Archives: Episodes
Comcast is in negotiations to buy NBC Universal, in the Philadelphia-based cable giant’s latest bid to acquire content to fill up t ...
Air Date: October 20, 2009
Enormous new ring discovered around Saturn
An enormous ring has been discovered around Saturn by the Spitzer space telescope. The discovery helped solve a long standing mystery abo ...
Air Date: October 19, 2009
The first daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama, are wearing their hair ‘natural;’ radio host Don Imus’ popularity hasn̵ ...
Air Date: October 19, 2009
Free speech, animal cruelty and the Constitution
In its first week of its new term, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a landmark free-speech case, the United States v. Stevens. I ...
Air Date: October 19, 2009
The movie version of “Where the Wild Things Are” opens this weekend. We’ll talk about Maurice Sendak’s Caldicott ...
Air Date: October 16, 2009
Earlier this week the Senate Finance Committee passed its version of health care legislation; we’ll talk about the significance of ...
Air Date: October 16, 2009
Would you pay a tax on soda to finance health care?
As legislators on Capitol Hill grapple with ways to pay for comprehensive health care legislation, one idea that has been floated is a ta ...
Air Date: October 15, 2009
The pros and cons of Marcellus Shale drilling
The Marcellus Shale formation lies beneath much of Pennsylvania, and it’s where energy companies expect to find a motherlode of nat ...
Air Date: October 15, 2009
Green buildings and biomimicry
Green design and building is all the rage these days, including in the Philadelphia region. Guests DAYNA BAUMEISTER of the BioMimicry Gui ...
Air Date: October 14, 2009
The way forward in Afghanistan
Marty talks to Washington Post associate editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran who just returned from Afganistan and Alexander Thier of the U.S. In ...
Air Date: October 14, 2009
Richard Hughes – Christian American and the Kingdom of God
Last April, President Obama said at a press conference in Turkey, “We have a very large Christian population, we don’t consid ...
Air Date: October 13, 2009
What’s happening in the area when it comes to runoff
HOWARD NEUKRUG, Director of the Philadelphia Water Department’s Watersheds office, and prime mover behind a watershed-centric munic ...
Air Date: October 13, 2009
LCROSS impacted with the moon last Friday. Now that the lunar dust has settled, what did scientists find out about the presence of water ...
Air Date: October 12, 2009
The new Barnes Foundation museum design unveiled
Last week the Philadelphia Art Commission approved the design concept for a Barnes Foundation building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. ...
Air Date: October 12, 2009
David Wessel – In Fed We Trust
When the financial crisis of last year started to spiral down, what did Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his team know and what ...
Air Date: October 12, 2009