Archives: Episodes
What reporters should ask the candidates with Todd Gitlin.
TODD GITLIN has written three articles for the Columbia Journalism review in which he lists eight questions reporters should ask the pres ...
Air Date: January 15, 2008
What’s new in technology, gadgets and electronics
There was something for everyone at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where some 20,000 new gadgets – large ...
Air Date: January 14, 2008
Anthony Lewis on the First Amendment
Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and author ANTHONY LEWIS’ new book is titled “Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biogra ...
Air Date: January 14, 2008
A conversation with author GERALDINE BROOKS
Pulitzer Prize winning author GERALDINE BROOKS visits Marty to talk about her new novel, “People of the Book,” which tells th ...
Air Date: January 11, 2008
Our weekly round up on national politics.
Our weekly round up on national politics. We’ll put the Truth-O-Meter to the 2008 Presidential candidates. We’ll talk with BI ...
Air Date: January 11, 2008
In Defense of Food with Michael Pollan
In his new book, “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, author MICHAEL POLLAN argues that “instead of eating food, ...
Air Date: January 10, 2008
Are tougher voter id laws constitutional?
Are tougher voter id laws constitutional? We’ll hear about a case before the US Supreme Court over and Indiana Voter ID law that ha ...
Air Date: January 10, 2008
Dave Eggers and What is the What
A conversation with writer DAVE EGGERS, about his book, What is the What, which is the 2008 “one book, one Philadelphia” sele ...
Air Date: January 9, 2008
Analysis of the NH Primary results.
Analysis of the NH Primary results. We’ll first check in with ANDREW SMITH a New Hampshire pollster with the University of New Hamp ...
Air Date: January 9, 2008
An update on the economy. A dismal jobs report, oil peaking at $100 a barrel, rising consumer prices and an ongoing crisis in the housing ...
Air Date: January 8, 2008
Hollywood Writers Strike update
Golden Globes cancelled? The latest on the Hollywood writers strike including reaction to last night’s return to television of The ...
Air Date: January 8, 2008
Medical experiments at Holmesberg Prison from 1951-1974
From 1951 to 1974, thousands of medical experiments were conducted by University of Pennsylvania dermatologist Albert Kligman on inmates ...
Air Date: January 7, 2008
Latest on Pakistan and Iraq. We’ll catch up with TRUDY RUBIN the Foreign Affairs columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She just ...
Air Date: January 7, 2008
Election 2008: On to New Hampshire.
Election 2008: On to New Hampshire. We talk RICHARD WOLFFE the Senior White House correspondent for Newsweek who is in NH following the c ...
Air Date: January 4, 2008
Analysis of the Iowa Caucuses.
National Politics Roundtable – Analysis of the Iowa Caucuses. The 2008 Presidential election is underway with the first state weigh ...
Air Date: January 4, 2008