State of the Beaches in New Jersey and Delaware May 22
Guests: Matthew Doherty, Thomas Herrington, Collin O'Mara Seven months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the region, several beach towns in New Jersey are still picking up the pieces. Many communities are in the process of restoring boardwalks and other [...]

Electric Cars: Present and Future Developments April 29
Guests: John Voelcker, Tom Turrentine, Willett Kempton With about 100,000 electric cars on the roads in the United States, they are a small but growing sector of the auto industry. Improvements in battery technology and several new models [...]

Immigration reform: reaction and response January 30
Yesterday afternoon, President Obama announced his blueprint for immigration reform in response to a set of principles laid out by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Monday.   The President's plan calls for a quicker path to citizenship [...]

2012's big stories in the Delaware Valley: PA, NJ & DE December 28
We look back at the year’s biggest political stories in the three states of the Delaware Valley with a trio of excellent reporters. Joining guest-host Tracey Matisak to discuss the year in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia political news is [...]

DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara December 3
COLLIN O’MARA serves as Secretary of the Environment and Energy for Delaware Governor Jack Markell. He’s the chief steward of Delaware’s natural resources, including its coastal programs and shoreline efforts, and leads the state’s efforts to ensure access to [...]

The Jersey Shore, after Sandy: To rebuild or not to rebuild November 21
When Superstorm Sandy slammed into and through the southern Jersey Shore near Ocean City in the evening of Oct. 29, the full-moon high tide and storm surge laid waste to structures, streets and stretches of shoreline up and [...]

Final election preview: Sandy-stricken campaigns in NJ, PA & DE November 2
Hour 1 As we head into the final few days before Tuesday’s election, Radio Times looks at the presidential campaign and key races throughout the Delaware Valley. Joining us from New Jersey is BOB INGLE, senior political columnist [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Political comedy & satire in campaign season September 19
Hour 2 Thick in the thrall of election ads and political coverage, we ask: What’s so funny? We’re in a golden age of political satire, with millions of viewers tuning in to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [...]

The Common Core Standards for public education; then PA's voter ID law August 15
Hour 1 When No Child Left Behind (NCLB) became law in 2001 it promised to improve public education by raising standards and establishing measurable goals for student progress.  While the law was praised for making schools more accountable, [...]

How the recession is affecting children's health August 3
Hour 1 Often lost in the staggering and numbing statistics about U.S. households suffering these hard times is specifically how children in those households are affected by threats like unemployment, hunger, foreclosure and poverty. On today’s Radio Times, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Delaware Valley's response to the rising rates of autism April 4
Hour 1 A new estimate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests the rates for autism in American children is rising ever faster. Now, about one in 88 children in the United States has autism or a [...]

State Integrity Investigation: How vulnerable to corruption are DE, NJ & PA? March 19
Hour 1 A months-long investigation into how state governments are doing in providing transparency and accountability and staving off corruption is unveiled today, and the results are troubling. The State Integrity Investigation – a collaboration of the Center [...]

Updating America's voting registration & a history of voting rights February 22
Hour 1 When you’ve moved from one state to another and re-registered to vote, do you assume your former state knows you’re no longer showing up at the polls? If you don’t notify your former state, you’re one [...]

2011's final news roundup: DE, PA & NJ December 29
Hour 1 2011 was a momentous news year around the world, and around the Delaware Valley. On today’s final news roundup of 2011, we’ll survey the year’s big stories in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey with three men [...]

Eating what we don't want — invasive species — & what we do — oysters November 11
Hour 2 Eating with the environment in mind has fueled foodie trends like eating organically, eating locally and sustainable diet trends of all kinds. On today’s Radio Times, we explore the growing fad for eating invasive species, those [...]

Food deserts & the struggle for healthy-food access September 23
Hour 1 Half of all households with children in Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District can't always afford to buy enough food, at least nutritious food. A recent national study found this district, which includes Kensington, parts of North and [...]

Tracking, predicting & planning for sea-level rise July 8
Hour 1 The good news: The drive to the beach is getting shorter. The bad news is the time isn’t shrinking, but the distance. Scientists increasingly believe sea level is on the rise, and have rising evidence to [...]

An hour with Delaware Governor Jack Markell June 13
Hour 1 When Governor JACK MARKELL took office in 2009, he pledged to grow Delaware's economy, create jobs, strengthen schools and protect taxpayers. Over the past two years, while unemployment remains high, the Democrat's administration has worked to [...]

Hate groups in the Delaware Valley: Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Mark Potok & Frank Meeink May 24
Hour 1 On April 16, a crowd of activists gathered on the New Jersey Statehouse steps in downtown Trenton to rally against illegal immigration, high taxes, and crime. What separated this crowd from others, aside from legions of [...]

U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) April 26
Hour 1 CHRIS COONS is Delaware’s newest Democratic U.S. Senator, defeating Republican candidate Christine O’Donnell in November and taking office immediately. He joins Marty in studio to discuss some of his early votes, including repealing the military’s Don’t [...]

Birds and birding in the Delaware Valley March 17
Hour 2 The Delaware Valley is home to more than 300 species of birds, and a community of birders numbering in the tens of thousands. From Cape Henlopen in Delaware to Hawk Mountain in east-central Pennsylvania, from Cape [...]

Tough choices ahead for cash-strapped states January 19
Hour 1 With tax revenues shrinking and federal stimulus money drying up, 46 states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, are facing huge budget shortfalls.  Since the recession, states are estimated to have collectively spent nearly a half [...]

Mining the new census data December 23
Hour 1 (correction appended below) By law, the U.S. Census bureau must release and present to the President the results of its national and state population counts by December 31st.  We’ll find out what the new census information [...]