Archives: Episodes
How evolution explains our complicated relationship with money and business
In his new book The Mind of the Market author MICHAEL SHERMER uses evolution and evolutionary society to explain our complex relationship ...
Air Date: January 16, 2008
Kenya continues to recover from unrest following its recent presidential election. We get an update on the situation, learn more about K ...
Air Date: January 16, 2008
The debate over milk labeling in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture recently ruled that dairies that do not inject their cattle with synthetic growth hormone can ...
Air Date: January 15, 2008
What reporters should ask the candidates with Todd Gitlin.
TODD GITLIN has written three articles for the Columbia Journalism review in which he lists eight questions reporters should ask the pres ...
Air Date: January 15, 2008
What’s new in technology, gadgets and electronics
There was something for everyone at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where some 20,000 new gadgets – large ...
Air Date: January 14, 2008
Anthony Lewis on the First Amendment
Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and author ANTHONY LEWIS’ new book is titled “Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biogra ...
Air Date: January 14, 2008
A conversation with author GERALDINE BROOKS
Pulitzer Prize winning author GERALDINE BROOKS visits Marty to talk about her new novel, “People of the Book,” which tells th ...
Air Date: January 11, 2008
Our weekly round up on national politics.
Our weekly round up on national politics. We’ll put the Truth-O-Meter to the 2008 Presidential candidates. We’ll talk with BI ...
Air Date: January 11, 2008
In Defense of Food with Michael Pollan
In his new book, “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, author MICHAEL POLLAN argues that “instead of eating food, ...
Air Date: January 10, 2008
Are tougher voter id laws constitutional?
Are tougher voter id laws constitutional? We’ll hear about a case before the US Supreme Court over and Indiana Voter ID law that ha ...
Air Date: January 10, 2008
Dave Eggers and What is the What
A conversation with writer DAVE EGGERS, about his book, What is the What, which is the 2008 “one book, one Philadelphia” sele ...
Air Date: January 9, 2008
Analysis of the NH Primary results.
Analysis of the NH Primary results. We’ll first check in with ANDREW SMITH a New Hampshire pollster with the University of New Hamp ...
Air Date: January 9, 2008
An update on the economy. A dismal jobs report, oil peaking at $100 a barrel, rising consumer prices and an ongoing crisis in the housing ...
Air Date: January 8, 2008
Hollywood Writers Strike update
Golden Globes cancelled? The latest on the Hollywood writers strike including reaction to last night’s return to television of The ...
Air Date: January 8, 2008
Medical experiments at Holmesberg Prison from 1951-1974
From 1951 to 1974, thousands of medical experiments were conducted by University of Pennsylvania dermatologist Albert Kligman on inmates ...
Air Date: January 7, 2008