Archives: Episodes
On the road to victory with the Philadelphia Eagles
After sneaking into the divisional playoffs, this weekend the Eagles will play for their fifth NFC championship in eight years. We’ ...
Air Date: January 16, 2009
Last Thursday the Senate focused on trying to confirm national security and financial Cabinet members by President-elect Obama’s in ...
Air Date: January 16, 2009
TEMPLE GRANDIN – Animals Make Us Human
TEMPLE GRANDIN is the most well-known adult with autism. In her new book, “Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animal ...
Air Date: January 15, 2009
Humanitarian situation in Gaza and how Israelis understand the conflict
After two weeks of war between Gaza and Israel, we hear about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and how Israelis understand the conflict ...
Air Date: January 15, 2009
What do we owe our Iraqi Allies?
Life has become increasingly difficult for the thousands of Iraqi citizens and their family members who have helped the U.S. government. ...
Air Date: January 14, 2009
A look back at President George Bush’s eight years in office. How will he be judged? An analysis of the high and lowpoints with Van ...
Air Date: January 14, 2009
We get an update and reactions to the ongoing corruption trial of former State Senator Vincent Fumo from Philadelphia Inquirer columnist ...
Air Date: January 13, 2009
What does Obama’s election say about race relations in this country. Does it signal in a new post-racial America or will it actuall ...
Air Date: January 13, 2009
WHYY-FM’s Dave Heller and astronomer Derrick Pitts celebrate Skytalk’s 18th season on the air by doing what they do best̷ ...
Air Date: January 12, 2009
DR. JEROLD WINAKUR – Memory Lessons: A Doctor’s Story
JEROLD WINAKUR is an internist and geriatrician in San Antonio, Texas for over thirty years. In 2005, Dr. Winakur’s essay, “W ...
Air Date: January 12, 2009
DONALD KETTL – The Next Government of the United States
An analysis of the failure of our government institutions. While the size of our government continues to grow, we have created a system i ...
Air Date: January 12, 2009
STEVEN JOHNSON – The Invention of Air
Joseph Priestly was an 18th century British chemist, theologian and political theorist who emigrated to America and advised the founding ...
Air Date: January 9, 2009
Can peace talks in the Middle East be revived?
Two weeks of fighting in Gaza Strip, an area twice the size of Washington DC and the world’s most densely populated territory has t ...
Air Date: January 9, 2009
Philadelphia-based rock band Huffamoose is playing their first gig in ten years at the World Café Live tonight. Musicians CRAIG ELKINS a ...
Air Date: January 8, 2009
MATTHEW ALEXANDER, author of “How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogator Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Dead ...
Air Date: January 8, 2009