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Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane

Episode Category: politics


Contraception, the Catholic Church, the President and Politics

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

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 debate over religious freedom, the conscience exemption and the rights of women to control their own health [...]

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Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett's 2012-2013 budget deconstructed

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Hour 1 In a much-anticipated address before a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate yesterday, Governor Tom Corbett outlined his budget plans for the  2012-2013 fiscal year.  The proposed $27.1 billion budget closes an expected $700 million shortfall, includes no new tax increases, but does involve major cuts in funding for the state's [...]

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The proposed merger of Rutgers-Camden & Rowan University

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Hour 1 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is pushing an advisory committee’s proposal to improve higher-education in the Garden State. The panel recommended consolidating a number of the state’s public universities to create larger and more competitive institutions. However, one part of the plan has sparked fierce opposition – the recommendation to merge Rutgers University’s [...]

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International politics and… zombies! with Daniel Drezner

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] When an international conflict such as Kosovo, Iraq or Afghanistan arises, political pundits and theorists wrestle with how various political theories and worldviews differ in their responses. But how would geopolitical stances such as neoconservatism, realism and liberalism respond to the ultimate threat: zombie hordes overrunning borders in their insatiable quest for [...]

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Are the Big 3 really making a comeback? Plus hits & misses of the Philadelphia Auto Show

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Just three years after the near-collapse of the U.S. auto industry, Detroit's Big Three automakers are in the middle of a resurgence.  They are regaining some of the market share they lost to Japanese manufacturers and GM has even regained its position as the world’s No. 1 car maker. But is it really a comeback?  [...]

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The Supreme Court's blockbuster term

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

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 and policy. The Court has already decided on cases including redistricting in Texas, whether religious schools have [...]

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Should same-sex marriage in New Jersey be put to a vote?

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Hour 1 Last week, Governor Chris Christie called for the voters of New Jersey to have the final say in the fight to legalize same-sex marriage rather than having the Legislature decide. He proposed that the issue be put on the ballot, giving it “the weight that it merits." He went on to say that [...]

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The Keystone XL Pipeline Debate

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Hour 1 The Obama administration recently rejected the hotly contested proposal to build a 1,700-mile pipeline from Western Canada to Texas. The Keystone XL pipeline would carry 800,000 barrels of oil from the tar sands in Alberta across to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. President Obama said that his administration denied the permit because [...]

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The GOP's presidential candidates & the state of the Republican Party

Monday, January 30th, 2012

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 movement.  What does the current crop of candidates say about the Republican Party, its electorate, and their [...]

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Cursing & public discourse: Have we gone too far?

Friday, January 27th, 2012

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 of hot water thanks to an F-bomb dropped by a toddler.  Meanwhile the Supreme Court has begun [...]

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