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Shoah as Turning Point

[2009-11-10 12:00:00] How does the Holocaust continue to affect us today? We'll spend this hour with Elliott Dlin, executive director of the Dallas Holocaust Museum, and Rick Halperin, director of SMU's Human Rights Education Program. They are part of a series of events on "Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point" this fall at SMU....

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[ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:33:55 -0500 ]

Thoughts on Teacherhood

[2009-11-09 13:00:00] What can we learn from children not yet old enough to graduate elementary school? We'll talk this hour with award-winning teacher Phillip Done, whose new book is "Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind" (Center Street, 2009)....

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[ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:18:53 -0500 ]

The Inside Story of Barack Obama's Historic Victory

[2009-11-09 12:00:00] How did a grassroots political movement forever change the way that presidential campaigns are run? We'll talk with David Plouffe, political strategist and author of the new book, "The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory" (Viking, 2009)....

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[ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:34:30 -0500 ]

Excavating London's 16th-Century Playhouses

[2009-11-05 13:00:00] Were the lives lived offstage in the time of Shakespeare as intriguing as the legendary characters in his plays? This hour we'll discover life inside London's famous 16th-century playhouses with Julian Bowsher, Senior Archaeologist at the Museum of London. He's in town for the Boshell Family Lecture Series at the Dallas Museum of Art....

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[ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:14:37 -0500 ]

Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty

[2009-11-05 12:00:00] Why do hunger and famine persist and do we possess the knowledge and resources to feed the planet's poor? We'll talk to Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent Roger Thurow, co-author of "Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty" (Public Affairs, 2009)....

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[ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:30:01 -0500 ]

The (Almost) Definitive Guide to Gastronomy

[2009-11-04 13:00:00] Do you know how to savor a perfect peach or decode the wine list at an upscale restaurant? Have you eaten street food in a strange new city and lived to tell the tale? We'll talk this hour with Pim Techamuanvivit, author of "The Foodie Handbook: The (Almost) Definitive Guide to Gastronomy" (Chronicle, 2009)....

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[ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:14:07 -0500 ]

Women's Health Care Today

[2009-11-04 12:00:00] What is the current state of women's healthcare in America? We'll spend this hour with Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States. She is in town to deliver the Louise B. Raggio Endowed Lecture at SMU....

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[ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:42:50 -0500 ]

The Last Days of Wasp Splendor

[2009-11-03 13:00:00] What was it like to be born into a family of declining prominence and fading glamour? We'll talk this hour with New Yorker writer Tad Friend, whose new memoir is "Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor" (Little, Brown & Company, 2009)....

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:15:14 -0500 ]

What's the Right Thing to Do?

[2009-11-03 12:00:00] How should we as individuals handle today's most controversial issues? We'll spend this hour with Harvard Professor of Government and political philosopher Michael J. Sandel, author of the new book "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009)....

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:08:30 -0500 ]

A Conversation with Tom Schieffer

[2009-11-02 13:00:00] What makes a candidate want to be the next governor of Texas? We'll talk this hour with the former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Tom Schieffer, about state politics and his gubernatorial candidacy....

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:48:06 -0500 ]

The Untold Story of Jewish Spies in Nazi Germany

[2009-11-02 12:00:00] If you had barely escaped the Nazis during World War II, could anything make you go back? We'll talk with Patrick K. O'Donnell, military historian and author of the new book, "They Dared Return: The Untold Story of Jewish Spies behind the Lines in Nazi Germany" (De Capo, 2009)....

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:45:12 -0500 ]

Language & Usage, Part Two

[2009-10-29 13:00:00] Have you ever been guilty of abusing the English language? Find out in this two-hour special with language and grammar expert Bryan Garner, author of "A Dictionary of Modern American Usage" (3rd Edition. Oxford, 2009)....

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[ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:43:08 -0400 ]

Language & Usage, Part One

[2009-10-29 12:00:00] Have you ever been guilty of abusing the English language? Find out in this two-hour special with language and grammar expert Bryan Garner, author of "A Dictionary of Modern American Usage" (3rd Edition. Oxford, 2009)....

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[ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:41:38 -0400 ]

Secrets About the World's Musical Masters

[2009-10-28 13:00:00] Who knew that Bach composed music in prison, or that Wagner had a thing for women's underwear? We'll talk this hour with Elizabeth Lunday, author of the new book "Secret Lives of Great Composers: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the World's Musical Masters" (Quirk Books, 2009)....

