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Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane

Archive for December 28th, 2011

business,economy,family issues,work

The Future of Retirement

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Hour 1 A new poll published in the National Journal found that Americans over 50, when compared to today's retirees, are more stressed about their current financial circumstances and expect that they will have to work five years longer than those already retired.  Recent Federal Reserve data confirms their concerns — the typical retirement-age household [...]

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author,culture,history

2011 National Book Award winner Stephen Greenblatt on The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] A 15th Century ‘book hunter’ ordered an ancient, forgotten poem, lost in a monastery, to be copied – this work was considered dangerous at the time, as it questioned the role of religion in society. Our guest, STEPHEN GREENBLATT, writes the long-term effects of the circulation of Lucretius’ “On the Nature of [...]

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