Pennsylvania's complicated voting system July 31
Hour 1 How much control do Pennsylvania voters have over their state's election process? Registration deadlines are restrictive compared to other states; early and mail-in voting guidelines are incompatible with on-site voting; and those living in the Keystone [...]

The Money in politics July 31
Hour 2 The 2012 Presidential election looks like it will be the most expensive race in history. Between the campaigns, the national committees and the super PACs, billions will be poured into TV ads, polling, and staffing.  So [...]

Extreme weather and climate change July 30
Hour 1 We’re in the midst of the worst drought in 50 years. The last 12 months have been the hottest on record.  Heat waves, storms, floods and wildfires have been wreaking havoc this spring and summer in [...]

Chris Hayes: Can hard work & pluck be corrupted? July 30
Hour 2 Are those who worked their way to top doing a better job than those who were born into it? CHRIS HAYES, The Nation’s editor-at-large and host of MSNBC’s “UP with Chris Hayes,” feels America is broken [...]

Working at home July 27
Hour 1 Ten percent of U.S. workers telecommute to work each day – they log-in at home and avoid traffic and a dress code.  But a recent survey confirms what many people suspect, that when people work at [...]

Jim Thorpe's 1912 Olympic dominance & a London preview July 27
Hour 2 Before the Opening Ceremonies of the London Olympics tonight, we look back to the remarkable Olympics 100 years ago in Stockholm, Sweden. Those games were a fascinating moment in time – differences from today’s Olympics included [...]

Americans with Disabilities: The Act's anniversary & today's challenges July 26
Hour 1 Twenty-two years ago today, the first President Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, which recognized and protected the civil rights of people with disabilities ranging from physical conditions affecting mobility, stamina, sight, hearing, [...]

The Ivy League for all: Free online courses July 26
Hour 2 A number of major universities are now offering online courses for free – they’re called MOOCs, for Massive Open Online Courses – and many people believe they’ll change higher education. The online education venture Coursera, which [...]

Character and leadership July 25
Hour 1 What makes a great leader? Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty and others fail? New technologies, the unstable economy and the unconventional habits of high-profile CEOs show leadership has different skills and sensibilities. Our guest, [...]

There's no place like home: Why we get homesick July 25
Hour 2 “There's no place like home," said Judy Garland as Dorothy in the 1939 classic film, "The Wizard of Oz," as she clicked her heels and hoped for the return to the comforts of her own bed [...]

Penn State, the NCAA and next steps July 24
Hour 1 At a news conference yesterday, Mark Emmert, the president of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), outlined a set of unprecedented "corrective and punitive" sanctions on Penn State in response to the actions and inactions of [...]

Rajiv Chandrasekaran on how the 2009 surge didn't restore "Little America" July 24
Hour 2 Americans built canals in Afghanistan’s Helmand River Valley, as a hopeful, transformative project during the Cold-War, to bring the country into the 20th century through irrigation, a Western-style school and co-ed club house. Years later this [...]

Making sense of shootings: Aurora, CO & Utoya, Norway July 23
Hour 1 Yet another mass murder by gun has claimed too many lives in the United States and inflamed the nation's bitter debate about gun safety and legislation. Friday morning's slaughter in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater premiering [...]

America’s Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States July 23
Hour 2 “Getting there is half the fun,” is rarely a desire of the modern traveler, but back when the S.S. United States made its maiden voyage, this passenger luxury liner was built for speed and comfort. It [...]

Update on the battle against AIDS July 20
Hour 1 The International AIDS Conference starts this weekend in Washington D.C. and there is some good news to celebrate. Last year, 8 million people in poor countries received life-saving AIDS medications and infection rates among children continued [...]

How are you? BUSY! July 20
Hour 2 Do you live by the clock, stressed out about getting as much done as you can in one day? Do your to-do lists have lists?  When people ask you how you are do you reply, "I'm [...]

Mexico's post-election politics & violent cartels July 19
Hour 1 On July 1st, Mexican voters returned the PRI – the Institutional Revolutionary Party that controlled the Mexican presidency for 71 years until 2000 – to power by electing its telegenic candidate, former Governor Enrique Pena Nieto. [...]

Responding to gun violence in Philadelphia & Wilmington July 18
Hour 1 This summer’s heat wave has brought the feared spike in homicides, especially murders by gun. The spasm of violence is both shocking and distressingly familiar, and Radio Times joins the voices searching for new and effective [...]

The Abington Memorial Hospital and Holy Redeemer plan to partner July 18
Hour 2 Abington Memorial Hospital and its neighbor the Holy Redeemer Health System recently signed a letter of intent to create a new regional health care system.  Over the years, Abington has earned a reputation for its stellar [...]

Health care — what happens next? July 17
Hour 1 While the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is settled law, questions still remain about how and whether the law will work to improve access to health care, ensure its quality, and reduce its costs.  [...]

Considering the Impeachment of President Abraham Lincoln July 17
Hour 2 What if President Lincoln hadn't been killed at Ford's Theatre? What if John Wilkes Booth failed in his assassination attempt and Lincoln recovered, only to face an impeachment trial?  That's the premise at the center of  [...]

The Great Divergence July 16
Hour 1 Is the United States a country run by the rich, for the rich? If so, will there be an adjustment of extreme inequality in our lifetime?  TIMOTHY NOAH, senior editor at The New Republic, looks at [...]

