Archives: Episodes
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
Lessons from life. We talk with DAN GOTTLIEB host of WHYY’s Voices in the Family and author of the new book Learning From the Heart ...
Air Date: March 17, 2008
Teenage girls and sexually transmitted diseases
The CDC reported last week that one in four teenage girls ages 14-19 has a sexually transmitted disease. We talk about the alarming rat ...
Air Date: March 17, 2008
Why some men are willing to risk it all for sex?
Yet another prominent government official has been caught in a sex scandal. Why are some powerful men willing to risk it all, including t ...
Air Date: March 14, 2008
Gender, race and the presidential campaigns
The two most sensitive issues in American society – race and gender – are playing a critical role in the democratic primaries ...
Air Date: March 14, 2008
Nut allergies – what they are, what they aren’t, and what to do about them. Our guests are JONATHAN SPERGEL, Assistant Profe ...
Air Date: March 13, 2008
As the U.S. concludes its fifth year in Iraq, we take a look at the war through the eyes of the men in the National Guard’s Alpha c ...
Air Date: March 13, 2008
In 2004, German-born teacher SABRIYE TENBERKEN, herself blind, and six of her blind Tibetan students climbed 21,000 feet up Mt. Everest, ...
Air Date: March 12, 2008
The economic cost of the war in Iraq
LINDA BILMES, and her co-author, Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, estimate the Iraq war is costing close to 1 trillion doll ...
Air Date: March 12, 2008
Philly makes its case as the country’s best beer city
Is Philadelphia the best beer-drinking city in the U.S.? We talk with CRAIG LaBAN, restaurant critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer and D ...
Air Date: March 11, 2008
What should be done to insure better accuracy of memoirs? Our guests are DANIEL MENAKER, former Executive Editor-In-Chief of Random Hous ...
Air Date: March 11, 2008
For many Americans the forty-hour week is a myth, for others it is a reality. What are the rewards for employees who work overtime and ar ...
Air Date: March 10, 2008
A conversation with Jan Egeland about the world’s humanitarian needs
A conversation with JAN EGELAND, former UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs about our responsibility to help end suffering ...
Air Date: March 10, 2008
We discuss the recent recall of 143 million pounds of beef with WAYNE PACELLE,President and Chief Executive Officer of The Humane Society ...
Air Date: March 7, 2008
PA Primary campaign strategies
We continue with our regular Friday series on National Politics. Today PA Primary campaign strategies. If you were advising Barack Obama ...
Air Date: March 7, 2008