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Historian Barbara Savage’s book,
Historian BARBARA SAVAGE talks her new book, “Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion.” It’s about ...
Air Date: December 1, 2008
Immigration in the Philadelphia region
Seventy-five percent of job growth in the Philadelphia region can be attributed to the employment of immigrants. The 500,000 foreign bor ...
Air Date: December 1, 2008
[REBROADCAST] Songwriter PHIL ROY brings his guitar into the studio for a career retrospective and to perform songs from his new CD, R ...
Air Date: November 28, 2008
KATHRYN SHEVELOW For the Love of Animals
[REBROADCAST] We learn about the origins of animal protection, when people began to keep pets and when the first laws for animal protecti ...
Air Date: November 28, 2008
TOM MOON 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
[REBROADCAST] What’s your favorite song? Album? Musical collaboration? Musical riff? What music do you listen to on your Ipod? What ...
Air Date: November 27, 2008
[REBROADCAST] In the 1950s, American gangsters made Havana, Cuba its hub with casinos, hotels, and nightclubs and patrons including John ...
Air Date: November 27, 2008
Sal Paolantonio on How Football Explains America
Watching football on TV has become another Thanksgiving tradition in homes across the country. Our guest, SAL PAOLANTONIO takes it one st ...
Air Date: November 26, 2008
What does Thanksgiving mean to you this year?
Food, family and ritual brings meaning to our annual feast of the harvest. We’ll talk to Philadelphia chef, JOSE GARCES about his f ...
Air Date: November 26, 2008
Rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure
President-elect Barack Obama announced his intention over the weekend to create 2.5 million new jobs by using American workers to rebuild ...
Air Date: November 25, 2008
Princeton historian Sean Wilentz on FDR and the banking crisis
The economic crisis facing President-elect Obama is being compared to the Great Depression and the banking crisis that President Franklin ...
Air Date: November 25, 2008
Becoming screen literate with Wired magazine’ s Kevin Kelly
According to Wired magazine founding editor KEVIN KELLY, we are at a significant moment in our cultural history as our written tradition ...
Air Date: November 24, 2008
Jon Meacham on his new book American Lion about the presidency of Andrew Jackson
In his new book, American Lion, JON MEACHAM explores the presidency of Andrew Jackson which Meacham says can be useful in understanding t ...
Air Date: November 24, 2008
Vampires are in this season – in the movies and on television. The highly anticipated teen vampire movie “Twilight” ope ...
Air Date: November 21, 2008
We get a post-election check on the Obama administration from progressive bloggers CHRIS BOWERS and ADAM BONIN. We’ll talk about Ca ...
Air Date: November 21, 2008
Many comparisons are being made between President-elect Barack Obama and President Abraham Lincoln. How accurate are they what can Obama ...
Air Date: November 20, 2008