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Last week Governor Rendell signed into law the Clean Indoor Air Act that prohibits smoking in most public places. This hour, a conversat ...

There is an injury epidemic among the growing numbers of girls who play competitive sports. Are young female athletes more prone to inju ...

The US military is giving soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan anti-depressants to help cope with combat stress. We talk about whether or no ...

Are you confused about which plastics are safe to use? We answer your questions about baby bottles, water bottles, BPAs, PVCs and the num ...

The plight of 50 million Americans without health insurance has garnered much attention, but a report last week issued by the Commonwealt ...

The euthanizing of Eight Belles, whose front legs snapped at this year’s Kentucky raised concerns about the breeding of horses and ...

The world is running out of freshwater. Pollution, over-population, and climate change are leading to a global water crisis. Water-relat ...

In her new book, The Age of American Unreason, writer SUSAN JACOBY argues that Americans have grown increasingly uninterested and uninfor ...

During our weekly hour on national politics, we discuss potential vice presidential candidates for John McCain and Barack Obama, the Repu ...

Paul Coates was a black nationalist, a publisher, a Vietnam Vet, and a man who had seven children by four women. He raised them in West B ...

On Tuesday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced to Congress 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush. We discuss the legal and const ...

We talk with Wharton professor STEWART FRIEDMAN about how we can integrate the various aspects of our life — work, home, community ...

We talk with DANIEL KAMMEN about why oil prices have risen dramatically and energy saving strategies to help us adapt. KAMMEN is Profess ...

Writer ANDRE DUBUS III’s new book is “The Garden of Last Days.” It follows the lives of four people over the course of ...

Former White House press secretary SCOTT McCLELLAN joins Marty to talk about his memoir, “What Happened: Inside the Bush White Hous ...