Archives: Episodes
Philadelphia casino update. A ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that is expected any day now could clear the last major hurdle for ...
Air Date: May 9, 2008
Our weekly discussion on the Presidential Election. Are we at a tipping point? We’ll talk about this and all the week’s event ...
Air Date: May 9, 2008
Paula Giddings on Ida B. Wells
Historian Paula Giddings joins us to talk about the subject of her new book – Ida B. Wells, anti-lynching crusader, journalist and ...
Air Date: May 8, 2008
Eric Lichtblau and the Bush Administration’s attempt to reconstruct American Justice
On December 16, 2005, The New York Times published a Pulitzer-prize winning front-page story uncovering the Bush administration’s s ...
Air Date: May 8, 2008
We look at race in the post-civil rights era and talk about the manifestations of racial distrust in American society today with JOHN L.J ...
Air Date: May 7, 2008
Indiana and North Carolina Primary results
Analysis of the Indiana and North Carolina primary results. We’ll first get reaction to the Indiana numbers from JOHN KETZENBERGER ...
Air Date: May 7, 2008
Should Philadelphia enlist clergy to track down fugitives?We’ll talk about the City’s new program Peaceful Surrender to ...
Air Date: May 6, 2008
Did Texas overreach its legal authority when it raided a Polygamist community and removed the children? We’ll first get an update f ...
Air Date: May 6, 2008
More and more companies are popping up offering to test your genes for diseases. It is what they call “personalized medicine” ...
Air Date: May 5, 2008
Guantanamo Bay Detainees and their trials
After six years, enemy combatants being held at Guantanamo Bay are still awaiting trial. We talk with Slate columnist DAHLIA LITHWICK ab ...
Air Date: May 5, 2008
How the evolution of our brain explains why we are less than perfect. We’ll talk with GARY MARCUS author of the new book Kluge: The ...
Air Date: May 2, 2008
Weekly discussion on the Presidential Race. We’ll catch up on the latest events including Barack Obama’s split with controver ...
Air Date: May 2, 2008
The pros and cons of a gas tax holiday
John McCain and Hillary Clinton have proposed suspending the 18-cent-per-gallon gas tax for the summer driving season. Critics say the p ...
Air Date: May 1, 2008
TV military analysts: are they reliable? A recent New York Times story portrayed a Bush administration public relations program involving ...
Air Date: May 1, 2008
Should Congress update the GI Bill? Under the original bill, World War Two Vets were reimbursed for the full cost of tuition and fees fro ...
Air Date: April 30, 2008