
Radio Times Archive
The ongoing budget battles in Congress
Guests: James Peterson and Joe Watkins Government shutdown or not, the budget battle on Capitol Hill has had a p ...
Air Date: October 1, 2013
ListenSalman Rushdie’s years of hiding
Last month marks 25 years since SALMAN RUSHDIE’S “The Satanic Verses” ...
Air Date: October 1, 2013
Listen 0:00Health care exchanges open for business
Guests: Robert Field, Julie Appleby The Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges are open for enrollmen ...
Air Date: September 30, 2013
ListenA conversation with local novelist Lauren Grodstein
LAUREN GRODSTEIN’s new novel, ...
Air Date: September 30, 2013
ListenPlanes, Trains, and Automobiles: A Look at Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Airline Industry
Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation officials recently announced a weight limit on vehicles crossing over 1,000 aging and crumb ...
Air Date: September 27, 2013
ListenAlzheimer’s Disease: Research, Prevention, and Living with the Ailment
Alzheimer’s Disease effects five million people in the U.S. and as baby boomers age that number is expected to grow. But so far there ...
Air Date: September 27, 2013
ListenThe Nairobi mall attack and what it says about the fight against terrorism
In the aftermath of the siege on a Nairobi mall that killed an estimated 67 people and injured hund ...
Air Date: September 26, 2013
ListenChanging Attitudes Toward Driving and the Automobile
A recent report from the Federal Highway Administration found that Americans are driving less. Car usage reached its peak in 2007 and has ...
Air Date: September 26, 2013
ListenGun rights advocates focus sights on mental illness
Last week there were two mass shootings – one at the Washington D.C. Navy Yard and another at a park on Chicago’s South Side. But s ...
Air Date: September 25, 2013
ListenThe good news about books and publishing
The rise of e-readers and the closing of major bookstore chains certainly has challenged the book publishing indu ...
Air Date: September 25, 2013
ListenThe challenging economics of higher education
Guests: Jon Marcus and Marian Wang Despite rising tuition costs, some financial analys ...
Air Date: September 24, 2013
ListenBiographer A. Scott Berg on Woodrow Wilson
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A SCOTT BER ...
Air Date: September 24, 2013
ListenThe State of the economy as the Federal Reserve continues stimulus
The Federal Reserve voted last week to continue their stimulus bond-buying program. The news surprised financial experts who predicted th ...
Air Date: September 23, 2013
ListenMatthew Quick on his new YA novel
MATTHEW QUICK’s powerful new young adult novel is about a troubled teen p ...
Air Date: September 23, 2013
ListenAn insiders look at the Philadelphia public school crisis
It’s been two weeks since the start of school in Philadelphia. Many students returned to the class ...
Air Date: September 20, 2013
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