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Changes to the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy

[2010-02-09 12:00:00] While Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen have announced support for a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," what will it actually take and how soon will it happen? What do you think? We'll spend this hour with Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.

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[2010-02-08 12:00:00] What is life like for the workers we never see, yet rely upon to keep our lifestyles affordable? We'll talk this hour with journalist Gabriel Thompson whose new book is "Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won't Do" (Nation Books, 2010).

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[2010-02-08 13:00:00] What should we each do to ensure that our lives end the way we want them to? We'll examine our end-of-life options this hour with Dr. Jeanne Fitzpatrick, co-author of "A Better Way of Dying: How to Make the Best Choices at the End of Life" (Penguin, 2010).

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[2010-02-04 13:00:00] Will librarians still have a role in the new digital world? Author Marilyn Johnson thinks so. We'll spend this hour with Johnson, whose new book is "This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All" (Harper, 2010).

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[2010-02-04 12:00:00] Why do so many people, when faced with simpler, more plausible explanations, look to conspiracy theories for answers? We'll find out this hour with journalist and social critic David Aaronovitch, author of "Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History" (Riverhead, 2010).

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[2010-02-03 13:00:00] Does our concept of beauty empower women or is it merely a dangerous delusion? And why does beauty remain, arguably, the subject of all art? Rachel Hovnanian, a New York-based artist who grew up in Texas, will join us this hour. Her artwork will be featured in this weekend's Dallas Art Fair.

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[2010-02-03 12:00:00] How does carbon-trading work and is a cap-and-trade system a viable solution to the planet's climate challenges? We'll talk this hour with Mark Schapiro, whose article "Conning the Climate: Inside the Carbon-Trading Shell Game," is the cover story in the February issue of Harper's Magazine.

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[2010-02-02 13:00:00] Is technology moving faster than we can adapt to it? We'll explore life on the virtual frontier this hour with documentary filmmaker Rachel Dretzin, producer of "FRONTLINE: Digital Nation." It airs tonight on PBS and KERA 13.

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[2010-02-02 12:00:00] Who is the newest addition to the North Texas arts scene? We'll talk with Marvin Hamlisch this hour about his eclectic career in music and his new appointment as Principle Pops conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

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[2010-02-01 13:00:00] With trends in community-supported agriculture and a resurgence of the good food movement, where is the culinary industry headed these days? We'll talk this hour with Amy Albert, Senior Associate Editor of Bon App?tit. She's in town to judge in this year's Dallas Morning News Wine Competition which takes place this week. Winning wines will be featured at the Dallas Wine and Food Festival this spring.

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[2010-02-01 12:00:00] Fifty years ago today, four college students sat at a Woolworth's counter for lunch. They were African Americans; the lunch counter was for whites only. Were the students aware that this simple but defiant action would prove instrumental in the quest for racial equality? We'll take a look back at the Civil Rights Movement with Reverend James Lawson, who speaks at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters this evening.

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[2010-01-28 12:00:00] How does innovation happen? Where is the spark? We'll talk this hour with Nancy J. Nersessian, Ph.D., a Regents Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Nersessian will deliver the lecture "How Do Scientists Think? Creative Processes in Conceptual Innovation" at tonight's installment of the UT Dallas "Creativity in a Technological Era" lecture series.

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[2010-01-28 13:00:00] Who are the people of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? We'll get a behind-the scenes look this hour with journalist Scott Anderson, whose National Geographic Cover on the Mormon splinter group is "The Polygamists."

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[2010-01-27 12:00:00] How does the unconscious mind influence our society and our world? We'll explore the subject this hour with Shankar Vedantam, longtime author of the Washington Post's popular "Department of Human Behavior" column. His new book is "The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives" (Spiegle & Grau, 2010).

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[2010-01-27 13:00:00] In light of the on-going H1N1 virus outbreak and other pandemic concerns, how vulnerable is our increasingly intertwined society to disease epidemics? We'll talk this hour with journalist Madeline Drexler, whose new book is "Emerging Epidemics: The Menace of New Infections" (Penguin, 2010).

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[2010-01-26 12:00:00] Have you ever wondered about the history of Dallas' White Rock Lake? We'll talk this hour with Sally Rodriguez, historian for the Dallas Park and Recreation Department and author of the new book "White Rock Lake" (Arcadia Publishing, 2010).

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[2010-01-26 13:00:00] How are nature, culture and art connected? We'll spend this hour with contemporary Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa whose work will be on view beginning this weekend in the Nasher Sculpture Center's exhibit "Jaume Plensa: Genus and Species."

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[2010-01-21 12:00:00] Can the current administration restore fiscal confidence and trust in the government? We'll discuss the future of the federal budget this hour with former U.S. comptroller general David M. Walker, president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and author of "Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility" (Random House, 2010).

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[2010-01-21 13:00:00] Do you love the smell of napalm in the morning? We'll talk this hour with legendary actor Robert Duvall, who began his film career as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, won an Oscar for Tender Mercies, and created a Texas legend in Lonesome Dove's Augustus McCrae. He will address the sold out Nasher Salon Series tonight.

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[2010-01-25 12:00:00] True, effective leadership is hard to find in the first place, but what challenges do leaders face in a combat environment? We'll talk with Marine Corp veteran, Donovan Campbell, author of "Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood" (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2010).

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