Radio Times Archive
It’s been a year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers which put the world economy into a dangerous tailspin. Economist SIMON JOHNS
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Air Date: September 16, 2009
The high cost of college, especially college textbooks
You don’t need a degree in economics, or a kid in college, to know that the cost of higher education in the United States is going
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Air Date: September 15, 2009
Sam Tanenhaus on the conservative movement
In his new book, The Death of Conservatism, author SAM TANENHAUS argues that the nation is better off when liberals are challenged by
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Air Date: September 15, 2009
Duffy’s Cut: An early Irish-American tragedy
In 1832, 57 Irish Catholic laborers died about 30 miles from Philadelphia in a place that has come to be called “Duffy’s Cut.
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Air Date: September 14, 2009
The financial and psychological challenges of being unemployed
According to the most recent Department of Labor statistics, there are nearly six workers available for every job opening in the United S
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Air Date: September 14, 2009
Radio Times checks in with the annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe with monologist MIKE DAISEY. His new piece is cal
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Air Date: September 11, 2009
Congress has retaken Capitol Hill after a summer recess full of raucous town meetings and heated rhetoric. But health care, the focus of
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Air Date: September 11, 2009
Novelist Nicholson Baker on his new book The Anthologist
Novelist NICHOLSON BAKER joins Marty to talk about his new book, “The Anthologist.” It’s a story about a middle-aged po
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Air Date: September 10, 2009
Public attitudes toward health care
Wednesday night, at a joint session of Congress, President Obama made his case for new health care legislation. We’ll talk about pu
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Air Date: September 10, 2009
Listen 51:46The U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows
The U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows, NY is in its second week. Roger Federer will be going for a record sixth straight Op
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Air Date: September 9, 2009
Delaware U.S. Senator Ted Kaufman
U.S. Senator TED KAUFMAN spent his Labor Day weekend in Afghanistan, and will explain to us how he thinks a strong Iraqi security force b
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Air Date: September 9, 2009
According to our guest, biologist BILL STREEVER, cold – as in the temperature – has gotten a bad rap. His new book, “CO
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Air Date: September 8, 2009
[REBROADCAST] ROBERT WRIGHT – The Evolution of God
As humans have evolved, so has God. From the Stone Age to the Information Age, God has gotten better, says our guest, ROBERT WRIGHT. In h
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Air Date: September 7, 2009
THOMAS CHILDERS – Soldier from the War Returning
[REBROADCAST] All members of the Greatest Generation were not happy, healthy and prosperous. The World War Two veterans experienced alcoh
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Air Date: September 4, 2009
As Congress returns to session this Tuesday, we look at the big issues they will be debating, including Healthcare. Guests include New Yo
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Air Date: September 4, 2009
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