Archives: Episodes
A conversatinon with Mayor Michael Nutter
Mayor MICHAEL NUTTER joins Marty in the studio to talk about everything from the city’s budget and relocation of the Foxwoods casin ...
Air Date: September 24, 2008
The bailout, then Writer CHUCK PALAHNIUK’s on his book and film, “Choke.”
We open the hour talking about the congressional hearings on the Wall Street bailout with Yale law professor JONATHAN MACEY and NPR’ ...
Air Date: September 24, 2008
ERIN EINHORN, “The Pages In Between
Former Philadelphia Daily News reporter, ERIN EINHORN’s memoir, “The Pages In Between: A Holocaust Legacy of Two Families, On ...
Air Date: September 23, 2008
Bailout of the financial market
We take a look at the proposed $700 billion Federal Government bailout of the financial market with JEREMY SIEGEL, Professor of Finance a ...
Air Date: September 23, 2008
DAVID MURA, “Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire”
Writing from a third generation Japanese American perspective, Mura traces a family’s legacy of internment camps, suicide and forgi ...
Air Date: September 22, 2008
National politics and the issues
Last week’s events on Wall Street forced the candidates to focus on the the issues, their proposals for tacking complex problems an ...
Air Date: September 22, 2008
What is the plan for the Delware River Waterfront? Will it come to fruition? And how does it fit into the city’s overall developmen ...
Air Date: September 19, 2008
Political Attacks in the Presidential Campaign
We examine recent political attacks in the presidential campaign with MICHAEL DELLI CARPINI, Dean of University of Pennsylvania’s A ...
Air Date: September 19, 2008
How do public parks improve a neighborhood?
How do public parks improve a neighborhood? We talk with JOAN REILLY, Senior Director of The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s & ...
Air Date: September 18, 2008
The latest crisis on Wall Street explained.
This week may very well have been one of the most volatile ones in Wall Street history. First it was the announcements on Monday that fin ...
Air Date: September 18, 2008
The social and emotional lives of middle school girls
Gossiping, teasing, cliques, bullying and hurt feelings define the relationships of many pre-teen and teenage girls. We talk with CHERYL ...
Air Date: September 17, 2008
Presidential campaign education policies
What do John McCain and Barack Obama propose to help educate our kids? We’ll speak with supporters of each candidate about college ...
Air Date: September 17, 2008
Moustafa Bayoumi on being an Arab-American
In the days following the 9/11 attacks, the Arab-Americans and Muslims went from being members of just another minority group to being th ...
Air Date: September 16, 2008
Abstinence education is in the news with Bristol Palin’s pregnancy and Governor Palin’s support of abstinence-only education. ...
Air Date: September 16, 2008
Delaware may well become home to the first offshore wind farm. We talk about how wind power works, it’s effectiveness, the environm ...
Air Date: September 15, 2008