Maggie Kopp of the Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections and Paul Westover of the BYU English Department, co-curators of the exhibit Wordsworth and the Invention of National Parks, join Marcus Smith to discuss the British and American literary origins of national parks.—Original airdate: 6/17/2013 11:00 AM
Eric Eliason combines his scholarship and military experience in his book Warrior Ways and joins the show to talk to host Marcus Smith about the surprising body of military folklore in the United States. Eliason is a professor in the BYU English Department and a chaplain for the 1st Battalion 19th Special Forces of the Utah National Guard.
—Original airdate: 6/13/2013 11:00 AM
As a novelist whose work combines the genres of science fiction, realistic fantasy, and crime/noir, Spanish writer Fernando J. Lopez del Oso has a growing popular and critical reputation in his homeland of Spain. Professor Dale Pratt is the first academic literary critic in the U.S. to give his work the close, careful attention it deserves. Today on Thinking Aloud, Lopez del Oso discusses what could be called his techno-fictional work, and Dr. Pratt adds his own scholarly perspective on that growing ouevre, especially Lopez del Oso's recent novel El Yeti. —Original airdate: 6/12/2013 11:00 AM
As a culture, we're obsessed with being perfect. Sue Bergin, author of Am I a Saint Yet? Healing the Pain of Perfectionism and Wendy Ulrich, psychologist and author of Forgiving Ourselves: Getting Back Up When We Let Ourselves Down, both from Utah, join Thinking Aloud to discuss perfectionism and advise host Marcus Smith in regards to how to overcome it. —Original airdate: 6/10/2013 11:00 AM
Temple Grandin and Richard Panek, coauthors of the book The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum, join Marcus Smith to discuss autism and Temple Grandin's remarkable success.—Original airdate: 6/7/2013 11:00 AM
Spiritual experiences can be highly personal and hard to share with others. However, when those experiences are shared, they can be some of the most powerful stories we share with each other. Tom Mould, professor of folklore and anthropology at Elon University, joins Thinking Aloud to discuss his study of spiritual stories and tales.—Original airdate: 11/28/2012 11:00 AM
Judge J. Clifford Wallace joins Thinking Aloud to discuss equity and international law.—Original airdate: 10/22/2012 11:00 AM
Deborah Dean, an associate chair in the BYU English Department, talks about the use of genre theory in helping us communicate more clearly in our textually-saturated world.—Original airdate: 6/3/2013 11:00 AM
BYU English professor Gideon Burton joins Thinking Aloud to discuss theorist Kenneth Burke's ideas about the relationship between words and religion. —Original airdate: 5/30/2013 11:00 AM