KERA's Think show

KERA's Think

Summary: Think is a daily, topic-driven interview and call-in program hosted by Krys Boyd covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and emerging trends to food and wine, travel, adventure, and entertainme

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 Talking TED Talks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:20

[2014-10-30 12:00:00] As content director of TED, Kelly Stoetzel travels the world in search of compelling people with wisdom to share. This hour, we’ll talk to the Dallas native and SMU graduate about how TED has grown into a global intellectual force and a KERA weekend staple. 

 How To Write A Novel (In A Month!) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:20

[2014-10-29 13:00:00] November is National Novel Writing Month. This hour, we’ll learn why we’re just four weeks away from our first book with Chris Baty, author of No Plot? No Problem! A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days.

 Tiny Particles, Big Impact | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:20

[2014-10-29 12:00:00] Neutrinos are one of the smallest particles in existence – more than 100,000 billion of them pass through us each second. This hour, we’ll talk to SMU physicist Thomas E. Coan about his current study of these subatomic curiosities, which may help scientists explain the origins of matter and how the universe functions.

 A Master Of War | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:17

[2014-10-28 12:00:00] As a Confederate general, Stonewall Jackson was on the losing side of the Civil War. But 150 years later, he’s still considered one of the nation’s great military minds. This hour, we’ll get to know the man who nearly brought the Union Army to its knees with S.C. Gwynne. His new book is Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson.

 Election Preview | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:20

[2014-10-28 12:00:00] In one week, Texans will go to the polls to elect a new governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and other offices. This hour, we’ll check in on the key races both in North Texas and around the state with KERA’s Shelley Kofler and Gromer Jeffers of The Dallas Morning News.

 A Chat With Jodi Picoult | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:18

[2014-10-27 13:00:00] Jodi Picoult’s best-selling novels include Nineteen Minutes and Change of Heart. This hour, we’ll talk to her about her latest effort, Leaving Time, which focuses on a woman’s search for her missing mother.  Picoult speaks tonight as part of Highland Park United Methodist Church’s Authors Live! series.

 A Papel Primer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:20

[2014-10-27 12:00:00] Since his election last year, Pope Francis has focused on building a more inclusive Catholic Church. This hour, we’ll talk about his plans to modernize the 2,000 year-old institution with Elisabetta Piqué, Vatican correspondent for Argentina’s La Nación newspaper. Her new book is Pope Francis: Life and Revolution – A Biography of Jorge Bergoglio.

 Reel Talk On Race | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:14

[2014-10-23 13:00:00] In the upcoming movie Dear White People, a riot breaks out on an Ivy League campus when four black students object to an African-American-themed party thrown by their white classmates. This hour, we’ll talk about what the satire has to say about racial identity with the film’s writer and director, Justin Simien.

 Powerful Waves | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:46

[2014-10-23 12:00:00] Corporations know that sound is an effective, non-verbal way to convey ideas. This hour, we’ll talk about how everyone from car companies to restaurants to filmmakers use sound to subtly plant ideas in our brains with composer Joel Beckerman. He explains how they do it in his book The Sonic Boom: How Sound Transforms What We Think, Feel, and Buy.

 Offseason Learning | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:23

[2014-06-16 13:00:00] While kids are happy to be out of school, the “summer slide” worries both teachers and parents. This hour, we’ll talk about a city-wide effort in Dallas to continue learning through the summer with Big Thought CEO Gigi Antoni and Connie Yowell, an education researcher with the MacArthur Foundation. 

 Winning Freedom With A Bloody Summer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:25

[2014-06-16 12:00:00] This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer. We’ll look back this hour at the effort to register black voters in Mississippi with historian Bruce Watson. His book serves as the source material for the documentary American Experience: Freedom Summer, which airs this month on KERA-TV.

 Science Behind The Bar | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:18

[2014-06-12 13:00:00]Humans have been drinking alcohol for 10,000 years. And in that time, an enormous amount of brainpower has been spent figuring out how we like our drinks and why. We’ll talk this hour about the biology, chemistry and physics of alcohol with Adam Rogers, author of Proof: The Science of Booze (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

 The Ryan Express | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:29

[2014-06-12 12:00:00]Nolan Ryan belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Texas athletes – he pitched for both the Astros and Rangers during his Hall of Fame career. We’ll talk this hour about how the Alvin, Texas, native turned into one of baseball’s all-time greats with Rob Goldman, author of the new biography Nolan Ryan: The Making of a Pitcher (Triumph Books).

 What's So Funny About That? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:39

[2014-06-11 13:00:00] Identifying what we find funny is a tricky task for scientists, because everyone’s sense of humor is unique. But that didn’t stop Peter McGraw from visiting cultures around the world in a search for what we all find funny. We’ll talk to the director of the University of Colorado’s Humor Research Lab this hour about his quest, which he writes about in The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny (Simon & Schuster).

 The Hip Challenge | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:25

[2014-06-11 12:00:00] Falls are the leading cause of death for older Americans, as 20 percent of those 50 and older who break a hip die within a year. As part of KERA’s The Broken Hip series, we’ll talk to a panel of experts this hour about how to prevent hip injuries and how to better care for those who suffer from them.

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