Archives: Episodes
[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
Sal Paolantonio on How Football Explains America
Watching football on TV has become another Thanksgiving tradition in homes across the country. Our guest, SAL PAOLANTONIO takes it one st ...
Air Date: November 26, 2008
What does Thanksgiving mean to you this year?
Food, family and ritual brings meaning to our annual feast of the harvest. We’ll talk to Philadelphia chef, JOSE GARCES about his f ...
Air Date: November 26, 2008
Rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure
President-elect Barack Obama announced his intention over the weekend to create 2.5 million new jobs by using American workers to rebuild ...
Air Date: November 25, 2008
Princeton historian Sean Wilentz on FDR and the banking crisis
The economic crisis facing President-elect Obama is being compared to the Great Depression and the banking crisis that President Franklin ...
Air Date: November 25, 2008
Becoming screen literate with Wired magazine’ s Kevin Kelly
According to Wired magazine founding editor KEVIN KELLY, we are at a significant moment in our cultural history as our written tradition ...
Air Date: November 24, 2008
Jon Meacham on his new book American Lion about the presidency of Andrew Jackson
In his new book, American Lion, JON MEACHAM explores the presidency of Andrew Jackson which Meacham says can be useful in understanding t ...
Air Date: November 24, 2008
Vampires are in this season – in the movies and on television. The highly anticipated teen vampire movie “Twilight” ope ...
Air Date: November 21, 2008
We get a post-election check on the Obama administration from progressive bloggers CHRIS BOWERS and ADAM BONIN. We’ll talk about Ca ...
Air Date: November 21, 2008
Many comparisons are being made between President-elect Barack Obama and President Abraham Lincoln. How accurate are they what can Obama ...
Air Date: November 20, 2008
Human rights experts LAUREL FLETCHER and ERIC STOVER discuss their report, Guantánamo and Its Aftermath: U.S. Detention and Interrogatio ...
Air Date: November 20, 2008
Laurence Tribe on the Invisible Constitution
Harvard law professor and constitutional scholar LAURENCE TRIBE is with us in the studio to talk about his new book, “The Invisible ...
Air Date: November 19, 2008
Help for the Big Three Automakers
Detroit automakers Ford, GM and Chrysler have asked Congress to loan them $25 billion dollars. That’s in addition to the $25 billio ...
Air Date: November 19, 2008
Americans are justly proud of the role the United States played in World War II. But how did Europeans experience the liberation of Europ ...
Air Date: November 18, 2008
Philadelphians pay more for natural gas than residents of any other U.S. snow-belt city. A report issued last month by the Economy League ...
Air Date: November 18, 2008