Hour 1
Listen back to our interview with Annenberg School lecturer, columnist, and presidential biographer RICHARD REEVES about his recent book, "Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift." It's about the U.S. pilots who risked their lives to distribute food and supplies to those who were considered enemies just a couple years earlier.

Filed under: author, military |

Hour 2
Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist GORDON HEMPTON has traveled all over the world recording sounds. In his travels, he noticed that natural silent spaces, places free from mechanical sounds, are vanishing. HEMPTON argues that there are only a handful of silent places remaining in America. Today, we'll listen to HEMPTON'S recordings of silence and talk about what we’ve lost in all the noise. HEMPTON is the author of "One Square Inch of Silence: One Man’s Quest to Preserve Quiet."

Filed under: environment, science |

Hour 1
Yesterday, BP’s effort to “plug the damn hole,” as President Obama is said to have ordered, seems to have begun working. But even if oil stops gushing up from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico, the slick has already decimated one of the world’s most biologically rich ecosystems. And Obama faces a flood tide of political criticism, as well, which he attempted to staunch in yesterday’s press conference, his first in 10 months. He was also asked about a controversy stemming from Congressman Joe Sestak’s comment that the White House offered him a job if he didn’t run against Arlen Specter, whom he just defeated in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, that same day brought Kentucky a Tea Party candidate, Rand Paul, as its Republican candidate for Senate. And Congress is moving ahead in at least four major areas, with major developments on Don't Ask Don't Tell; financial regulation, immigration and climate change. Joining Marty to discuss all this and more on today's "Radio Times" are ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON of the Wall Street Journal and CRAIG CRAWFORD, who writes the Trail Mix blog for CQPolitics.com.

Filed under: environment, politics |

Hour 2
On May 27th, the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice will release the results of its investigation into the Luzerne County corruption scandal known as "cash for kids," which has caused one judge to plead guilty to accepting kickbacks for routing juvenile defendants to a for-profit juvenile work camp, while another accused judge fights the charges in court. Joining Marty on today's "Radio Times" to discuss the case, the report and the state of juvenile justice in Pennsylvania are Judge JOHN M. CLELAND, senior judge of Pennsylvania Superior Court and head of the commission; and MARSHA LEVICK, Esq., Deputy Director, Chief Counsel and co-founder of Philadelphia’s Juvenile Law Center.

Filed under: crime, criminal justice, law enforcement, politics |

Hour 1
This week the Inspector General of the Interior Department released a report detailing the cozy relationship between the government regulators and oil and gas companies. The report focused on employees at the Lake Charles, Louisiana office of Minerals and Management Service (MMS) and accuses them of accepting meals, football tickets, golf tournament admissions, hunting trips, and possible jobs. In addition, MMS workers used government computers to send over 314 links to internet pornography and two employees have admitted to using crystal meth. This hour, we’ll look at the corrupt culture in the MMS and how to reform it. Our guests are Mandy Smithberger, an investigator with the Project on Government Oversight and Bill Snape, senior counsel for the Center for Biological Diversity.

Filed under: economy, environment, politics |

Hour 2
Philadelphia physician Richard Baron is worried that the primary care system in America is collapsing. There are too few primary care physicians and a growing number of Americans suffering from chronic diseases. A recent survey found that only 2% of medical students were interested in entering primary care, with the vast majority opting for more lucrative, specialized fields of medicine. Richard Baron, an internist and geriatrician with Greenhouse Internists in Philadelphia, is our guest this hour to talk about the crisis in primary care and what we can do to fix it.

Filed under: health, medicine |

Hour 1
Delaware pediatrician Earl Bradley faces charges in the sexual abuse of more than 100 young children over a period of ten years. Despite several complaints over the years, the system failed to protect his victims. We talk with LINDA AMMONS, associate provost and dean of the Widener University School of Law who conducted an independent review of the case, and LISA COHEN a psychologist whose research focuses on pedophiles.

Filed under: criminal justice, family issues, health, law enforcement, parenting |

Hour 2
After a difficult bankruptcy battle, the "Philadelphia Inquirer," "Daily News" and Philly.com were sold last month for $139 million to a group of hedge fund and investment firm owners. Shorty after the deal was announced, the new owners named GREG OSBERG as the new new CEO and publisher. His background includes stints as president and publisher of "Newsweek" and CEO of Buzzwire a company that delivers news and information to mobile phones.

Filed under: economy, technology |

Hour 1
It’s been more than a month since Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers and sent millions of gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. All attempts to cap the wellhead a mile down on the sea floor have been unsuccessful and now the oil has reached the Louisiana coast. This hour, we'll get an update on the spill with environmental reporter for the "Times-Picayune," Mark Schleifstein, and hear about the potential environmental impact from Louisiana State oceanographer Jim Cowan. Finally, we'll check in on some rescued sea turtles with the state coordinator of the Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program, Michele Kelley.

Filed under: environment, health |

Hour 2
LAURA FATTAL of Elkins Park has just returned from Iran, where she was able to visit her son Josh for the first time since he was imprisoned in August. Iran calls him and his two companions “spies,” but everyone else, including the U.S. government, says they were just hiking close to the Iranian border in Kurdistan when why were arrested. On today's "Radio Times," we’ll talk to Josh’s mom about her trip, her son, and what it feels like to be swept up in the tension between the U.S. and Iran. Then, we'll hear from HALEH ESFANDIARI, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Middle East Program and herself a survivor of unjust imprisonment in Iran. Then we’ll hear from KARIM SADJADPOUR, an associate in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program, about U.S.-Iranian diplomacy, and how these “hikers” fit into it, if at all.

Filed under: politics, world |