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Archive for August, 2009

[REBROADCAST] COLSEN WHITEHEAD – Sag Harbor

Monday, August 31st, 2009

[REBROADCAST] Fifteen year old Benji Cooper, one of the only black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan, spends every summer at a small, African American beachfront community in the Hamptons with his younger brother. Their parents join for the weekends. "Sag Harbor," Colson Whitehead's self-described autobiographical fourth novel, set in 1985, is an [...]

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ERIN ARVEDLUND – Too Good to Be True

Monday, August 31st, 2009

In 2001, business reporter ERIN ARVEDLUND wrote an article for the financial paper, "Barrons," questioning Bernard Madoff's business practices and returns on Wall Street. Her story was soon buried by the news of 9/11 and went on to live in Moscow, reporting for the New York Times, and working on Wall Street herself. In December [...]

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Todd Carmichael on breaking the world record for solo walk across Antarctica

Friday, August 28th, 2009

[REBROADCAST] Local coffee roaster TODD CARMICHAEL broke the world record for solo walk across Antarctica to the South Pole last winter. He came into the studio last March to talk about his expedition, including his skis breaking the first eight of seven hundred miles, and maintaining 7,500 calories a day to keep up his strength. [...]

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A political history of health care reform

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Efforts to change and improve our national health care system and the way we pay for it go as far back to the Teddy Roosevelt administration. Princeton professor PAUL STARR joins Marty to explore what these earlier efforts looked like and why they failed. Starr is the author of The Social Transformation of American Medicine. [...]

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The September Issue

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Vogue has set the standard for fashion and fashion magazines for decades and each fall designers and editors scramble to create and see who and what is influential in the coming year. Documentary film maker R.J. CUTLER had unprecedented access to the camera-suspicious Vogue creative team and guarded editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, for the roll-out of [...]

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The life and work of Senator Edward Kennedy

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

We devote the hour to the life and work of Senator Edward Kennedy. Our guests include historians ROBERT DALLEK and JULIAN ZELLIZER. Then, Washington Post political reporter DAN BALZ joins us to talk about the Kennedy's influence in politics and in the Congress. Listen to the mp3

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Baseball writer JAYSON STARK on the Phillies

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

The Phillies are hot – this week. Ryan Howard is hitting home runs and the pitchers are clicking. The big question is do they have what it takes to capture another world championship? Guest host Dave Davies talks Phillies with ESPN JAYSON STARK. His new book is "Worth the Wait." Listen to the mp3

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An update on the Pennsylvania state budget stalemate

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Guest host Dave Davies talks with reporters covering the Pennsylvania state budget crisis. They include JOHN MICEK of the Allentown Morning Call, AMY WORDEN of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Daily News City Hall reporter CATHERINE LUCEY. Listen to the mp3

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A public plan and health insurance cooperatives explained.

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

After months of getting nowhere on a public option for health care reform, some lawmakers are suggesting that health insurance cooperatives may provide a solution to escalating health costs and improving care. Washington and Lee law professor TIMOTHY JOST joins Marty to explain how both health cooperatives and a public plan might work. Listen to [...]

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Sports Betting in Delaware

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

We get an update on the legal fight to allow Vegas-style sports betting in Delaware. Marty talks to two reporters who have been following the issue – TOM BYRNE of WHYY and CHAD MILLMAN, senior deputy editor with ESPN. Listen to the mp3

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