Should refusing medical care for children be considered neglect? May 14
Guests:  Paul Offit and Shawn Peters Eight-month old Brandon Schaible died last month after his parents relied on prayer instead of medical care to treat their sick baby. The Schaibles, who live in Philadelphia and are members of [...]

Governor Christie's weight-loss surgery May 13
Guests: Matt Katz, Thomas Wadden, Margaret Bonafide New Jersey Governor Chris Christie revealed last week that he underwent gastric band surgery in February. The Governor explained his reasons for the secret weight loss surgery to the New York [...]

The Brothers Emanuel May 10
Guest: EZEKIEL EMANUEL HR 1 [REBROADCAST]EZEKIEL EMANUEL is the eldest brother of the current Mayor of Chicago and former White House Chief of Staff, and a powerful Hollywood agent immortalized in the HBO series, “Entourage” – Rahm and [...]

Maria Bello on her acting and activism May 10
Hour 2 Guest: Maria Bello Actor MARIA BELLO has won acclaim for her roles in the films The History of Violence and The Cooler.  She’s appeared in many television shows including starring as Detective Jane Timoney in last [...]

Plan B, politics and parents May 8
Guests:  Jessica Arons and Joan Vennochi Back in 2011, in a controversial decision, Health and Human Services Secretary Katherine Sebelius announced that the morning after pill, known as Plan B One-Step, would be available over-the-counter only to women [...]

Anatomy of violence May 6
Guest: Adrian Raine Why does someone commit a violent crime?  Is it their genes, their environment or a combination of the two? Neurocriminologist ADRIAN RAINE has been studying the psychological origins of crime for 30 years and, through [...]

Health care law update May 2
Hour 1 Guests: David Grande, Robert Field The Affordable Care Act, what’s popularly known as Obamacare, is three years old but a recent poll shows that 42 percent of Americans don’t even know it is law.  According to [...]

What do you say to a sick friend? April 30
Guest:  Letty Cottin Pogrebin What do you say to a sick friend and why is it so difficult to come up with the words and actions that both adequately express our concern and at the same time offer [...]

Michael Pollan: Cooked April 26
Guests: Michael Pollan “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” That’s the famous advice of food writer MICHAEL POLLAN.  Pollan has written a number of bestselling books exploring the problems with America’s industrialized food system and the way [...]

"Far from the Tree" with author Andrew Solomon April 17
Guest:  Andrew Solomon In his new book,  Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity, writer ANDREW SOLOMON tells the complicated, sometimes heartbreaking and oftentimes compelling stories of parents who not only learn to cope [...]

Babies, language and the developing brain April 15
Guests:  Roberta Golinkoff, Trude Haecker Talk to your baby – it’s critical for their developing brains. And researchers now know that the choice and number of words that parents use matter.  Early exposure to language helps predict kids' [...]

The debate on paid sick leave in Philadelphia April 8
GUESTS: RANDY LOBASSO, MARIANNE BELLESORTE  & WILLIAM DUNKELBERG Last week Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter vetoed the Earned Sick Days Bill recently passed by City Council. This is the second time around for the bill, championed by Councilman Bill [...]

Debating 'no smoker' hiring policies April 5
Guests: Harald Schmidt, David Asch Smokers need not apply to the University of Pennsylvania Health System starting this July when a ban on hiring nicotine users will go into effect.  Penn Health system says this policy is an [...]

The Brothers Emanuel April 2
Guest: EZEKIEL EMANUEL EZEKIEL EMANUEL is the eldest brother of the current Mayor of Chicago and former White House Chief of Staff, and a powerful Hollywood agent immortalized in the HBO series, “Entourage” – Rahm and Ari Emanuel. [...]

Household chores — figuring out who does what and why it's so hard April 2
Guests:  Wendy Klein, Andy Hinds, Emily Oster Let's be honest….no one likes doing chores, but the good news is much has changed at home when it comes to sharing the responsibilities of raising children and maintaining a home.  [...]

Rebecca Skloot, 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' March 29
[REBROADCAST] Henrietta Lacks was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors; she died in obscurity more than 60 years ago, buried in an unmarked grave. But her cells, taken by scientists [...]

Salt, Sugar and Fat March 21
GUEST: MICHAEL MOSS If you eat processed food, how much do you scrutinize the ingredients on the package? Our guest, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, MICHAEL MOSS, has considered the quality of these ingredients, including identifying the 8,500 milligrams [...]

'A Place at the Table' for Witnesses to Hunger: A new documentary March 1
GUESTS: BARBIE IZQUIERDO, MARIANA CHILTON, LORI SILVERBUSH and KRISTI JACOBSON “A Place at the Table” is a new documentary about the crisis of hunger in America today that was an Official Selection of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. [...]

