Archives: Episodes
Over the past 10 years, fighting in the Congo has killed as many as 5 million people. With battles between the government and rebels inte ...
Air Date: November 11, 2008
How President Obama will govern
As plans for the Obama administration unfold, we talk about the challenges facing the president-elect and how he might govern based on hi ...
Air Date: November 11, 2008
The Philly Complaint Choir-First Person Festival
The Philly Complaint Choir is a community art project modeled after a concert in Helsinki, which has inspired other choirs to form in suc ...
Air Date: November 10, 2008
We discuss the economic crisis with JAMES GALBRAITH, Professor of Government and Business at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the Univ ...
Air Date: November 10, 2008
Joel Rose fills in for Marty and interviews ART SPIEGELMAN, famous for his comic, Maus. Spiegelman is re-introducing his 1978 book, ̶ ...
Air Date: November 7, 2008
[Joel Rose fills in for Marty.] With democrats gaining seats in the U.S. House and Senate we take a look at the new congress – its ...
Air Date: November 7, 2008
Campaign communications strategies, then a conversation about race
In the last five days, the Obama campaign spent three times more on television advertising than his Republican rival. Obama also relied h ...
Air Date: November 6, 2008
The Future of the Republican Party
How does the GOP recover after losing the presidency and valuable seats in the House and Senate? What are the values it must embrace to b ...
Air Date: November 6, 2008
Domestic and International Challenges for the New President
A look at the domestic and international challenges facing the new President of the United States. Our guests are DICK POLMAN, National P ...
Air Date: November 5, 2008
Post-Election Strategy Analysis
The day after the election, we analyze the strategies of this year’s presidential campaign with NEIL OXMAN, democratic political me ...
Air Date: November 5, 2008
AVERY GILBERT – What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
AVERY GILBERT says that smell is one of our least-respected senses and that we rely on our sense of smell more than we realize. We discus ...
Air Date: November 4, 2008
ARIEL SABAR My Father’s Paradise and Time Magazine’s BOBBY GHOSH on the latest events in Iraq.
Journalist ARIEL SABAR joins us in the studio to talk about Jewish-Iraqi culture and the disappearing Aramaic language. And the latest ne ...
Air Date: November 4, 2008
Is it time to change the Electoral College?
We speak with TARA ROSS, a Dallas-based lawyer and author who writes frequently on legal and policy issues, and is the former editor-in-c ...
Air Date: November 3, 2008
Fairmount Park Commission Referendum
Tomorrow’s ballot in Philadelphia contains a referendum to abolish the Fairmount Park Commission and turn it into a department of t ...
Air Date: November 3, 2008
John Bogle, Founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group
JOHN BOGLE joins us to talk about the economy, his investment philosophy and his life. Bogle is Founder and former CEO of the Vanguard M ...
Air Date: October 31, 2008