We’ll talk this hour about a new class of older migrant workers stuck between retirement and the reality of getting by with Jessica Bruder, who tells their story in the August issue of Harper’s.
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Living Undocumented
We’ll talk to him this hour with immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas about the current influx of undocumented children along the U.S-Mexico border and about his recent arrest in McAllen for his own citizenship status.
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Investigating Iraq
We’ll talk this hour about the unfolding chaos in Iraq – and what’s on the horizon – with the producer of the Frontline documentary “Losing Iraq,” airing tonight on KERA.
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Two Familes, One Name
We’ll talk this hour with the author of a new book of Texas history, “Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families who Share the Tomlinson Name – One White, One Black.”
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Return To The Renaissance
This hour, we’ll talk about how Michelangelo revolutionized painting, sculpture and architecture with Miles J. Unger, author of Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces (Simon & Schuster).
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Pain, Then Gain
This hour, we’ll talk about how the most resilient among us are able to turn setbacks into opportunities with psychologist David B. Fledman. He’s a co-author of Supersurvivors: The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success.
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The Pot Debate
We’ll talk this hour about how marijuana affects individuals and society with University of Texas at Dallas researchers Dr. Francesca Filbey and Dr. Robert Morris.
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For Parkinson's Patients, A Path To Speech
As part of KERA’s Breakthrough’s series, we’ll talk this hour with speech-language pathologist Samantha Elandry of the Parkinson Voice Project about how Parkinson’s patients are being taught to speak again.
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All Aboard
We’ll talk this hour about the demise of America’s railroads – and if they will ever make a comeback – with Kevin Baker, who writes about the lost glory of train travel in the July issue of Harper’s.
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The History Of Conflict In Ukraine
We’ll talk this hour about the origins of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict with Serhii Plokhy, professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard.
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New Thinking On Delusions
We’ll find out this hour about how the social world contributes to delusion with Dr. Joel Gold, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.
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Watching The Detectives
We’ll talk this hour about how the Internet is fueling the world of DIY CSI with the author of “The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America’s Coldest Cases.”
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