'A Place at the Table' for Witnesses to Hunger: A new documentary February 20
GUESTS: BARBIE IZQUIERDO, MARIANA CHILTON, LORI SILVERBUSH and KRISTI JACOBSON “A Place at the Table” is a new documentary about the crisis of hunger in America today that was an Official Selection of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. [...]

Addiction: tightening the gap between research and practice February 19
Are addiction treatment centers prepared to provide the care necessary for sustainable sobriety? And how can we successfully track those suffering from addiction after they have 'graduated' from intensive treatment? We’ll get an update on how the growing [...]

Learning about love from arranged marriages; then the science behind online dating February 14
Guests:  ROBERT EPSTEIN, REVA SETH and BENJAMIN KARNEY The notion of an arranged marriage (by choice) seems odd to most of us but several recent studies have found that such unions are just as likely, if not more [...]

Separating fact from fiction on weight loss and obesity February 12
GUESTS:  DAVID SARWER and STELLA VOLPE An article in last week's issue of The New England Journal caught our attention. It's authors identified seven commonly held beliefs about obesity and weight loss that actually have never been scientifically [...]

'Soul Food Junkies': Filmmaker Byron Hurt examines African American foodways & health February 7
In the new PBS film “Soul Food Junkies,” Newark, NJ-based filmmaker BYRON HURT sets out on a historical and culinary journey to learn more about the soul food tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. Hurt’s exploration [...]

Debating mental health legislation after Newtown massacre January 25
The massacre last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut galvanized the national conversation on gun control, but that wasn’t all. Family stories of shooter Adam Lanza’s mental health struggles – on the heels of mental [...]

True confessions: Lance Armstrong comes clean January 18
Lance Armstrong confessed last night in an interview with Oprah Winfrey to taking performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career. Yesterday, the International Olympic Committee stripped Armstrong of his 2000 bronze medal and last fall cycling’s governing body, the [...]

#innovateRT: Sustainable Philadelphia January 18
In the fifth and final hour in our series on Philadelphia Innovators, we look at sustainability in the city and the effort to make Philly the greenest city in America.  We’ll find out how close we are to [...]

Food myths and fad diets January 11
Every New Year millions of Americans resolve to lose weight, eat better and hit the gym.  Sadly, many of us aren’t successful.  But in our quest to be slimmer and fitter, we often seize on headlines that tout [...]

Forty years since Roe v. Wade January 9
Forty years ago this month, the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, the historic case that made abortion legal in the United States. The Roe v. Wade decision held that a woman, with her doctor, could have [...]

What's happened to recess? January 7
As school districts cut budgets, worry about litigation and squeeze more academics into limited time, recess has taken a hit in terms of frequency and duration in some schools throughout the country.  Only six states mandate 20 minutes [...]

Marijuana politics in NJ, PA & the U.S. January 3
Last month, JAY LASSITER of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, purchased the Garden State’s first legal medical marijuana from Greenleaf Compassion Center in Montclair, New Jersey. Battling HIV for two decades, the advocacy consultant and former BlueJersey.com blogger campaigned [...]

Some good news in the childhood obesity battle December 20
This year there’s some good news in the fight against childhood obesity – particularly for Philadelphia. Rates of childhood obesity have declined in Philadelphia along with a few other cities including New York, El Paso, and Anchorage.  Though [...]

Perspective on the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy December 17
In an effort to provide thoughtful perspective on the tragic shootings that killed 20 children aged 6-7 and 6 educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, we’ll turn to three local professionals who study and work [...]

The risks and rewards of older parenthood December 13
Among the many changes in American families over the past few decades is the increasing number of parents who are having children later in life.  While the average first time parent in the U.S. is in her twenties, [...]

Contraception, sexual health and teens December 11
The American Academy of Pediatrics came out with a recommendation recently to increase teen access to emergency contraception. In a new policy report, the organization advised pediatricians to not only openly discuss contraception with their female patients but [...]

The Paulsboro train derailment – lessons learned December 10
The freight train derailment on Friday, November 30, that sent 4 tank cars carrying toxic vinyl chloride into the Mantua Creek in Paulsboro New Jersey, has raised serious questions about railroad safety, regulations regarding the shipment of hazardous [...]

Genetic testing and medicine December 4
Doctors are increasingly turning to genetic testing to track down diseases, uncover a patient’s risk and better target treatments. Every cell in our body contains our complete DNA and from a swab of saliva or a little blood, [...]

Navigating the cracks in the health care system December 3
BETH ANN SWAN is dean and professor at the Jefferson School of Nursing at Thomas Jefferson University. With 30 years working as a nurse clinician, researcher, educator and administrator, it would seem likely that she would be more [...]

States react to the Affordable Care Act November 26
With President Obama’s reelection, the Affordable Care Act is here to stay. During the presidential campaign, Republican candidate Mitt Romney promised to dismantle parts of “Obamacare” if elected, but now with Obama in office for four more years, [...]

