Archives: Episodes
Investigating human rights violations in the Bush Administration
With pressure on president-elect Barack Obama to abolish torture, there are increasing calls for the establishment of a commission to exp ...
Air Date: December 8, 2008
DAVID MURA – Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire
[REBROADCAST] Writing from a third generation Japanese American perspective, Mura traces a family’s legacy of internment camps, sui ...
Air Date: December 5, 2008
National politics with JIM GERAGHTY and JOHN NICHOLS
We continue our Friday national politics conversation with JIM GERAGHTY of the National Review and JOHN NICHOLS of The Nation. ...
Air Date: December 5, 2008
Robin’s Bookstore and the state of Independent Bookstores
How did you find out about the last book you read? Where do you go to talk about your favorite book? The neighborhood independent booksto ...
Air Date: December 4, 2008
Terror attacks in India with Jonathan Landay and Manil Suri
An hour about the terror attacks in India. We discuss the latest about what we know about this attack, what this means for the US war on ...
Air Date: December 4, 2008
Michelle Obama will be our first African American First Lady. What will her role be and what might it mean to have an African American wo ...
Air Date: December 3, 2008
STEPHEN AGOSTINI, Budget Director for City of Philadelphia
We take a look at the Philadelphia’s recent budget cut proposal with STEPHEN AGOSTINI, Budget Director for the City of Philadelphia ...
Air Date: December 3, 2008
Obama’s Foreign Policy Team/ India terror bombings
We take a look at Obama’s foreign policy team with LAWRENCE KORB, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and SHIBLEY TEL ...
Air Date: December 2, 2008
The on-going battle over same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage proponents suffered a blow on election day when bans were passed in Arizona, Florida and California. There is growing d ...
Air Date: December 2, 2008
Historian Barbara Savage’s book,
Historian BARBARA SAVAGE talks her new book, “Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion.” It’s about ...
Air Date: December 1, 2008
Immigration in the Philadelphia region
Seventy-five percent of job growth in the Philadelphia region can be attributed to the employment of immigrants. The 500,000 foreign bor ...
Air Date: December 1, 2008
[REBROADCAST] Songwriter PHIL ROY brings his guitar into the studio for a career retrospective and to perform songs from his new CD, R ...
Air Date: November 28, 2008
KATHRYN SHEVELOW For the Love of Animals
[REBROADCAST] We learn about the origins of animal protection, when people began to keep pets and when the first laws for animal protecti ...
Air Date: November 28, 2008
TOM MOON 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
[REBROADCAST] What’s your favorite song? Album? Musical collaboration? Musical riff? What music do you listen to on your Ipod? What ...
Air Date: November 27, 2008
[REBROADCAST] In the 1950s, American gangsters made Havana, Cuba its hub with casinos, hotels, and nightclubs and patrons including John ...
Air Date: November 27, 2008