Think from KERA

[2016-02-24 13:00:00] Just about everything we do on a given day leaves a trail of data points. This hour, we’ll talk about how researchers are studying these data points to better understand how we live – and about the potential harm in collecting all of this information – with Sandy Smolan. The PBS documentary he directed, “The Human Face of Big Data,” airs tonight at 9 on KERA-TV.

[2016-02-23 13:00:00] One of the lasting effects of the Great Recession is a career path for workers that isn’t as linear as it once was. This hour, we’ll talk about how that shakeup can provide opportunities for a more dynamic working life with Farai Chideya. She’s the author of “The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption” (PublicAffairs).

[2016-02-23 12:00:00] Whether on a date or at a job interview, we’ve all had moments when we didn’t project the cool and collected selves we hoped to be. This hour, we’ll talk about how we can subtly tweak our body language to broadcast the image we want the world to see with Harvard professor Amy Cuddy. She’s the author of “Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges” (Little, Brown and Company).

[2016-02-22 13:00:00] During World War II, Japanese-Americans found life tough in America – particularly in Hawaii. That was the case for Yoshiharu Ogata and Naoko Tsukiyama, the grandparents of Melody M. Miyamoto Walters. This hour, we’ll talk with the Collin College history professor about what she learned about their experiences from reading their correspondence, which she writes about in “In Love and War: The World War II Courtship Letters of a Nisei Couple” (University of Oklahoma Press).