Think from KERA

This hour, we’ll talk about the commercialization of fishing and the effect it’s had on the seafood we consume with journalist Lee Van Der Voo, who writes about the topic in “The Fish Market: Inside the Big-Money Battle for the Ocean and Your Dinner Plate”

This hour, we’ll talk about the history of the stop and frisk – and about if it’s even possible to hunt for criminals without racial profiling. We’ll be joined by Arizona State criminology professor Michael D. White, co-author of “Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic.”

This hour, we’ll talk about how a team of explorers endured everything from blizzards to disease to a drunken sea captain with University of Central Arkansas history professor David Welky, author of “A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier.”

Sitting across the Thanksgiving table from certain family members might be particularly tricky this year, post-election. This hour, we’ll talk about maintaining common courtesy even when we disagree with people – and we’ll make sure we’re squared away with which side of the plate to place the knife and fork. We’ll be joined by Jeremiah Tower, author of “Table Manners: How to Behave in the Modern World and Why Bother” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

If your Thanksgiving table will feature another year of dry turkey, lumpy mashed potatoes and can-shaped cranberries, it’s probably time for a menu makeover. This hour, we’ll talk about freshening up these staples – and about how to accommodate guests with dietary restrictions – with Dallas Morning News restaurant critic and Cooks Without Borders blogger Leslie Brenner and television chef and restaurateur Tiffany Derry.

As many of us board planes for the Thanksgiving holiday, we’ll run into people from across the country who don’t exactly sound like us. This hour, we’ll talk about how one nation developed so many regional dialects – and about how to navigate these sub-languages – with Josh Katz, author of “Speaking American: How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

When we’re having a good-hair day, everything seems to just fall into place. And when that same hair starts to turn gray, we wonder where we go from here. This hour, guest host Lauren Silverman will talk about why we value our hair so much – and why cultures throughout history have done the same – with University of London anthropologist Emma Tarlo. Her new book is called “Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair” (OneWorld Publications).

Each year, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services investigates about 200,000 cases of possible child abuse. This hour, guest host Lauren Silverman will talk about the possibility of using technology to predict when these abuses might happen in order to stop them before they occur. We’ll be joined by Dyann Daley, executive director of the Center for Prevention of Child Maltreatment, and David Sanders, chair of the Presidential Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.

Diet and exercise are obvious physical contributors to our overall health. But what about what’s going on inside our minds? This hour, guest host Lauren Silverman will talk about how scientists are studying how our thoughts, feelings and faiths contribute to our well-being with Erik Vance. His story “The Healing Power of Faith” appears in the December issue of National Geographic magazine.

In the last week, incidence of racism and harassment have taken place on Texas high school and college campuses. This hour, we’ll talk about counseling young adults on how to deal with these situations – and what to do when these lessons are being learned at home. We’ll be joined by Dr. Summer Rose of Momentous Institute, SMU student senator Naomi Samuel and Alia Salem, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.