We’ll talk to the writer and director this hour about how his hometown of Baltimore has influenced his work and about his new book, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America.With sites like ancestry.com and the digitization of public records, tracing our family trees has become easier than ever. We’ll talk this hour about why we’re so interested in discovering our roots with Maud Newton, who writes about the subject in the June issue of Harper’s.
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Ahead of her retirement, we’ll talk to Dallas Black Dance Theatre founder Ann Williams about her life in dance.
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We’ll talk this hour about how the state’s political landscape has taken shape with Collin College history professors Michael Phillips and Kyle Wilkison.
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We’ll talk this hour with psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz about what he’s learned from 25 years of listening to patients.
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We’ll talk this hour about how our personalities evolve throughout our lives with research psychologist Christopher J. Soto, director of the Colby Personality Lab at Colby College.
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We’ll talk to Ruth Reichl this hour about pouring her experiences with food into her new book, Delicious!: A Novel.
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We’ll talk about current health and fitness trends this hour with Leslie Barker, who writes about those topics for The Dallas Morning News.
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Hour 2: We’ll talk this hour with David Kaiser about how Roosevelt guided the country during the tumultuous years of World War II.
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Hour 1: Ralph Nader has worn many hats in his professional life: author, attorney, political activist and presidential candidate among them.
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Hour 1: What’s it like being Jewish in North Texas? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz of the Jewish Federations of North America and Bradley Laye, Interim President & CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.
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Hour 2: Tacos are a staple item in the diets of many North Texans. We’ll explore the taco’s past and present this hour with José R Ralat, who blogs about tacos at thetacotrail.com.
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Hour 1: 2014 marks the 100 anniversary of the start of World War I, and changed history forever. Geoffrey Wawro, Director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas, joins us to talk about the events that led to the war in his new book, “A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire.”
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