Hour 1 Today is back-to-school day in much of the Delaware Valley, so we’ll take the opportunity to check in on what’s happening in our public schools, and in the state capitols that influence what’s happening in the classroom. We’ll start with Delaware, one of the first two states to win federal Race to the [...]

Hour 2 Edward Ugel was 36 years old and weighed 236 pounds when his doctor ordered him to lose 50 pounds “or risk dropping dead while standing in line at Popeye’s.”  His new book, I’m With Fatty, documents his complicated history with food, obesity and a yearlong struggle to change the way he eats. Listen [...]

Hour 1 Large scale commercial fishing, extensive farm fishing and questionable environmental standards have stressed our oceans' ecosystems to the point that many wild fish species are on the brink of extinction.  For his new book, Four Fish, writer PAUL GREENBERG traveled from the wild salmon runs in Alaska and the massive fish farms in [...]

Hour 2 Best-selling author and Philadelphian JENNIFER WEINER's recent book, Fly Away Home, tackles a timely subject: a cheating politician and the betrayed wife.  It follows a Senator’s wife and two daughters after an extramarital affair makes national headlines. Weiner has written seven other books and won praise for her exceptional storytelling, her honest and relatable [...]

Hour 1 This week on our weekly political roundup, we'll be looking back on the whole summer, including President Obama’s speech announcing the end of “combat operations” in Iraq, Beck rally last weekend, plenty of post-primary/pre-election analysis, economic impact on national politics and what it portends for November. Guest host TRACEY MATISAK will be joined [...]

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In his twenty years of service as the FBI’s top art theft investigator, Robert Wittman recovered one of the original copies of the Bill of Rights, a Rembrandt self-portrait, five Norman Rockwell paintings and Geranimo's eagle feather war bonnet. That’s $225 million worth of stolen art and historical artifacts. He recently retired and has written a book about his life and work. It's called "Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures." Wittman joins Marty in the studio in this hour of "Radio Times."

Hour 1 If you’ve been on bus or sat on a beach this summer, chances are you’ve noticed numerous people reading one of deceased writer Stieg Larsson’s bestselling trilogy –  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire and the Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.  In this hour of Radio [...]

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Something horrible happens in Anna Quindlen's new book, "Every Last One." The novel, Quindlen's sixth, is the story of a mother, father, a family, and the explosive, violent consequences of what seem like inconsequential actions. She joins Marty to talk about this book, her career and her take on a range of contemporary issues.