
Radio Times Archive
Hour 1 With the race for the presidency is in its last few weeks and the candidates locked in a very close race, ...
Air Date: October 17, 2012
ListenThe Taliban attack on Malala Yousufzai
Hour 2 The vicious Oct. 9 attack by Taliban fighters on 14-year old Malala Yousufzai as she was returning home f ...
Air Date: October 17, 2012
ListenDavid Quammen on ‘Spillover’ of animal diseases into humans
Hour 1 Avian flu. Ebola. SARS. AIDS. All of us have been exposed, at least in the media, to diseases that have mi ...
Air Date: October 16, 2012
ListenThe candidates’ wives – do they matter?
Hour 2 The personal histories of Michelle Obama and Ann Romney couldn’t be more different, yet on the campa ...
Air Date: October 16, 2012
ListenRemembering U.S. Senator Arlen Specter
Hour 1 Former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Arlen Specter died on Sunday in Philadelphia of complications from n ...
Air Date: October 15, 2012
ListenLaughing, sneezing, burping and more: the science of curious behavior
Hour 2 Scientists have sent rovers to Mars and decoded our DNA but they rarely look at the strange assortment of ...
Air Date: October 13, 2012
ListenAssessing the vice presidential debate
Hour 1 We’ll dissect the vice-presidential debate last night between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul ...
Air Date: October 12, 2012
ListenKeeping the family peace during political season
Hour Two Do you worry about politics ruining your personal relationships? Are there family members you re-conside ...
Air Date: October 12, 2012
ListenThe evolving vice presidency/Do campaigns matter?
Hour 1 If you watch HBO’s show Veep, you might think that the office of the vice president just serves as comic ...
Air Date: October 11, 2012
ListenListening to Johann Sebastian Bach into the 21st century
We’ll discuss Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical DNA from the 17th Century through today with writer ...
Air Date: October 11, 2012
ListenSandusky sentenced; then, the civilian toll of drone strikes
Hour 1 Yesterday, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to a minimum of ...
Air Date: October 10, 2012
ListenRemembering South Philadelphia’s Jim Croce
Hour Two South Philadelphia native Jim Croce left an indelible, musical mark in the world of singer-songwriters. ...
Air Date: October 10, 2012
ListenThe Supreme Court and the future of affirmative action
Hour 1 On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, the first affir ...
Air Date: October 9, 2012
ListenHour 2 Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first post-apartheid president, is 94 and convalescing at a rural ret ...
Air Date: October 9, 2012
ListenHour 1 The movie “Won’t Back Down” starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis is about a crusading single m ...
Air Date: October 8, 2012
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