REBROADCAST – ROSE GEORGE The Big Necessity December 31
[Rebroadcast] Four in ten people on earth live in situations in which they are surrounded by human excrement. We talk about this little discussed problem with ROSE GEORGE, a London-based writer. Her latest book is "The Big Necessity: [...]

Movies of the Year with Marty, Neil Oxman and Gary Thompson December 31
Superheroes and robots were among the winners when it came to movies this year. The Dark Knight was the highest grossing movie in 2008 and Wall-e was among the top 10 in box office revenues. But, in this [...]

REBROADCAST – LAURENCE TRIBE The Invisible Constitution December 30
[Rebroadcast] Harvard law professor and constitutional scholar LAURENCE TRIBE talks about his book, "The Invisible Constitution." He argues some of our most closely held beliefs are not written in the United States Constitution but can be pieced together [...]

Escalating violence between Israel and Gaza December 30
Escalating violence between Israel and Gaza and the implications for the region and US foreign policy. Our guests are MUQTEDAR KHAN,Director of the Islamic Studies Program at the University of Delaware, MICHAEL OREN, fellow at the Shalem Center [...]

REBROADCAST – PAUL OFFIT Autism's False Prophets December 29
[Rebroadcast] In his book, "Autism's False Prophets," Children's Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician and infectious disease specialist PAUL OFFIT defends the safety of vaccinating children in response to beliefs that vaccines may be linked to autism-related disorders. Listen to [...]

Ambassador Peter Galbraith's new book on Iraq December 29
Ambassador PETER GALBRAITH discusses his new book "Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies." In the late 80's, he publicized Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons against the Kurds. He served as U.S. ambassador to Croatia [...]

REBROADCAST – MAXWELL TAYLOR KENNEDY – Danger's Hour December 26
[Rebroadcast] On the morning of May 11th, 1945 the USS Bunker Hill was hit and severely damaged by two kamikaze pilots. 346 men were killed, 43 missing, and 264 wounded. The story is described in a new book [...]

REBROADCAST – TED GIOIA December 26
[Rebroadcast] TED GIOIA is a musician and author of "Delta Blues," a study of traditional blues music. Gioia has published five non-fiction books, including "The History of Jazz." He currently writes a blog, articles and reviews for www.jazz.com. [...]

REBROADCAST ROY BLOUNT, JR. – Alphabet Juice December 25
[Rebroadcast] ROY BLOUNT Jr.'s latest book on word play, language and entertaining commentary. It's called "Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, [...]

REBROADCAST JANIS IAN – Society's Child December 25
[Rebroadcast] The Grammy award winning singer and songwriter has written an autobiography, "Society's Child." JANIS IAN chronicles her life as teenage star, hanging out with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix; through an abusive marriage and coming out as [...]

Pre-empted by NPR December 24
Radio Times is pre-empted by American Public Media's "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols."

Pre-empted by NPR December 24
Pre-empted by NPR

Executive compensation and bonuses December 23
As part of their bailout deal, Chrysler and GM agreed not to pay bonuses to their 25 highest paid CEOs. On Wall Street, bonuses are still part of the pay package but some investment banks are searching for [...]

Barnett Rubin on Afghanistan December 23
Our Part II on Afghanistan. Our guest BARNETT RUBIN discusses US diplomatic options for the region. Rubin is Director of the Program on Reconstruction of Afghanistan at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. He is [...]

American's love affair with spending December 22
Why is it so difficult for many of us to change our spending habits – to save more money and buy less stuff on credit? We talk with psychologist STUART VYSE, author of "Going Broke: Why Americans Can't [...]

John Nagl onmilitary strategy in Afghanistan December 22
Meet John Nagl, a retired US Army officer and one of the authors of the Army's counterinsurgency field manual. He joins Marty to talk about the choices we need to make in regard to our military strategy in [...]

Christmas Time is Here! December 19
How are we introduced to music? Many of us may not be familiar with music genres without TV cartoons. Think Wagner, Bugs Bunny and Opera. Or "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and jazz. What started out as a barroom [...]

National political roundtable December 19
Radio Times' weekly national political roundtable. Guests include JASON JOHNSON, political science professor at Hiram College, and Philadelphia Inquirer national political columnist, DICK POLMAN. Listen to the mp3

The Cherry Sisters and Vaudeville December 18
The Cherry Sisters were an early vaudeville act which gained popularity for its lack of talent. Philadelphia's 1812 Productions Company premiers a show about these sisters called, "Cherry Bomb." We talk with the director of the show and [...]

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey December 18
CHARLES RAMSEY talks about his first year as Philadelphia Police Commissioner. We discuss budget cuts, the city's crime rates, and how the department is coping with the loss of recently slain officers. Ramsey was chief of the Metropolitan [...]

Adolescent Fathers December 17
We spend the hour with psychologist MARK KISELICA, discussing teenage fathers, their biggest challenges, and how we can help them become good parents. KISELICA is the author of "When Boys Become Parents: Adolescent Fatherhood in America." He is [...]

Financial fraud and the Madoff scheme December 17
Investors large and small are confronting losses of staggering amounts as a result of the what is believed to be a Ponzi-style scheme created by Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff. How did it work, how did he get [...]

Would you take a pill to make you smarter? December 16
A new article published by a group of scientists and policy experts suggest that taking drugs to improve the brain's performance is a growing trend that society should acknowledge and accept. We talk about the science and ethics [...]

