Are there solutions to the effects of global warming? Environment author Bill McKibben thinks so – but only if we act fast. His article “Carbon’s New Math” appears in the October issue of National Geographic magazine. He’ll be our guest this hour.
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Is the brain capable of change? According to psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr. Norman Doidge, using the brain actually changes its structure allowing it to become more proficient. He joined us last month to discuss his research and his book “The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Science” (Viking, 2007).
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Globalization is the buzz-word du jour. But according to Nayan Chanda, director of publications for the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, humanity has been “globalizing” throughout its existence. We’ll talk this hour with Chanda, who’ll speak to the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations on Wednesday. His new book is “Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization” (Yale, 2007).
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How can the U.S. better engage with its allies in the Middle East and Africa? We’ll talk this hour with His Excellency Mohamed Nejib Hachana, Ambassador of Tunisia to the United States. He’ll speak about U.S./Tunisia relations and his experiences as Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Kuwait at the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth on Wednesday.
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There’s little doubt that the media landscape is changing rapidly. But which changes are good and which are bad for media consumers and producers? We’ll spend this hour with award-winning journalist Frank Sesno, a veteran of CNN and currently a special correspondent and documentary producer for the network. Sesno will deliver the eighth annual Rosine Smith Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics at SMU on Wednesday, Oct. 10th.
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Would you be surprised to learn that slavery still exists in America today? Journalist John Bowe isn’t. His new book, “Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy” (Random House, 2007), exposes a practice which fuels the low prices that benefit us all. John Bowe will join us for the hour.
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In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs until October 15th, we’ll discuss the continuous merging of cultures not only in Texas, but in the United States as a whole with Macarena Hernandez, writer for the Dallas Morning News, and Alejandrina Drew, General manager of the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas. Jerrie Marcus Smith, Stanley Marcus’ daughter and his granddaughter Photographer Allison V. Smith will join us in the Scene segment to preview their new book “Reflection of a Man: The Photographs of Stanley Marcus” (Cairn, 2007).
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What is your body doing right now? We’ll find out this hour with journalist Jennifer Ackerman, who’s new book is “Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body” (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
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What kind of car will you drive in 20 or 40 years? Will it be gas, hydrogen or solar-powered? Which car companies will dominate the landscape? We’ll peer into the future this hour with Vijay Vaitheeswaran, correspondent for The Economist and co-author of the new book “ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future” (Twelve, 2007).
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Are you looking forward to the fall movie season? We’ll get the picks and pans of two area critics this hour – Chris Vognar, Movie Critic for The Dallas Morning News and John Meyer, Film Critic for PegasusNews.com.
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What is the best way to measure the performance of our education system? Is standardized testing the answer? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Linda Perlstein who spent a year inside a Maryland elementary school to write her new book “Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade” (Henry Holt and Company, 2007).
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Does the ever-widening expansion of capitalism threaten democracy? Former Clinton Administration Secretary of Labor Robert Reich thinks so. We’ll spend this hour with Reich, currently professor of Public Policy at U.C. Berkeley, to discuss his new book “Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life” (Knopf, 2007).
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