Archives: Episodes
Does the U.S. Postal Service need reform?
Last week, the U.S. Postal Service Postmaster-General suggested service cuts, including cutting the six-day mail delivery schedule to fiv ...
Air Date: February 5, 2009
Is it possible to fix Washington?
In the wake of Tom Daschle’s withdrawal as the new administration’s nominee to head health and human services, we talk about ...
Air Date: February 5, 2009
Medical and Ethical issues surrounding the Octuplets born last week
We discuss the ethical and medical issues raised by case of Nadya Suleman. Last week, this single mother of six gave birth to octuplets. ...
Air Date: February 4, 2009
Adam Cohen on FDR’s first one hundred days
We learn about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first one hundred days in office and how his administration reinvented the rol ...
Air Date: February 4, 2009
Mary Frances Berry’s “A Justice for All”
MARY FRANCES BERRY served for 25 years on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission which was founded by President Eisenhower in response to growi ...
Air Date: February 3, 2009
Fires in Coatesville and the psychology of arsonists
During the past few weeks, suspicious fires have destroyed 16 homes in the city of Coatesville. We hear how the community is coping from ...
Air Date: February 3, 2009
When you look at the night sky, do you know how many stars or other points of light can be seen by the naked eye? How did ancient observe ...
Air Date: February 2, 2009
ListenNew York Times columnist DAVID LEONHARDT on the economy
In an article in this weekend’s New York Times, columnist DAVID LEONHARDT explains how the greatest challenge facing the Obama admi ...
Air Date: February 2, 2009
What makes KIPP Schools work with education writer JAY MATHEWS
KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Schools, a network of public charter schools with 6,000 students in 66 schools nationwide, is one of th ...
Air Date: February 2, 2009
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, all 50 states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month and over-the-year unemployment ...
Air Date: January 30, 2009
President Obama’s first week in office
Our weekly conversation on national politics focuses on President Barack Obama’s first week in office. Our guests are DICK POLMAN, ...
Air Date: January 30, 2009
In her new book, “The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50,” Harvard professor SARA LAWRENCE ...
Air Date: January 29, 2009
Earlier in the week, in an interview on Al-Arabiya televsion, Barack Obama expressed his interest in talking with Iran. Iranian president ...
Air Date: January 29, 2009
STEVE KNOPPER – Appetite for Self-Destruction
“Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age” tells the story of how throu ...
Air Date: January 28, 2009
A city with a history of political corruption may have turned a corner. Observers say there are new sheriffs in town cracking the knuckle ...
Air Date: January 28, 2009