Hour 1
Five months ago, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake ravaged Haiti, with its epicenter near the city of Leogane. Today's "Radio Times" brings into the studio a pair of Drexel University professors who have just returned from Leogane, where they are conducting research on water infrastructure and what the community needs. Our guests are engineering professor FRANCO MONTALTO, who directs Drexel's Sustainable Water Resource Engineering lab; and sociology professor MIMI SHELLER, who directs Drexel's Center for Mobilities Research and Policy. They are conducting interviews and surveys to learn what the people of Leogone say they need, not what foreign agencies, no matter how well-meaning and how well-funded, decide they ought to need. And we'll start off with a survey of how Haiti's doing, five months later, with Trinity College and U.S. Institute of Peace Haiti expert ROBERT MAGUIRE.

Filed under: health, politics, science, social issues, world |

Hour 2
After a long search, The Philadelphia Orchestra announced yesterday that 35 year-old Canadian-born conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been appointed its next Music Director. He’ll start immediately as the Music Director Designate for two seasons and will take on the full role of Music Director in the 2012-13 season. PETER DOBRIN and DAVID PATRICK STEARNS both of the Philadelphia Inquirer join Marty to talk about our new maestro and the future of the Philadelphia Orchestra under his leadership. We'll also hear from Montreal Gazette music critic ARTHUR KAPTAINIS.

Filed under: arts, music |