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Here is the upcoming schedule:

September 7: The University of Texas Football Coach Mack Brown
Yes, we interviewed Longhorn Coach Brown a few years ago. But that’s a very different thing after the team has won a national championship. Join us for an update, and a preview of the 2006 season.

September 14: Novelist Isabel Allende
Acclaimed Latin American writer Isabel Allende, whose latest book looks behind the legend of Zorro, talks about the connections between her work and her family and about living a life that could be straight from fiction.
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September 21: Theologian John Shelby Spong
Evan Smith talks with Bishop John Shelby Spong, retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, about life at the center of half a century of social change and what God can tell us about the most controversial issues of our day.
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September 28: Author and Gourmet Editor Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl talks with Evan Smith about going undercover as a restaurant critic, loving bad meals and discovering her favorite Texas barbecue. (Yes, she names the place.)
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October 12: Chris Bell

October 26: Kinky Friedman