Hardanger fiddle player and composer DAN TRUEMAN June 13
GUEST: DAN TRUEMAN Our guest, Princeton music professor DAN TRUEMAN, considers a computer like an anvil and pulley – they’re tools that hide their purpose. The Princeton music professor, composer, fiddler, instrument maker and programmer comes in to [...]

"The World is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village" June 10
Guest:  Anna Badkhen The small, remote western Afghanistan village of Oqa  is known for its beautiful carpets. Woven painstakingly and meticulously by hand, a carpet takes about seven months to make and its sale to a dealer for [...]

Combating Youth Recidivism in Delaware June 5
Guests: Chandlee Kuhn, Scott Michels, Brahmin Jackson While Delaware has been successful in decreasing some types of crime, gun violence among youth has continued to increase. Advocates and government officials are looking for new ways to help young [...]

"Fire and Forget" and the value of war stories May 27
Guests:  Matt Gallagher and Roy Scranton [REBROADCAST] Fire and Forget is an anthology of short stories about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the post-war lives of those who served. All written by veterans, the stories reflect [...]

Celebrating Steampunk culture; then the Associated Press and the Department of Justice May 16
GUESTS: MANO DIVINA, GIL CNAAN and JANE KIRTLEY Strap on your brass goggles, tuck into a fantasy airship and enjoy the ride as we explore the Victorian futuristic fashion and literary universe known as “Steampunk” with Divine Hand [...]

The Great Gatsby May 9
Hour 2 Guests:  Suzanne Del Gizzo and Michael Tatner The newest film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925, jazz era novel The Great Gatsby opens in movie theaters this weekend. This time around, Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann has [...]

Good TV worth watching May 1
GUEST: DAVID BIANCULLI With all the changes in styles of viewing, following TV shows is still an American pastime. We can become distracted by all the options of when and how we watch – traditional TV, streaming online, [...]

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia with writer Mohsin Hamid April 26
GUEST: MOHSIN HAMID [REBROADCAST] Pakistan-based writer MOHSIN HAMID's latest book is “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia." Written as a  self-help novel, with chapters like “Avoid Idealists” and “Befriend a Bureaucrat,” it  follows the life of [...]

Local, award-winning poets DAISY FRIED and LYNN LEVIN April 25
GUESTS: DAISY FRIED and LYNN LEVIN “Women’s poetry is like a car – it might have purple lights underneath, or outrageous hubcaps, or an enormous spoiler jutting off the back, but underneath it’s still a car.” You’ll hear [...]

Celebrating 100 years of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring April 24
GUEST: DAVID LUDWIG This May marks the 100th anniversary of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” performed by the Ballets Russes at the Theatre de Champs-Elysees in Paris. The score to a ballet borrowed from Russian [...]

"Fire and Forget" and the value of war stories April 18
Guests:  Matt Gallagher and Roy Scranton Fire and Forget is an anthology of short stories about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the post-war lives of those who served. All written by veterans, the stories reflect the [...]

200 Years of Latino History in Philadelphia April 4
Guests: Erika Almiron, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Victor Vazquez Hailing from several different regions and close to half a million strong, Latinos have played a central role in Philadelphia, from politics to civic life. From the time of the founding [...]

Rethinking law schools March 21
Guests: Brian Tamanaha, Lawrence Mitchell Law schools are in trouble. Applications are at a 30-year low and rising tuitions have led to high student debt.  A weak job market has meant that many graduates can’t find a good [...]

The Contradictions of Fair Hope March 12
GUESTS: S. EPATHA MERKERSON and ROCKELL METCALF The Fair Hope Benevolent Society in rural Alabama was an organization that originally helped former slaves bury their dead, and aid the sick of transitional families in the late 19th century. [...]

A Circus Life: the art and history of the big top March 8
Guest: Duncan Wall Have you ever dreamed of running off to join the circus?  That's exactly what DUNCAN WALL did.  After studying the circus in Paris he became so intrigued he decided to apply to the prestigious Ecole [...]

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia with writer Mohsin Hamid March 6
GUEST: MOHSIN HAMID Pakistan-based writer MOHSIN HAMID's latest book is “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia." Written as a  self-help novel, with chapters like “Avoid Idealists” and “Befriend a Bureaucrat,” it  follows the life of a [...]

