You may not know his name, but if you’ve followed politics or even heard a newscast in the last thirteen years you’ve heard his work. Remember the phrase “Contract with America?” How about “the death tax?” Political consultant and pollster Dr. Frank Luntz has literally written the book on words that resonate with people. He’ll join us this hour to discuss “Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear” (Hyperion, 2007).
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How does your brain get to the “aha!” moment in reasoning? We’ll discuss how your brain puts things together to solve problems with Dr. Dan Krawczyk, of UTD’s Center for Brain Health. Dr. Krawczyk will deliver the lecture, “The Reasoning Mind: Thinking Outside the Box” in the Center for Brain Health’s lecture series next week.
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For much of their young lives, journalist Julia Scheeres and her adopted brother David suffered in the name of religion – both at home in Indiana and at a Christian Fundamentalist boarding school in the Dominican Republic called Escuela Caribe. Scheeres wrote about her experiences in the highly-acclaimed 2005 memoir “Jesus Land” (Counterpoint, 2005). Julia Scheeres will join us this hour to discuss the book which is now out in paperback.
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What is compassion? What is courage? We’ll spend the hour with Leslie Garcia, Healthy Living columnist for the Dallas Morning News, whose essay “Compassion” appears in today’s edition of the paper. Garcia is writing a yearlong series on qualities that lead to a balanced life called “The 12 Healthy Virtues.”
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Who’s winning the news war? FRONTLINE sets out to answer or at least examine the question in a four-part special which begins on PBS and KERA13 tonight. This hour we’ll discuss the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces that challenge the news media today with Raney Aronson, producer of the FRONTLINE series “News War: Secrets, Spin and the Future of News.”
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Just what is strategic forecasting and how is global intelligence gathered? We’ll spend the first part of the hour with Dr. George Friedman, founder and CEO of Strategic Forecasting, Inc., a leading private intelligence firm that has been dubbed the “Shadow CIA” by Barron’s. Dr. Lloyd Jeff Dumas, Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at the University of Texas at Dallas will join us for the second half of the hour to discuss the changing face of business and strategic intelligence-gathering efforts.
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Those flowers you just ordered for Valentine’s Day have quite a story to tell. From engineering, growing, and harvesting to shipping, selling, and enjoying, flowers live a secret life that many of us never know about. Journalist Amy Stewart looked into the flower industry for her latest project. She’ll join us this hour to discuss “Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers” (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007).
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What does it take to promote America’s values and confront ideological support for terrorism around the world? We’ll spend the first segment of tonight’s program with Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Karen Hughes. Yvonne Duque of the Latin Arts Association and Rose Marine Theater will join us for the Scene segment to discuss a new production of “Real Women Have Curves” which premieres tonight.
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At twenty-three years of age, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross was a devout follower of radical Islam. A product of progressive Jewish parents and a resident of Ashland, Oregon, Gartenstein-Ross seemed like the least-likely candidate for induction into such a group of people. He tells the story of his experience within Islamic radicalism and his eventual disillusionment and conversion out of the faith in his new book “My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir” (Tarcher Penguin, 2007).
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Should plagiarism and copyright law be overlooked for the sake of creativity? Our guest this hour, novelist Jonathan Lethem, argues that borrowing from other literature and art is central to the creative process in his article “The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism” which appears in the February issue of HARPER’s Magazine.
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How many things can you do at once? The ability to multi-task might help in a job interview, but is it good for your health? Is it good for your brain? We’ll discuss the benefits and potential costs of multi-tasking this hour with Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, Director of UTD’s Center for Brain Health. Dr. Chapman will deliver the lecture, “High-Performance: To Multi-Task or Not” in the Center for Brain Health’s lecture series next week.
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All across the world, signs of an early climate change are emerging. The documentary, “Reports from a Warming Planet” examines the changes happening to life and landscape and how they are slowly affecting everything, everywhere.
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