What candidates are NOT talking about, Pt. 1: Climate change & infrastructure repair October 31
Hour 1 The 2012 presidential election, for the most part, has been about the economy and more recently foreign policy.  Among the issues that have received little or no attention on the campaign trail are climate change and [...]

What candidates are NOT talking about, Pt. 2: Guns & marriage equality October 31
Hour 2 We're continuing our look at neglected campaign issues this hour and turning out focus to gun control and gay rights.  Despite several recent high-profile mass shootings, the issue of gun control has hardly been mentioned this [...]

Hurricane Sandy: Day 2 October 30
Hour 1 Our coverage of Hurricane Sandy continues.  We'll start off getting an updated weather forecast from JOE MIKETTA, warning coordination meteorologist with the Mount Holly office of the National Weather Service.  Then we're joined by Drexel University [...]

Hurricane Sandy, Day 2: Jersey Shore, Philly water, Delaware October 30
Hour 2 Our coverage of Hurricane Sandy continues in this hour of Radio Times. We start with a live update from WHYY reporter TOM MacDONALD from the Jersey Shore, where he spent the morning touring the devastation, including [...]

Hurricane Sandy hits the Delaware Valley October 29
Hour 1 With Hurricane Sandy roaring into the Delaware Valley, Radio Times covers the storm’s approach, the preparations made by residents and public safety officials throughout the region, and the early word of impacts. We’ll start the hour [...]

Hurricane Sandy: Philly & Delaware responses, weird weather & storm science October 29
Hour 2 In our second hour examining Hurricane Sandy's impacts, we'll talk with Philadelphia Mayor MICHAEL NUTTER about the city's preparations for the storm's approach and aftermath. And we'll talk with MICHAEL LEMONICK senior science writer for Princeton-based [...]

Unraveling the mixed messages of voting rights October 26
HOUR 1 Most Americans know they are eligible to vote at the age of 18, but there are a lot of mixed messages in exercising that right. Reports of misleading robo-calls, online registration glitches and lost voter registration [...]

Jeffrey Toobin on the White House, the U.S. Supreme Court and Citizen United October 26
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] Using his insider reporting and analyses of the legal issues New Yorker staff writer and senior legal analyst at CNN, JEFFREY TOOBIN, looks at the relationship between President Obama’s White House and Chief Justice John [...]

Election 2012 and the state of political journalism October 25
Hour 1 Where do you turn to get information about the 2012 presidential campaign?  Is it the cable TV networks that affirm your political leanings, the radio, a local or national newspaper, an online news site, or the [...]

Journalist Mark Bowden on "The Finish" of Osama bin Laden October 25
Hour 2 Journalist MARK BOWDEN returns to Radio Times to take us inside the rooms where the decisions were made to take down Osama bin Laden. Having access to President Obama, his national security advisors, and high ranking [...]

The real stories of bloody Libyan ends of Gaddafi, Amb. Stevens October 24
Hour 1 Hours before the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked on Sept. 11 and Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens killed, the popular diplomat was “cheerful and relaxed” on the phone with ETHAN CHORIN, who was in Benghazi [...]

New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov October 24
Hour 2 Are you comfortable choosing wine at a restaurant? Do you know a good value when buying a bottle in a store? Can you bring a red, white or bubbly to a party with confident vintage choice? [...]

Presidential election 2012: The foreign policy debate October 23
Hour 1 Until now, the 2012 presidential election campaign has been mostly about the economy, but last night's third and final presidential debate focused on foreign policy — the U.S. role in an increasingly complicated and volatile Middle [...]

Lance Armstrong, doping and the culture of cycling October 23
Yesterday, cycling’s governing body, the UCI, announced that Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven straight Tour de France wins from 1999-2005 and permanently banned from the professional sport.  These were the recommendations of the United States Anti-Doping [...]

The Cuban Missile Crisis 50 Years Later October 22
Hour 1 Fifty years tonight, in a nationally televised speech, President John Kennedy informed the American public that the world was on the brink of a nuclear war.  A week before, the President was briefed by the State [...]

A Conversation with The Philadelphia Orchestra's Music Director, Yannick Nezet-Sequin October 22
The Philadelphia Sound will continue to resonate in its 113th season under Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s baton – after conducting under the director-designate title for two years, he has officially become the eighth music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra. The [...]

Radio Times' Friday Political Wrap-up October 19
Hour 1 In just a couple weeks, American voters will decide if President Obama stays in office another four years or if contender Mitt Romney will take the White House back into Republican leadership. Among those voters are [...]

NPR's Eric Nuzum gives up the ghost October 19
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] NPR’s Vice President for Programming, ERIC NUZUM, in addition to developing and acquiring new programs for public radio, reflects on his haunted high school days in the 1980s. We’ll talk to him about being a [...]

Fracking, natural gas & energy issues in political campaigns October 18
Hour 1 Energy issues, including natural gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale region, are a big issue in Pennsylvania, and a factor in political campaigns across the commonwealth and the presidential race. On today’s Radio Times, we catch [...]

Matthew Quick on Silver Linings Playbook October 18
The dramatic comedy “Silver Linings Playbook” opens the Philadelphia Film Festival tonight. It’s directed by David O. Russell (“The Fighter” and “Three Kings”) and stars Philadelphia native Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro.  The film has [...]

Presidential debate reaction October 17
Hour 1 With the race for the presidency is in its last few weeks and the candidates locked in a very close race, the stakes were high for last night's second debate between President Barack Obama and former [...]

The Taliban attack on Malala Yousufzai October 17
Hour 2 The vicious Oct. 9 attack by Taliban fighters on 14-year old Malala Yousufzai as she was returning home from school in Pakistan's Swat Valley has shocked the world.  Yousufzai and her father became outspoken advocates for the [...]

