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President Obama’s stimulus package and energy efficient homes
Obama’s stimulus package includes tax credits and incentives to make Americans homes more energy efficient. We take a look at some ...
Air Date: March 5, 2009
The future of health care reform with KAREN DAVIS of the Commonwealth Fund
In his speech to congress last week, President Obama proposed to set aside $634 billion over 10 years to finance health care reform that ...
Air Date: March 5, 2009
Author PHILIPP MEYER on his new novel American Rust
In his new book, American Rust, writer PHILIPP MEYER tells the story of two friends who live in a dying steel town in southwestern Pennsy ...
Air Date: March 4, 2009
Philadelphia School Superintendent ARLENE ACKERMAN
Last month, Philadelphia school superintendent ARLENE ACKERMAN released Imagine 2014, the school district’s vision for public educa ...
Air Date: March 4, 2009
Astrophysicist NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
Astrophysicist NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON is Director of the Hayden Planetarium and the Rose Center of Earth and Space at the American Museum of ...
Air Date: March 3, 2009
Marty hosts MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER in this hour of Radio Times. We’ll talk about the hard choices he is facing as the City faces a $1 ...
Air Date: March 3, 2009
What constitutes celestial death?
Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse. No we’re not talking about rock stars, but stars in the night sky. Some star ...
Air Date: March 2, 2009
Listenauthor NEAL BASCOMB on Adolph Eichmann
NEAL BASCOMB, author of “The Perfect Mile” and “Red Mutiny” tells the story of the manhunt of Nazi war criminal A ...
Air Date: March 2, 2009
Can green jobs save the economy?
President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package contains substantial green funding, including $500 million for a green-job training ...
Air Date: March 2, 2009
We’ve noticed more and more American men hugging each other. And research has shown affection actually alleviates stress. What̵ ...
Air Date: February 27, 2009
Ross Baker and Dante Scalla on this week’s political stories
This week President Obama gave his first address to Congress and submitted his first budget. We discuss the response of politicians, poli ...
Air Date: February 27, 2009
Wharton professsor SUSAN WACHTER on the housing market
It is widely held that repairing the crumbling housing market is crucial to our nation’s economic recovery. Last week, the administ ...
Air Date: February 26, 2009
Former Ambassador Martin Indyk on Middle East Diplomacy
We discuss what can be done to promote peace in the Middle East with MARTIN INDYK, Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at ...
Air Date: February 26, 2009
The evolution of social networking to include an older generation of users
The popular social networking site Facebook celebrated it’s fifth anniversary earlier this month. We talk about how online sites li ...
Air Date: February 25, 2009
Analysis of President Obama’s address to Congress
Analysis of last night’s address by President Obama to the joint session of Congress about the economy. Our guests are DAVID DRUCKE ...
Air Date: February 25, 2009