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Archives: Episodes
The situation in Southern Iraq
The situation in the southern Iraqi town of Basra worsens as Iraqi forces clash with militants loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-S ...
Air Date: March 27, 2008
Is there a migrant worker shortage?
Is there a shortage of migrant workers? This week one of Pennsylvania’s largest tomato farmers said he would have to switch to a le ...
Air Date: March 26, 2008
Is America’s infrastructure beginning to fall apart? We’ll talk with ROBERT PUENTES a Fellow at the Brooking Institution̵ ...
Air Date: March 26, 2008
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s March Madness time. We’re in the throes of the NCAA basketball tournament – tha ...
Air Date: March 25, 2008
Tibet update. What’s happening in Tibet? Does the world care? And Why does China need Tibet? We’ll talk with THOMAS LAIRD who ...
Air Date: March 25, 2008
A conversation with author James McBride about his new novel, Song Yet Sung
JAMES McBRIDE’s new book, Song Yet Sung, is the story of an escaped female runaway slave in 1850 and her perilous flight through th ...
Air Date: March 24, 2008
It’s been a busy few weeks for the Federal Reserve Board. First it offered $200 billion dollars to investment banks to help keep t ...
Air Date: March 24, 2008
All about accents — how to learn and unlearn them
We talk about what it takes to speak “with” and speak “without” an accent. Our guests are actress AMY WALKER, ac ...
Air Date: March 21, 2008
04 ½ weeks to go till the PA Primary. In our weekly discussion of national politics we catch up on Election 2008. It was a busy week wit ...
Air Date: March 21, 2008
An announcement by NY Gov. David Patterson that he has had several affairs during his 16-year marriage got us to thinking about what it t ...
Air Date: March 20, 2008
Obama, his pastor, and the speech.
Obama, his pastor, and the speech. Did the speech work? Did he break new ground in race relations? Is black liberation theology radical? ...
Air Date: March 20, 2008
The Iraq War five years later. Part Two. We’ll hear from LORRAINE ALI a Senior Writer for Newsweek magazine whose relatives fled Ir ...
Air Date: March 19, 2008
The Iraq War five-years later. Part One. We’ll start our conversation with FEISAL ISTRABADI who served as Iraq’s deputy perma ...
Air Date: March 19, 2008
Are we eating fake chinese food?
Is Chinese food in America, really Chinese food? We’ll talk with JENNIFER 8 LEE, who always wondered about this. An American-born d ...
Air Date: March 18, 2008
Assessing impact of Vince Fumo on Pennsylvania politics. Last week, the political powerhouse state senator announced he would not seek re ...
Air Date: March 18, 2008