
Archives: Episodes
We look at the latest in research and treatment as well as the psycho-social issues related to Alzheimer’s Disease. Our guests are ...
Air Date: May 18, 2009
If there is a heaven, what would it sound like? Perhaps a small, handpicked choir primarily based in Philadelphia and Chicago called The ...
Air Date: May 15, 2009
National Politics on detainee photos, torture and Elizabeth Edwards
Our weekly show on national political news includes the reversal of President Obama’s decision on releasing detainee photos, the Se ...
Air Date: May 15, 2009
How we used to eat with food writer MARK KURLANSKY
Author MARK KURLANSKY takes us back to the days before we relied on a highway system, chain restaurants and refrigeration to get and prep ...
Air Date: May 14, 2009
State Rep Mark Cohen has authored a bill to make the use of medical marijuana legal in Pennsylvania. To date, 13 states have legalized me ...
Air Date: May 14, 2009
The psychedelic pop-rock band Dengue Fever features Cambodian singer Chhom Nimol backed by ...
Air Date: May 13, 2009
A new Philadelphia dance company, BalletX, integrates athleticism, emotion and intimacy into their ...
Air Date: May 13, 2009
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repealed?
The Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 1994 included the “don’t ask-don’t tell” compromise of ending the milit ...
Air Date: May 13, 2009
The situation in Pakistan with journalist Nicholas Schmidle
We talk with American journalist NICHOLAS SCHMIDLE about his new book To Live or to Perish Forever which chronicles the two years he spen ...
Air Date: May 13, 2009
Understanding and dismantling stereotypes about Jews and money
Until recently, historians have been reluctant to talk about the roots of Jewish economic life for fear that such research would fuel ant ...
Air Date: May 12, 2009
MATTHEW SWEENEY – Lottery Wars
[REBROADCAST] The American lottery could have as many characteristics as its states. The 42 states that have a lottery use the money diff ...
Air Date: May 12, 2009
An explosion that rocked the Universe
Scientists have detected a tremendous explosion that occurred 3.1 billion light years away before the earth was even a mere gleam in it ...
Air Date: May 11, 2009
Raising happy and moral children
Raising happy – and moral – children. We talk with psychologist RICHARD WEISSBOURD about his new book “The Parents We M ...
Air Date: May 11, 2009
Ashish Jah on Electronic Health Records
As part of the Obama administration’s agenda to fix the healthcare system, the economic stimulus package allocates about $20 billio ...
Air Date: May 11, 2009
WEDNESDAY MARTIN – Stepmonster
We all remember the wicked step mothers depicted in the fairy tales, Snow White and Hansel and Gretel. In fact the words wicked and step ...
Air Date: May 8, 2009