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 [...]

What drives radicalization; then media coverage of the Boston bombings April 22
Guests: John Horgan and Rem Rieder What does it take for a young man to go from being what friends said was a "regular" kid to someone who commits a heinous act of violence? What would motivate that [...]

Jackie Robinson and the civil rights movement April 10
Guests:  Chris Lamb and Michael Long On April 15, 1947, when Jackie Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves on opening day of Major League Baseball, marriage between blacks and whites in most [...]

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 [...]

Online Comments March 25
Guests: Dietram Scheufele, Meghan Daum, Bob Cohn Do you read the comments at the end of an article or blog?  Do you post responses yourself?  A recent study examined the effect of online comments on readers and found [...]

Cell phone video & public-police relationship March 7
GUESTS: DAVID RUDOVSKY, JERRY RATCLIFFE, TIMOTHY B. LEE Cell phone video footage captured then-Philadelphia Police Lt. Jonathan Josey striking a woman in the face at the street celebrations in North Philadelphia following September’s Puerto Rican Day Parade. When [...]

'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. [...]

'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 [...]

NPR's Andy Carvin, a 'Distant Witness' via social media January 22
The Arab Spring changed history, and changed the way breaking news is reported around the world and who controls the news. NPR social media chief ANDY CARVIN – “the man who tweets revolutions” – offers a unique first-person [...]

National politics: Guns, fiscal cliff & more December 21
In this week’s national news roundup, Marty chats with two Washington D.C.-based journalists about the big two topics dominating the national political discussion this week: the Newtown, CT, massacre and possible gun legislation in response, and the "fiscal [...]

Downsizing the Pentagon budget; then, what suicide bombers & rampage shooters have in common December 19
Should the U.S. slide off the fiscal cliff in a few weeks, over $55 billion in spending cuts a year for the next decade will kick in at the Pentagon. That amount added to the $487 billion in [...]

Money and ads in the 2012 election November 8
Hour 1 The 2012 election was the most expensive in history and by a wide margin.  At a cost of $6 billion, this year’s federal campaigns spent $700 million more than the second most expensive election in history, [...]

Election 2012 — local races, the political polls, and voter supression November 7
Hour 2 We continue our conversation about the 2012 election.  Starting us off is Muhlenberg College professor CHRIS BORICK who has been following some of Pennsylvania's more heated races.  Then we'll turn our attention several interesting issues that [...]

Election preview and analysis November 5
Hour 2 With the election just a day away, we’re taking one more look at the Presidential race, the campaigns and the voters. We’ll talk about the impact of the super storm on Super Tuesday, the role of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sasha Issenberg on 'The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns' September 12
Hour 1 What convinces a voter this way or that? It’s an age-old question that’s driven one of the surest, fastest-growing sectors of the American economy for the last several decades. But increasingly, that seemingly simple question is [...]

Who foots the bill for the political conventions; then, checking the fact-checkers September 6
Hour 1 After the speeches are over, the parties have ended, the banners come down, and the delegates head home, the Democratic and Republican parties will have spent well over $100 million on their national conventions.  So who [...]

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 [...]

Assessing the GOP Convention: Romney, Ryan & the race for the White House August 31
Hour 1 Last night, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made his case to his party and the American electorate for why he should replace President Barack Obama in the White House. Romney’s speech followed three days of speeches [...]

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake with writer Anna Quindlen August 31
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] Writer ANNA QUINDLEN is on the verge of turning 60 and she says that one of the best part of getting older is that she just doesn't care what people think about her anymore.   She's [...]

Rep. Akin, 'legitimate rape' and the political fallout August 22
Hour 2 Republican Rep. Todd Akin has refused to pull out of the U.S. Senate race in Missouri after his controversial comments in a television interview about rape set off a public furor. Akin, responding to a question [...]

