Archives: Episodes
Philadelphia teacher Frank Burd
In February of 2007, Philadelphia public school teacher, Frank Burd was assaulted at work at Germantown High School and suffered a neck i ...
Air Date: July 16, 2008
The controversial cover of the New Yorker magazine
This week’s cover of the New Yorker, depicting Barak Obama dressed in traditional Muslim garb with his wife Michelle as a gun-totin ...
Air Date: July 16, 2008
Governor Rendell is pushing new legislation to strengthen Pennsylvania’s Dog law. The new bill would require commercial breeders to ...
Air Date: July 15, 2008
A new report is urging changes to the War Powers Resolution of 1973. It urges more cooperation between the President and Congress before ...
Air Date: July 15, 2008
Local best-selling novelist MARISA DE LOS SANTOS talks with Marty about her new book “Belong to Me.” It’s the story abo ...
Air Date: July 14, 2008
Rising gas prices, a troubled housing market, the credit crunch, and a jump in the unemployment rate are just a few of the worrisome tren ...
Air Date: July 14, 2008
A rebroadcast of our conversation with Muhammad Yunus
Tune in for a rebroadcast of our conversation with MOHAMMAD YUNUS, Managing Director of the Grameen Bank, which pioneered the use of micr ...
Air Date: July 11, 2008
Young people already have voted in record numbers during the primary season. TIME Magazine dubbed 2008 as “The Year of the Youth Vo ...
Air Date: July 11, 2008
The 1960 Olympics with writer David Maraniss
The 1960 Olympics are considered the first modern games – marked by the first television broadcasts, cold war politics, and drug sc ...
Air Date: July 10, 2008
With the general election underway, both presumptive presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama, are trying to attract moderat ...
Air Date: July 10, 2008
We talk about writer’s groups with JAMES RAHN, founder and faciliator of the Rittenhouse Writer’s Group and novelist, DIANE M ...
Air Date: July 9, 2008
A suicide bombing on Monday in Afghanistan was the latest in a series of attacks that have rocked that country. Over the past two months ...
Air Date: July 9, 2008
A conversation with documentary filmmaker ALEX GIBNEY
Alex Gibney’s new film “Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson opened this weekend. He was the winner of the 2008 ...
Air Date: July 8, 2008
A conversation about politics and the Olympics with speed skating gold medallist JOEY CHEEK, co-founder of Team Darfur, a coalition of at ...
Air Date: July 8, 2008
Science writer Faye Flam on men and sex
In her new book, “The Score: How the Quest for Sex has Shaped the Modern Man,” science writer Faye Flam explores how men (and ...
Air Date: July 7, 2008