Archives: Episodes

How the economic downturn is influencing the lives of young adults. We talk about jobs, higher education, debt, health care, and other is ...

It’s the international year of astronomy and Astronomers all over the world are recognizing Galileo’s first use of the te ...

“Things I’ve Been Silent About,” is writer AZAR NAFISI’s memoir about growing up in Iran, dealing with family sec ...

Twitter is quickly becoming one of the most useful tools online for staying informed. Politicians, journalists, even rock stars are using ...

[REBROADCAST] African American historian JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN died this week at age 94. We’re rebroadcasting his 2006 interview with ...

We talk about the week in politics including the political challenges facing Pennsylvania’s veteran Senator Arlen Spector and Presi ...

Meet Iranian-American Filmmaker, RAMIN BAHRANI, whose simple, yet moving work has garnered him praise from critics as a director to watch ...

The bonuses given out to AIG executives last week caused many Americans who have never thought of taking to the street go to their blogs ...

The CIA administered an ‘alternative set of procedures’ to high value detainees, alleged al Queda operatives, in a “hid ...

Reaction to President Obama’s prime-time news conference and analysis of his administration’s economic recovery plan with MAR ...

Many of us have itchy fingers wanting to do some work in our backyard garden. JENNY ROSE CAREY tells us about taking stock of our gardens ...

A conversation about the state of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and their role in higher education. Our guest are MARYBETH ...

The universe is growing all the time… clusters of galaxies exist with vast space in between them. What floats around in the huge ex ...

Psychologist MARY PIPHER’s memoir about how the literary success of her first book, “Reviving Ophelia” led her to an em ...

The slow pace in building two casinos in Philadelphia, prompted Governor Ed Rendell to warn that he’ll move to cut off casino reven ...