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We’ll talk this hour about the mental side of competition with Ashley Merryman, co-author of Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing.

We’ll talk this hour about how mathematics and rational thought can help us to understand phenomena with statistician David J. Hand, author of The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day.

Hour 1: Millennials are doing things differently compared to previous generations. We’ll talk this hour about the challenges facing our nation in the near future with Paul Taylor, author of The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown.

Hour 2: The influx of craft breweries in North Texas has put local brewers on the map. We’ll spend this hour with a panel of North Texas brewers who are behind the recent trend.

Hour 1: Ever wonder how paper and coins became trusted forms of currency? This hour we’ll learn about the history of money this hour with Felix Martin, author of Money: The Unauthorized Biography.

Hour 2: What causes our brain to react to humor through laughter? We’ll find out this hour with cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems about his new book, Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why.

Hour 1: Being a critic sounds like the easiest job in the world – just observe and give your opinion. But justifying those opinions is tougher than you think. We’ll explore the life of a critic this hour with KERA’s Jerome Weeks, Nancy Nichols of D magazine and Preston Jones of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Hour 1: With the right skills, stress and bad thoughts that lead to depression can be kept in check.

Hour 1: Despite dealing with hardships growing up, Misty Copeland rose to the top of the ballet world. We’ll speak to her about her new memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (Touchstone).

Hour 2: We’ll talk this hour about the dangers of everyday plastics with Mariah Blake, who writes about the topic in the current issue of Mother Jones.