Think from KERA

[2016-05-04 12:00:00] As the White House director of production for presidential events, Josh King’s job was to create memorable, camera-ready moments for the president. This hour, we’ll talk to him about how those moments are crafted – and why they so often backfire – which he writes about in “Off Script: An Advance Man’s Guide to White House Stagecraft, Campaign Spectacle and Political Suicide” (St. Martin’s Press).

[2016-05-04 13:00:00] Every time we buy a lottery ticket, we know the odds are long. And when someone actually cashes that one-in-a-million winner, it’s a reminder that improbable isn’t the same as impossible. This hour, we’ll take a closer look at the numbers behind unlikely events with mathematician Joseph Mazur, author of “Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidence” (Basic Books).

[2016-05-03 13:00:00] Most people in the workforce covet a job

that provides both money and meaning. This hour, we’ll hear

accounts of everyday people who’ve found just that with StoryCorps

founder Dave Isay, whose collected these tales of career success in

“Callings:

The Purpose and Passion of Work” (Penguin Press). Isay speaks

tonight during Arts & Letters Live at the Dallas Museum of

Art.

[2016-05-03 12:00:00] In 1954, Dallas district attorney Henry

Wade convinced a jury to sentence Tommy Lee Walker to death for the

rape and murder of Venice Parker. A closer look at the details of

the crime, though, cast serious doubt as to whether Walker was the

real killer. This hour, we’ll talk about how racial prejudice and

the thirst for a conviction may have cost a man his life with Mary

Mapes, whose investigation

into the case appears in the current issue of D magazine.

[2016-05-02 12:00:00] On Tuesday, SMU’s Maguire Center forEthics & Public Responsibility hosts “Tipping the Scales for Children: From Ethics to Action toWellbeing.” The conference brings together experts in healthand education in an effort to improve the lives of kids living inDallas County. This hour, we’ll talk about creating healthyenvironments for children with SMU Professor Rita Kirk, director ofthe Maguire Ethics Center; Douglas Hawthorne, founding CEO of TexasHealth Resources; and Peter Roberts, president of population healthat Children’s Medical Center.

[2016-05-02 13:00:00] Learning how to effectively bargain isakey to making relationships work both at the office and athome.This hour, we’ll learn how we can have more productivediscussionswith Daniel Shapiro, founder of the HarvardInternationalNegotiation Program and associate professor ofpsychology atHarvard Medical School. His new book is called“NegotiatingtheNonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most EmotionallyChargedConflicts” (Viking).

[2016-04-28 12:00:00] In 2014, Diane Rehm watched as her

husband, John, decided to stop eating and drinking after his fight

with Parkinson’s disease became unbearable. This hour, we’ll visit

the studios of WAMU in Washington to talk with her about the

experience of watching her husband die – and about her plans after

retirement. Her new book is called

“On My Own” (Knopf). “The Diane Rehm Show” airs daily on KERA

at 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.

[2016-04-28 13:00:00] A

new interactive exhibition at the Newseum in Washington is

telling the story of the 2016 presidential election in real time.

This hour, we’ll visit the museum to explore how digital and social

media have changed the way candidates campaign – and how the public

participates in the political process.

[2016-04-27 12:00:00] Andrew Solomon has built a career on

telling the stories of places on the brink of seismic shift – from

Russia to Afghanistan and beyond. This hour, we’ll talk to him

about capturing transformation as it’s happening, which he writes

about in “Far

and Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change – Seven Continents,

Twenty-Five Years” (Scribner).

[2016-04-27 13:00:00] This year, the National Park

Service turns 100. This hour, we’ll talk with the

organization’s director, Jonathan Jarvis, about the Park Service’s

role in conservation, about attracting a new generation of visitors

and about which park might be best for your summer family vacation.

And we’ll also tour the Washington Monument with a ranger from the

National Mall.