Archives: Episodes

The bad news about the economy – how we got here and what we need to do to revive the economic health of the country. We talk with ...

Despite serious health risks and smoking bans in public spaces, more than 20% of all Americans are smokers. Scientific breakthroughs in r ...

Radio Times open show. ...

(Rebroadcast) We talk about the Vaudeville act, The Cherry Sisters. We talk with writer and director JENNIFER CHILDS and theater critic D ...

(Rebroadcast) Americans are justly proud of the role the United States played in World War II. But how did Europeans experience the liber ...

[Rebroadcast] Four in ten people on earth live in situations in which they are surrounded by human excrement. We talk about this little d ...

Superheroes and robots were among the winners when it came to movies this year. The Dark Knight was the highest grossing movie in 2008 an ...

[Rebroadcast] Harvard law professor and constitutional scholar LAURENCE TRIBE talks about his book, “The Invisible Constitution. ...

Escalating violence between Israel and Gaza and the implications for the region and US foreign policy. Our guests are MUQTEDAR KHAN,Dire ...

[Rebroadcast] In his book, “Autism’s False Prophets,” Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician and infect ...

Ambassador PETER GALBRAITH discusses his new book “Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America’s Enemies. ...

[Rebroadcast] On the morning of May 11th, 1945 the USS Bunker Hill was hit and severely damaged by two kamikaze pilots. 346 men were kill ...

[Rebroadcast] TED GIOIA is a musician and author of “Delta Blues,” a study of traditional blues music. Gioia has published fi ...

[Rebroadcast] ROY BLOUNT Jr.’s latest book on word play, language and entertaining commentary. It’s called “Alphabet Ju ...

[Rebroadcast] The Grammy award winning singer and songwriter has written an autobiography, “Society’s Child.” JANIS IAN ...