Archives: Episodes
The politics of supreme court nominations and how politics influences the court.
As the Obama administration prepares to nominate a new supreme court justice we talk about how politics influences the process and the co ...
Air Date: May 8, 2009
It is human behavior to judge people by their appearance. In this hour of Radio Times, we talk with Princeton psychology professor SUSAN ...
Air Date: May 7, 2009
Investigating Philadelphia’s Board of Revision of Taxes
Chaos and Cronyism at the Board of Revision of Taxes. Philadelphia Inquirer reporters MARK FESLOLLAH and JOE TANFANI come in to the studi ...
Air Date: May 7, 2009
Click click click. Have you dated someone you met on the internet? Have you had cybersex with that person? How do you keep up with modern ...
Air Date: May 6, 2009
Princeton Economist Alan Blinder on the economic crisis
The latest on the financial crisis including bank stress, inflation, off-shore tax havens, and the national debt with ALAN BLINDER. He is ...
Air Date: May 6, 2009
Fifteen year old Benji Cooper, one of the only black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan, spends every summer at a small, Afric ...
Air Date: May 5, 2009
Pennsylvania School District Consolidation?
Should the school districts in Pennsylvania be consolidated? This past February in his budget address, Governor Rendell proposed scaling ...
Air Date: May 5, 2009
48 years ago Alan Shepard led the first American mission into space on the heels of Russian cosmonaught Yuri Gagarin. Ten years later whi ...
Air Date: May 4, 2009
The state of marriage in America
The state of marriage in America. We talk with ANDREW CHERLIN about his new book, “The Marriage Go-Round.” Cherlin is a profe ...
Air Date: May 4, 2009
The H1N1 flu — a reality check
We get a reality check on the H1N1 flu. Why do health officials consider it an emergency, how is it likely to evolve, and what are your r ...
Air Date: May 4, 2009
Have you ever made a life-altering decision? Earlier this week, Arlen Specter made one when he announced that he was switching political ...
Air Date: May 1, 2009
The Impact of Arlen Specter’s Defection from the GOP
This week Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Arlen Specter shocked the political world by announcing he’s leaving the Republican Party to be ...
Air Date: May 1, 2009
[REBROADCAST] JON MEACHAM – American Lion
[REBROADCAST] In his new book, “American Lion,” 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winner JON MEACHAM explores the presidency of Andrew Jack ...
Air Date: April 30, 2009
Mark Alan Hughes on the greening of Philadelphia
Mayor Nutter announced yesterday his plan to make Philadelphia the greenest city in the nation. He outlined 15 goals that he hopes will m ...
Air Date: April 30, 2009
How has the recession changed what you believe in?
How has the recession changed how you live your life and what you believe in? We talk with KURT ANDERSON, host of Studio 360, and Swarthm ...
Air Date: April 29, 2009