Hour 1 Shirley Sherrod, the USDA official who was forced to resign over accusations of racism, dominated a lot of the news this week.  The Sherrod story comes on the heels of last week's  NAACP/Tea Party fight also over accusations of racism.  In our national news roundtable this week, we’ll look at what these case tell [...]

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Isabel Allende's new novel is "Island Beneath the Sea." It's set in Haiti during its turbulent colonial era and bloody slave rebellion at the turn of the 19th century. She's hear with Marty to talk about it, her life and her recent activities in Chile and Haiti.

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Hour 1 BP has capped the well that for three months gushed hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil each day into the Gulf of Mexico. But that’s not the end of the story, not by a long shot. On today’s Radio Times, Marty will discuss the latest developments and unresolved questions arising from the [...]

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Hour 2 June 29th would have been the 100th birthday of Frank Loesser, the multi award-winning Broadway musical, film composer, director and playwright by discussing his life and listening to his music with DAVID FOX, University of Pennsylvania Theater Arts and English lecturer. David returns to Radio Times for our summer series on musical theater and will examine [...]

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Hour 1 The news on the economic recovery is mixed.  For example, inflation is under control and corporate earnings are rising.  At the same time job grown is almost non-existent and foreclosures are increasing.  What's the government to do?  We talk with MICHAEL CROWLEY of Time Magazine about the challenges facing the Obama administration's fiscal [...]

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Hour 2 While some people may see oysters as only a delicious delicacy, researchers are using them to understand the long term environmental impact of the Gulf oil spill. Oyster shells turn out to hold important clues about past ecological disasters. This hour, the importance of oysters – more than just good eating, these mollusks [...]

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Hour 1 Only one member of the inner circle around Gen. David Petraeus, the architect of the surge in Iraq and just named to replace ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan, speaks with an Australian accent. DAVID KILCULLEN is one of the handful of men who literally wrote the book on modern counterinsurgency warfare, helping [...]

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Hour 2 American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan depend on Arabic translators.  However, being an Iraqi interpreter for the U.S. military is a dangerous job.  Dozens of translators have been killed by insurgents and many more targeted for their work with Americans.  Safa Ismael worked as a translator for the U.S. military in Mosul for [...]

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Hour 1 As Pennsylvania faces an ongoing budget crisis, there are renewed calls for privatizing the Commonwealth's liquor stores.  In April, House Republican Whip Mike Turzai unveiled legislation to privatize the wholesale and retail operations of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB).  We'll check in with Patrick J.  Stapleton, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board [...]

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Hour 2 Why are we mortal? How do we end aging? Increased life expectancy is making headlines daily, with technology and cultures accommodating this ancient desire.  Pulitzer-Prize winning science writer JONATHAN WEINER interviews leading scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs in the quest for emerging vision of longevity in his new book, “Long for This World: The [...]

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