Radio Times Archive
[Joel Rose fills in for Marty.] With democrats gaining seats in the U.S. House and Senate we take a look at the new congress – its ...
Air Date: November 7, 2008
Campaign communications strategies, then a conversation about race
In the last five days, the Obama campaign spent three times more on television advertising than his Republican rival. Obama also relied h ...
Air Date: November 6, 2008
The Future of the Republican Party
How does the GOP recover after losing the presidency and valuable seats in the House and Senate? What are the values it must embrace to b ...
Air Date: November 6, 2008
Domestic and International Challenges for the New President
A look at the domestic and international challenges facing the new President of the United States. Our guests are DICK POLMAN, National P ...
Air Date: November 5, 2008
Post-Election Strategy Analysis
The day after the election, we analyze the strategies of this year’s presidential campaign with NEIL OXMAN, democratic political me ...
Air Date: November 5, 2008
AVERY GILBERT – What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
AVERY GILBERT says that smell is one of our least-respected senses and that we rely on our sense of smell more than we realize. We discus ...
Air Date: November 4, 2008
ARIEL SABAR My Father’s Paradise and Time Magazine’s BOBBY GHOSH on the latest events in Iraq.
Journalist ARIEL SABAR joins us in the studio to talk about Jewish-Iraqi culture and the disappearing Aramaic language. And the latest ne ...
Air Date: November 4, 2008
Is it time to change the Electoral College?
We speak with TARA ROSS, a Dallas-based lawyer and author who writes frequently on legal and policy issues, and is the former editor-in-c ...
Air Date: November 3, 2008
Fairmount Park Commission Referendum
Tomorrow’s ballot in Philadelphia contains a referendum to abolish the Fairmount Park Commission and turn it into a department of t ...
Air Date: November 3, 2008
John Bogle, Founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group
JOHN BOGLE joins us to talk about the economy, his investment philosophy and his life. Bogle is Founder and former CEO of the Vanguard M ...
Air Date: October 31, 2008
National Politics, final weekend before the presidential election
During our weekly conversation on national politics, we take a look at the presidential campaigns as they enter the last weekend before t ...
Air Date: October 31, 2008
American Psychological Association and Military Interrogations
Psychologists have been involved in military interrogations in Guantánamo, Afghanistan and Iraq. Many American Psychological Association ...
Air Date: October 30, 2008
Analysis of Obama’s 30 Minute Ad and Countdown to Election Day
The Barack Obama campaign bought close to four million dollars worth of thirty minutes of TV prime time air for Obama’s ‘clos ...
Air Date: October 30, 2008
Biotech advancements in medicine
WILLIAM HANSON, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania. In his new book, “The Edge o ...
Air Date: October 29, 2008
With voter registration up and new voting systems throughout the country, we talk about possible problems that could arise with MICHAEL S ...
Air Date: October 29, 2008
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