KERA's Think

[2012-10-08 12:00:00] The Dallas Arts District buildings are finished, but what’s still needed to make the area a complete neighborhood for artists and patrons in the heart of the city? We’ll spend this hour with Veletta Forsythe Lill, outgoing Executive Director of The Dallas Arts District, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Ann Margolin, Council Member for District 13 and Chair of the City’s Arts, Culture and Libraries Committee.

[2012-10-04 13:00:00] How have personality and politics influenced President Obama’s relationship with the U.S. Supreme Court and what could the future hold if he is reelected in November? We’ll talk this hour with Jeffrey Toobin, staff writer at The New Yorker and senior legal analyst at CNN, Toobin’s new book is “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court” (Doubleday, 2012).

[2012-10-04 12:00:00] Is our market economy shifting to a “market society” where nearly everything can be bought and sold and how might such a shift affect our concepts of morality, responsibility, and citizenship? We’ll talk this hour with Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University and author of the recent book “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012). He’ll lead a live version of his BBC radio program “The Public Philosopher” this Sunday the 7th at University of Dallas.

[2012-10-03 13:00:00] What are the greatest accomplishments and advances that South Africa has achieved in the twenty-plus years since Nelson Mandela become president and what challenges does the country still face? We’ll talk this hour with Douglas Foster, former editor of Mother Jones magazine and author of the new book “After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa” (Live Right, 2012).

[2012-10-03 12:00:00] How is the auto industry changing for 2013 and which new designs and models are hot at this year’s State Fair of Texas Auto Show? We’ll spend this hour with automotive writer David Boldt and we’ll get your picks and pans from this year’s Fair.

[2012-10-02 13:00:00] Exactly what were the Nazi affiliations of a famous French fashion designer during Germany’s World War II occupation of France? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Hal Vaughan, whose book “Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War” (Vintage, 2012) is now out in paperback.

[2012-10-02 12:00:00] What is life like for the citizens of Saudi Arabia and how is the kingdom reacting to the revolutions sweeping neighboring countries? We’ll find out this hour with Karen Elliott House, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of “On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines – and Future” (Knopf, 2012). She’ll speak to the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth’s Meridian group this evening.

[2012-10-01 13:00:00] Why were more than 25,000 elephants slaughtered last year? We’ll talk this hour with Bryan Christy, who spent over two years investigating the tragic killings for National Geographic Magazine. His cover story, “Ivory Worship,” appears in the October 2012 issue of the magazine.

[2012-10-01 12:00:00] What are people doing to end the oppression of women and girls around the world and what remains to be done? We’ll talk this hour with Maro Chermayeff, Executive Producer of “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.” The powerful two-part special was shot in ten countries and airs on PBS tonight and tomorrow night.

[2012-09-27 13:00:00] Who was the real Ann Richards and how did she change Texas and national politics? We’ll talk this hour with filmmaker Keith Patterson, whose film “Ann Richards’ Texas” kicks off the 25th Annual Dallas VideoFest at the Dallas Museum of Art this evening. We’ll also talk with VideoFest executive director Bart Weiss about what’s new and what has changed in two-and-a-half decades of producing the festival.

[2012-09-27 12:00:00] U.S. – China relations and the economic and political competition between our countries is always in the news. But what were our earliest relations like with China? We’ll find out this hour with Eric Jay Dolin, author of the new book “When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail ” (Liveright, 2012).

[2012-09-26 13:00:00] What constitutes ethical behavior in a 21st Century world? We’ll talk this hour with Randy Cohen, who wrote the popular “Ethicist” column for the New York Times Magazine for twelve years. He reflects on the experience and compiles the best scenarios from the column in his new book “Be Good: How to Navigate the Ethics of Everything” (Chronicle Books, 2012).

[2012-09-26 12:00:00] What makes Dallas Fort Worth a budding food scene and what are some of your favorite recipes, ingredients, and new-food trends? We’ll spend this hour with Terri and Nanci Taylor of Edible Dallas & Fort Worth. They’ve just published “Edible Dallas & Fort Worth: The Cookbook” (Sterling Epicure, 2012).

[2012-09-25 13:00:00] 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? We’ll talk this hour with William J. Cooper, Boyd professor at Louisiana State University and author of the new book “We Have the War Upon Us: The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861″ (Knopf, 2012).

[2012-09-25 12:00:00] How did women change the field of journalism and the professional world of work forever, and what still hasn’t changed? We’ll find out this hour with Lynn Povich, who began her career at Newsweek as a secretary and became the magazine’s first female senior editor in 1975, She writes about the experience in her new book “The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace” (PublicAffairs, 2012).