The life of a New Yorker receptionist/Scranton's financial trouble July 16
Hour 2 JANET GROTH had big dreams when she moved to New York in 1957.  Fresh from the Midwest, she landed a big interview at The New Yorker and was eager to begin a career as a writer.  [...]

The Freeh report's damning conclusions about Penn State's Sandusky scandal July 13
Hour 1 Last month, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse, for a reign of terror in his home, in his car and in the locker room of [...]

E.O. Wilson's provocative evolution theory, 'The Social Conquest of Earth' July 13
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] In his controversial recent book, “The Social Conquest of Earth,” which the acclaimed biologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author presents as the capstone to his legendary career, EDWARD O. WILSON firmly and fundamentally breaks with a [...]

The future of Philadelphia's oil refinery workers July 12
Hour 1 The future of United Steelworkers’ (USW) jobs at local oil refineries futures looked bleak last September when Sunoco announced plans to sell or close their South Philadelphia and Marcus Hook facilities. Later that month ConocoPhillips announced [...]

What's in a calorie? July 12
Hour 2 What should we be eating to maintain a healthy diet? Low carb? Low fat? It’s been 10 years since science journalist GARY TAUBES’ New York Times Magazine cover story about eating more fat and less carbohydrates, [...]

Tax havens: Mitt Romney and the state of Delaware July 11
Hour 1 A new Vanity Fair article investigates Mitt Romney’s use of offshore and foreign tax havens and is drawing more attention to the Republican presidential candidate’s finances. In the August issue, journalist NICHOLAS SHAXSON tracks Romney’s accounts [...]

Daniel Smith's memoir of anxiety July 11
Can anxiety be controlled, and perhaps cured? Journalist DANIEL SMITH is sweating this concept out. The writer was set up for anxiety – he suffered an early childhood near-drowning, had a traumatic, aggressive introduction to sex, and went [...]

The statute of limitations in sex abuse cases July 10
Hour 1 A victim of sexual abuse in New Jersey has to report the incident two years from the day they turn 18, or else the statute of limitations runs out, and the abuser can’t be prosecuted. In [...]

More on Pennsylvania's Voter ID law July 10
Hour 2 Pennsylvania government officials disclosed last week that approximately 750,000 registered voters do not have Department of Transportation photo IDs they could need to cast their ballots in November. The figure, which represents 9.2 % of all [...]

Pennsylvania's gas & energy politics July 9
Hour 1 Energy issues continue to connect Pennsylvania politics to the global economy, and on today’s Radio Times, we’re going to catch up on several important recent developments and what they mean for our region, our wallets, and [...]

Remembering Woody Guthrie on his 100th birthday July 9
Hour 2 The songs of Woody Guthrie are an essential part of the American songbook, and chronicle his times and their roiling politics, natural disasters and sweeping changes. From his early Dust Bowl ballads to his union songs [...]

Big Banks, regulation and the Volcker Rule July 6
Hour 1 This week, Barclays Plc chief executive Robert Diamond resigned over an interest-rate fixing scandal. Other big banks including Bank of America, Citibank, and JPMorgan are being investigated by regulators in the U.S., Europe and Asia for [...]

Preserving our backyard bounty in jars & cans July 6
Hour 2 Our backyard gardens are beginning to burst with homegrown vegetables, and many of us will share our bounty with friends, family and even some lucky co-workers. But we can also preserve our harvest for future months [...]

Obama's Shadow War July 5
Hour 1 The Obama administration is facing mounting criticism for its use of armed drones to kill suspected terrorists in foreign countries.  A recent op-ed by former President Jimmy Carter in The New York Times pointed to a [...]

The U.S. Constitution, as 'improved' by writer Kevin Bleyer July 5
Hour 2 The United States Constitution promised a More Perfect Union, but will we ever get a more perfect Constitution? The Daily Show writer KEVIN BLEYER has heeded that call with his new book, "Me the People: One [...]

Civil War scholar Harold Holzer on the Emancipation Proclamation July 4
Hour 1 [REBROADCAST] Historian HAROLD HOLZER came in this spring to help us examine the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Holzer, author of 42 books on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, in his recent book looks at the [...]

The science of exercise July 4
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] What do you do for exercise? Go for a run or a walk with the dog?  How about a game of tennis or golf?  Maybe you garden, do yoga or a Zumba class?  Most of [...]

Women in the military and "The Invisible War" July 3
Hour 1 Thousands of women serve in the U.S. military; 142 have lost their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Women make up 15% of the active duty force. Yet according to a startling new documentary, “The [...]

American philosophy 101 with Carlin Romano July 3
Hour 2 According to the 19th century French intellectual Alexis de Toqueville, "in no other country in the civilized world is less attention paid to philosophy than in the United States." That's not true today, says our guest [...]

National politics with Joe Watkins & James B. Peterson July 2
Hour 1 Now that the Supreme Court has reset the political landscape by upholding the Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare,” we take stock of the landmark ruling’s effect on the campaigns for the White House and Congress today [...]

Bettina Hoerlin on her parents' wartime love story July 2
Hour 2 Katie Tietz Schmidt and Hermann Hoerlin were an unlikely couple in pre-World War II Germany.  She was Jewish, though she considered herself a Catholic, and was well-connected in German society.  He was an expert mountain climber, [...]