Olympics 2012: A look back at London & NBC August 13
Hour 2 The 2012 Olympics are over, and in this hour of Radio Times, we look back on the remarkable athleticism, struggles and successes, defeats and drama, hype and history of the London Games. From Michael Phelps dripping [...]

National political roundup August 10
Hour 1 Speculation continues about who Mitt Romney will pick to join him on the GOP ticket – Tim Pawlenty, Rob Portman, Paul Ryan and Chris Christie are some of the names floated as possible running mates.  Romney [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Catching up on courts: Sandusky & Lynn trials June 22
Hour 2 The nation’s courtrooms are always providing newsworthy cases and verdicts, and recent weeks have been full of important legal battles. The U.S. Supreme Court has been keeping the media, political, legal, medical and other sectors in [...]

Investigative journalism: Watergate's legacy & beyond June 20
Hour 1 Forty years after the Watergate break-in that eventually brought down a presidency, we isolate and assess one key aspect of the scandal: investigative journalism. The Washington Post’s reporting team of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and [...]

National Politics Roundup June 14
Hour 1 We’re taking stock of the race for the White House this hour and examining how the Presidential candidates are faring. It’s been a tough few weeks for Obama’s re-election campaign – the Wisconsin results, more bad [...]

Celebrating 25 Years of Radio Times June 4
Hour 2 We look back on the 25 years Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane has been on the air by playing clips from some of our favorite live moments, listening to commentary from the producers and having a [...]

Congressional dysfunction with AEI's Norman Ornstein May 31
Hour 1 When it comes to the partisan rancor and gridlock that defines Congress and seriously handicaps government, just point your finger at the Republican Party.  That's according to NORMAN ORNSTEIN, co-author with Thomas Mann of the new [...]

Previewing New Jersey's primary election May 30
Hour 1 New Jersey voters go to the polls Tuesday for the Garden State’s primary election. Mitt Romney has the Republican presidential nomination sewn up, so the allegiance of New Jersey’s 50 delegates to the GOP national convention [...]

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.   [...]

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake with writer Anna Quindlen May 10
Hour 2 Writer ANNA QUINDLEN is on the verge of turning 60 and she says that one of the best part of getting older is that she just doesn't care what people think about her anymore.   She's raised [...]

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 [...]

Pulitzer Prize winner Sara Ganim & her editor Mike Feeley; then the Philadelphia Food Stamp Challenge April 24
Hour 1 In announcing its award for local reporting last week, the Pulitzer Prize committee praised crime reporter SARA GANIM and her colleagues at the Patriot-News of Harrisburg for “courageously revealing and adeptly covering the explosive Penn State [...]

The social media battleground of today's politics April 19
Hour 1 Days before Pennsylvania’s primary, we step back and check our cell phones for the latest update on how political campaigns are using social media, technology and the “four screens” many of us see every day to [...]

The primary elsewhere in PA: The views from Erie, NePA & Pittsburgh April 16
Hour 1 With a week left before Pennsylvania voters can choose candidates in the Republican and Democratic primary elections, we take stock of how a few select campaigns have played out in other parts of the commonwealth. We’ll [...]

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 [...]

Encyclopedias, Wikipedia, and how we get information in the 21st century March 28
Hour 2 The publishers of the Encyclopedia Britannica announced earlier this month that after 244 years, they will no longer make available print editions of the reference book.  It will however make available its resources online for an [...]

The Trayvon Martin Case March 26
Hour 2 The shooting death of Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in Florida has sparked outrage around the country. The 17-year-old black teen was unarmed and walking home from a convenience store when he was [...]

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?  [...]

Kony 2012, the controversy & a reality check March 13
Hour 2 Since the "KONY 2012" video went viral on March 5, over 75 million viewers have watched it online.  Created by the nonprofit organization Invisible Children, the video was produced to create awareness of the atrocities perpetrated [...]

Lori Andrews on social networks & privacy March 9
Hour 2 Social networking sites have the ability to put us in touch with old friends, help us meet our soul-mates and even topple governments, but they are also blurring the lines between our public and private selves [...]

