Reaction to the Supreme Court health care ruling June 29
Hour 1 In a 5 to 4 decision issued yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld most of President Obama’s healthcare law, including the controversial individual mandate that requires people to buy insurance or pay a penalty. President Obama [...]

Making sense of Philadelphia City Council's session June 29
Hour 2 Three voices from WHYY’s Philadelphia reporting staff join Marty in studio to discuss the City Council session that wrapped up yesterday, especially the showdown over Mayor Nutter’s Actual Value Initiative, the controversial tax overhaul that raised [...]

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden June 28
Hour 1 Joseph R. "BEAU" BIDEN, III, the oldest son ofVice President Joe Biden, is Delaware’s Attorney General. Once a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office in Philadelphia, Biden’s career in public service in the Delaware [...]

Radio Times Pennsylvania Political Roundtable June 28
Hour 2 The Pennsylvania state budget’s deadline is tomorrow and the cuts proposed for the $27.3 billion limit, set by Governor Tom Corbett, are controversial. So far, state university funding is untouched, and a block grant for public [...]

Bob Ingle & Michael Symons on Chris Christie's rise to power June 27
Hour 1 Chris Christie, New Jersey’s bombastic and headline-grabbing governor, has dominated the news cycle in the Garden State since he ousted his Democratic predecessor and declared war on New Jersey’s public-sector unions. His name continues to surface [...]

Combatting medical errors June 27
Hour 2 While most eyes are on the Supreme Court awaiting the ruling on the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act, we'll take a look at another crisis in health care that isn't getting as much attention — medical [...]

Life without parole for juveniles: The Supreme Court decides June 26
Hour 1 The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states may no longer sentence juveniles under the age of 18 who have committed homicide to mandatory life sentences without parole.  The 5-4 majority ruling in the case called such [...]

Ed Rendell sees 'A Nation of Wusses' June 26
Hour 2 Former two-term Pennsylvania Governor and Philadelphia Mayor ED RENDELL comes in to discuss his new book, “A Nation of Wusses: How America’s Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great.” He looks back on his years [...]

The Fast and Furious investigation & executive privilege June 25
Hour 1 President Obama invoked executive privilege for the first time last Wednesday.  He was protecting Attorney General Eric Holder, who refused to turn over certain documents to a Congressional committee investigating the Justice Department’s failed gun-smuggling operation [...]

Bicycling in Philadelphia & around the world June 25
Hour 2 The Philadelphia region is a growing bicycle hub. We’re ranked in the top 20 for bicycle-friendly American cities, according to Bicycling magazine, as we possess over 200 miles of bike lanes and paths and have a [...]

An athlete, an author & 'The Road Back' from tragedy June 22
Hour 1 Pulitzer Prize-winning author MICHAEL VITEZ's new book, "The Road Back: A Journey of Grace and Grit," tells the story of MATT MILLER, a member of the University of Virginia triathlon club who suffered a near-fatal accident, [...]

Catching up on courts: Sandusky & Lynn trials June 22
Hour 2 The nation’s courtrooms are always providing newsworthy cases and verdicts, and recent weeks have been full of important legal battles. The U.S. Supreme Court has been keeping the media, political, legal, medical and other sectors in [...]

Check-in on the airline industry June 21
Hour 1 Two new airline customer satisfaction surveys just came out and, surprise, the carriers don’t rank too high.  Passengers complained about high ticket prices, the extra fees, oversold flights, and generally bad customer service. This hour, we’ll [...]

Kids & screen time June 21
Hour 2 You’ve probably noticed that kids spend a lot of time staring at screens – smart phones, iPads, laptops, TVs.  They spend more time with electronic gadgets then they do engaged in any other activity– school, hanging [...]

Investigative journalism: Watergate's legacy & beyond June 20
Hour 1 Forty years after the Watergate break-in that eventually brought down a presidency, we isolate and assess one key aspect of the scandal: investigative journalism. The Washington Post’s reporting team of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and [...]

The high cost of cheap fashion June 20
Hour 2 Are you a clothes horse? Are your closets and drawers spilling over with shirts, pants, skirts, and shoes? It turns out Americans buy a lot of clothes — around 64 pieces a year — and that's [...]

Immigration, the White House & the Supreme Court June 19
Hour 1 President Obama’s “DREAM Order” last Friday, along with the pending Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law, are reshaping immigration policy on the state and federal levels and have put immigration squarely in the center of [...]

Girls & women in sports: The 40th anniversary of Title IX June 19
Hour 2 This Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the civil rights law passed by Congress and signed into law by President Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972. It prohibits gender discrimination in educational programs or [...]

Robert Draper on Congress: 'Do Not Ask What Good We Do' June 18
Hour 1 “Do Not Ask What Good We Do” is the title of ROBERT DRAPER’s latest book, a line uttered by a congressman in 1796 lamenting the dysfunction in Congress. After the 2010 midterm elections, the longtime journalist [...]

Red knots, horseshoe crabs & the Delaware Bay June 18
Hour 2 Spawning season for horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay Estuary and Cape May shoreline is coming to a close, ending the annual natural phenomenon of beaches clogged with the prehistoric creatures, often attached in an eons-old [...]

Tense times in the euro zone June 15
Hour 1 On Sunday, Greek voters will return to the polls to choose between two candidates — one who accepts the terms of European bailout plan and one who doesn't — and depending on the outcome, Greece could [...]

