
Radio Times Archive
Consumers, retailers and the economy
TOPIC: As consumers scale back retailers are scrambling to adjust to leaner times. We talk about the retail sector of the economy and the ...
Air Date: March 12, 2009
We take a look at the country’s prison system. Why are so many incarcerated and is it worth the high cost? Our guests are ADAM GELB ...
Air Date: March 12, 2009
[REBROADCAST] STEVE LOPEZ – The Soloist
[REBROADCAST] Former Philadelphia columnist STEVE LOPEZ on his book, “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Re ...
Air Date: March 11, 2009
Psychoanalyzing stock market behavior
What accounts for fluctuations in the stock market? What makes it go up one day and down the next? Our guest, psychiatrist and economist, ...
Air Date: March 11, 2009
President Obama’s Executive Order on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Yesterday, President Obama signed an executive order to lift the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. We discuss the ...
Air Date: March 10, 2009
MATTHEW SWEENEY – Lottery Wars
The American lottery could have as many characteristics as its states. The 42 states that have a lottery use the money differently – ...
Air Date: March 10, 2009
On March 9th, 1959 the Barbie doll was introduced at a New York Toy Fair. Since then she’s had many careers, outfits, hair and skin ...
Air Date: March 9, 2009
Last week, the federal government announced it was giving AIG an additional $30 billion dollars to save the international insurance giant ...
Air Date: March 9, 2009
TOM COYNE – A Course Called Ireland
Philadelphia writer, TOM COYNE, comes in to talk about his third book about life and golf, “A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in ...
Air Date: March 6, 2009
Julian Zelizer and Burdett Loomis on the week’s political news
A discussion of the week’s political news with BURDETT LOOMIS, Professor of Political Science at University of Kansas and JULIAN ZE ...
Air Date: March 6, 2009
President Obama’s stimulus package and energy efficient homes
Obama’s stimulus package includes tax credits and incentives to make Americans homes more energy efficient. We take a look at some ...
Air Date: March 5, 2009
The future of health care reform with KAREN DAVIS of the Commonwealth Fund
In his speech to congress last week, President Obama proposed to set aside $634 billion over 10 years to finance health care reform that ...
Air Date: March 5, 2009
Author PHILIPP MEYER on his new novel American Rust
In his new book, American Rust, writer PHILIPP MEYER tells the story of two friends who live in a dying steel town in southwestern Pennsy ...
Air Date: March 4, 2009
Philadelphia School Superintendent ARLENE ACKERMAN
Last month, Philadelphia school superintendent ARLENE ACKERMAN released Imagine 2014, the school district’s vision for public educa ...
Air Date: March 4, 2009
Astrophysicist NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
Astrophysicist NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON is Director of the Hayden Planetarium and the Rose Center of Earth and Space at the American Museum of ...
Air Date: March 3, 2009
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