The life and art of Horace Pippin February 25
GUESTS: JUDY STEIN, GWENDOLYN DUBOIS SHAW, JEN BRYANT This year marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of African American artist Horace Pippin who was born and lived most of his adult life in West Chester, Pennsylvania.   Entirely [...]

Opera Philadelphia premieres Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night February 8
On Christmas Eve, 1914, in the midst of shelling on the Western Front of World War 1, lower-ranking troops spontaneously created a truce, taking a break from the horrific trenches, singing Christmas carols with their enemies and burying [...]

'Pull of Gravity,' a documentary about re-entry after prison January 31
Seven hundred thousand inmates are released from U.S. prisons each year. A new documentary film funded by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania wrestles with the question: What happens when they come home? “Pull [...]

Temple University Symphony Orchestra's Grammy-nominated “Music of Ansel Adams: America" January 29
The late photographer, Ansel Adams, and late jazz composer and pianist, Dave Brubeck, were the first in their fields to bring their art to university campuses. Decades later the Temple University Symphony Orchestra is nominated for a Grammy [...]

Ayana Mathis on The Twelve Tribes of Hattie January 24
AYANA MATHIS is living every aspiring writer’s fantasy. Your first book gets published and then the good reviews start rolling in. You are even chosen for the Oprah book club guaranteeing good sales.  Ayana Mathis’ novel that’s getting [...]

The Mary Wilson, co-founder of the Supremes January 23
Last month marked the 50th anniversary of “Meet the Supremes,” the first album featuring the seminal female vocal group. From 1963-1969, the group scored 10 number one hits, including their first number one pop hit in 1964, “Where [...]

#innovateRT: The Arts Community January 16
“Kids are everything. Poetry is my passion, but PYPM is my purpose,” says our guest, poet PERRY “VISION” DIVIRGILIO, referring to his work with the Philly Youth Poetry Movement. The third part of our PHILADELPHIA INNOVATORS series drums, [...]

A conversation with Philadelphia school chief William Hite January 8
On Monday, after four months on the job, Philadelphia School Superintendent William Hite, Jr. made public his blueprint for turning around the city’s public schools. Its two broad goals are to improve academics on all levels — from [...]

Ross King on Leonardo da Vinci and The Last Supper January 1
[REBROADCAST] One of the most famous paintings in the world is Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” painted on the wall of a Dominican convent in Milan in the 1490s.  Surprisingly, da Vinci didn’t start his masterpiece until [...]

Remembering South Philadelphia's Jim Croce December 27
[REBROADCAST] 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 11 [...]

How make believe is important to our survival December 25
[REBROADCAST] Once upon a time, we told stories through oral tradition, moved on to words and pictures and fast-forwarded to video games. Drawing on research in evolutionary biology, psychology and neuroscience, Washington and Jefferson College English professor, JONATHAN [...]

Listening to Johann Sebastian Bach into the 21st century December 25
[REBROADCAST] 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 [...]

Locally-born, Kabul-based Oscar nominated filmmaker Sam French December 18
Locally-born-and-raised filmmaker SAM FRENCH just arrived back in the States after taking three planes, which took 30 hours from Kabul, Afghanistan. He’s been making films there for four years, and the film he co-wrote and directed, Buzkashi Boys, [...]

How the Internet has changed the music industry December 14
In the old days when you loved a band you would head to your local record store and buy their album and the artists and record label would each get a cut of the profits.  But today more [...]

Changing Lives: El Sistema's Transformative Power of Music December 7
A music education program has changed the life trajectory of hundreds of thousands of underprivileged children in Venezuela and is in Philadelphia. Curtis graduate STANFORD THOMPSON, the Executive Director of Play On, Philly!, uses this after-school Venezuelan program, [...]

Travel writer Andrew McCarthy's long way home November 30
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 and can’t [...]

Matthew Quick on Silver Linings Playbook November 22
[REBROADCAST] The dramatic comedy “Silver Linings Playbook," out in theaters now, is 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 been [...]

Ross King on Leonardo da Vinci and The Last Supper November 20
One of the most famous paintings in the world is Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” painted on the wall of a Dominican convent in Milan in the 1490s.  Surprisingly, da Vinci didn’t start his masterpiece until he [...]

An update on the Library of Congress field recordings/Stephen Wade's banjo concert November 14
Hour Two Our guest, musician and writer, STEPHEN WADE, follows up on musicians and singers from the iconic Library of Congress field recordings from Southern Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains in his new book, “The [...]

