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Empowering Patients 26 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
Hour 2: How might mobile technology revolutionize healthcare? This hour, as part of KERA’s Breakthroughs initiative, we’ll hear about possibilities such as checkups at our fingertips with E...
Rising Temps, Flooding Coastlines 26 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
George Steinmetz/National Geographic Hour 1: As the planet gets warmer, sea levels rise – and there’s no reversing the trend. We’ll talk about how the U.S. might handle the problem and what...
Bashar al-Assad And The Syrian War 22 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
Hour 2: What caused the Syrian civil war and what might the future hold for the Syrian people and President Bashar al-Assad? We’ll talk this hour with David W. Lesch, professor of Middle Eas...
Health And Poverty 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Hour 1: Diseases that are easy to prevent and cheap to treat still kill millions of people around the world. This hour, we’ll find out why – and what can be done – with Dr. Eric G. Bing, Glo...
Of Dice And Men 21 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
Hour 2: Where did Dungeons and Dragons come from, and how did it spawn a generation of gamers? We’ll track the rise of fantasy role-playing this hour with Forbes writer and D&D player David ...
Deep Ellum’s Strange Case 21 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
Hour 1: What can Deep Ellum’s history and stubborn counterculture teach us about building a livable city? We’ll take a ground-level look at the neighborhood this hour with three urban proble...
Life Eternal 20 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
Hour 2: Humans have been obsessed with living forever since, well, forever. Why do some people still believe it’s possible to cheat death? This hour, we’ll look at key figures in the quest f...
Savage Continent 20 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
Hour 1: What was Europe really like at the end of World War II? We’ll look back this hour with historian and novelist Keith Lowe. His book, “Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of Worl...
Doping’s Impact On The Future Of Sports 19 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
Hour 2: Doping in sports is in the public eye like never before, especially after Lance Armstrong’s career-destroying admissions and the ongoing scandals in major league baseball. This hour,...
The New American Dream 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Hour 1: What still draws immigrants to the U.S. and how do they contribute to American society once they’re here? We’ll talk this hour with Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Senior Fellow of the Center o...
