
Politics & Policy
Jeff Sessions magically refreshes his memory
You don't often see Jeff Sessions (Trump's hapless piñata) linked in the same sentence with Steve McQueen (the cool '60s actor), but I'm giving it a try.
8 years ago
Sexual assault: in politics, in Hollywood
Guests: Michelle Goldberg, Tyler Coates This is unmistakably an historic moment when it comes to powerful men get ...
Air Date: November 15, 2017
Listen 49:17Turzai announces run for Pa. governor
The Pittsburgh-area lawmaker is now the fourth GOP challenger to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who’s seeking a second term in 2018.
8 years ago
Pa. to fill budget holes by borrowing against tobacco fund
The loan from the Tobacco Settlement Fund will give the commonwealth money to balance its books up front. It will be paid back over several decades.
8 years ago
Listen to Smart Talk discuss ‘Over The Line?’ series
We discuss how Pennsylvania's congressional districts came to look like a Rorschach test, the effect on elections and policy and the impact on the citizenry.
8 years ago
Moore and Moore sickening, and the cult of winning
At what point does partisan tribalism and the cult of winning become so toxic that common decency becomes a casualty of war?
8 years ago
The Syrian civil war continues
Guests: Kareem Shaheen, Wendy Pearlman While no longer on the front pages of American newspapers, Syrian civil wa ...
Air Date: November 14, 2017
Listen 49:18Philadelphia bolsters effort to protect city government whistleblowers from retaliation
City Inspector General Amy Kurland says city employees or contractors now have more leverage in the situation.
8 years ago
Ivanka, Mnuchin pitch tax plan to friendly crowd
Ivanka Trump and Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin pitched the GOP tax plan in Ocean County, N.J.
8 years ago
Putin’s useful idiot soils Veterans Day
Did you ever imagine that a president would blaspheme the holiday by sliming the U.S. intelligence community, siding with a hostile adversary, and declaring Kremlin First?
8 years ago
Wagner: Too Trumpish for Pennsylvania?
After last week's Democratic wins, some Republicans worry state Sen. Scott Wagner is too Trumpish to win next year's Pennsylvania governor's race.
8 years ago
Why Pennsylvania is home to some of the nation's worst gerrymanders
This story is the first in our "Over the Line" series on gerrymandering, a Keystone Crossroads collaboration with PennLive, WITF and other Pennsylvania public media stations.
8 years ago
Listen 5:16Toomey: Roy Moore should step aside over sex allegations
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey urged Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore on Sunday to drop out of the race.
8 years ago
Drawing Mary and Joseph into Moore controversy raises ire
Theologians and pastors, among others, expressed revulsion that Mary and Joseph would be used to counter allegations of sexual misbehavior with a minor.
8 years ago