A health professionals moral beliefs vs. the professional obligation to provide care December 16
The federal government has proposed a new rule which would protect a health care professional from providing care that violated his or her own personal morals and conscience. Critics say that this law, referred to as "provider conscience [...]

MICHAEL LEMONICK – The Georgian Star December 15
Self-taught 18th century scientist William Herschel and his sister, Caroline hunted comets, cataloged thousands of stars and were the first to identify the planet, Uranus. Former Time magazine science writer MICHAEL LEMONICK tells the story of this DIY [...]

Auto Bail-Out – UAW, The Big Three Congress and the Fed December 15
Are the US automakers too big to fail? Congress and Bush administration officials are considering using some of the existing $700 billion financial-rescue money as bridge loans to the automakers to hold off the collapse of Detroit's Big [...]

Talking with your family about money. December 12
The current economic crisis has forced many families to scale down their holiday plans – everything from extravagant celebrations to gift-giving. Money is a difficult subject to talk about, but this may be the time to have honest [...]

National Politics December 12
It's Friday, so we're talking about politics. We'll start with the political corruption scandal involving Illinois governor Ray Blagojevich and move on to talk about everything from the Detroit bailout to new appointments to the Obama administration. Our [...]

STEPHEN BAKER – The Numerati December 11
Many of us who surf the internet enter into a kind of personal contract that our tastes are tracked because we see more custom ads of things we want to buy, people we want to date, and places [...]

How does our current economic crisis impact consumer credit? December 11
We're told that since consumer activity accounts for 70% of the economy we need to spend yet credit card interest rates are rising and Americans have lest cash to spend. We talk about consumer credit, how it is [...]

Tom Sugrue on the history of racial equality in the northern US December 10
We talk with historian TOM SUGRUE about the history of civil rights and racial equality in the northern United States. His new book is "Sweet Land Of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North." Sugrue [...]

The EPA under the Bush Administration December 10
We talk with Inquirer writers JOHN SULLIVAN and JOHN SHIFFMAN about the EPA under the Bush Administration, the topic of their four-part series, "Smoke and Mirrors: The Subversion of the EPA," which concludes in today's Philadelphia Inquirer. Listen [...]

Recent developments in the Media and Journalism December 9
We take a look at recent developments in the media including the Tribune Company's bankruptcy filing, how journalism will fare in the economic crisis, a new host for Meet the Press, and an MSNBC host's possible run for [...]

Can the Detroit automakers change? December 9
As the Detroit automakers' bailout takes shape we get an update from Businessweek Detroit Bureau Chief DAVID WELCH. Then, with increasing pressure for the leadership of the Big 3 automakers to take more accountability we talk about what [...]

Conflicts of interest in health care and medical research December 8
There is movement within the medical research and health care communities for scientists and physicians to provide full disclosure of their industry ties. Such relationships, experts argue, can compromise patient care and contribute to higher health care costs. [...]

Investigating human rights violations in the Bush Administration December 8
With pressure on president-elect Barack Obama to abolish torture, there are increasing calls for the establishment of a commission to explore what many say are human rights violations committed by the Bush Administration. We talk about the value [...]

DAVID MURA – Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire December 5
[REBROADCAST] Writing from a third generation Japanese American perspective, Mura traces a family's legacy of internment camps, suicide and forgiveness. Mura is a recipient of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award and two National Endowment of the Arts Literature [...]

National politics with JIM GERAGHTY and JOHN NICHOLS December 5
We continue our Friday national politics conversation with JIM GERAGHTY of the National Review and JOHN NICHOLS of The Nation. Listen to the mp3

Robin's Bookstore and the state of Independent Bookstores December 4
How did you find out about the last book you read? Where do you go to talk about your favorite book? The neighborhood independent bookstore has been resource for book lovers and a safe haven for people to [...]

Terror attacks in India with Jonathan Landay and Manil Suri December 4
An hour about the terror attacks in India. We discuss the latest about what we know about this attack, what this means for the US war on terror, and what is says about the current state of terrorism [...]

Michelle Obama as First Lady December 3
Michelle Obama will be our first African American First Lady. What will her role be and what might it mean to have an African American woman in such a visible and powerful position. Our guests are ALLISON SAMUELS, [...]

STEPHEN AGOSTINI, Budget Director for City of Philadelphia December 3
We take a look at the Philadelphia's recent budget cut proposal with STEPHEN AGOSTINI, Budget Director for the City of Philadelphia. He has worked on city, state and federal governments on budgets, economic development, and management for 20 [...]

Obama's Foreign Policy Team/ India terror bombings December 2
We take a look at Obama's foreign policy team with LAWRENCE KORB, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and SHIBLEY TELHAMI, Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution. Then [...]

The on-going battle over same-sex marriage December 2
Same-sex marriage proponents suffered a blow on election day when bans were passed in Arizona, Florida and California. There is growing debate within the gay community as to what the next step should be in the battle to [...]

Historian Barbara Savage's book, December 1
Historian BARBARA SAVAGE talks her new book, "Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion." It's about the tension between faith and political activism in black churches. Savage is Professor of American Social Thought and History [...]

Immigration in the Philadelphia region December 1
Seventy-five percent of job growth in the Philadelphia region can be attributed to the employment of immigrants. The 500,000 foreign born residents living in the area's 11 counties come from countries throughout the globe and their diversity presents [...]