We’ll talk to Lisa Schmidt of Big Thought and Dallas County Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Terry Smith about Creative Solutions, a joint arts program that has helped 10,000 kids over the last two decades.
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The Crimes Of Tomorrow
We’ll talk about the dangers brought about by technological advancement with Marc Goodman, author of Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It.
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Marriage Equality In Texas
We’ll talk about how changing the marriage law could change the state’s culture with Pamela Colloff of Texas Monthly.
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Vitamin Overload
We’ll talk about the history of hyping vitamins – and why the vitamin section of food labels doesn’t tell the whole story – with Catherine Price, author of Vitamania: Our Obsessive Quest for Nutritional Perfection.
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A Conversation With David Axelrod
He was instrumental in getting Barack Obama into the Oval Office. This hour, we’ll talk with Axelrod about his journey from a Chicago newsroom to the White House.
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Dissecting the Earned Income Tax Credit
How do working families use the annual checks from the earned income tax credit to build a middle-class life? This hour we’ll weight the costs and benefits with the author of “It’s Not Like I’m Poor.”
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Writing About War
This hour, we’ll talk with author Elliot Ackerman about how his five tours of duty in the Middle East influenced his debut novel, “Green on Blue,” which is set in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.
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Taking Down The Taliban
This hour, we’ll talk to former CIA station chief for Islamabad Robert Grenier about the challenges of fighting the Taliban.
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The Allure of Acting
Whether on stage or on screen, watching actors engage in their craft influences how we live our daily lives. This hour, we’ll talk about the art of acting with film critic David Thomson.
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Fact In The Age Of Opinion
Why do we cling to our beliefs even in the face of reasonable evidence to the contrary? This hour, we’ll talk to science writer Joel Achenbach about why data is less definitive in a world more interested in opinion.
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What ISIS Is After
We’ll talk about what the organization is actually trying to accomplish with Graeme Wood, who explores the question in the current issue of The Atlantic.
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Young Women In Politics
This hour we’ll talk about how to increase the number of women in office with Dallas County Judge Tonya Parker and IGNITE founder Anne Moses.
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