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Friday, January 30th, 2009
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, all 50 states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month and over-the-year unemployment rate increases. How does one cope with the loss of a job? When is it time to put together a new skill set to 'get the edge' necessary to land a new job? Our guest, [...]
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Our weekly conversation on national politics focuses on President Barack Obama's first week in office. Our guests are DICK POLMAN, National Political columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer and host of his American Debate blog and KEVIN ARCENEAUX, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple University. Listen to the mp3
More »Thursday, January 29th, 2009
In her new book, "The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50," Harvard professor SARA LAWRENCE LIGHTFOOT explores the lives of forty individuals over the age of 50 who recreated and re-energized their lives. She joins Marty in the studio to talk about it. Listen to the mp3
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Earlier in the week, in an interview on Al-Arabiya televsion, Barack Obama expressed his interest in talking with Iran. Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad responded by calling for the U.S. to apologize for past misdeeds but also said his country would welcome such a dialogue. We talk with TRITA PARSI and BARBARA SLAVIN about options for [...]
More »Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
"Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age" tells the story of how through the past three decades, the recording industry's executives didn't plan for file-sharing technology – ITunes – and may have compromised Major Label's future in supporting and distributing music. Our guest, STEVE KNOPPER covers the music [...]
More »Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
A city with a history of political corruption may have turned a corner. Observers say there are new sheriffs in town cracking the knuckles of Philadelphia officials and politicians to conduct their business ethically. Our guests are SHANE CREAMER, Executive Director to the Philadelphia Board of Ethics, JOAN MARKMAN, Mayor Nutter's City Integrity Officer, and [...]
More »Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
"Things I've Been Silent About," is writer AZAR NAFISI's memoir about growing up in Iran, dealing with family secrets against the background of the country's political revolution. Nafisi is a visitng professor and director of the Dialogue Project at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of "Reading Lolita in [...]
More »Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
As President Obama's $825 billion stimulus package works its way through Congress, we talk about what its passage might for the states and their ailing budgets. Proponents of the package cite the $87 billion it provides to aid state Medicaid program, education and infrastructure projects for example. Critics say the plan will only reward states [...]
More »Monday, January 26th, 2009
The latest research on driving while talking on your cell phone. Our guest is DAVID STRAYER, Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah. His research focuses on driver distraction and multi-tasking. His lab has been studying cell phone safety for about a decade. Listen to the mp3
More »Monday, January 26th, 2009
Last week, President Obama ordered the suspension of all trials at Guantanamo Bay and signed an executive order to close the detention center within a year, but he acknowledged that the process will be complicated. We talk with JOANNE MARINER of Human Rights Watch and SCOTT SILLIMAN who teaches at Duke Law School about options [...]
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May 24
Philly rock'n'roll pioneer legend Charlie Gracie
May 25
Friendship's evolution, in us & our animal friends
May 28
Visiting national parks before climate changes them
June 5
Robert Draper on Congress: 'Do Not Ask What Good We Do'
June 18
A look at how WHYY's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane comes together: an inside look following a few shows in July 2010 from staff meeting to live on the air. Watch now »
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