The Divine Lorraine and development on North Broad November 6
Hour 1 The Divine Lorraine Hotel stands at 699 North Broad Street. The 10-story Philadelphia landmark was built in 1892 as a luxury apartment building, one of the city’s first skyscrapers.  Later it became a hotel, the first [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Arts and Culture in Philadelphia: Their contributions and their challenges September 25
Hour 2 A new study released yesterday by The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance reports that arts and cultural organizations in the region generate nearly $170 million in state and local taxes each year and provide roughly 44,000 jobs [...]

How make believe is important to our survival September 17
Hour 2 Once upon a time, we told stories through oral tradition, moved on to words and pictures and fast-forwarded to video games. Drawing on research in evolutionary biology, psychology and neuroscience, Washington and Jefferson College English professor, [...]

Philadelphia Live Arts Festival+Philly Fringe: creatively imagining Poe's last days September 13
Hour 2 Did the 19th century writer, Edgar Allen Poe, want to explore his theories of the universe in his poem, Eureka, all the while being reduced to performing The Raven on modest-paying lecture tours? Philadelphia-based theater director, [...]

Has pop music changed? September 10
What is pop music and how does it change throughout the decades? The top ten songs on Itunes and Billboard may not reflect what you listen to and your grandparents listened to, but millions of people are still [...]

Host of Studio 360's Kurt Andersen on 60s culture September 3
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] A prominent law professor in her 60s looks back on her youth as she’s writing a tell-all memoir about her romping, spy novel-obsessed 1960s youth and left-wing college activism. As she’s about to reveal the [...]

The writers' teacher publishes his first book August 23
Hour 2 The founder and facilitator of the Rittenhouse Writers’ Group, JAMES RAHN, will be celebrating 25 years of helping writers get their stories out – some to big publishing house, and some to the page from their [...]

Nicholas Jarecki's debut feature film, "Arbitrage" August 16
Hour 2 Filmmaker NICHOLAS JARECKI discusses his debut feature narrative, "Arbitrage," starring Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, about a the choices a greedy New York hedge fund manager makes, and the consequences he may reap for them. Listen [...]

Live music rocks: A behind the scenes look at the concert industry August 3
Hour 2 Do you have a favorite concert — a live performance from a band that just blew you away and that you’ll never forget?  Summer is a great time to hear your favorite band – there are [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

The Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon May 30
Hour 2 All across America, on their e-readers, I-Pads and in paperback, women of all ages have voraciously been reading Fifty Shades of Grey,  the first in a trilogy of erotic novels by British author E. L. James.   [...]

Philly rock'n'roll pioneer legend Charlie Gracie May 25
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] South Philadelphia native CHARLIE GRACIE came in earlier this spring to discuss what it’s like making a rock and roll record over 50 years after his 1957 hit, “Butterfly.” The first major artist on Philadelphia’s [...]

The tragic life & career of groundbreaking singer-actress Ethel Waters May 18
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] The singers Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were influenced by her. Lena Horne described her as “the mother of us all.” The Chester, Pennsylvania-born singer and actress Ethel Waters started her career out in black [...]

Suzzy Roche's debut novel, 'Wayward Saints' May 18
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] SUZZY ROCHE and her sisters, Maggie and Terre, have been touring together and recording for over 30 years. Suzzy, the youngest, has recently written her first novel, "Wayward Saints," about the music industry, family and [...]

Craft as an integral part of the fine art world May 11
Hour 2 At what point does a craft transcend function, and enter  into  the world of fine art? The Philadelphia Museum of Art has recently opened a new exhibition, “Craft Spoken Here,” a collection of 40 contemporary works [...]

Khalil Wimes' foster family; then, remembering Maurice Sendak May 9
Hour 1 Three years before he died, Khalil Wimes was living in the happy, healthy, loving home of ALICIA NIXON,  her husband J. Evans, and Alicia's mother La REINE NIXON. The family took Khalil in just one week [...]

A new home for the Barnes collection May 7
Hour 2 On May 19th the Barnes Foundation art collection will unveil its new Philadelphia home, as the famous collection of art has been meticulously moved, rooms re-created and paintings hung the same way they were viewed in [...]

