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Hour 1: In the last 500 million years, there have been five mass extinctions on Earth. And some scientists are saying we should prepare for the next one. We’ll speak with New Yorker staff writer, Elizabeth Kolbert, about her new book, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History.

Hour 2: Pope Francis is facing challenges after, Pope Benedict XVI, resigned in 2013. We’ll talk this hour with, Antony Thomas, director of Secrets of the Vatican, a Frontline special that airs Tuesday on KERA TV.

Hour 1: More than 300 journalists have been killed since 2006, the year the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution that was supposed to make their jobs safer. We’ll talk this hour with Eric Matthies, director of Killing the Messenger: The Deadly Cost of News.

Hour 2: We’ll talk with Kayla Williams this hour about her experience coming back from war in Plenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War.

Hour 1: New parents know their lives will be turned upside down when a baby enters the picture. We’ll talk this hour about how children reshape their parents’ lives with Jennifer Senior, author of All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood (Ecco).

Hour 2: How much do the communities we live in create or deny opportunities? We’ll find out this hour speaking with Rutgers University law professor David Dante Troutt, author of The Price of Paradise: The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America.

Hour 1: We’ll talk this hour about the people making money from our changing planet with McKenzie Funk, author of Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming. Funk is in town to talk to the World Affairs Council of Dallas-Fort Worth tonight.

Hour 2: Temple University professor Lori L. Tharps joins us to talk about her book, Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black History in America.

Hour 2: We’ll talk this hour about whether or not brands and marketers are taking advantage of teen’s loyalty with Douglas Rushkoff. He examines the complex relationship between teens and companies in the Frontline special Generation Like, which airs Tuesday on KERA.

Hour 1: We’ll talk to Dallas native David Bates this hour about his career and a rare joint exhibition of his work being staged by the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

Hour 2: We’ll talk about the state of same-sex marriage this hour with University of San Francisco assistant professor Kimberly Richman, author of License to Wed: What Legal Marriage Means to Same-Sex Couples.

Hour 2: We’ll talk this hour to Christina Ibarra, director of the Independent Lens documentary Las Marthas, which airs Feb. 17 on KERA.