Archives: Episodes

We discuss corruption in Luzerne County’s judicial system where judges Mark Ciaverella and Michael Conahan have been charged by fed ...

[REBROADCAST] TEMPLE GRANDIN is the most well-known adult with autism. In her recent book, “Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Bes ...

Members of Philadelphia City Council are holding public hearings on the proposed city budget. At the same time they’re facing a pub ...

[REBROADCAST] NEAL BASCOMB, author of “The Perfect Mile” and “Red Mutiny” tells the story of the manhunt of Nazi ...

Zambian economist DAMBISA MOYO talks with guest host Chris Satullo about her new book, Dead Aid. She says that foreign aid keeps Africans ...

[REBROADCAST] We take a look at the increasingly popular world of Mixed Martial Arts, a combat sport that blends boxing with wrestling, k ...

It’s a big weekend in Philadelphia sports, with Villanova in the Final Four and the Phillies beginning a defense of their World Ser ...

[REBROADCAST] Many of us who surf the internet enter into a kind of personal contract that our tastes are tracked because we see more cus ...

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 ...