Food co-ops: Where democracy, community & sustainability come together June 15
Hour 2 There has been a resurgence in food co-ops the past several years. People have different reasons for pursuing quality, nutritious, locally sourced food. The recent unstable economy has driven some families to be more selective about [...]

National Politics Roundup June 14
Hour 1 We’re taking stock of the race for the White House this hour and examining how the Presidential candidates are faring. It’s been a tough few weeks for Obama’s re-election campaign – the Wisconsin results, more bad [...]

Amanda Bennett ponders 'The Cost of Hope' June 14
Hour 2 “Doing nothing is not something I do well,” says our guest, AMANDA BENNETT, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and executive editor of projects and investigations at Bloomberg, in her new book, “The Cost of Hope: The Story of [...]

Privatizing Pennsylvania's state-owned liquor stores June 13
Hour 1 For the first time in history, the Pennsylvania legislature has begun actual debate on the privatization of the Commonwealth's 621 state-owned liquor stores.  The current proposal authored by House Majority Leader Mike Turzai calls for the [...]

Anthony Swofford's new memoir: 'Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails' June 13
Hour 2 ANTHONY SWOFFORD was a U.S. Marine Corps sniper in Operation Desert Storm.  He wrote about his experience in the gritty, bestselling book, "Jarhead,” which was also turned into a film.  Now Swofford has a new memoir [...]

The worldwide struggle for internet freedom June 12
Hour 1 Is the internet compatible with democracy? How much of Google and Facebook can be regulated by the government? The struggle for internet control continues to grow as we rely more on our digitally networked platforms, devices [...]

The buzz on beekeeping as a hobby June 12
Hour 2 City rooftops, suburban backyards, even fancy hotels like New York’s Waldorf-Astoria and Intercontinental are buzzing with bees.  Beekeeping is becoming a popular hobby across America.  In recent years, bee populations across the United States have faced [...]

Peter Cappelli on 'Why Good People Can't Get Jobs' June 11
Hour 1 Unemployment in the U.S. ticked back up to 8.2 percent in May, one reflection of the lingering effects of the Great Recession and a statistic that includes 12.7 million unemployed Americans. And even now, employers bemoan [...]

The role of public unions in the American workforce June 11
Hour 2 What is the role of public unions in today’s work force? Big changes in Wisconsin and California may be setting precedents for popular support in traditional union states like Pennsylvania. Have workers been given too good [...]

Weighing the new prostate cancer screening recommendations June 8
Hour 1 Millions of men over the age of 50 get screened for prostate cancer with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test.  Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in American men and for years, [...]

Deconstructing the work cubicle June 8
Hour 2 Do you work in a cubicle? If you do than you may know what it’s like to endure the smell of a co-worker’s stinky food, overhear a personal phone call or be interrupted by someone peeking [...]

A critical look at the horse racing industry June 7
Hour 1 All eyes are on Elmont, New York this Saturday for the running of the Belmont Stakes where the three-year old thoroughbred I'll Have Another is poised to win the coveted Triple Crown.  If he pulls it [...]

Conversation with local child advocates Shelly Yanoff and Joe Carruth June 7
Hour 2 After 25 years as the executive director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth, SHELLY YANOFF is stepping down.  Since the 1980s she has worked tirelessly to increase funding, change policy and improve programming in child [...]

Inside the crisis in Syria June 6
Hour 1 Since the uprising against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's rule began  15 months ago, over 10,000 civilians have been killed.  The most recent massacre in Houla claimed at least 108 Syrians, many of them women and children [...]

Philadelphia Beer: A history and renaissance of craft brewing in the cradle of liberty June 6
Hour 2 Philadelphia area-made beer is continuing to grow regionally and around the country. Local breweries, including Flying Fish, Sly Fox, Troegs, Victory and Weyerbacher undergoing massive expansions in their production and distribution of their beverages. Philly Beer [...]

Visiting national parks before climate changes them June 5
Hour 1 MICHAEL LANZA is a longtime backpacker, climber, skier and freelance writer and photographer of outdoors and wilderness. He is the northwest editor of Backpacker magazine, where he chronicled the effects of climate change on Montana’s Glacier [...]

The Art of Fermentation with Sandor Katz June 5
Hour 2 Have you thought about making or have created your own yogurt, wine or sauerkraut? Self-taught fermentation experimentalist, SANDOR KATZ, comes in to discuss do-it-yourself home fermentation techniques in his new book, “The Art of Fermentation: An [...]

The jobs picture for new graduates June 4
Hour 1 What kind of jobs are out there for new college graduates? How has the job market changed since the depths of the Great Recession of 2008? Who’s getting jobs, and who’s not, and why? Joining us [...]

Celebrating 25 Years of Radio Times June 4
Hour 2 We look back on the 25 years Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane has been on the air by playing clips from some of our favorite live moments, listening to commentary from the producers and having a [...]

Transit of Venus: its history & transit methods today June 1
Hour 1 Each century Venus passes directly between the sun and the Earth twice, eight years apart. On June 5th or 6th 2012, depending on where on Earth you are, you may be able to see the last [...]

Liz Moore on her novel 'Heft' June 1
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] The narrator in LIZ MOORE’s new novel,"Heft," is not your typical protagonist. Arthur Opp describes himself as being “colossally fat,” as he weighs over 500 lbs. and hasn’t left his house in years. "Heft" tells [...]