Archives: Episodes
Sudan and the International Criminal Court
Last week, the International Criminal Court put out a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of ge ...
Air Date: July 22, 2008
BOB SHEASLEY is a copy editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer who also raises chickens on his small farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ...
Air Date: July 21, 2008
With gasoline prices soaring, President Bush has proposed more domestic drilling, including off-shore drilling. Last week he lifted an ex ...
Air Date: July 21, 2008
A rebroadcast of our hour with Lise Funderburg
Tune in for a rebroadcast of Marty’s conversation with LISE FUNDERBURG author of Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Fathe ...
Air Date: July 18, 2008
McCain and Obama are fighting for the Latino Vote. Analysts say that Latinos could play a decisive role in a close election. This hour, ...
Air Date: July 18, 2008
We learn about the origins of animal protection, when people began to keep pets and when the first laws for animal protection were passed ...
Air Date: July 17, 2008
Last month, Mayor Michael Nutter put forth a proposal to change city planning in Philadelphia. We discuss what’s wrong with urban p ...
Air Date: July 17, 2008
Philadelphia teacher Frank Burd
In February of 2007, Philadelphia public school teacher, Frank Burd was assaulted at work at Germantown High School and suffered a neck i ...
Air Date: July 16, 2008
The controversial cover of the New Yorker magazine
This week’s cover of the New Yorker, depicting Barak Obama dressed in traditional Muslim garb with his wife Michelle as a gun-totin ...
Air Date: July 16, 2008
Governor Rendell is pushing new legislation to strengthen Pennsylvania’s Dog law. The new bill would require commercial breeders to ...
Air Date: July 15, 2008
A new report is urging changes to the War Powers Resolution of 1973. It urges more cooperation between the President and Congress before ...
Air Date: July 15, 2008
Local best-selling novelist MARISA DE LOS SANTOS talks with Marty about her new book “Belong to Me.” It’s the story abo ...
Air Date: July 14, 2008
Rising gas prices, a troubled housing market, the credit crunch, and a jump in the unemployment rate are just a few of the worrisome tren ...
Air Date: July 14, 2008
A rebroadcast of our conversation with Muhammad Yunus
Tune in for a rebroadcast of our conversation with MOHAMMAD YUNUS, Managing Director of the Grameen Bank, which pioneered the use of micr ...
Air Date: July 11, 2008
Young people already have voted in record numbers during the primary season. TIME Magazine dubbed 2008 as “The Year of the Youth Vo ...
Air Date: July 11, 2008