Archives: Episodes
Last week, Hamas destroyed parts of Egypt’s border with Gaza allowing people to enter Egypt to buy goods and fuel. We talk about w ...
Air Date: January 28, 2008
The emergence of successful car sharing programs.
The growing popularity of membership driven car sharing programs. In Philadelphia, PhillyCarShare started in 2002 with just two cars, and ...
Air Date: January 25, 2008
Analysis of the upcoming presidential primaries in South Carolina and Florida
Analysis of the upcoming presidential primaries in South Carolina and Florida. Our guests include SCOTT HUFFMON, University of Winthrop ...
Air Date: January 25, 2008
Making your home more energy efficient.
Making your home more energy efficient. We’ll hear from two green building experts on how small changes to your home can save you m ...
Air Date: January 24, 2008
Using the free market to reduce world poverty
Using the free market to reduce world poverty. We’ll talk with MUHAMMAD YUNUS, the founder and Managing Director of the Grameen Ban ...
Air Date: January 24, 2008
Is the City of Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Program being misused?
Is the City of Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Program being misused? DROP was originally intended to help the City to re ...
Air Date: January 23, 2008
Election 2008: Comparing candidates’ healthcare plans
We compare the health care plans of the Presidential candidates. Our guest is KAREN DAVIS, President of the Commonwealth Fund. Her organi ...
Air Date: January 23, 2008
Paleontologist and professor of anatomy NEIL SHUBIN tells us about his book “Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year ...
Air Date: January 22, 2008
Bush’s trip to the Middle East
Analysis of President Bush’s trip to the Middle East and U.S. policy in the region. We talk with GREGORY GAUSE, Associate Professo ...
Air Date: January 22, 2008
(Rebroadcast)The story of identical twins separated at childhood for a secret nature vs. nurture experiment. The children, two girl ...
Air Date: January 21, 2008
(Rebroadcast) The near poor are defined as those 57 million Americans with household incomes of between $20,000-$40,000 per year. S ...
Air Date: January 21, 2008
Last week, the Olympic Table Tennis Trials took place at Drexel University in Philadelphia. We talk about this sport, what it takes to c ...
Air Date: January 18, 2008
Will race become a major issue in the Presidential election?
Weekly discussion on American Politics: Today will race become an issue in the 2008 Presidential Election? On Saturday South Carolina hol ...
Air Date: January 18, 2008
The future of the music industry.
The future of the music industry. 2007 was a bad year for record labels with CD sales dropping 15% over the year. But this month, three o ...
Air Date: January 17, 2008
In his new book, “How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban and the Hijacking of Afghanistan,” journalist ROY GU ...
Air Date: January 17, 2008