What makes Dallas Fort Worth a budding food scene and what are some of your favorite recipes, ingredients, and new-food trends?
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The Onset of the Civil War
What were the circumstances that led to the U.S. Civil War and how did the White House, Congress and Union statesmen try and ultimately fail to avoid the war?
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How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
How did women change the field of journalism and the professional world of work forever, and what still hasn’t changed?
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Access to Women’s Health Care
How important is healthcare for women to the welfare of the nation? We’ll spend this hour with women’s health advocate Sandra Fluke.
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The Unseen People Who Make Our Country Work
Who really makes our country work? We’ll meet several of America’s real workers this hour.
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The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns
What new rules are in play for the 2012 election campaigns?
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Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America
What happens to children born into the poorest communities of America once they come of age?
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Life after Death Row
What is required to maintain sanity and self-control while incarcerated for a crime you insist you didn’t commit?
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The Importance of Slang
How important is slang to the development of a language and the society it serves?
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The Case For Progress In A Networked Age
Can political progress still be possible in our country at a time when gridlock and extreme partisanship seem to be the norm?
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A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change
What is life like for Africa’s small farmers – many of whom are women and most of whom struggle to even feed their families year-round?
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Death and the Civil War
How did the devastating casualty rates of the U.S. Civil War affect Americans’ perception of death and what did this unprecedented loss of population change the country?
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