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 [...]

Internet piracy & how to stop it February 16
Hour 2 From the download of that song stuck in your head to the episode of that TV show viewed on a foreign website, it's easier than ever to get your favorite media for free on the internet. [...]

Covering the story of Philly's daily newspapers up for sale, again February 14
Hour 1 It's been just about 18 months since the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News were sold to a group of hedge funds known as Philadelphia Media Network, and by all accounts, the newspapers are back on [...]

The Supreme Court's blockbuster term February 2
Hour 1 By all accounts, the Supreme Court's current term has been filled with decisions on important and historic cases, influencing criminal procedure, privacy, and decency on the airwaves, with decisions still to come that will influence politics [...]

The GOP's presidential candidates & the state of the Republican Party January 30
Hour 1 They've been called everything from clowns to liars to hypocrites. We're talking about the contenders for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, a cast of characters that seems to pit the party establishment against the Tea Party [...]

Cursing & public discourse: Have we gone too far? January 27
Hour 2 Mayor Nutter recently turned a few heads after he used some choice words when responding to the senseless murder of three Philadelphia teenagers.  The award-winning ABC sitcom Modern Family also found itself in a little bit [...]

Data mining & online tracking: Joseph Turow on 'The Daily You' January 13
Hour 1 Have you ever Googled a specific topic only to find that advertisements associated with that topic suddenly appear in your email or on your internet browser? The process by which all that happens is called "data [...]

Lori Andrews on social networks & privacy January 12
Hour 2 Social networking sites have the ability to put us in touch with old friends, help us meet our soul-mates and even topple governments, but they are also blurring the lines between our public and private selves [...]

Iowa's caucuses & 'The Lost Majority' January 4
Hour 1 The 2011 campaign year watched Mitt Romney contending against a revolving list of “Anyone But Mitt” candidates near the top of the polls among Republican voters, with Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron [...]

Gangster movies with George Anastasia & Glen Macnow December 27
Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] Why are we so fascinated with the bad guys and why do they make such compelling characters on the big screen?  In their new book, The Ultimate Guide to Gangster Movies, Philadelphia Inquirer crime reporter [...]

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 [...]

Polling the early primary states: Iowa, New Hampshire & South Carolina December 15
Hour 1 In this week’s political roundup, we check in with political scientists and pollsters in the first three states where the much-debated Republican field of presidential candidates is put to a vote. Joining us from Iowa, which [...]

Doctors under fire amid 'Arab Spring' revolutions November 29
Hour 1 As the revolutions collectively known as “the Arab Spring” have rocked the Middle East and North Africa, medical professionals have often been caught in the crossfire. Dictators like Bashar Al-Assad in Syria and the late Moammar [...]

Press freedom around the world November 21
Hour 2 Seven Pakistani journalists have been murdered so far in 2011, putting the volatile nation at the heart of so much geopolitical tension on pace to repeat its place at the top of the list of the [...]

National political roundup, with Jill Lawrence & Ben Berger November 16
Hour 1 In today’s national political roundup, Marty and her guests will survey the domestic political news landscape, especially the deficit super-committee nearing its deadline but seemingly deadlocked on familiar issues of tax reform and “entitlement reform”; the [...]

The Occupy Movement October 31
Hour 1 It’s been a month and a half since the Occupy Wall Street protests started in New York’s Zuccotti Park. Since then, anti-Wall Street demonstrations have spread to cities around the country and world, drawing attention to [...]

Making sense of the Occupy Philly/Wall Street movement October 17
Hour 1 Who is Occupying a park near Wall Street and Philly’s Dilworth Plaza, and why? Protesters calling themselves “the 99 percent,” as opposed to the 1 percent they say have reaped the rewards of the recession, bailouts, [...]

