Archives: Episodes
Analysis of Obama’s 30 Minute Ad and Countdown to Election Day
The Barack Obama campaign bought close to four million dollars worth of thirty minutes of TV prime time air for Obama’s ‘clos ...
Air Date: October 30, 2008
Biotech advancements in medicine
WILLIAM HANSON, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania. In his new book, “The Edge o ...
Air Date: October 29, 2008
With voter registration up and new voting systems throughout the country, we talk about possible problems that could arise with MICHAEL S ...
Air Date: October 29, 2008
Getting into the heads of sports fans
We talk about the World Series and get into the heads of sports fans with PHIL MARTELLI, Head Basketball Coach for St. Joseph’s Uni ...
Air Date: October 28, 2008
Philadelphia’s foreclosure plan
The City of Philadelphia has implemented an innovative plan to help local homeowners who are faced with foreclosure. We’re joined b ...
Air Date: October 28, 2008
TED GIOIA is a musician and author of “Delta Blues,” a study of traditional blues music. Gioia has published five non-fiction ...
Air Date: October 27, 2008
Go Phillies. Inquirer sports columnist FRANK FITZPATRICK and Daily News sports columnist SAM DONNELLON join Marty to talk all about the P ...
Air Date: October 27, 2008
What is socialism and are we headed for it?
What is socialism and are we headed for it? We talk with JONATHAN ALTER, Senior Editor and Columnist for Newsweek Magazine; RICHARD VALEL ...
Air Date: October 24, 2008
Catholic voters and the election
Catholics are traditionally swing voters who make up almost one quarter of the electorate and are therefore a coveted voting bloc. In thi ...
Air Date: October 24, 2008
Rose George, author of The Big Necessity
Four in ten people on earth live in situations in which they are surrounded by human excrement. We talk about this little discussed probl ...
Air Date: October 23, 2008
Is Pennsylvania still in play?
Despite polls which indicate that Barak Obama holds a double-digit lead in Pennsylvania, the McCain campaign still considers the state to ...
Air Date: October 23, 2008
Journalist ASNE SEIERSTAD on Chechnya 15 years after war
Norwegian journalist ASNE SEIERSTAD began her career in journalism covering the brutal war in Chechnya in the 1990’s. In 2006, she ...
Air Date: October 22, 2008
Van Jones Green Collar Economy
Founding president of Green For All and a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress. Jones is the author of “The Green Co ...
Air Date: October 22, 2008
ROY BLOUNT JR.’s latest book on word play, language, and entertaining commentary. It’s called “Alphabet Juice: The Ener ...
Air Date: October 21, 2008
Campaign update, then what is middle class?
We talk with Newsweek senior White House correspondent RICHARD WOLFFE about the impact of Colin Powell’s endorsement on the electio ...
Air Date: October 21, 2008