Archives: Episodes
Historian Richard Beeman on his book Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution
In his new book, “Plain, Honest Men,” Penn history professor RICHARD BEEMAN takes readers behind the scenes of the Constituti ...
Air Date: April 14, 2009
Three Somali pirates were killed in the rescue of an American cargo ship captain this week. We discuss the political situation in Somalia ...
Air Date: April 14, 2009
Earth is percieved as a rocky planet, what are other planets like? Did you know Mars is cold and that outer planets are really gigant ...
Air Date: April 13, 2009
Writer Yiyun Li on her new novel, The Vagrants
YIYUN LI’s new novel, THE VAGRANTS, is set in a small fictional town in China in the late 1970’s when democratic reform movem ...
Air Date: April 13, 2009
Should Philadelphia end its controversial tax abatement program?
Should Philadelphia continue to offer tax breaks to encourage construction activity? The debate has become a major sore point for many re ...
Air Date: April 13, 2009
Physician Michael Stein on his new book, The Addict
In his new book, “The Addict,” physician MICHAEL STEIN recounts his year-long treatment of a young woman who is addicted to n ...
Air Date: April 10, 2009
Charles Kupchan on President Obama’s international tour
Senior Fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations CHARLES KUPCHAN will talk about what he thinks President Obama’s tour of internat ...
Air Date: April 10, 2009
MICHAEL SCHAFFER – One Nation Under Dog
Do you treat your pet like a child? Is your neighbor’s dog named Jack or Chloe? Our guest, journalist MICHAEL SCHAFFER has found a ...
Air Date: April 9, 2009
Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled to permit gay marriage. On Wednesday the Vermont legislature voted to do the same. While these tw ...
Air Date: April 9, 2009
Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial
This month marks the 70th anniversary of African-American contralto Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial. After the Da ...
Air Date: April 8, 2009
Can the US auto industry survive and thrive?
On Monday, Ford Motor Company announced that it had reduced its overall debt by 28% – without taking any bailout funds from the U.S ...
Air Date: April 8, 2009
MARK CARO – The Foie Gras Wars
In the summer of 2007 Philadelphia, in addition to other cities, was making headlines for what our guest Mark Caro calls The Foie Gras Wa ...
Air Date: April 7, 2009
Jennifer Thompson-Cannion and Ronald Cotton on their memoir Picking Cotton
In 1984, JENNIFER THOMPSON-CANNINO testified that RONALD COTTON was the man who raped her. Eleven years later, DNA evidence cleared him o ...
Air Date: April 7, 2009
The story behind the telescope
Continuing with our celebration of The International Year of Astronomy, Derrick Pitts talks about Galileo’s telescope and how h ...
Air Date: April 6, 2009
ListenFrances Perkins, the first woman to serve on a presidential cabinet, was FDR’s Secretary of labor, close friend and advisor. She he ...
Air Date: April 6, 2009