health and prescription drug assistance.
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