Gangster movies with George Anastasia & Glen Macnow October 14
Hour 2 Why are we so fascinated with the bad guys and why do they make such compelling characters on the big screen?  In their new book The Ultimate Guide to Gangster Movies, Philadelphia Inquirer crime reporter George [...]

Chris Christie & the GOP field; then Iranian hikers free, but attorney trapped October 7
Hour 1 The roster of potential saviors for the GOP 2012 presidential field thinned by two this week, with the announcements by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin that they would not [...]

More: The Vanishing of Scale in an Over-the-Top Nation September 1
Hour 2 The media is obsessed with triviality on a big scale, according to our guest, Drexel University Communication Professor, DR. RONALD BISHOP. There are many reality TV baby shows featuring teenage moms, multiple birth moms and addicted [...]

Late-summer update on Libya & the Arab Spring August 25
Hour 1 The 42-year reign of Col. Moammar Qaddafi in Libya appears to be over, or at least under immediate mortal threat, depending on how this week’s surprising storming of Tripoli by the Libyan rebels shakes out. Unlike [...]

Women politicians –how we talk about them and what we expect from them August 15
Hour 2 A recent Newsweek cover featuring a photograph of Michele Bachmann with the headline "The Queen of Rage" has created quite a stir. Critics of the Newsweek cover say the image portrays Bachmann as a woman out [...]

'Slut Walk': Feminists fight back against rape August 4
Hour 2 Philadelphia will be host to its first Slut Walk on Saturday. It’s the latest in a series of events that started in Toronto in April, when local women took exception to a police officer’s now-infamous comment [...]

Facial Recognition Technology July 21
Hour 1 Police and sheriff departments around the country are testing facial recognition technology. They are building databases of suspects using photos, iris scans and fingerprints that will allow law enforcement officials to identify people remotely using handheld [...]

Phone-hacking fallout in British/U.S. media July 12
Hour 1 A media scandal across the pond has implications for the U.S. media landscape, because it revolves around Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire. The Australian-born Murdoch is best known in the U.S. for founding the FOX Network, [...]

New Jersey political roundup, featuring NJN's Michael Aron and more July 5
Hour 1 The state of New Jersey has undergone a significant political upheaval, with the strongest evidence yet the passage of Governor Chris Christie’s pet project: a bill requiring public employees to pay more for their health care [...]

Saudi women fight for the right to drive, then a NJ schools update June 16
Hour 1 There’s a protest planned in Saudi Arabia on Friday that's encouraging women to get into their cars and drive.  Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where women are banned from driving – they [...]

Hollywood's fathers, with film historian David Thomson June 16
Hour 2 In time for Father’s Day, we take a look back at memorable fathers in film history with film historian and critic DAVID THOMSON, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film and a library’s worth of [...]

ESPN's rise to sports media dominance May 26
Hour 2 If you are, or live with, a sports fan, you know all about ESPN, the “worldwide leader in sports.” Now, the writers who brought the world the acclaimed oral history of Saturday Night Live are back [...]

National politics, with Mark McKinnon & Dick Polman May 20
Hour 1 The Republican field of candidates for the 2012 presidential nomination is taking shape, and it’s nothing if not interesting. While The Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee declared they were NOT running, Rep. Ron Paul and Newt [...]

Is a politician's personal life relevant to voters? May 18
Hour 1 When does a politician's personal life become relevant to voters?  With the 2012 presidential primary looming, the marriages and relationships of several possible contenders have come under scrutiny. There's Newt Gingrich's confessions of infidelity and three [...]

The World of Fake News with The Onion's Joe Garden and Chad Nackers May 12
Hour 2 Many newspapers have been eliminated and traditional news organizations are trying to find a home online. Here’s a twist: Philadelphians have been reading The Onion online and, as of this winter, the print edition of the [...]

Mothers in the movies May 5
Hour 2 In time for Mother’s Day, Radio Times looks back at memorable moms in the movies. Joining Marty and our callers for this conversation will be film historian JEANINE BASINGER, Chair of the Film Studies Department at [...]

