Can art be offensive? Are questions of censorship and freedom of expression appropriate when it comes to art and should religion be off-limits? We’ll examine the line between art and incitement this hour with S. Brent Plate, Assistant Professor of Religion and the Visual Arts at TCU, and author of the book “Blasphemy: Art that Offends” (Black Dog Publishing, 2007).
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He is undoubtedly one of the coolest people who ever lived. But who exactly was Miles Davis? We’ll spend this hour with Richard Cook, editor of “Jazz Review,” the leading British jazz magazine and author of the new book “It’s About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off Record” (Oxford, 2007). We’ll also get a chance to hear a few really cool tunes.
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What exactly is climate change, what is being done to help reverse these trends, and what does it mean for us in North Texas? We’ll discuss the issue this hour with University of Dallas Biologist Dr. Marcy Brown Marsden, who recently participated in a training program led by Vice President Al Gore. We’ll also be joined by Catherine Rogers of the Texas Master Naturalists North Texas Chapter to find out how locals are dealing with the changing climate.
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Are young women losing something by participating in casual hookup relationships? Laura Sessions Stepp, a prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post, has looked into the hookup culture, how it works, and how sex is becoming the primary currency of social interaction. We’ll talk with her this hour about her work and her new book “Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both” (Riverhead Books, 2007).
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Who is really “winning” in Iraq? Foreign Policy Magazine poses the question and gets 10 very different answers – from China to the United Nations – in the current issue’s cover story. We’ll talk this hour with three contributors to “Who Won in Iraq” – Steve Tsang of Oxford University, David Frum of the American Enterprise Institute, and Martin Wolf of The Financial Times.
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Have you ever heard the phrase “One Riot, One Ranger?” The line just about sums up the legendary Texas Rangers and their ability to deal with almost any situation single-handedly. We’ll explore the truth behind the legend this hour with historian Robert M. Utley, author of the new book “Lone Star Lawmen: The Second Century of the Texas Rangers” (Oxford, 2007).
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The United States’ modern and complex relationship with China is constantly evolving. We’ll spend this hour considering its 1972 beginnings with Margaret MacMillan, author of “Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World” (Random House, 2007).
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Is fashion an important part of our culture? We’ll talk about the early roots of modern fashion and the influence of one particular designer this hour with Dr. Mark Roglan, director of the Meadows Museum at SMU. The exhibit, “Balenciaga and His Legacy: Haute Couture from the Texas Fashion Collection,” which features 70 original designs by Spanish-born designer Crist??bal Balenciaga is on display at the Meadows Museum until May 27th.
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How do actors approach and prepare for their jobs? We’ll spend the first segment of tonight’s program with veteran actor Richard Thomas who’s in town to star in Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of “Twelve Angry Men” presented by the Dallas Summer Musicals’ Broadway Contemporary Series. Bob Ray Sanders, columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, will join us in the Scene segment to discuss the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, why his qualifications are a question for some, and why some of those questions might not be appropriate.
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What’s it really like in one of the most secretive nations on earth – North Korea? The National Geographic Channel’s Explorer will give us a glimpse with “Inside North Korea” on Monday March 5th. We’ll talk this hour with correspondent Lisa Ling, who visited North Korea with a Nepalese eye surgeon on a humanitarian mission. Her camera crew posed as members of the medical team.
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What is the history of the United States’ involvement in the Middle East? According to historian Michael Oren, “America is deeply, substantively, and perhaps even existentially involved in the Middle East” and has been since the days of George Washington. We’ll examine our country’s long-running engagement with the region this hour with Michael Oren, author of “Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present” (Norton, 2007).
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How would Dallas deal with a pandemic of disastrous proportions? Dr. John Carlo, Medical Director, Dallas County Health and Human Services will speak about disaster preparedness, the social and ethical issues within disaster response, and the practical implications for law, medicine and religion at the SMU Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics’ 21st Annual Conference of the Professions tomorrow morning. We’ll get a preview this hour.
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