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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The Push For Home Rule In Dallas
We’ll talk this hour about what a home-rule district could look like with reporters covering the issue: KERA’s Bill Zeeble and Tawnell Hobbs and Matthew Haag of The Dallas Morning News.
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Under Siege, Over There
We’ll look back this hour at one of the defining battles of the Vietnam War with Gregg Jones, author of Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam.
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Sarah Bird Flies Again
We’ll talk to the Austin author this hour about Above the East China Sea: A Novel.
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The Costs Of Covering War
As part of our special Memorial Day episode of Think, we’ll listen back to our interview from last fall with NPR war correspondent Kelly McEvers.
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As One Battle Ends, Another Begins
As part of our special Memorial Day episode of Think, we’ll listen back to our conversation from last fall with David Finkel about his book Thank You for Your Service.
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Now Hear This
Hour 1: As part of Better Speech and Hearing Month, we’ll talk this hour about how we can preserve our hearing with a panel of experts from the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Going Out In A Blaze Of Glory
We’ll talk this hour about the comedy Barbecue Apocalypse, which debuts this weekend as part of Kitchen Dog Theater’s New Works festival, with playwright Matt Lyle and director Lee Trull.
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Conquering The Appalachian Trail
This hour, we’ll get to know a woman who became a hiking celebrity with Ben Montgomery, author of Grandma Gatewood’s Walk – The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail.
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Keeping Up With Climate Change
We’ll talk this hour about reducing greenhouse gases – and if that’s enough in the fight against global warming – with Brian Stone, associate professor in the School of City and Regional Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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The Way We Work
Some of us spend more of our waking hours in the office than we do at home. We’ll talk this hour about how our workspaces have evolved over the last century with Nikil Saval.
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