Archives: Episodes
Oh, our aching backs and pains in our necks
An recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that Americans are spending more money than ever to ease th ...
Air Date: March 6, 2008
The worsening situation in Afghanistan
By all accounts the situation in Afghanistan is worsening day-by-day. We get an update from JAMES TOWNSEND of the Atlantic Council of No ...
Air Date: March 6, 2008
Election 2008 coverage continued. In this second hour we’ll turn our focus to “delegate math.” In America’s compl ...
Air Date: March 5, 2008
Texas & Ohio election results.
Analysis of the Texas & Ohio election results. We’ll first hear from WAYNE SLATER the Senior Political Writer for The Dallas Mo ...
Air Date: March 5, 2008
Spring is just around the corner, so our attention is turning to our gardens. DOUG TALLAMY professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology ...
Air Date: March 4, 2008
The dumbing-down of America with writer Susan Jacoby.
In her new book, The Age of American Unreason, writer SUSAN JACOBY argues that Americans have grown increasingly uninterested and uninfor ...
Air Date: March 4, 2008
Writer LORI GOTTLIEB’s article in the Feb/March issue of The Atlantic Monthly has created quite a stir. Titled “Marry Me, ...
Air Date: March 3, 2008
The democratic presidential candidates have reignited the debate over NAFTA. Why has a 14-year old trade agreement become such a hot top ...
Air Date: March 3, 2008
The debate over national apologies and reparations
Over the past year, five states, including New Jersey have expressed regret or apologized for slavery. We talk with ALFRED BROPHY who te ...
Air Date: February 29, 2008
As we approach the critically important March 4 primaries, we’ll check in with Inquirer writer DICK POLMAN, BILL ADAIR, editor of P ...
Air Date: February 29, 2008
America’s changing religious landscape. We talk with GREG SMITH one of the principal authors of the latest “U.S. Religious La ...
Air Date: February 28, 2008
ROBIN WRIGHT has been covering the Middle East since 197. She currently writes on U.S. foreign policy for the Washington Post. In her ne ...
Air Date: February 28, 2008
We hear about post-Fidel Cuba from two journalists who have covered the region for many years. TIM PADGETT is Miami and Latin American Bu ...
Air Date: February 27, 2008
Kosovo’s declaration of Independence
On February 17th, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia, becoming the seventh state to emerge from Yugoslavia. Serbians protested ...
Air Date: February 27, 2008
What role are young voters playing in this year’s Presidential election? We’ll talk with MICHAEL HAIS co-author of Millennial ...
Air Date: February 26, 2008