Radio Times Archive
Last Thursday, Philadelphia City Council passed a bill which bans hand-held cell phones for people using cars, skateboards, bicycles, ska
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Air Date: April 21, 2009
Psychologist RICHARD NISBETT on intelligence, environment and genetics
In his new book, “Intelligence and How to Get It,” social psychologist RICHARD NISBETT argues that environmental factors, spe
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Air Date: April 20, 2009
The idyllic American Suburb is moving farther from the city center, leaving the classic first ring suburbs on hard times. Residents of Co
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Air Date: April 20, 2009
Journalist Dave Cullen on Columbine
This month marks the 10th Anniversary of the killings at Columbine High School in Colorado. DAVE CULLEN, one of the first reporters on th
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Air Date: April 17, 2009
National Political Roundtable with Chris Hayes and Steven Schier
Our weekly national political roundtable with CHRISTOPHER HAYES, Washington Editor for The Nation magazine and STEVEN SCHIER, Professor o
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Air Date: April 17, 2009
Artist ISAIAH ZAGAR has covered more than 50,000 square feet of Philadelphia with what has become his iconic mosaic murals. His son, film
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Air Date: April 16, 2009
The housing market for renters and buyers
As the housing bubble burst and the country was forced into a full-blown recession, a lot changed in the housing market. This hour of Rad
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Air Date: April 16, 2009
Princeton and Harvard educated Marine Captain DONOVAN CAMPBELL led a 40-man, marginally prepared platoon into the Iraqi city of Ramadi du
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Air Date: April 15, 2009
A single-payer health care system debated
When Barak Obama outlined his proposal for reforming the health care system, the concept of a single-payer system was once again left out
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Air Date: April 15, 2009
Historian Richard Beeman on his book Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution
In his new book, “Plain, Honest Men,” Penn history professor RICHARD BEEMAN takes readers behind the scenes of the Constituti
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Air Date: April 14, 2009
Three Somali pirates were killed in the rescue of an American cargo ship captain this week. We discuss the political situation in Somalia
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Air Date: April 14, 2009
Writer Yiyun Li on her new novel, The Vagrants
YIYUN LI’s new novel, THE VAGRANTS, is set in a small fictional town in China in the late 1970’s when democratic reform movem
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Air Date: April 13, 2009
Should Philadelphia end its controversial tax abatement program?
Should Philadelphia continue to offer tax breaks to encourage construction activity? The debate has become a major sore point for many re
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Air Date: April 13, 2009
Physician Michael Stein on his new book, The Addict
In his new book, “The Addict,” physician MICHAEL STEIN recounts his year-long treatment of a young woman who is addicted to n
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Air Date: April 10, 2009
Charles Kupchan on President Obama’s international tour
Senior Fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations CHARLES KUPCHAN will talk about what he thinks President Obama’s tour of internat
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Air Date: April 10, 2009
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