
Archives: Episodes
[REBROADCAST] RICHARD WEISSBOURD-The Parents We Mean to Be
[REBROADCAST] Raising happy – and moral – children. We talk with psychologist RICHARD WEISSBOURD about his new book “Th ...
Air Date: August 7, 2009
A reporter roundtable on Pennsylvania Politics
A reporter roundtable on Pennsylvania Politics. This week Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak challenged newly minted Democrat U.S. Senator ...
Air Date: August 7, 2009
Funk legend, keyboardist Bernie Worrell
When you think of the influential black rock, funk, metal, blues band, Parliament Funkadelic, you might not know one of the main architec ...
Air Date: August 6, 2009
The ongoing debate over U.S. detainee policy
The Obama administration has pledged to close Guantanamo Bay by January 10 despite enormous obstacles. We talk about current and future p ...
Air Date: August 6, 2009
REBROADCAST MARK CARO – The Foie Gras Wars
[REBROADCAST] In the summer of 2007 Philadelphia, in addition to other cities, was making headlines for what our guest MARK CARO calls Th ...
Air Date: August 5, 2009
Mental Health Challenges of Military Children
A veteran who has returned from Iraq suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder finally sought professional help when he saw the look ...
Air Date: August 5, 2009
Pay-for-Performance in Education
Should teacher salaries be linked to student performance? President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan think so. They are pushin ...
Air Date: August 4, 2009
New Jersey Culture of Corruption
Is New Jersey the most corrupt state in the country? In late July forty-four people were arrested, including several mayors, state assemb ...
Air Date: August 4, 2009
A full moon on Thursday is really the second half of a solar eclipse that happened two weeks ago. Did you know it’s possible for th ...
Air Date: August 3, 2009
A history of the American babysitter
Finding a dependable babysitter isn’t easy. But then again, it never was. In her new book, Babysitter: An American History, MIRIA ...
Air Date: August 3, 2009
What do we really want from our health care system from an ethical perspective
What is it that we really want from a new and improved health care system? Is health care a fundamental right, should wealthier American ...
Air Date: August 3, 2009
[REBROADCAST] The biography of Taha Muhammad Ali, a Palestinian poet told by ADINA HOFFMAN in her book,”My Happiness Bears No Relat ...
Air Date: July 31, 2009
The senate judiciary committee approved the supreme court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. Sarah Palin officially resigned as governor of A ...
Air Date: July 31, 2009
Jazz educator, singer and composer JD WALTER
Innovative jazz singer J.D. WALTER joins us to describe his approach to singing and how he works to instill the fundamentals of theory an ...
Air Date: July 30, 2009
A national campaign of Latino pastors is leading undocumented immigrants to boycott the 2010 Census until Congress passes comprehensive i ...
Air Date: July 30, 2009