Archives: Episodes
Humanitarian situation in Gaza and how Israelis understand the conflict
After two weeks of war between Gaza and Israel, we hear about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and how Israelis understand the conflict ...
Air Date: January 15, 2009
What do we owe our Iraqi Allies?
Life has become increasingly difficult for the thousands of Iraqi citizens and their family members who have helped the U.S. government. ...
Air Date: January 14, 2009
A look back at President George Bush’s eight years in office. How will he be judged? An analysis of the high and lowpoints with Van ...
Air Date: January 14, 2009
We get an update and reactions to the ongoing corruption trial of former State Senator Vincent Fumo from Philadelphia Inquirer columnist ...
Air Date: January 13, 2009
What does Obama’s election say about race relations in this country. Does it signal in a new post-racial America or will it actuall ...
Air Date: January 13, 2009
WHYY-FM’s Dave Heller and astronomer Derrick Pitts celebrate Skytalk’s 18th season on the air by doing what they do best̷ ...
Air Date: January 12, 2009
DR. JEROLD WINAKUR – Memory Lessons: A Doctor’s Story
JEROLD WINAKUR is an internist and geriatrician in San Antonio, Texas for over thirty years. In 2005, Dr. Winakur’s essay, “W ...
Air Date: January 12, 2009
DONALD KETTL – The Next Government of the United States
An analysis of the failure of our government institutions. While the size of our government continues to grow, we have created a system i ...
Air Date: January 12, 2009
STEVEN JOHNSON – The Invention of Air
Joseph Priestly was an 18th century British chemist, theologian and political theorist who emigrated to America and advised the founding ...
Air Date: January 9, 2009
Can peace talks in the Middle East be revived?
Two weeks of fighting in Gaza Strip, an area twice the size of Washington DC and the world’s most densely populated territory has t ...
Air Date: January 9, 2009
Philadelphia-based rock band Huffamoose is playing their first gig in ten years at the World Café Live tonight. Musicians CRAIG ELKINS a ...
Air Date: January 8, 2009
MATTHEW ALEXANDER, author of “How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogator Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Dead ...
Air Date: January 8, 2009
There are roughly a billion motor vehicles in the world. Within twenty years, the number will likely double to two billion. We’ll t ...
Air Date: January 7, 2009
As Congress headed back to work yesterday, the Senate still had several seats up in the air. Add to that a worsening economic situation, ...
Air Date: January 7, 2009
If you could name the one word that defines the year 2009 what would it be? Later this week, the American Dialect Society will meet in Sa ...
Air Date: January 6, 2009