This hour, we’ll speak with spy novelist Alan Furst about his latest tale of WWII espionage, Midnight in Europe.
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A Conviction Corrected
We’ll talk this hour about how the DPD became a model for how law enforcement handles eye witnesses with Joe Berlinger. He documents the story in the June 8 episode of The System with Joe Berlinger.
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An Hour With Jesse Jackson
As KERA marks the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer, we’ll talk to Rev. Jackson about his lifetime devotion to the Civil Rights movement.
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Boys To Men
We’ll talk this hour with Judy Chu from the Program in Human Biology at Stanford University. She explores a recent two-year study in the new book When Boys Become Boys: Development, Relationships, and Masculinity.
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Medical Dilemmas
We’ll talk to Dr. Barron Lerner this hour about the moral decisions physicians must make, which he writes about in his book, The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics.
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Inside Mexico's Drug War
We’ll take an inside look at the effect the drug trade has on Mexico this hour with Michael Deibert. His new book is In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America’s Drug War in Mexico.
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Where You're From Matters
Universities are considering race less and less as they process applications. And Sheryll Cashin argues that that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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Prepping Our Lawns, Poisoning Our Water
We’ll talk this hour about how we can have healthy yards and clean water with Dr. Diane Lewis. Her new book is The Great Healthy Yard Project: Our Yards, Our Children, Our Responsibility.
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The History Of The Reef
This hour, we’ll talk with University of Sydney professor Iain McCalman. His new book is The Reef: A Passionate History – The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change.
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Inside Israel
We’ll talk this hour to Jerusalem-based journalist Matthew Kalman about the current state of affairs in the Middle East. Kalman is in town to address the annual meeting of American Jewish Committee.
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Foods We Flip For
We’ll find out this hour how food trends develop with David Sax, author of The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue.
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How We Handle Higher Ed
This hour, we’ll talk about how we educate college students with Wesleyan University president Michael S. Roth. His new book is Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters.
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