Archives: Episodes
Radio Times checks in with the annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe with monologist MIKE DAISEY. His new piece is cal ...
Air Date: September 11, 2009
Congress has retaken Capitol Hill after a summer recess full of raucous town meetings and heated rhetoric. But health care, the focus of ...
Air Date: September 11, 2009
Novelist Nicholson Baker on his new book The Anthologist
Novelist NICHOLSON BAKER joins Marty to talk about his new book, “The Anthologist.” It’s a story about a middle-aged po ...
Air Date: September 10, 2009
Public attitudes toward health care
Wednesday night, at a joint session of Congress, President Obama made his case for new health care legislation. We’ll talk about pu ...
Air Date: September 10, 2009
Listen 51:46The U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows
The U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows, NY is in its second week. Roger Federer will be going for a record sixth straight Op ...
Air Date: September 9, 2009
Delaware U.S. Senator Ted Kaufman
U.S. Senator TED KAUFMAN spent his Labor Day weekend in Afghanistan, and will explain to us how he thinks a strong Iraqi security force b ...
Air Date: September 9, 2009
According to our guest, biologist BILL STREEVER, cold – as in the temperature – has gotten a bad rap. His new book, “CO ...
Air Date: September 8, 2009
Plenty of great viewing coming up this Sunday morning when Mars will be visible. Despite the warnings you may have heard about this inter ...
Air Date: September 7, 2009
[REBROADCAST] ROBERT WRIGHT – The Evolution of God
As humans have evolved, so has God. From the Stone Age to the Information Age, God has gotten better, says our guest, ROBERT WRIGHT. In h ...
Air Date: September 7, 2009
THOMAS CHILDERS – Soldier from the War Returning
[REBROADCAST] All members of the Greatest Generation were not happy, healthy and prosperous. The World War Two veterans experienced alcoh ...
Air Date: September 4, 2009
As Congress returns to session this Tuesday, we look at the big issues they will be debating, including Healthcare. Guests include New Yo ...
Air Date: September 4, 2009
[REBROADCAST] MICHAEL STEIN – The Addict
[REBROADCAST]In his recent book, “The Addict,” physician MICHAEL STEIN recounts his year-long treatment of a young woman who ...
Air Date: September 3, 2009
We look at what is behind the Gaming Control Board’s decision to move the Foxwoods Casino back to the proposed Delaware River site, ...
Air Date: September 3, 2009
[REBROADCAST] CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE – The Thing Around Your Neck
[REBROADCAST] 2009 MacArthur fellow CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE has written her third book, “The Thing Around Your Neck,” a collection ...
Air Date: September 2, 2009
Investigating CIA interrogation techniques
We look at the decision to investigate CIA interrogation techniques with EDWARD TURZANSKI, Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research I ...
Air Date: September 2, 2009