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We’ll find out this hour why certain houses look the way they do from Dallas resident Virginia Savage McAlester, author of A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture

This hour, we’ll talk about the HUD allegations concerning the city of Dallas with Scott Griggs, vice chairman of the Dallas City Council housing committee, and Ken Smith, who leads the Revitalize South Dallas Coalition.

We’ll talk this hour about atheists’ impact with University of North Texas professors David A. Williamson and George Yancey. Their new book is There Is No God: Atheists in America.

We’ll talk this hour about women in comedy with stand-up comedian Linda Stogner, Amanda Austin of Dallas Comedy House and Tina Parker of Kitchen Dog Theater.

This hour, we’ll learn about the 50-year-long battle of the bands with John McMillian, author of Beatles vs. Stones.

Why do some consumer products work flawlessly while others do nothing but confound us? We’ll explore teapots, tape measures and other tools around the house this hour with cognitive scientist Don Norman, author of The Design of Everyday Things.

We’ll find out about how our minds work this hour with psychologist Stephen M. Kosslyn, co-author of Top Brain, Bottom Brain: Surprising Insights into How You Think.

As part of KERA’s One Crisis Away initiative, this hour we’ll look at the financial challenges seniors face.

We’ll find out this hour which year-end films are worth the price of admission from our favorite local film critics