Archives: Episodes
We look at race in the post-civil rights era and talk about the manifestations of racial distrust in American society today with JOHN L.J ...
Air Date: May 7, 2008
Indiana and North Carolina Primary results
Analysis of the Indiana and North Carolina primary results. We’ll first get reaction to the Indiana numbers from JOHN KETZENBERGER ...
Air Date: May 7, 2008
Should Philadelphia enlist clergy to track down fugitives?We’ll talk about the City’s new program Peaceful Surrender to ...
Air Date: May 6, 2008
Did Texas overreach its legal authority when it raided a Polygamist community and removed the children? We’ll first get an update f ...
Air Date: May 6, 2008
More and more companies are popping up offering to test your genes for diseases. It is what they call “personalized medicine” ...
Air Date: May 5, 2008
Guantanamo Bay Detainees and their trials
After six years, enemy combatants being held at Guantanamo Bay are still awaiting trial. We talk with Slate columnist DAHLIA LITHWICK ab ...
Air Date: May 5, 2008
How the evolution of our brain explains why we are less than perfect. We’ll talk with GARY MARCUS author of the new book Kluge: The ...
Air Date: May 2, 2008
Weekly discussion on the Presidential Race. We’ll catch up on the latest events including Barack Obama’s split with controver ...
Air Date: May 2, 2008
The pros and cons of a gas tax holiday
John McCain and Hillary Clinton have proposed suspending the 18-cent-per-gallon gas tax for the summer driving season. Critics say the p ...
Air Date: May 1, 2008
TV military analysts: are they reliable? A recent New York Times story portrayed a Bush administration public relations program involving ...
Air Date: May 1, 2008
Should Congress update the GI Bill? Under the original bill, World War Two Vets were reimbursed for the full cost of tuition and fees fro ...
Air Date: April 30, 2008
Former Congress Mickey Edwards on Conservatism
Former congressman Mickey Edwards joins Marty to talk about his new book Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement ...
Air Date: April 30, 2008
Writer Donna Foote on Teach for America
In her new book Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches With Teach for America, former Newsweek correspondent Donna Foote follows four ...
Air Date: April 29, 2008
It is being called the “silent tsunami”- rising food prices that are forcing more people around the world to go hungry. The s ...
Air Date: April 29, 2008
This Sunday through Thursday PBS will air a 10-part series filmed aboard the USS Nimitz a nuclear aircraft carrier during a six month dep ...
Air Date: April 28, 2008