Obama, Year One! A Conversation with Jonathan Alter
Is it possible to gain insight into President Obama’s elusive and fascinating leadership and management style? Join me and my guest Jonathan Alter of Newsweek who stopped by during the Texas Book Festival to discuss his critically acclaimed book “The Promise: President Obama, Year One.” Jonathan Alter conducted over 200 interviews with the President, his close friends, staff and aids on the story behind the stimulus package, the health care reform bill, the showdown with the military brass over two wars, and other key decisions that came to define Obama’s historic first year in office! (http://jonathanalter.typepad.com)
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“The Warmth of Other Suns” a Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson stopped by the during the Texas Book Festival to discuss one of the most important migrations of the 20th century: the epic exodus of six million African-Americans fleeing the “caste system of the Jim Crow laws of the South” and settling in North and West. Her celebrated and masterful book “The Warmth of Other Suns” details the challenge and triumph of this migration and how it changed the face of America. (isabelwilkerson.com)
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Life In Texas Border Town, Straight Up!
Oscar Casares is the author of the critically acclaimed books “Brownsville” and “Amigoland”, which deftly and honestly explore the stories of “home” from border town Texas! A place where oral storytelling tradition rules. The everyday is always extraordinary. And the concept of “majority” translates to 97% Hispanic & 100% American! (www.oscarcasares.com)
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Art, Color and Healing!
Is there a link between color and health? What is your healing color? Why are you drawn to one color over another and does that mean about your health and well-being? A conversation on healing, color & art with modern abstract painter Leanne Venier (www.leannevenier.com).
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Mayor Bill White of Houston (A Conversation on Integrity in Governance)
Is there room in the American political system for politicians of faith and religious beliefs to be the unifying force of an increasingly diverse population base in a fractured and highly divided political system? Mayor Bill White of Houston thinks so! Mayor White is widely respected as a man of deep integrity and faith and a competent and effective public servant. He has twice been re-elected the Mayor Houston with margins of 86% and 91% and his compassionate response to Hurricane Katrina won him national recognition. He joins me for a conversation on the role of faith in politics, the strength of diversity in decision making process, the importance of accountability and sound business practices in politics, and the imperative stewardship of the environment.
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