Archives: Episodes
Should the President’s $825 billion stimulus plan help bail-out states?
As President Obama’s $825 billion stimulus package works its way through Congress, we talk about what its passage might for the sta ...
Air Date: January 27, 2009
“Back-to-basics” month continues on SkyTalk as Derrick Pitts and WHYY’s Dave Heller examine how we see the uni ...
Air Date: January 26, 2009
ListenThe latest research on driving while talking on your cell phone. Our guest is DAVID STRAYER, Professor of Psychology at the University of ...
Air Date: January 26, 2009
Last week, President Obama ordered the suspension of all trials at Guantanamo Bay and signed an executive order to close the detention ce ...
Air Date: January 26, 2009
We take a look at the increasingly popular world of Mixed Martial Arts, a combat sport that blends boxing with wrestling, kickboxing, and ...
Air Date: January 23, 2009
Press coverage of the new administration
In the face of claims that the mainstream media was biased towards the candidacy of Barack Obama, we talk about the ability of the press ...
Air Date: January 23, 2009
The art of Andrew Wyeth with ANNE KNUTSON and PETER SCHJELDAHL
While the public has embraced the work of Andrew Wyeth, the quality of his painting has been the subject of much debate among critics. We ...
Air Date: January 22, 2009
Aftermath of the war in Gaza and implications for regional peace
We discuss the aftermath of the war in Gaza and the implications for peace in the region. Our guests are JOHN GING, Director of the Unite ...
Air Date: January 22, 2009
Matt Miller on his new book, The Tyranny of Dead Ideas
In his new book, The Tyranny of Dead Ideas, writer MATT MILLER explores concepts embraced by our leaders that he says are no longer relev ...
Air Date: January 21, 2009
Reactions to President Obama’s Inauguration
We get reactions to President Obama’s Inauguration with JESSE WASHINGTON, race and ethnicity writer for the Associated Press, and C ...
Air Date: January 21, 2009
PREEMTED FOR NPR’S COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA’S INAUGURATION ...
Air Date: January 20, 2009
PREEMTED FOR NPR’S COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA’S INAUGURATION ...
Air Date: January 20, 2009
Back to basics: the moon, the sun and the stars
Can you identify the 12 constellations of the zodiac? How about the names of all the planets in our galaxy? No, well that’s okay, W ...
Air Date: January 19, 2009
REBROADCAST – The Georgian Star
[REBROADCAST] Self-taught 18th century scientist William Herschel and his sister, Caroline, hunted comets, cataloged thousands of stars a ...
Air Date: January 19, 2009
REBROADCAST – Sweet Land of Liberty
[REBROADCAST] We talk with historian TOM SUGRUE about the history of civil rights and racial equality in the northern United States. His ...
Air Date: January 19, 2009