David Quammen on 'Spillover' of animal diseases into humans October 16
Hour 1 Avian flu. Ebola. SARS. AIDS. All of us have been exposed, at least in the media, to diseases that have migrated from animal hosts to humans, a phenomenon scientists call "spillover. That's also the name of [...]

The candidates’ wives – do they matter? October 16
Hour 2 The personal histories of Michelle Obama and Ann Romney couldn't be more different, yet on the campaign trail they fulfill the same role — to show their husbands' softer sides and thereby convince voters of the [...]

Remembering U.S. Senator Arlen Specter October 15
Hour 1 Former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Arlen Specter died on Sunday in Philadelphia of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.  From 1966 to 1974, Specter was the Philadelphia District Attorney and in 1980 was elected to the U.S. Senate [...]

Laughing, sneezing, burping and more: the science of curious behavior October 13
Hour 2 Scientists have sent rovers to Mars and decoded our DNA but they rarely look at the strange assortment of behaviors that we all do everyday – scratching, burping, sneezing, yawning, and laughing.  Psychologist and neuroscientist Robert [...]

Assessing the vice presidential debate October 12
Hour 1 We'll dissect the vice-presidential debate last night between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin with a pair of political analysts who have observed the candidates for a long time from nearby but [...]

Keeping the family peace during political season October 12
Hour Two Do you worry about politics ruining your personal relationships? Are there family members you re-consider inviting to functions because of their heated, dinner table conversations? Have you and your partner made a pact not to parse [...]

The evolving vice presidency/Do campaigns matter? October 11
Hour 1 If you watch HBO’s show Veep, you might think that the office of the vice president just serves as comic relief.  It’s described on a US senate site as the “least understood, most ridiculed, and most [...]

Listening to Johann Sebastian Bach into the 21st century October 11
We’ll discuss Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical DNA from the 17th Century through today with writer PAUL ELIE. He looks at how the master’s music has been flexible through evolving technologies and has influenced countless popular songs. We’ll play [...]

Sandusky sentenced; then, the civilian toll of drone strikes October 10
Hour 1 Yesterday, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years for the sexual abuse of nine young men, a scandal that rocked Happy Valley and forced the ouster of [...]

Remembering South Philadelphia's Jim Croce October 10
Hour Two South Philadelphia native Jim Croce left an indelible, musical mark in the world of singer-songwriters. When he died in a plane crash at the age of 30 in 1973, he left behind five studio albums and [...]

The Supreme Court and the future of affirmative action October 9
Hour 1 On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, the first affirmative action case since 2003 when the justices ruled that the University of Michigan Law School's could consider a [...]

South Africa after Mandela October 9
Hour 2 Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first post-apartheid president, is 94 and convalescing at a rural retirement home. The country that he took over and helped lead out of apartheid has had a tumultuous two decades since the [...]

Parent-trigger laws October 8
Hour 1 The movie “Won’t Back Down” starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis is about a crusading single mother and inspiring teacher who are trying to fix their children’s failing Pittsburgh public school. It doesn’t sound like it [...]

Hair and who we are October 8
Hour 2 Our hair says a lot about who we are.  That’s why losing it can be so traumatic. But for balding men, a new study may offer some hope. It turns out that a completely shorn head [...]

From Voter ID to debates to 'fiscal cliff,' a national politics roundup October 5
Hour 1 We close a whirlwind week of political news by looking back at the two biggest political stories of our week and a look at the stories we haven’t been hearing about. First, Tuesday morning’s decision by [...]

Head over heels for shoes: Our love affair with footwear October 5
[REBROADCAST] Shoes, from sensible to stiletto, can garner many different reactions. Some people just want something comfortable to walk in but others get positively giddy just staring at the latest pump, peek-toe, wedge, Mary Jane or strappy sandal. [...]

The first presidential debate analyzed October 4
HOUR 1 The fact-checkers checked the facts, the spinners spun and the candidates are back on the campaign trail after last night's first presidential debate in Denver, Colorado.  Did we learn anything new about how they would lead [...]

What would you save if your house was burning? October 4
Hour 2 If your house was on fire, what would you grab as you ran out the door?  That’s the question that photographer FOSTER HUNTINGTON posed on a blog he called The Burning House and he got thousands [...]

Do debates really matter? October 3
Hour 1 The stage is set, the  candidates have been prepped and their campaign advisers have been busy lowering expectations for the outcome of tonight's presidential debate.   This evening, for the first time, voters will have a chance [...]

Travel writer Andrew McCarthy's long way home October 3
Hour Two ANDREW MCCARTHY is a world-class travel writer – he’s an editor-at-large for National Geographic Traveler, and has received numerous travel journalist awards including four 2011 North American Travel Journalist Awards. Andrew McCarthy is also an actor [...]

The latest on the Pennsylvania voter ID law October 2
Hour One Last week, for the second time since August, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson heard arguments in a challenge to Pennsylvania voter ID law, enacted last March. Proponents of the law say having photo identification at [...]

Nobel-laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz on income equality in America October 2
Hour 2 In a recent USA Today opinion piece, Nobel Prize winning economist JOSEPH STIGLITZ took on Mitt Romney's accusations against the "47%" by saying the real freeloaders are not those who rely on some kind of government [...]

Pennsylvania school update: Achievement, school choice, and student drug-testing October 1
Pennsylvania student achievement scores dropped last year for the first time since the tests began in 2002.  Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis blamed the decline on a statewide crack down on cheating but others say that recent [...]

Wyclef Jean on his 'Purpose,' Haiti, music & Lauryn Hill October 1
Hour 2 WYCLEF JEAN is a musician, actor, producer, and activist who was born and raised in Haiti and moved with his family to New York when he was nine years old. He learned English from American rap [...]