Archives: Episodes
Talking with your family about money.
The current economic crisis has forced many families to scale down their holiday plans – everything from extravagant celebrations t ...
Air Date: December 12, 2008
It’s Friday, so we’re talking about politics. We’ll start with the political corruption scandal involving Illinois gove ...
Air Date: December 12, 2008
Many of us who surf the internet enter into a kind of personal contract that our tastes are tracked because we see more custom ads of thi ...
Air Date: December 11, 2008
How does our current economic crisis impact consumer credit?
We’re told that since consumer activity accounts for 70% of the economy we need to spend yet credit card interest rates are rising ...
Air Date: December 11, 2008
Tom Sugrue on the history of racial equality in the northern US
We talk with historian TOM SUGRUE about the history of civil rights and racial equality in the northern United States. His new book is ...
Air Date: December 10, 2008
The EPA under the Bush Administration
We talk with Inquirer writers JOHN SULLIVAN and JOHN SHIFFMAN about the EPA under the Bush Administration, the topic of their four-part s ...
Air Date: December 10, 2008
Recent developments in the Media and Journalism
We take a look at recent developments in the media including the Tribune Company’s bankruptcy filing, how journalism will fare in t ...
Air Date: December 9, 2008
Can the Detroit automakers change?
As the Detroit automakers’ bailout takes shape we get an update from Businessweek Detroit Bureau Chief DAVID WELCH. Then, with incr ...
Air Date: December 9, 2008
Conflicts of interest in health care and medical research
There is movement within the medical research and health care communities for scientists and physicians to provide full disclosure of the ...
Air Date: December 8, 2008
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