The wedding and the Donald. Is this news? May 3
Hour 2 Over 8,000 journalists were in London last week to cover the royal wedding. American network and cable news organizations pulled out all the stops, sending their A-list talent abroad and hiring British experts to provide commentary.  [...]

Chris Rabb shines light on 'Invisible Capital' April 19
Hour 2 Philadelphia’s CHRIS RABB is a consultant, writer, and public speaker focusing on the intersection of entrepreneurship, civic engagement, media and social identity. His new book is titled Invisible Capital: How Unseen Forces Shape Entrepreneurial Opportunity, and it [...]

Morgan Spurlock's 'Greatest Movie Ever Sold' April 15
Hour 2 Documentary filmmaker MORGAN SPURLOCK won fame for his first film, "Super Size Me." His latest film is “POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,” which both is an example of, and a critical analysis of, [...]

Digital democratizing & media in the Middle East April 12
Hour 2 Never has social media’s role in world affairs been more under the microscope than the Arab uprisings that continue to roil the Middle East. A wave of protests that began in Tunisia and toppled its dictator [...]

How images in the news shape our understanding of a story March 29
Hour 2 Why is it that we can read a story in the news about death but struggle when we look at pictures that document that tragedy? Why do the images make us squeamish and the accompanying words [...]

Nonviolence in the Arab streets, with Gene Sharp, Sherif Mansour & Mubarak Awad February 17
Hour 1 The protests that continue to shake the Arab world, and which successfully ousted dictators in Egypt and Tunisia, came as a shock to many. Much of the news coverage has focused on the role that technology [...]

Egypt update, then Republican Party politics February 11
Hour 1 ERIC TRAGER is just back from Cairo. He is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of Pennsylvania, where his dissertation research focuses on Egyptian opposition parties.  He has interviewed over 100 Egyptian opposition [...]

Understanding the Comcast/NBCU merger January 31
Hour 1 Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice approved the merger of the country's largest cable operator, Philadelphia’s Comcast Corporation, and broadcasting company NBC Universal. The FCC tacked on several unprecedented conditions [...]

Uprisings in the Middle East January 31
Hour 2 Protesters have taken to the streets across Egypt to demand the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.  This follows similar anti-government riots in Tunisia which resulted in an end to the 23-year dictatorship of former Tunisian President [...]

Talking honestly about race January 14
Hour 1 Last year, in a speech at the Justice Department, attorney general Eric Holder called Americans cowards when it comes to talking honestly about race.  He said, "Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of [...]

Making sense of the Arizona mass shootings January 13
Hour 1 At a public memorial service last night to honor the six victims of the mass shootings in Arizona last weekend, President Obama addressed the nation. In this hour of Radio Times we explore how national tragedies [...]

Online privacy, the consumer and do not track lists January 6
Hour 1 Have you ever had the experience of shopping for something online – maybe a new TV — and the next day suddenly you’re being bombarded with ads for televisions. When we’re online, visiting sites, we are [...]

Endangered & imprisoned journalists around the world December 20
Hour 1 The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that 42 journalists were slain around the world in 2010, and that there are more journalists imprisoned around the world – 145 – than at any time in the last [...]

Debating Net Neutrality December 10
Hour 1 Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski announced a new network neutrality proposal last week.  Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers should not discriminate between data or content traveling along their lines but treat [...]

First, Obama's tax-cut deal, then internet dating December 7
Hour 2 Marty starts this hour with a 20-minute interview with WHYY's National Interest blogger DICK POLMAN about the tax-cut deal struck by President Obama and Republicans in Congress. Then, in the last two-thirds of the show:  Internet [...]

Update on the battle against smoking — labels, messages and lawsuits November 16
Hour 2 Last week, the government unveiled a series of proposed warning labels for cigarette packs (pdf) marketed in the United States.  Many of the images are disturbing, featuring drawings or photographs of diseased lungs, a corpse, a [...]