Archives: Episodes
Eric Fair talks about his experiences as a military interrogator
Marty talks with ERIC FAIR about his service in Iraq and his perspective on torture. Fair served as an arabic linguist in the U.S, army ...
Air Date: February 20, 2008
A conversation with STEPHEN MORSE about the implications of using neuroscience in our legal system. Morse is Professor of Law and Psychia ...
Air Date: February 19, 2008
A behind the scenes look at the 9/11 Commission. Marty talks with New York Times investigative reporter, PHILIP SHENON about his book ...
Air Date: February 19, 2008
A rebroadcast of our hour with playwright David Henry Hwang
Listen to a rebroadcast of our hour with M. Butterfly playwright DAVID HENRY HWANG. A new production of the play by the Philadelphia Thea ...
Air Date: February 18, 2008
A rebroadcast of our conversation with paleontologist Neil Shubin
Paleontologist and professor of anatomy NEIL SHUBIN tells us about his book “Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year H ...
Air Date: February 18, 2008
The work of our guests, DAVID HARRISON and GREGORY ANDERSON is the subject of a new film which was screened at Sundance, “The Lingu ...
Air Date: February 15, 2008
Did Rendell play the race card? The Pennsylvania NAACP wants Governor Ed Rendell to apologize for comments he made to a newspaper that it ...
Air Date: February 15, 2008
The role science plays in helping us understand sex and relationships. On this Valentine’s Day, we look at the role sex research pl ...
Air Date: February 14, 2008
Is America undergoing a monumental spiritual re-alignment? We’ll talk with JIM WALLIS author of the new book The Great Awakening: R ...
Air Date: February 14, 2008
Art historian and author Hayden Herrera on Frida Kahlo
The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Frida Kahlo exhibit opens a week from today. We talk with Kahlo biographer and exhibit curator HA ...
Air Date: February 13, 2008
The rising political clout of Hispanic voters. First we’ll hear about a new population projection from the Pew Hispanic Center. In ...
Air Date: February 13, 2008
Meet EBOO PATEL an American, Muslim, and an Indian whose initial anger ultimately led him to help other young people search for their rel ...
Air Date: February 12, 2008
What would take for a conservative comeback? We talk with DAVID FRUM author of Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again. In it he analyz ...
Air Date: February 12, 2008
Eliminating local control of schools
In an article published in the current issue of The Atlantic Monthly, writer MATT MILLER makes the case that eliminating local control of ...
Air Date: February 11, 2008
Should taxpayers fund sports stadiums?
Should taxpayers fund sports stadiums? Increasingly sports team owners are asking local governments to help pay for their new stadiums. I ...
Air Date: February 11, 2008