Radio Times Archive
MICHAEL SCHAFFER – One Nation Under Dog
Do you treat your pet like a child? Is your neighbor’s dog named Jack or Chloe? Our guest, journalist MICHAEL SCHAFFER has found a
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Air Date: April 9, 2009
Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled to permit gay marriage. On Wednesday the Vermont legislature voted to do the same. While these tw
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Air Date: April 9, 2009
Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial
This month marks the 70th anniversary of African-American contralto Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial. After the Da
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Air Date: April 8, 2009
Can the US auto industry survive and thrive?
On Monday, Ford Motor Company announced that it had reduced its overall debt by 28% – without taking any bailout funds from the U.S
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Air Date: April 8, 2009
MARK CARO – The Foie Gras Wars
In the summer of 2007 Philadelphia, in addition to other cities, was making headlines for what our guest Mark Caro calls The Foie Gras Wa
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Air Date: April 7, 2009
Jennifer Thompson-Cannion and Ronald Cotton on their memoir Picking Cotton
In 1984, JENNIFER THOMPSON-CANNINO testified that RONALD COTTON was the man who raped her. Eleven years later, DNA evidence cleared him o
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Air Date: April 7, 2009
Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve on a presidential cabinet, was FDR’s Secretary of labor, close friend and advisor. She he
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Air Date: April 6, 2009
Corruption in Luzerne County’s Judicial System
We discuss corruption in Luzerne County’s judicial system where judges Mark Ciaverella and Michael Conahan have been charged by fed
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Air Date: April 6, 2009
TEMPLE GRANDIN – Animals Make Us Human
[REBROADCAST] TEMPLE GRANDIN is the most well-known adult with autism. In her recent book, “Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Bes
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Air Date: April 3, 2009
Members of Philadelphia City Council are holding public hearings on the proposed city budget. At the same time they’re facing a pub
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Air Date: April 3, 2009
NEAL BASCOMB – Hunting Eichmann
[REBROADCAST] NEAL BASCOMB, author of “The Perfect Mile” and “Red Mutiny” tells the story of the manhunt of Nazi
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Air Date: April 2, 2009
Zambian economist DAMBISA MOYO on her new book Dead Aid
Zambian economist DAMBISA MOYO talks with guest host Chris Satullo about her new book, Dead Aid. She says that foreign aid keeps Africans
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Air Date: April 2, 2009
JON WERTHEIM – Blood in the Cage
[REBROADCAST] We take a look at the increasingly popular world of Mixed Martial Arts, a combat sport that blends boxing with wrestling, k
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Air Date: April 1, 2009
Villanova basketball and the Phillies home opener…it’s a big weekend for Philly sports fans
It’s a big weekend in Philadelphia sports, with Villanova in the Final Four and the Phillies beginning a defense of their World Ser
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Air Date: April 1, 2009
[REBROADCAST] Many of us who surf the internet enter into a kind of personal contract that our tastes are tracked because we see more cus
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Air Date: March 31, 2009
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