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| Current Show Week of July 18, 2010
Segment 1: This is Your Brain on the Internet Is the Internet making us stupid? Author Nicholas Carr, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains asks that question. He investigates the brain's plasticity and how we may be losing our ability to think deeply. He looks at how being constantly bombarded with information impacts our memory and our ability to learn.
Segment 2: Not Your 1980's Pornography If you think today's pornography looks like Playboy, think again. Competition on the Internet has made the industry go harder core. It's violent and dehumanizing. The Internet has allowed porn to become much more accessible and is available to boys at an increasingly younger age. Author Gail Dines, Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked our Sexuality says that porn is becoming more mainstream than ever and having a shocking impact on our boys and men.
Previous Show Week of July 11, 2010
Segment 1: A Scot Harvath Thriller Nationally bestselling author Brad Thor, Foreign Influence: A Thriller is back with his ninth thriller. Former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath chases Islamic terrorists in America and abroad. His mission: Find, Fix and Finish the terrorist cells before they can carry out their deadly plans.
Segment 2: The Fiddler in the Subway Journalist and humor columnist Gene Weingarten, The Fiddler in the Subway: The Story of the World-Class Violinist Who Played for Handouts. . . And Other Virtuoso Performances by America's Foremost Feature Writer is the only person to receive two Pulitzers for feature writing. He's compiled twenty of his best features including what happened when violinist Joshua Bell played for spare change at a DC metro stop.
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The Mysteries of Egypt - Then and Now How the Great Pyramid was built is one of history's most enduring mysteries. But that puzzle may now be solved. Egyptologist Bob Brier, The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man's Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt's Greatest Mystery describes how this question obsessed French Architect Jean Pierre Houdin - And how he discovered the solution. Then ...
Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany, became an international sensation with the publication of his novel, The Yacoubian Building. His latest , Chicago: A Novel is set in the Windy City and shows the complex lives of Egyptian students and expatriates living in America. He discusses modern Egypt's struggle for modernity, tolerance and democracy. |
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