Archives: Episodes
Reaction to Barack Obama’s speech
One of the challenges Barack Obama faces tonight is explaining who he is to voters who say they don’t understand him. And, will his ...
Air Date: August 29, 2008
Julia Keller, “Mr. Gatling’s Terrible Marvel
(Rebroadcast) In the 1860s Richard Gatling invented the machine gun believing it would shorten the duration of war of even eliminate war ...
Air Date: August 28, 2008
Hillary and Bill Clinton will have addressed the convention. We talk about what Barack Obama must do to appeal to Hillary Clinton’s ...
Air Date: August 28, 2008
Andre Dubus III, “The Garden of Last Days”
(Rebroadcast) Writer ANDRE DUBUS III’s novel is “The Garden of Last Days.” It follows the lives of four people over the ...
Air Date: August 27, 2008
Small Snakes and Smuggling Reptiles
The world’s smallest snake has been identified on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Penn State University evolutionary biologist BL ...
Air Date: August 27, 2008
Manil Suri, “The Age of Shiva”
(Rebroadcast) MANIL SURI talks about his second novel, “The Age of Shiva.” It tells the story of Meera, a woman living in Bom ...
Air Date: August 26, 2008
Lowering the U.S. National Drinking Age from 21?
Lowering the Drinking Age. The Amethyst Initiative, led by former Middlebury College president, JOHN MCCARDELL, urges a “dispassion ...
Air Date: August 26, 2008
James McBride, “Song Yet Sung”
(Rebroadcast) JAMES McBRIDE’s novel, “Song Yet Sung,” is the story of an escaped female runaway slave in 1850 and her p ...
Air Date: August 25, 2008
With the completion of the 2008 Beijing we ask if the games meet the expectations of NBC, the Chinese government and the athletes. Our gu ...
Air Date: August 25, 2008
(Rebroadcast) According to journalist ROBERT SCHLESINGER, during his presidency, Herbert Hoover made an average of eight public appearanc ...
Air Date: August 22, 2008
Democratic Convention Preview. The DNC descends on Denver, CO Monday, August 25th. We’ll talk with JOHN NICHOLS, Washington Corresp ...
Air Date: August 22, 2008
Picking the Vice-Presidential nominee
The name of the game this week is “veepstakes.” With all eyes focused on the candidates’ choices for a running mate, we ...
Air Date: August 21, 2008
The resignation of Pakistan’s president Pervez Musharraf creates significant uncertainty — not only in that country but also ...
Air Date: August 21, 2008
AVERY GILBERT says that smell is one of our least-respected senses and that we rely on our sense of smell more than we realize. We discus ...
Air Date: August 20, 2008
Obama is struggling to reach Catholics. McCain is desperate to reach Evangelicals. How is religion influencing Presidential election? Wha ...
Air Date: August 20, 2008