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Coffee roaster TODD CARMICHAEL has broken the world record for solo walk across Antarctica to the South Pole. He comes into the studio to ...

We discuss the week’s national and international political news with DICK POLMAN, National Political columnist at the Philadelphia ...

TOPIC: As consumers scale back retailers are scrambling to adjust to leaner times. We talk about the retail sector of the economy and the ...

We take a look at the country’s prison system. Why are so many incarcerated and is it worth the high cost? Our guests are ADAM GELB ...

[REBROADCAST] Former Philadelphia columnist STEVE LOPEZ on his book, “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Re ...

What accounts for fluctuations in the stock market? What makes it go up one day and down the next? Our guest, psychiatrist and economist, ...

Yesterday, President Obama signed an executive order to lift the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. We discuss the ...

The American lottery could have as many characteristics as its states. The 42 states that have a lottery use the money differently – ...

We recently had a near brush with disaster as an asteroid passed 40,000 miles from earth. Well, it wasn’t really that close to disa ...

On March 9th, 1959 the Barbie doll was introduced at a New York Toy Fair. Since then she’s had many careers, outfits, hair and skin ...

Last week, the federal government announced it was giving AIG an additional $30 billion dollars to save the international insurance giant ...

Philadelphia writer, TOM COYNE, comes in to talk about his third book about life and golf, “A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in ...

A discussion of the week’s political news with BURDETT LOOMIS, Professor of Political Science at University of Kansas and JULIAN ZE ...

Obama’s stimulus package includes tax credits and incentives to make Americans homes more energy efficient. We take a look at some ...

In his speech to congress last week, President Obama proposed to set aside $634 billion over 10 years to finance health care reform that ...