A government report on the two Iowa farms linked to the salmonella outbreak in eggs describes filthy conditions in and around the henhouses – rats, maggots, and manure piled 8 feet high. A half a billion eggs were recalled last month when 1500 people became sick with salmonella. And last week, 8,500 pounds of hamburger was recalled after it was linked to a rare E. coli strain that sickened three people. This hour, how safe is our food and what can we do to make it safer? Guest host Tracy Matisak talks with USA Today reporter ELIZABETH WEISE and Saint Joseph’s University food marketing professor NANCY CHILDS about the flaws in our food system.
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politics,school issues
Back to school: Education issues in the Delaware Valley
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
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 [...]
Uncategorized,author,family issues,health
One Man’s Journey through Weight Loss
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
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 [...]
BP oil spill,author,environment,health,oil spill,science
Four Fish (salmon, cod, bass and tuna): The Future of the Last Wild Food
Monday, September 6th, 2010
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 [...]
author
Author Jennifer Weiner on her recent book, 'Fly Away Home'
Monday, September 6th, 2010
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 [...]
economy,politics
National political roundup: Dick Polman & Kathryn Jean Lopez
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
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 [...]
arts,author,criminal justice
The fascinating world of art theft with former FBI investigator Robert Wittman
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Hour 2
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."
arts,author,crime
The Stieg Larsson Phenomenon
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
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 [...]
author,teens
Anna Quindlen on her novel "Every Last One"
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Hour 2
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.
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