The Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas introduces Paramount Conversations, a new programming series bringing entertaining, enlightening and inspiring digital content to audiences at home in Austin and beyond. The new audio and video series will feature compelling interviews produced by the Paramount Theatre.
The premiere episode of Paramount Conversations—a new programming series that brings compelling interviews with noted journalists, scientists and various thought leaders—features Evan Smith, CEO of The Texas Tribune, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright (The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief).They discuss Wright’s riveting, prophetic novel, The End of October, a medical thriller just released April 28 and available now at BookPeople. The premise? A devastating global pandemic that brings the world to its knees.
Dr. Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, has valuable advice for all who are navigating these difficult times stuck at home. She offers special insight to help children on the autism spectrum live as comfortably and productively as possible in the COVID-19 era. Duncan Strauss, host of the Talking Animals radio show and podcast, leads the discussion.