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Left: Sen. Chris Coons (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Right: Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Sen. Coons and fmr. Rep. Dent on the state of politics

Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, and fmr. Rep. Republican Charlie Dent join us to talk about the tenor of politics, the shutdown, the President, and the future of governing.

Air Date: January 25, 2019 10:00 am

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Cheerleaders perform at a Neshaminy Redskins basketball game on Jan. 15, 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Community

Racial slur or point of pride? Why the debate over the Neshaminy ‘Redskins’ persists

Why has the Neshaminy School District in Bucks County refused to give up a decades-old nickname for its sports teams that many consider to be a racial slur?

Air Date: January 24, 2019

Listen 15:29
Dani Shapiro (courtesy of the author)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

DNA, secrets, and inheritance

Marty speaks with writer Dani Shapiro about her new book, "Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love"

Air Date: January 23, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
The Thompson and Reyes families took sanctuary at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown in September 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Part 2: Why it’s harder for immigrants to get out of sanctuary than it is to get in

Why a South Jersey couple taking sanctuary in a Philly church still has hope of staying in the U.S. legally.

Air Date: January 23, 2019

Listen 14:17
Marty Moss-Coane reading
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Political dysfunction since 1974

Marty talks with historians Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse, who believe the current polarization in America can be traced back to 1974.

Air Date: January 22, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
The Thompson family who fled to the U.S. from Jamaica to escape threats from gangs lived in South Jersey for 14 years. After Oneita and her husband Clive received deportation notices, they took sanctuary at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown in September 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Part 1: Why more immigrants are taking sanctuary in Philly than any other U.S. city

Why are more people flouting immigration laws by taking sanctuary in Philly? What is it like to live in a church under self-imposed house arrest?

Air Date: January 22, 2019

Listen 14:21
from left to right: Tracy K. Smith (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow), Mona Hanna-Attisha (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio), Nadine Burke Harris (courtesy of the author)
Radio Times
Community

Three stories of eloquence and activism

Marty speaks with poet laureate Tracy K. Smith. Then we hear from a pediatrician about the Flint water crisis. Finally, we'll hear about the effects of childhood adversity.

Air Date: January 21, 2019

Listen 50:06
A line of police stands in front of platform from which Dr. Martin Luther King speaks during mass meeting in front of all-white Girard College in Philadelphia August 4, 1965. Dr. King said the wall surrounding the school was a symbol of evil and called for continued efforts to integrate the school.
The Why
Politics & Policy

Protest’s living legacy: Why activists are still protesting five decades after MLK

How has protesting in America — and Philadelphia — changed since Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for civil rights and how effective is it?

Air Date: January 21, 2019

Listen 12:34
Skytalk
Science

Lunar Eclipse Beckons

Despite the forecasted blast of arctic air heading our way Sunday – bundle up and brave the cold because the next opportunity to ta ...

Air Date: January 19, 2019

Listen 06:43
Taryn Mitchell playing with her daughter at Folsom Women's Facility in Folsom Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Incarcerated mothers and their children

What happens to a child when their mother is sent to prison?

Air Date: January 18, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
(The Pulse)
The Pulse
Health

The Inner Workings of Hospitals

Hospitals can be bewildering places. They operate according to their own special logic, which can make them feel a bit like a well-oiled ...

Air Date: January 18, 2019

Listen 49:23
Flicks

Alfonso Cuarón for “Roma”

Air Date: January 17, 2019

You Oughta Know

January 17, 2019

New year, new you? On this You Oughta Know, Dr. Ar ...

Air Date: January 17, 2019

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 20, 2008, file photo, John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, talks during an interview with The Associated Press, in New York. Vanguard announced Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, that John C.
Radio Times
Money

[BONUS] Remembering investment pioneer John Bogle

Guest: John Bogle J ...

Air Date: January 17, 2019

Listen 48:52
(AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith;  AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli; AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

The census citizenship question / ACA contraceptive coverage / Philly’s deadliest roadway

Guests: Ari Berman, Allison Hoffman, Jason Laughlin ...

Air Date: January 17, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
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