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 [...]

Is 60 the new 40? A conversation about middle age November 9
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] Is 60 really the new 40?  It all depends on how you define the middle years of life, says author PATRICIA COHEN.  According to Cohen, traditionally, society has viewed the age of 40 as the [...]

Dreamland: David Randall on the science of sleep November 2
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] When journalist DAVID RANDALL woke up in his hallway screaming in pain after sleepwalking into a wall, he decided it was time to get some answers to his years of troubled sleep. But what Randall [...]

The option of palliative care November 1
Hour 2 Many patients with serious illness and their families struggle with making end-of life decisions. Is there etiquette for discussing the ethics of breaking bad news to family members? What are the ethical guidelines doctors must consider [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Latino Vote September 21
Hour 1 This week, President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney got the opportunity to address Latino voters, trying to earn their support at a “Meet the Candidates” forum in Florida and on the Spanish language TV [...]

Amanda Bennett ponders 'The Cost of Hope' August 29
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] “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 [...]

Daniel Smith's memoir of anxiety, 'Monkey Mind' August 28
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] 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 [...]

Philly gun violence, Pt. 4: Moving toward solutions August 24
Hour 1 To close out Radio Times’ series on gun violence in Philadelphia this summer (links to Part 1: Responding to Gun Violence in Philadelphia & Wilmington; Part 2: Victims & City's Perspective; and Part 3: Youth Perspectives), [...]

Rabies: The story of a diabolical virus August 21
Hour 2 For most of us, the only time we think about rabies is when we take our dog or cat to the vets for vaccinations. But while rabies rarely kills people in Western countries, globally some 55,000 [...]

Dreamland: David Randall on the science of sleep August 17
Hour 1 When journalist DAVID RANDALL woke up in his hallway screaming in pain after sleepwalking into a wall, he decided it was time to get some answers to his years of troubled sleep. But what Randall found [...]

Jeanette Winterson's memoir, 'Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal' August 10
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] British writer JEANETTE WINTERSON had a rough childhood. She was raised in an industrial town in northern England in the 1960s by adoptive parents who were poor and abusive, particularly her mother, who was also [...]

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, [...]

A Dip into the joys of swimming with Lynn Sherr August 1
Hour 2 Yesterday, sixteen year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen won her second gold, this time in the 200 meter individual medley.  On Saturday, she swam a world record breaking 4:28:43 in the  400IM, blowing away the competition and [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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.  [...]

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, [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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.   [...]

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Buzz Bissinger's cross country trip with his extraordinary son May 21
HR 2 Pulitzer Prize-winning author BUZZ BISSINGER takes a road trip with his 24 year old son to get to know him better. This is not your usual father-and-son bonding story – Bissenger’s sons, Gerry and Zach are [...]

What's in our food? Michael Pollan & Keeve Nachman May 9
Hour 2 What is in your chicken?  A new study found that chickens were eating feed containing a banned antibiotic and the active ingredients for pain relievers, antihistamines, and antidepressants. There’s been growing concern over the use antibiotics [...]

Lunch break: Why fewer American workers are taking it May 8
Hour 2 Do you take your lunch break when you’re at work – leave your desk, walk to a restaurant or maybe brown bag it in the park? Turns out, more and more American workers are eating at [...]

Understanding poverty today May 4
Hour 1 For the poorest Americans, these are the worst times since the Great Depression. On the heels of the 2008 recession, lingering unemployment, foreclosures and now a new wave of cuts to last-resort government aid programs, how [...]

Ghost Factories: Lead's toxic legacy in our soil May 2
Hour 1 In hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods, including several in Philadelphia and the surrounding area, the soil that children play in is contaminated by lead and other toxic metal particles once spewed into the air by factories that [...]

Child welfare: protecting children's interests April 30
Hour 1 The shocking death of 6-year-old Khalil Wimes, who was allegedly starved and beaten to death by his parents, has outraged and confused many Philadelphians. Why was this young boy removed from a safe foster home and [...]

How a bond between brothers led to 'Dr. Death' April 26
Hour 2 March 18, 1997 began like any normal day in the working class suburb of Warminster in southeastern Pennsylvania. But JIMMY MILEY didn’t take his older brother Buddy to the scheduled eye doctor appointment. Instead, Jimmy and [...]

The science of exercise April 25
Hour 2 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 us [...]

Triggered: A first-person memoir of OCD April 20
Hour 1 You don’t want to know what writer FLETCHER WORTMANN is thinking. For many of his 25 years he was consumed by thoughts of intrusive, taboo, abhorrent acts so perverse he became suicidal out of his concern [...]

Medical specialists warn of overtesting April 12
Hour 1 Nine physician specialty societies are banning together with leading consumer groups to draw attention to the over-use of certain medical tests and procedures.  The “Choosing Wisely” initiative, launched by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation [...]