Alison Bechdel's continuing family memoir, 'Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama' May 3
Author and comic strip writer ALISON BECHDEL’s new graphic memoir, “Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama,” illustrates her complicated relationship with her artistic mother, who was unhappily married to a closeted gay man, the subject of Bechdel’s [...]

Understanding the influence of the ancient Maya May 2
Hour 2 There is a lot of talk about the Maya civilization this year. That's because the according to their calendar, the 2012 winter solstice this December is a big deal.  It marks the end of their 5,125-year [...]

Science Ink April 30
Hour 2 When you think about tattoos, what comes to mind — snakes, hearts, flowers, Celtic knots, mermaids, or the name of a true love? Well, what if that true love is science?  It turns out a lot [...]

Center City Jazz with Ernest Stuart & Rhenda Fearrington April 27
Hour 1 How do you pull off a music festival with the historically under-performing money making genre that is jazz? “Patience,” says Center City Jazz Festival organizer and South Jersey native ERNEST STUART. The trombonist and music producer [...]

E.O. Wilson's provocative evolution theory, 'The Social Conquest of Earth' April 24
Hour 2 In his controversial new 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 theory [...]

Fun family getaways in NJ, PA & DE April 20
Hour 2 With summer approaching and gas prices averaging around $4 a gallon, a lot of families are rethinking the long vacation road trip or one that involves expensive airfare. So how about taking a few smaller trips [...]

The Practicing Mind April 18
As a full-time professional piano tech for over 25 years, our guest THOMAS M. STERNER sat down and repeated a task at least 88 times on a grand piano, and each piano has a potential 34 different adjustments [...]

Philly rock'n'roll pioneer legend Charlie Gracie April 13
Hour 2 South Philadelphia native CHARLIE GRACIE comes in to discuss what it’s like making a rock and roll record over 50 years after his 1957 hit, “Butterfly.” The first major artist on Philadelphia’s Cameo Parkway label, Gracie [...]

Rita Moreno's 'Life from Zero to Sixty Plus Twenty' April 11
Hour 2 Still singing and inspiring, Broadway legend and Latina trailblazer RITA MORENO joins Marty in studio for a retrospective of her much-honored life and career. The artist who originated the role of Anita in the film version [...]

Academy of Natural Sciences turns 200 April 10
Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences is celebrating its 200th birthday this year.  The renowned Academy is the oldest natural history museum in the Western Hemisphere. Its renowned collection of 18 million plants and animals includes dinosaur fossils collected [...]

Deadline artist Tony Auth on political cartoons & more April 9
Hour 2 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist TONY AUTH is joining WHYY and NewsWorks. Auth left The Philadelphia Inquirer last month after more than 40 years, and now embarks on new adventures and experiments in digital story-telling, doing new [...]

Mad Women: Madison Avenue advertising in the '60s March 23
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] As soon as people hear that JANE MAAS worked in a 1960s ad agency, they can’t help but ask if the television show "Mad Men" gets it right — the booze, the sex, the sexism?  [...]

Gardening: It might as well be spring March 6
Hour 2 With the unusually warm winter, many gardeners saw spring come early this year — bulbs blooming and trees budding weeks ahead of schedule. And while no one can complain about seeing blossoming flowers in what are [...]

The tragic life & career of groundbreaking singer-actress Ethel Waters March 2
Hour 2 The singers Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were influenced by her. Lena Horne described her as “the mother of us all.” The Chester, Pennsylvania-born singer and actress Ethel Waters started her career out in black vaudeville, [...]

Mad Women: Madison Avenue advertising in the '60s February 29
Hour 2 As soon as people hear that JANE MAAS worked in a 1960s ad agency, they can’t help but ask if the television show "Mad Men" gets it right — the booze, the sex, the sexism?  Jane [...]

The Delaware Valley's fiber heritage & future of fabrics February 24
Hour 1 The Delaware Valley has a deep influence in the history and in the future of synthetic fiber and design. Our guest, REGINA LEE BLASZCZYK, has researched the Philadelphia region’s heritage in developing the chemicals that created [...]

The Academy Awards & controversy surrounding 'The Help' February 23
Hour 2 It wouldn’t be Oscar season without a little controversy and this year it comes courtesy of "The Help." Set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963, the film centers on a young white Southerner who convinces a group [...]