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[ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:24:04 -0400 ]

Teenage Dating Today

[2009-10-28 12:00:00] How is teenage dating different today than when you were in high school? We'll spend this hour with Sujata Dand, producer of the new documentary "Boyfriends," premiering tonight on KERA, channel 13....

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[ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:53:52 -0400 ]

A Diary of the Great Depression

[2009-10-27 13:00:00] What can we learn from a journal written in the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash? We'll talk this hour with James Ledbetter, co-editor of the new book "The Great Depression: A Diary" (Public Affairs, 2009)....

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:37:37 -0400 ]

What Americans Really Want

[2009-10-27 12:00:00] How do your personal hopes, dreams and fears compare with those of the majority of Americans? We'll spend this hour with polling expert and political pundit Frank Luntz, whose new book is "What Americans Really Want...Really" (Hyperion, 2009)....

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:22:51 -0400 ]

Best of Think

[2009-10-26 13:00:00] In a Best of Think program, we'll talk with Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, CNN Host and author of "The Post-American World" (Norton & Co, 2008). Then in the second half of the hour we'll talk with Lee Woodruff, life and family contributor for ABC's Good Morning America and author of book "Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress" (Random House, 2009)....

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[ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:26:58 -0400 ]

Feminism & Islam

[2009-10-26 12:00:00] How will Islamic law adapt to the feminist movement in Muslim nations? We'll talk with Professor Qudsia Mirza about the public's misconceptions over Islam and women's rights....

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[ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:14:57 -0400 ]

A Hero's Search for What Really Matters

[2009-10-22 13:00:00] What do we learn about ourselves in moments of crisis? We'll talk this hour with Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger who heroically landed a disabled passenger jet on the Hudson River last January. His new book is "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters" (William Morrow, 2009)....

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:39:39 -0400 ]

Genocide and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity

[2009-10-22 12:00:00] Why does genocide happen and what will it take to stop it? We'll explore these questions and more this hour with Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of "Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity" (Public Affairs, 2009)....

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:38:05 -0400 ]

The Amazing Journey of American Women

[2009-10-21 13:00:00] How have the roles of women changed in the last fifty years? We'll talk this hour with New York Times columnist Gail Collins. Her new history of the feminist movement is "When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present" (Little, Brown & Company 2009)....

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[ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:58:04 -0400 ]

Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine

[2009-10-21 12:00:00] How did regular old food become American food? We'll spend this hour with culinary historian and author Andrew F. Smith, whose new book is "Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine" (Columbia, 2009)....

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[ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:35:45 -0400 ]

Becoming a Show Business Legend

[2009-10-20 13:00:00] How does a performer go from Wall Lake, Iowa to a multi-platinum recording career and a two-decade headlining gig at Las Vegas' Caesar's Palace? We'll find out this hour with the legendary Andy Williams whose new memoir "Moon River and Me" (Viking, 2009) is just out....

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[ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:03:55 -0400 ]

Texas Politics

[2009-10-20 12:00:00] What's going on with the Texas Governor's race? We'll check-in this hour with Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy....

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[ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:34:01 -0400 ]

How Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

[2009-10-19 13:00:00] Is ubiquitous optimism bad for America? We'll talk this hour with writer Barbara Ehrenreich whose new book is "Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America" (Metropolitan Books, 2009)....

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[ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:43:45 -0400 ]

A Guilty Liberal Attempts to Save the Planet

[2009-10-19 12:00:00] How far would you go to help save the environment? We'll talk this hour with Colin Beavan whose new book is "No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process" (FSG, 2009)....

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[ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:25:12 -0400 ]

A Journey to the Heart of White America

[2009-10-15 13:00:00] What exactly are exurbs and why are some white Americans moving to them in droves? We'll spend the hour with Rich Benjamin, senior fellow at the non-partisan think tank Demos and author of the new book "Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America" (Hyperion, 2009)....

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[ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:52:16 -0400 ]

Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon

[2009-10-15 12:00:00] How did the U.S.-Soviet nuclear competition affect the outcome of history? We'll talk this hour with Pulitzer Prize winner Neil Sheehan, who profiles the Air Force officer who led the U.S. missile effort in his new book "A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon" (Random House, 2009)....

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[ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:43:36 -0400 ]

Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon

[2009-10-15 12:00:00] How did the U.S.-Soviet nuclear competition affect the outcome of history? We'll talk this hour with Pulitzer Prize winner Neil Sheehan, who profiles the Air Force officer who led the U.S. missile effort in his new book "A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon" (Random House, 2009)....

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[ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:52:12 -0400 ]

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