Cutting-edge science & challenges of premature babies April 5
Hour 2 The science and stories of premature babies, viable ever-earlier thanks to advances in medicine and technology but with medical challenges testing the limits of neonatology. Dr. ADAM WOLFBERG knows about these challenges intimately – he’s the [...]

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 [...]

Pennsylvania's public welfare on the chopping block April 2
Hour 1 Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has proposed $629 million in cuts to the Department of Public Welfare's budget, including $319 million in General Assistance ($150 M for cash; $169 M for health care); $168 million to human [...]

Mapping the Mind: Sebastian Seung on the Connectome March 30
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] Many people think that our genes tell the story of who we are. But a group of researchers believe that the wiring in our brain may be even more revealing and they’ve set out to [...]

Supreme Court considers Affordable Care Act March 28
Hour 1 As the arguments come to a close in Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida, the challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care reform being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, we pick the brains [...]

Tracie McMillan on 'The American Way of Eating' March 27
In 2009, investigative journalist TRACIE McMILLAN worked undercover alongside farm laborers in California's Salinas Valley, expedited meals at Applebee’s, and stocked the grocery shelves at Walmart — all in an effort to understand the American food system how [...]

Philadelphia's new ban on feeding homeless outdoors March 22
Hour 2 The city of Philadelphia has banned the feeding of homeless people in city parks, and if the Board of Health approves it tonight*, will require a permit and training for any groups that want to distribute [...]

The neuroscience of the addicted brain March 21
Hour 2 Neuroscientist MARC LEWIS had first-hand knowledge of addiction when he began to study the effect of drugs on the brain. He was an addict for 15 years, starting when he was at boarding school and homesick. [...]

Jeanette Winterson's memoir, 'Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal' March 20
Hour 2 British writer JEANETTE WINTERSON had a rough childhood. She was raised in an industrial town in northern England in the 1960s by adoptive parents who were poor and abusive, particularly her mother, who was also religious [...]

'Fast Food and Junk Food:' Andrew Smith on what we love to eat March 19
Hour 2 What do you value in your food? Taste? Nutrition? Something that fills you up or reminds you of your past?  Much of what America consumes is high in calories and low in nutrition, and according to [...]

Does your doctor always tell the truth? March 14
Hour 2 How well do you trust your doctor? In a recent survey, a number of physicians admitted to bending the truth and even lying to patients, whether it’s presenting a prognosis more optimistically, hiding a medical mistake [...]

Bread rising: From sliced white to artisanal's resurgence March 9
Hour 1 In some circles white bread has been revived as a kitschy, low-brow treat. Other people eat the sliced loaf because it’s cheap and those calories count in a struggling family’s home. AARON BOBROW-STRAIN, who teaches politics [...]

Picky eaters: Discretion or disorder? March 8
Hour 2 Do you know someone who only eats certain foods like pizza, grilled cheese or cereal? Many of us do and it turns out not all of them are children. For thousands of adults picky eating is [...]

Reproductive health under fire: The battles over contraception coverage & abortion March 5
Hour 1 Battles over the birth control and abortion are erupting all over the country and dominating headlines this campaign season. Last week Senate Democrats narrowly defeated a Republican-led challenge to President Obama’s contraception coverage policy, which requires [...]

Nagging: The Marriage Killer? March 5
Hour 2 A recent story in The Wall Street Journal described nagging in marriage as potentially more toxic than adultery. Some of us are guilty of it, most every couple has experienced it and we all know it's [...]

Is Sugar Toxic? March 1
Hour 2 Should sugar be regulated like tobacco and alcohol? Obesity researcher ROBERT LUSTIG thinks so because it’s a toxic substance. Lustig researches the health effects of sugar and believes that our sweet habit plays a leading role [...]

The divorce generation with author Susan Gregory Thomas February 24
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] SUSAN GREGORY THOMAS says that the defining question of her generation, those born between 1965-1980, is "when did your parents divorce?"  Statistics back up her claim.  Almost half of Generation X's childhoods were marked by [...]

Is 60 the new 40? A conversation about middle age February 21
Hour 2 Is 60 really the new 40?  It all depends on how you define the middle years of life, says author PATRICIA COHEN.  According to Cohen, traditionally, society has viewed the age of 40 as the entry [...]

Contraception, the Catholic Church, the President and Politics February 9
Hour 1 The Obama administration announced last month that it would require religious hospitals, colleges and other institutions, like those affiliated with the Catholic Church, to provide health care coverage for contraception.  The decision has ignited a passionate [...]

Mapping the Mind: Sebastian Seung on the Connectome February 9
Hour 2 Many people think that our genes tell the story of who we are. But a group of researchers believe that the wiring in our brain may be even more revealing and they’ve set out to make [...]