The perils of Farmville: A look into the social gaming phenomenon February 15
Hour 2 Zynga, a social games company that has created hits like Farmville and Words With Friends, made headlines recently after Facebook released data indicating that Zynga is responsible for about 12 percent of its annual revenue. Social [...]

Poet Philip Schultz: My Dyslexia February 8
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] PHILIP SCHULTZ is a famous poet and writer.  This poetry collection Failure won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.  He founded and directs The Writers Studio in New York and has been teaching creative writing for years.  [...]

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro February 3
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] If the word “ukulele” conjures visions of slow, sleepy Hawaiian music, that’s just where virtuoso JAKE SHIMABUKURO wants you at the start of a show: He thrives upending the low expectations people have of his [...]

Poet Nikky Finney February 2
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] National Book Award-winning poet NIKKY FINNEY says if you have a good sense of yourself, you’ll have a good sense of your work. She should know – she’s been teaching writing for over 25 years. [...]

Suzzy Roche's debut novel, 'Wayward Saints' January 31
Hour 2 SUZZY ROCHE and her sisters, Maggie and Terre, have been touring together and recording for over 30 years. Suzzy, the youngest, has written her first novel, "Wayward Saints," about the music industry, family and small-town ghosts [...]

The Scottsboro Boys: From Broadway to Broad Street January 30
Hour 2 How do you tell the story of the infamous trial of the Scottsboro Boys in fierce, minstrel form? The last collaboration of  John Kander and Fred Ebb, the legendary musical theater team behind Chicago and Cabaret, [...]

Zoe Strauss: Capturing Philadelphia on film; then, Tuskegee Airman Maj. John L. Harrison January 26
Hour 2 Philadelphia artist ZOE STRAUSS pays attention to the joy and the pain that comes with the city’s neighborhoods – the poverty, substance addiction, segregation and cultural diversity – and captures scenes many of us would never [...]

Changing Lives: El Sistema's Transformative Power of Music January 24
Hour 2 A music education program has changed the life trajectory of hundreds of thousands of underprivileged children in Venezuela and has recently come to Philadelphia. Curtis graduate STANFORD THOMPSON, the Executive Director of Play On, Philly!, uses [...]

Shall we dance? Inside the world of competitive ballroom dancing January 17
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] Interest in ballroom dancing is surging.  And if folks aren't learning it and doing it, they're watching it on television. Last fall, season 13 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars drew 19.5 million total viewers. [...]

The Diaries of Emilie Davis and the Emancipation Proclamation January 2
Hour 2 Yesterday marked the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation which legally freed more than three million slaves. On that day, January 1st, 1863 in Philadelphia, Emilie Davis, a 21 year old black [...]

A conversation with Israeli writer Amos Oz December 29
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] AMOS OZ is one of Israel's most acclaimed authors.  He is the author of thirteen novels and collections of short fiction and numerous works of non-fiction that have been published in book form and in [...]

Debating your kids' music playlist: children's music or adult music? December 23
Hour 1 What kind of music should parents be playing for their kids? Should parents dive into the growing world of music aimed at children, or should they just play their favorite “adult” music and hope the kids [...]

Poet Philip Schultz: My Dyslexia December 23
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] PHILIP SCHULTZ is a famous poet and writer.  This poetry collection Failure won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.  He founded and directs The Writers Studio in New York and has been teaching creative writing for years.  [...]

The Adventures of Tintin December 22
Hour 2 The Adventures of Tintin, Steven Spielberg’s new motion-capture animated film about the boy reporter/detective, opens this week. The film is adapted from the popular comic books of Tintin and his dog, Snowy, who pursue criminals and [...]

Broadway, television and film actress Tovah Feldshuh December 9
Hour 2 Star of Broadway, television and film, actress TOVAH FELDSHUH says she doesn’t want to impress audiences but move them. The role she’s currently playing is historically emotional, and this is Feldshuh’s first time embodying the character [...]

Shall we dance? Inside the world of competitive ballroom dancing November 30
Hour 2 Interest in ballroom dancing is surging.  And if folks aren't learning it and doing it, they're watching it on television.  Last week's finale of "Dancing with the Stars" drew 19.5 million total viewers. In this hour [...]

The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott November 18
Hour 2 Raymond Scott is not a household name, but his music has likely played in your home in the Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies shorts. Fast-forward to the 90s’ manic cartoon, Ren and Stimpy – [...]