
Archives: Episodes
[REBROADCAST] KIRSTIN DOWNEY – The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins
[REBROADCAST] Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve on a presidential cabinet, was FDR’s Secretary of labor, close friend and a ...
Air Date: June 26, 2009
Philadelphia City Council session postmortem
There’s no summer vacation at Philadelphia City Hall. So says our guest Philadelphia City Councilman-at-large JAMES KENNEY. The pas ...
Air Date: June 26, 2009
Health care reform and the cost of health care
Health care reform is on the front burner in Washington D.C. Reporter David Drucker of Roll Call newspaper provides us with an update on ...
Air Date: June 25, 2009
A conversation with attorney RICHARD BEN-VENISTE
In his new book, The Emporer’s New Clothes, attorney RICHARD BEN-VENISTE writes about the highlights of his career in law – f ...
Air Date: June 25, 2009
With a name derived from creation mythology found in Native American folklore, Turtle Island Qu ...
Air Date: June 24, 2009
Why are some people more spiritual than others? Are we hard-wired to connect with God? Is there life after death? These are questions tha ...
Air Date: June 24, 2009
Tensions between the Obama administration and the gay community
During the presidential campaign, President Obama had widespread support among the gay community. But recently many gay activists have ex ...
Air Date: June 24, 2009
A personal and cultural history of migraines with writer ANDREW LEVY
One in ten Americans suffer from migraine headaches including our guest writer ANDREW LEVY. His new book, A Brain Wider Than the Sky: A M ...
Air Date: June 23, 2009
The Pennsylvania state budget and tax increases
In an effort to close an estimated $3.2 billion deficit, Governor Ed Rendell last week proposed increasing the Commonwealth’s perso ...
Air Date: June 23, 2009
How and why spouses and partners lie about money and why that behavior can undermine a relationship. Marty talks to B. JANET HIBBS, a psy ...
Air Date: June 22, 2009
Representative John Murtha’s Controversy
Questions are being raised about Pennsylvania’s 12th District Representative, John Murtha. Some a calling for ethics investigations ...
Air Date: June 22, 2009
[REBROADCAST] Grey Gardens the Musical will be playing at the Suzanne Roberts Theater until June 28th. It’s based on the 1975 David ...
Air Date: June 19, 2009
Six states have legally recognized same-sex marriage: Massachusetts, Maine, Iowa, Vermont, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Supporters have ...
Air Date: June 19, 2009
Extra Golden’s members are natives of the United States and Kenya. Their debut, Ok-Oyot S ...
Air Date: June 18, 2009
Nigerian writer Chmamanda Ngozi Adichie
2008 MacArthur fellow Chimamanda Adichie has written her third book, “The Thing Around Your Neck,” a collection of short stor ...
Air Date: June 18, 2009